Comments on Life, Family, et al: You know you're getting old when ...

Shell ~ Now that's bad. Sell it on Ebay. You mig...

2006-07-18T13:03:00.000-04:00

Shell ~ Now that's bad. Sell it on Ebay. You might get a buck or two. :)

The sad thing is, I still have the Merlin in my cl...

2006-07-14T13:12:00.000-04:00

The sad thing is, I still have the Merlin in my closet!!!

Shell

Jade ~ I was trying to give them the benefit of th...

2006-07-13T22:24:00.000-04:00

Jade ~ I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt. BUt, I fear you're probably correct in your assumption. I mean, for gosh sakes, I knew lingo from the 40', 50's, and 60's so they have no excuse ... except for maybe laziness.

Christine ~ I like to think it's because I'm smart and not because I know more Presidents than they do because I've been ALIVE longer.

Rowan ~ I had the world's coolest record player. It was a plain red plastic case and it had a BUILT-IN 45 adapter! Everyone else had the Bee-Gees or Bay City Rollers. I could make my player anything I wanted with a sticker. At least that's how my parents presented it to me.

Shell ~ LOL I forgot you're older by 5 months. OMG! I forgot all about mood rings. I had one and it stayed black. I thought I was possessed. Here, my brother did something funky to it, so it was permanently black. We had battery-operated stuff growing up (Simon, Merlin, hand-held football games, etc). And adults thought WE were lazy stupid because our toys needed batteries.

I just turned 38 in Feb. and I feel old, too. My o...

2006-07-13T13:13:00.000-04:00

I just turned 38 in Feb. and I feel old, too. My oldest (13) told me I'm nerdy because of some of the things I say and do. I still call say records w/jackets and glove box. I know about the terranium but never had a pet rock. What about mood rings, I had one of them! My family really loves it when I tell them I'm going to haul off and hit something. Kids today get bored too easily. They have computers, game systems, cable, etc and they complain they are bored and have nothing to do. Growing up, I had none of that stuff, just the normal stuff of the times-Barbies, books, art stuff, RECORDS and I had plenty of things to do. When they're bored, I tell them to clean the house and miraculously (?) they find things to do. When they get older and have kids, all the things they say and do now will come back to haunt them!

Shell

idk....i'm in my 20's and ya know? I still call '...

2006-07-13T12:24:00.000-04:00

idk....i'm in my 20's and ya know? I still call 'em albums and jackets, I get called old by the early 20 somethings at work, and I've never felt young since I was 13 years old...am I a rarity? or am I just not cool? psst....I also use that line about 33 on 45 too....I get it, and I miss my old record player....my daughter has never even seen one....imagine...not knowing how to work a record player!!! I remember not being allowed to buy cassettes causes records were cheaper.

Meh, you're just too smart for some people. Not...

2006-07-13T09:43:00.000-04:00

Meh, you're just too *smart* for some people. Not old, smart.

Y'know, it's a possibility that the people who did...

2006-07-13T09:04:00.000-04:00

Y'know, it's a possibility that the people who didn't understand your references weren't just young and hip....perhaps they were stupid too. Just a though.