Topic: I'm officially old.

[Caliban]

Yes, please do keep off my lawn.

[Stratos]

And don't even think of pranking my lawn ornaments either!

[EasyCure]

Can we get a diaper change over here? This thread is starting to stink up something fierce.

[Stogi]

Sundial Wristwatch from FOSSIL - $55

55 bucks is a little steep for something that's obviously a joke.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Sundial Wristwatch from FOSSIL - $55

55 bucks is a little steep for something that's obviously a joke.

But it could sort of double as a weapon if needed.

[Stogi]

Weapon?

Do I look like Charlie Brown?

[UncleBob]

I had two "I am old" moments recently.

1.) We started carrying Mexican Coke in glass bottles at work.  Everyone there knows they're one of my favorite things.  So, I'm walking down the hall when a younger associate passes me carrying one of the bottles.  She kinda holds the bottle "How am I supposed to open this?".  I tell her I've got a bottle opener in my office - so, we step down to my office and I hand her the bottle opener.  It's nothing fancy, just one of those with the bottle opener on one end, the can punch on the other, and a magnet in the middle.  She holds out her hand, and I lay the bottle opener in her palm.... she looks down at it, then looks at me "I don't know how to use this."  And she's not stupid or anything - she's just never had to use a bottle opener.  Makes me sad.

The second moment was when I was in the break room with a co-worker playing Mario vs. Luigi.  One of us had died via bob-omb and one of us said the phrase "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb."  Of course, we broke out laughing and another, younger, co-worker didn't get the joke.  I said it was a quote from the greatest movie of all time by the greatest actor of all time.  The other co-worker asked who - and I said Adam West.  They asked "The mayor on Family Guy?"

[MegaByte]

The first thing shouldn't be an "I'm old" moment unless you mean "older than 21."

[ThePerm]

lol, didnt know how to use a bottle opener and isn't stupid?  Or maybe she wants your balls?

the second one is an old moment, although its more or less because they don't play re-runs of batman anymore like they did. It used to be on FX when FX was a Nick at Night type channel before Nick at Night was a channel and not just the night block of Nickelodeon, and also on the Scifi Channel before it was Syfy. It now airs on some obscure channel that nobody gets.

[UncleBob]

The first thing shouldn't be an "I'm old" moment unless you mean "older than 21."

I don't drink, but don't most beers have twist off caps anymore?

[Morari]

I recall not only having to use a bottle opener to open my soda, but then returning the empty glass bottles to the store itself in order to be reused. I'm old.

[bustin98]

I used to walk the streets of Melbourne looking for empty bottles to return for another bottle. The good ole days...

[Crimm]

I used to walk the streets of Melbourne looking for empty bottles to return for another bottle. The good ole days...

Isn't there a movie about that? I just recall it having far too much leather.

[Stogi]

I recall not only having to use a bottle opener to open my soda, but then returning the empty glass bottles to the store itself in order to be reused. I'm old.

They still do that in Sudan.

[Ceric]

Anyone remember when Juicy Juice came in a can and you had to use that hookie tool to savagely punch a whole in it to get to the juice?

[Stogi]

No but I remember using condense milk to eat cereal.

[Morari]

I remember when the milkman sat out fresh bottles for us every morning, taking the empty bottles from the previous day to be filled and used again. Nothing was more fun that collecting the cardboard-like caps off of the bottles. We'd play games with them not too dissimilar to marbles.

We used to sit the spoiled milk, and sometimes even sour cream, out in a little dish for the hedgehogs to drink. Good times.

Of course, I never much liked milk itself. Just the caps. Even nowadays, I only sparingly use soymilk in things like cereal and baking.

[bustin98]

Morari was playing pogs before they tried to become a fad in the 90s. I've never seen an actual milkman, though it probably depends on where you grew up.

I remember when you could dial on the phone locally using only 4 numbers. The tvs had a seperate dial for channels over 13. You had a choice between leaded and unleaded gas. MTV only played music videos. (ok, thats not really a sign of being old... or is it?)

Only 1.5 years to go until 40... who wants to come to my black b-day?

[Stogi]

hahahaaha what?

Black b-day?

[bustin98]

When you turn 40, all the decorations and such is black.

Though I was picturing myself showing up in blackface..

[BlackNMild2k1]

I remember back when if you wanted to get satellite TV at your house, you needed a dish the size of a kiddie swimming pool.

The tvs had a seperate dial for channels over 13.

Ha. the UHF dial. I remember needing an antenna that had that dial on it to for other TV's that didn't have the 2nd dial. Like the bigscreen floor model tv that was made out of wood... the one that eventually became a table for the much smaller tv that sat on top of it.

MTV only played music videos. (ok, thats not really a sign of being old... or is it?)

MTV hasn't only played music for over 15 years.

Only 1.5 years to go until 40... who wants to come to my black b-day?

whats a black b-day? is that a theme like an anniversary or something?
edit:

When you turn 40, all the decorations and such is black.

Though I was picturing myself showing up in blackface..

oh, guess I was right.

[Ceric]

If you weren't so far away I go.

[bustin98]

What is it, like a 4 hour drive from where you are? You're getting old too :p

[Ceric]

What is it, like a 4 hour drive from where you are? You're getting old too :p

Aren't you up in Ohio?  I thought you were more northern.  I know Dover is 8 hours.

[bustin98]

Well, maybe you're further out than I was thinking. My wife drove to Nashville in 8 hours. I drove to UBs in 6, not counting the snow storm.