What makes you feel old?

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RUXTON

Friday, January 27, 2006 10:14 PM

Recalling that my uncle fought in the war...WWI.

Realizing that my late mother was born a century ago this year.

RIVER6213

Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:18 AM

I Forgot the quote thingy

RIVER6213

Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:20 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Ursula:
Quote:
Originally posted by RiveR6213:
I was 7 Earth years old.

I gotta love anyone who refers to their age as "7 Earth years old".

About time someone showed up who has a good sense of humor!

SIGNYM

Saturday, January 28, 2006 1:23 AM

My GOD we're an old-sounding bunch!!!! Makes me feel like crawling into a hole a pulling the dirt over my head just READING this thread!!

Someone should start a new topic- What makes you feel YOUNG? For me it's....

Still being able to get stuck on a TV show!

Getting enthused about meeting a bunch of really cool (yeah I know, that expression dates me!) people on-line.

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Please don't think they give a shit.

NELLIE

Saturday, January 28, 2006 3:14 AM

Ruxton, you did not deserve the appalling abuse you have received on this thread.

On the posting page, Haken has written "please be civil when responding to others". Can River6213's comments be regarded as "civil"?

Aren't we all supposed to be Browncoats together? Talking about different types of fashions that were cool at different times?

By the way, platform shoes were the height of fashion for men in previous centuries in Europe, and I don't think guys with earrings look stupid---after all, even SHAKESPEARE wore one!

In previous centuries, men wore lace and silks and brocaded frockcoats, buckled shoes and stockings, wigs, earrings & perfume, and no one questioned their masculinity, or they would run you through with a sword! It was only the Victorians who decided that men should all dress in black suits and never be allowed to wear fun clothes, and it was only the hippies of the 60's and 70's who rebelled against the Victorian ideas. Their rebellion was crushed, and men were forced back into their only permitted colours (beige, black, dark blue, dark green, and grey) acting as a dull background to us women in all our colourful glory. "Does that seem right to you?"

So lighten up, River6213, lighten up! We're all Browncoats together, remember?

RUXTON

Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:48 AM

Nellie,
Thank you. I much appreciate that you can discern exactly what was said by whom, and in what order. I'm a professional editor, so things like that seem obvious to me, and thus not worth my time to respond. But when kind folks like you take up my banner, it is just simply splendid. Shiny, even.

And SIGNYM, your wonderful comment got a big laugh outa me: "Makes me feel like crawling into a hole a pulling the dirt over my head just READING this thread!!"

Thing is, when I stop laughing, the aches all come back.

Better keep laughin', I guess. Waugh!

BTW, Saw a comment tonight on Mr. Universe's Friday show about men wearing 4" heels on shoes with buckles, in times past.

NELLIE

Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:49 PM

My pleasure, Ruxton!
The fireworks are just starting here tonight for the Chinese New Year, so I just want to say to all you Browncoats

May the Fire Dog bring you Good Luck!

CARTOON

Sunday, January 29, 2006 2:10 AM

What makes me feel old -- aside from the fact that I remember everything which everyone else here says they can remember?

BTW, how far back one's memory goes varies from person to person. I can remember things back to when I was 13 months old (they've been confirmed by people who were there). Granted, I don't have typical day-to-day memories prior to 3 (and many of my earliest memories are no longer as crisp as they used to be).

Many of the people I know have trouble remembering things earlier than 5, and to me, that seems ridiculous, particularly as my memory goes back so much further. (I distinctly remember the birth of my sister when I was 2, and even recall exactly what I said, who was there, and where everyone was standing when they brought her in through the door of our house.)

All of my grandparents (now long deceased) and my Dad (also deceased) could remember things as a small children, but my Mom claims to remember virtually nothing from her childhood (including much of school). Weird.

Regarding the person who said 13 channels -- my earliest memory of TV was of only having 3 channels (and all of them on UHF) -- just the local affiliates for CBS, ABC & NBC.

I remember seeing a poster for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" at the local cinema and thinking that Bond didn't look the same.

I watched either the first or second episode of "Star Trek" with my Dad, (I think it was "The Corbomite Manuever")and thought it was stupid (never got into it until a decade later, with the reruns).

By the time "Star Wars" was out, I was already driving.

I actually feel much older than I am, but still don't look my age.

CANTONMUDDER

Monday, January 30, 2006 6:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Ruxton:
Nellie,
Thank you. I much appreciate that you can discern exactly what was said by whom, and in what order. I'm a professional editor, so things like that seem obvious to me, and thus not worth my time to respond. But when kind folks like you take up my banner, it is just simply splendid. Shiny, even.

And SIGNYM, your wonderful comment got a big laugh outa me: "Makes me feel like crawling into a hole a pulling the dirt over my head just READING this thread!!"

Thing is, when I stop laughing, the aches all come back.

Better keep laughin', I guess. Waugh!

BTW, Saw a comment tonight on Mr. Universe's Friday show about men wearing 4" heels on shoes with buckles, in times past.

after reading this thread it is real clear that it is you that caused the partial disruption in the harmony with your attacking river the way you did. Maybe you should lighten up.

CANTONMUDDER

Monday, January 30, 2006 6:14 PM

MacDonald's hamburgers don't taste like they used to do, or maybe my taste in food has changed over the past 60 years.

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