Moments when you feel old...

When I watched Social Network and the opening scene shows it starting in 2003, I had that WTF I am old moment. I've already been working 10+ years.

I hit the double nickel this summer, and frankly I RARELY feel old. I do get a little dizzy when I see birthdates of legal drivers, drinkers etc. that look like 1989. I instinctively think that someone born in 1989 should still be in diapers!

PH

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Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
I hit the double nickel this summer, and frankly I RARELY feel old. I do get a little dizzy when I see birthdates of legal drivers, drinkers etc. that look like 1989. I instinctively think that someone born in 1989 should still be in diapers!

PH

Younger here! Was chatting with a girl on her birthday at the jazz bar, saw her I.D. - born in 92. Fooking 'ell...

I interviewed a prospective employee who had just gotten out of high school. I asked her what her favorite subject was and she said, "U.S. History."
I asked her this question: Name two people who were President of the US before you were born, not including Lincoln or Washington.
She said: Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

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Originally posted by irwin:
She said: Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

That's awesome. At least she got the answer right.

When I realize that a student has a grandparent younger than me. And I am still a few years shy of half a century!!!

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Originally posted by DoubleD:

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Originally posted by irwin:
She said: Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

That's awesome. At least she got the answer right.

I'm not sure I would give her a correct answer on Carter.

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Originally posted by wine+art:

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Originally posted by DoubleD:

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Originally posted by irwin:
She said: Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

That's awesome. At least she got the answer right.

I'm not sure I would give her a correct answer on Carter.

I'd give her a break, on that. She wasn't even born yet. How would she know how bad he was? Would you give her credit if she said, "Chester Arthur"?

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Originally posted by Adam10:
Was chatting with a girl on her birthday at the jazz bar, saw her I.D. - born in 92.

Careful Adam. That could have been my daughter!

Just when I see the other Peter Luger's credit numbers, issued in chronological order.

Last night some guy for the Packers ran a kickoff back 108 yards for a touchdown. He's the first NFL player to have been born in the 1990's.

The first time I ever felt old was when I heard myself ask someone, "do you still smoke pot?" instead of, "do you...," or, "have you ever..."

[Note: This is true -- obviously, I went to college, but I never really got into that.]

Now, when I look down and see that you must have been born on this date in 1993 to buy cigarettes, I nearly have a stroke.

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Originally posted by KSC02:

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Originally posted by Adam10:
Was chatting with a girl on her birthday at the jazz bar, saw her I.D. - born in 92.

Careful Adam. That could have been my daughter!

Haha, she was a stunnah, well done!

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Originally posted by winetarelli:
The first time I ever felt old was when I heard myself ask someone, "do you still smoke pot?" instead of, "do you...," or, "have you ever..."

[Note: This is true -- obviously, I went to college, but I never really got into that.]

Now, when I look down and see that you must have been born on this date in 1993 to buy cigarettes, I nearly have a stroke.

Unsure why this is always associated with 'college'....

Realizing that bands I like have been around for 30 years! Think Iron Maiden - still going strong.

I like to think I keep up with fashion, music and pop culture pretty well and I try not to fall into the trap that most do of saying everything was better back in my day. But, I felt old when I caught myself saying…”what is up with the skinny jeans that dudes are wearing these days!!!”.

Also explaining what life was like before the internet to my 16 year old niece makes me feel a little old.

. . .when I see a kid in the mall wearing a Hollister t-shirt (about 2008), walk up her and her friends and say, "hey, did you go to Pinnacles when you were out there?"

Only to be met with blank, weird stares.

But, my t-shirt motto has always been, I don't wear a logo unless I've been there, seen it, or done it. Hollister my ass.

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Originally posted by indybob:
. . .when I see a kid in the mall wearing a Hollister t-shirt (about 2008), walk up her and her friends and say, "hey, did you go to Pinnacles when you were out there?"

Only to be met with blank, weird stares.

But, my t-shirt motto has always been, I don't wear a logo unless I've been there, seen it, or done it. Hollister my ass.

This post was Greek to me.

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Originally posted by billhike:
Iron Maiden - still going strong.

Depends how you define going strong, I suppose. You could put the Stones in that category, then, too, I guess...although I think one of them will die on stage any minute now...

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Originally posted by Adam10:

This post was Greek to me.

Sorry about that.

Hollister is a teen clothing company, the logo is pretty common. They bill themselves as hipster gear for Southern California surfers. The real Hollister is a farming town in central California, not near the ocean, not known for surfing culture. It's near a park called Pinnacles, which features a complex of caves and some great scenery.

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Originally posted by indybob:

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Originally posted by Adam10:

This post was Greek to me.

Sorry about that.

