What makes you feel old?

[bertha katzenengel]

Me:

My eldest nephew will soon be 21 years old. My niece will soon be 18 years old.

Arthritis & degenerating vertebrae.

People born when I was an adult have been adults themselves for six years already, and counting.

Many DUers don't know who Mark Fydrich is, nor do they know who/what several other time capsule-type items are/were.

Sigh.

What makes you feel old?

[wryter2000]

1. My knees.

Arthritis

[Richardo]

24. My knees sound like castanets

I'm a big hit with flamenco dancers.

[wryter2000]

68. LOL

What is TOP going to do when all the fans have died?

[wtmusic]

2. bk's posts

j/k...

Not exercising. :(

[bertha katzenengel]

36. Bah!

Do you know I just realized who you mean by "bk?" I spent so long as "bv." :blush:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. Standing up after sitting for a while

Seeing other people surf

[billyskank]

50. When you get up, do you have to make that straining sound

and when you sit back down again do you go "ahhhhhhh!" :D

[MalibuChloe]

4. watching the actors/singers you grew up with get old n/t

[Lady Effingbroke]

5. I know several people who were born the year I graduated from high school

and they are now graduating from high school. x(

[Kat45]

77. I'm banging a guy who was born the yearr I graduated from high school

Oh, wait! That makes me feel younger--until I stop and realize that fact. :D

And plenty of other things do make me feel old.

[ret5hd]

6. my back

[seemunkee]

7. Taking forever to heal after injuries

I dislocated my ankle one week after a 23 year old friend of mine did the same thing. He is back to climbing hard and I'm still on injured reserve.

[biscotti]

8. Looking in the mirror

[NervousRex]

74. Amen....

n/t

[khashka]

9. Life makes me feel old

and the white hair. (But that's kinda cool... who needs bleach when it just does it on it's own?)

Young people make me feel old...

Khash, some "I'm too young to be this old!" guy.

[TNDemo]

10. When I see the rock music of my youth

being performed by the geezer brigade of the artists themselves.

[MindPilot]

14. When Rock & Roll has become the Muzak

It's just not counter-culture when Led Zepplin sells Cadillacs.

[AlCzervik]

11. when i complain about the prices of things, i feel like my grandma

but now i understand why she bitched. Also i'm trying to keep my car in good shape for as long as possible so i can give it to my daughter---the very thought of her driving scares me and makes me feel old at the same time.

[MissMillie]

12. I wanted to go out dancing tonight

but didn't want to make a spectacle of myself... a 41 y.o. grandma among the 23 y.o. kids.

[MindPilot]

13. Having to wear glasses

Starting sentences with phrases like "when I was your age..." or "I can remember when...".

Not getting pop culture references.

[wideopen]

15. When people in their 20's

call me "sir" or Mr._______.

[Pithlet]

16. When we're discussing

a time period where I would have been in middle school or early highschool, and someone on DU responds "I wasn't born, yet". It just doesn't seem like that should be possible, dammit.

[NewJeffCT]

17. Knowing who Mark "The Bird" Fydrich is!

Remembering that I was in junior high school when I raced home from school to catch the Yankee-Red Sox playoff game in 1978, and 1978 was 27 years ago.

Remembering that was also the year that Van Halen put out their first album!

Feeling tired all the time...lack of exercise makes me feel old.

Thinking back to just 5-6 years ago when I was going through a divorce - I was working 2 jobs, kept my house neat, found time to start a new hobby (painting miniature wargaming figurines), and was also dating 4-5 women a week - and wondering how did I ever do that?

edited to add: and, when I realize that I haven't bought a CD of new music since 1999 and knowing nothing of the trendy music of today

or knowing what the fashions of the day for men are (though, I admit to noticing that low cut tops in women seem to be much more common these days, as are dark bras under light blouses/tops)

[noonwitch]

72. I used to say that he pitched at the last Tiger game I attended

But then I went to a game some time around 1990. Now I say that Cecil Fielder hit a home run at the last game I attended! I haven't been to Comerica Park yet-maybe next year, when my neices are old enough to appreciate a game.

[MindPilot]

18. When it's a big frickin' joke

that the guy behind the counter at the liqueur store asks for my id.

Or when people at work actually act on my opinion because I'm "experienced."

[Rising Phoenix]

19. Sniffa and I took a friend of ours to a bar we frequent...

she is younger than us - 22- we asked if she was having fun, she said yes but looked around and whispered "but everyone is kinda old" we look around and either know them all or they are about our age, sigh

[Moochy]

22. Bingo!!

How was the bingo though? ;-)
jk

[Strawman]

20. I know who Mark Fidrych is

He's the first baseball player I remember noticing as a little kid. He came to my junior high in 1986. One of our teachers had a bird in her class. "Bird meets The Bird" kind of thing.

