What makes you feel old?

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THEREALME

Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:37 AM

Awww…

You thirty-somethings can be SO adorable! With your “getting old” talk.

The first moon landing? I watched it live.

I cheered on the Big Red Machine, and was proud that I was from Cincinnati.

The classic Chuck Jones Looney Toons? The original Star Trek (you know, with Kirk and Spock)? Saw the first run of those.

Who remembers Gunsmoke? Combat?

But anyway, here is what makes me feel OLD:

I feel old when I realize that a woman that I am strongly attracted to is actually young enough to be my daughter… AND she is still old enough that I could legally date her!

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

RIVER6213

Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:05 AM

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Originally posted by TheRealMe:
Awww…

You thirty-somethings can be SO adorable! With your “getting old” talk.

The first moon landing? I watched it live.

I cheered on the Big Red Machine, and was proud that I was from Cincinnati.

The classic Chuck Jones Looney Toons? The original Star Trek (you know, with Kirk and Spock)? Saw the first run of those.

Who remembers Gunsmoke? Combat?

But anyway, here is what makes me feel OLD:

I feel old when I realize that a woman that I am strongly attracted to is actually young enough to be my daughter… AND she is still old enough that I could legally date her!

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

I remember all of those shows, and yes, I watched the moon landing live. I was only 6 Earth years old, but I was caught up in the excitment of the adults.

Do you remember Rat Patrol, or Seahunt? How about Gigantor?

THEREALME

Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:13 AM

Yes, I liked those, except "Gigantor" which I remember but did not watch...

THen there is the TV Batman, with Adam West and Burt Ward!

TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree

RAVENHAIR

Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:33 AM

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Originally posted by IndianaBanzai:
The realization that this year celebrates the 25th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

And next year is the 25th anniversary of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and the 30th anniversary of Star Wars.

25th anniversary of Raiders? That definitely makes me feel old. That plus the fact that my students were all born a decade after the first Star Wars trilogy was released in the theater. (Remember when movies showed forever at the theater and you had to go back over and over to see it because it wasn't coming out on DVD or HBO the following year?)

Also, I teach history - for my students the 70's is ancient history!

RUXTON

Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:37 AM

TheRealMe asked, "Who remembers Gunsmoke? Combat?"

I do. Burt Reynolds got his start as a blacksmith there. My friend Arvo Ojala outdrew Jim Arness at the start of every "Gunsmoke" episode. I watched Milton Berle live on TV. We got our first TV in 1948. It had an 8" screen. That TV is still in the family, along with the Philco radio around which the family used to gather on Sunday night for Jack Benny, followed by Phil Harris and Alice Faye. ("That's What I Like About the South!")

The Lone Ranger was on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights at 7:30 p.m.

And he wasn't gay.

RUXTON

Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:43 AM

RIVER6213 said,
"There were no hip-hugger pants, and everyone wore sensible shoes."

[Insert loud buzzer here.] Wrong. Hip huggers and platform shoes were all the rage in the 1960s. I remember nearly breaking my neck wearing shoes with 2-inch thick soles in the early 1970s. And I'm a guy.

JETGIRL23

Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:17 AM

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Originally posted by Ursula:
People who don't remember (or worse--weren't born yet!) when "Star Wars" came out, or "Battlestar Galactica" in its 1970's incarnation.

Or that "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" was a movie first.

Ahhhh...yes ..yes and yes....How much fun did we have when Star Wars came out (I was young enough to LIVE the fantasy completely) Seeing Harrison Ford now...... makes me feel old!

and remembering when there were 13 TV channels and ya had to get off the couch to change 'em!

"Faster would be better"

RIVER6213

Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:27 PM

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Originally posted by Ruxton:
RIVER6213 said,
"There were no hip-hugger pants, and everyone wore sensible shoes."

[Insert loud buzzer here.] Wrong. Hip huggers and platform shoes were all the rage in the 1960s. I remember nearly breaking my neck wearing shoes with 2-inch thick soles in the early 1970s. And I'm a guy.

Great! Just when I thought today was actually going to be a good day! So much for the positive mood that I worked so hard to obtain.

I guess it all depended on what city or state you lived in back in the 70s in order to be able to say that, so drop the "Insert loud buzzer here" stuff. No fashion is evenly distributed around the world, starting and finishing at the same time.

From the sounds of it, it looks like the city you lived in was way into dressing like cheap whores long before my city got into it. I personally never liked the styles and fashions back then because I came from a pretty conservative city.

RUXTON

Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:46 PM

RIVER6213

By your own admission you were 6 yrs old in 1969, so how in HELL can you have any sort of opinion or knowledge of fashion worldwide at that time? Eh? I visited friends in England in 1969, from my home in Michigan, and attended Royal Albert Hall to see Led Zeppelin. I also went to many concerts in and around the Detroit area, Rolling Stones, more Led Zep, Cream, etc., and was vitally interested in observing fashion, because it was part of my job. So when I said hip huggers were the fashion rage at that time, that is exactly what I meant.

Next time it won't be a loud buzzer, it'll be the hook to drag you off stage for running your lip.

And no, I'm not very nice, not when someone contradicts me without any FACTS.

MER

Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:34 PM

For me it's remembering all the things that my friends don't exactly remember. There's that 4-5 yrs age gap thing going.

Not to mention the things that happens on TV and stuff...videos including. I don't know what the trends are and etc and when I see or hear younger kids, I roll my eyes and say, "You damn kid, you don't know a darn thing"

I find this weird b/c I'm only 23 O_o

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