This year is the 20th anniversary of my graduation from Catholic grade school. That makes me feel old.

[gpandas]

21. leaving my turn signal on

[bertha katzenengel]

29. *blink*

:rofl: Get outta the left lane! ;)

[lpbk2713]

23. When I see cops driving police cars

who don't look old enough to have a driver's license.

[Dukkha]

25. remembering when certain things didn't exist

cell phones
the Internet
PCs
Satellite TV
24 hour news
ATMs
Cable TV
24 hour network TV
surround sound
Wal Mart
CDs

[sundog]

26. the way i feel this morning

:P

[Taverner]

27. The Cure considered an "oldies" band

[Arugula Latte]

46. Yeah, my kids like some of those old '80s bands that were so hip

when I was in college. They're 8 and 5 and they like the Talking Heads, etc.

[GalleryGod]

28. Knowing that I strolled the streets of HAIGHT-ASHBURY in '67

I wouldn't switch places with the Young'uns,thoguh !:hippie:

[tigereye]

30. that the Ramones and Joe Strummer are dead

:(

well except Marky and Tommy, that is.

[madinmaryland]

31. When you mention seeing the Apollo 11 moon landing

and watching it on TV in black-and-white.

You remember Mark Fydrich (omg!), he had one or two great years then burnt out! Funny as hell to watch him pitch for the tigers.

Do you remember the Pittsburgh Pirates winning the 79 world series against the O's? (also the 71 world series)

Sounds like your about my age.

[bertha katzenengel]

49. The Pirates in 79? Not so well...

But I remember the Angels that year VERY well. The O's beat them to go to the WS against the Pirates. It was the Halos' first pennant.

We're probably around the same age, yep. :hi:

[madinmaryland]

69. An Angels fan from Maryland?

How'd that happen? Did they still have Nolan Ryan at that time?

[bertha katzenengel]

70. I'm a native Southern Californian.

Only been in MD about five years. :hi:

1979 was Nolie's last year with the Halos. He signed w/ Houston as a free agent in Nov. 79.

[madinmaryland]

71. I've been in MD for less than two years.

Grew up in ohio, but i hated the reds (primarily because i could not stand pete rose), so i went with the pirates, who always seemed to play the reds in the playoff during the 70's. Also my dad is a pirates fan who loved to tell me about watching bill mazeroski hit a grand slam against the yankees to win the 1960 world series.

[China_cat]

32. Realizing that my granddaughter is now the same age I was

when I gave birth to her father.

[JVS]

33. YOU MUST HAVE A BIRTHDATE BEFORE THIS DATE IN 1987 TO BUY...

CIGARETTES. Seeing that at the gas station makes me feel old.

[Deep13]

39. yeah, adults born after I finished high school.

[trackfan]

34. When I see one of the "cool, young" teachers from my High School

days in the local paper, and he/she is either really old, retiring, or dead.

[evlbstrd]

35. When a twenty-something says

"dude, aren't like 80?"
No, I'm 49.

[progmom]

37. I used to be the youngest one here in the office....9 years ago.

Now the stupid department is stacked with recent college grads who say things like: "it's so nice that you can still get out and have fun at your age." :grr:

[billyskank]

43. LOL!

Sounds like a little ass needs kicking!

[bertha katzenengel]

52. They don't! Are they kidding?!

And what kind of "get out and have fun" are they talking about? Mountain climbing? Clubbing? :grr:

[progmom]

63. going to bars

:shrug:

i'm 33 years old. :grr:

[billyskank]

65. Ah, screw them

You're probably younger than me, and I'm 29. :crazy:

[bertha katzenengel]

66. ARGH! You know what makes me smile at moments like that?

Knowing that when they're older, there's a good chance that they'll look back on times when they said such STUPID things to their "elders," and they'll think, "What an asshole I was." Or better yet, that they'll age badly and not understand why. Karma, baby, karma. :evilgrin:

Okay, I don't usually entertain bad thoughts about my fellow man. I need a shower. :scared:

[Deep13]

38. Not seeing pterodactyls flying into the sunset anymore.

:cry:

[VOX]

60. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Thanks, Deep13, for the much-needed laugh! :toast:

[Left_Winger]

40. My students

I am a high school teacher and the majority of my students were born in the late 80s and even '90-'91. Then I realize that I have lived more than three of their lifetimes....

Oh well, age is just a number. I believe that one is as old as one feels.

[Deep13]

41. The way that pressure and heat have turned me into coal.

[Scout]

42. my niece starts college next week

I remember how she would sleep on my chest, with her little head nestled into my neck, when she was an infant.

I have great-nieces and -nephews too.

[Scout]

44. I loved Mark Fidrych

my sister and I saw the Bird pitch almost every game he played at home.

How refreshing he was, and would be even more so now!

[sniffa]

45. when i puLL muscLes pLaying goLf/wiffLe baLL

and my grey hair

[Misunderestimator]

51. When I pull a muscle doing absolutely nothing.

:)

[terrya]

47. Lower back problems, seeing the lines in my face, a few gray hairs.

Not having as much energy as I used to.

Among other things.

[bertha katzenengel]

55. Hi, Terry!

:hug: How's life?

[bearfan454]

48. When I pull my hamstring

at a very bad time for me and Mrs bearfan.

[bertha katzenengel]

57. *blink* . . .

:blush:

[miss_kitty]

53. My age

:cry:

[CBHagman]

54. Hearing multiple remakes of the same songs.

That and hearing the samples from different older songs (e.g., "Jack and Diane") incorporated into other songs.

I also despise what they've done with promoting TV programs (i.e., cramming as many images onto the screen as possible, including right in the middle of a program). Good-bye, movie credits (except in a few channels), good-bye attention span, good-bye sanity. Where is the person who came up with this idea, and when will he (I suspect it's a he) face public execution?

[scarlet_owl]

56. My baby sister is starting high school this year.

[delen]

58. Realizing there's a humor gap

I just don't think Napoleon Dynamite is funny, my 17 and 24 year old daughters think it's hilarious and oh ya-my 8 year old son asking mom did they have Pepsi when you were a kid?

[bamacrat]

59. 5 years of college, and my little sister graduating from high school.

i know im not old but i do feel dated sometimes.

[VOX]

61. The sensation that time itself is accelerating.

Once, a year seemed like a long time. Now, a year goes by in a few blinks. There is a relativity that accounts for this: When you're ten, a year is one-tenth of your entire life; when you're 50, well...

Time speeds up as you age. It seems like the winter holidays are followed by summer, which gives way to Thanksgiving. It all becomes a blur.

My biggest fear is that time will speed up so much, that I'll actually feel a wind against my face! :scared:

[bearfan454]

73. Time does go a lot faster as you get older.

It took a lifetime for it to be 3 o' clock on the last day of school when we were in 4th grade. Now the months whip by like weeks.

[jonnyblitz]

62. the mosh pit at warped tour 2004.

what in fuck was I thinkin...

[Bassic]

64. I ran into my youngest cousin in a bar last week.

[Rambis]

67. I resemble Sasquatch

and it ain't on my head

[-..__...]

75. Thong underwear and ass tats on women.

OTOH, my bowel movements are much looser.

[KarenInMA]

76. Chatting on the internet on Friday night. n/t

[WCGreen]

82. Ditto.....

[Bobby_Miller]

78. Re Runs

I remember when Good Times, All In The Family, Sanford and Son and Maude were PRIMETIME.:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

79. I feel old when I consider the year I was born...

But I don't look my age, or act it, or anything....

I kind of feel "suspended"...

I wonder how I'll look and feel in 10 more years...:scared:

[Left Is Write]

80. The fact that I have an adult daughter.

1980s nostalgia, particularly when indulged in by people who were in diapers when I graduated from high school.

Any number of once common popular culture references that mean nothing to the young whippersnappers.

[BikeWriter]

81. Dating my checks 1953.

[deadparrot]

83. I'm only 18, but the fact that I'm leaving for college

in less than 36 hours has me kind of :wow: :yoiks:

[greymattermom]

84. i'm old

when my daughter likes a guy who's 34 years old, and I realize I'm old enough to be his mother. Yikes. Being a grandma has made me feel young though.

[zigster]

85. Playboy Playmates

When I was a kid, their birthdates ranged from the 1940s to the 1950s (they seemed old to me). Then the 1960s. Then the 1970s. THEN the 1980s. Now I'm like: "Geez, she was born in 1986?????????" I was all GROWN UP then!

They're getting younger and I'm getting older.

Reminds me of the show Married with Children where Al Bundy tries to impress some secretary by claiming to be Joe Namath.

Al: "That was me. 1969 Superbowl, babe."
Secretary: "1969? Wow. I wasn't even born yet."
Al: (breaks down crying)

[NMMNG]

86. My 37th birthday is 1 day away.

Arthritis and bursitis in my feet.

The "fine lines" beginning to develop below my eyes.

My "baby" sister is 29.

[HEyHEY]

87. Thinking that kids born in 1990 will be driving this year