Hollister is a teen clothing company, the logo is pretty common. They bill themselves as hipster gear for Southern California surfers. The real Hollister is a farming town in central California, not near the ocean, not known for surfing culture. It's near a park called Pinnacles, which features a complex of caves and some great scenery.

Oh ok...I know the clothing company. We've got it.

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Originally posted by Adam10:

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Originally posted by billhike:
Iron Maiden - still going strong.

Depends how you define going strong, I suppose. You could put the Stones in that category, then, too, I guess...although I think one of them will die on stage any minute now...

My measure is putting out new music that is still worth listening to and not simply re-hashing songs written in the 70's and before.

Well if it's your niche, I guess. I just remember them being much more relevant than today. Wonder what percentage of their tour setlist will be new material.

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Originally posted by indybob:
. . .when I see a kid in the mall wearing a Hollister t-shirt (about 2008), walk up her and her friends and say, "hey, did you go to Pinnacles when you were out there?"

I don't see what this has to do with age...

A pretty good percentage, actually. I realize this is all very subjective. I thought of them relative to the subject of the original post. When seeing them a few years ago I was surrounded by guys with graying mullets thinking wow these "old" guys look ridiculous. Then a friend pointed out they were our age-group peers! Of course, unlike some of them we didn't still work at Burger King and live with our parents...

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still work at Burger King and live with our parents...

What's wrong with that?

Just talking about this with a group the other day and a number had gone throgh this. There are variations but I call it my "elevator experience". It's when some 20/30 year old females are standing next to you having a conversation. They discuss topics they would never talk about in front of a contemporary male. You don't count! It's like you are part of the furniture and don't exist as a relevant human being. Very unsettling.

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Originally posted by WEc:

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Originally posted by indybob:
. . .when I see a kid in the mall wearing a Hollister t-shirt (about 2008), walk up her and her friends and say, "hey, did you go to Pinnacles when you were out there?"

I don't see what this has to do with age...

If I were 17 instead of forty-something, I probably would have known Hollister was a young-person's clothing company.

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Originally posted by indybob:

But, my t-shirt motto has always been, I don't wear a logo unless I've been there, seen it, or done it.

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The real Hollister is a farming town in central California, not near the ocean, not known for surfing culture. It's near a park called Pinnacles, which features a complex of caves and some great scenery.

I pointed out the town to my kids as we drove by it three years ago going from Yosemite to Monterey, so they meet your rule, but didn't know about Pinnacles.

We've never been to Abercrombie, ND so I guess they will have to ditch all that stuff.

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Originally posted by indybob:

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Originally posted by WEc:

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Originally posted by indybob:
. . .when I see a kid in the mall wearing a Hollister t-shirt (about 2008), walk up her and her friends and say, "hey, did you go to Pinnacles when you were out there?"

I don't see what this has to do with age...

If I were 17 instead of forty-something, I probably would have known Hollister was a young-person's clothing company.

In either case you shouldn't be running up to young girls in the mall to strike up a conversation after reading some words printed across their upper-body.

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Originally posted by USChelseafan:
Just talking about this with a group the other day and a number had gone throgh this. There are variations but I call it my "elevator experience". It's when some 20/30 year old females are standing next to you having a conversation. They discuss topics they would never talk about in front of a contemporary male. You don't count! It's like you are part of the furniture and don't exist as a relevant human being. Very unsettling.

Thanks for the laugh, USC. Frickin' funny

I think my worst 'feeling old' moment actually occurred when I was in my very early 30s, and demonstrated to me forcibly the significance of a generation gap.

I was teaching a class of 16 and 17-year olds around 1980, and using a textbook that had a lot of pictures that provided prompts for writing. One of them was a clear black and white photo of The Beatles. I asked the class who could tell me the name of that group.

After an uncomfortably lengthy-- and to me, shocking-- silence, I think I blurted out something like, "Oh come on, surely someone here knows the name of this band." I couldn't believe that I had to cajole them to state the obvious.

Finally a young lady put up her hand and hesitatingly replied, "Isn't that Paul McCartney's old group?"

I became a much sadder and somewhat wizened man by the end of that day.

Old:

My 11 year old son is closer in age to that really hot waitress at the sushi place than I am.



I'm so old, "hot for teacher" could apply to 45 year olds.

I'm so old, Mick Jagger doesn't seem that old any more.

I am so old, I think someone born in 1990 must be turning eleven.

Funny, I was watching Moonstruck last night, and there was a relevant conversation between John Mahoney and Olympia Dukakis:

Mahoney: "Any chance you would invite me in?"
Dukakis: "I'm too old for you."
Mahoney: "I'm too old for me. Therein lies my problem."

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Originally posted by WEc:

In either case you shouldn't be running up to young girls in the mall to strike up a conversation after reading some words printed across their upper-body.

I'm friendly, and talk with all kinds of people daily, but yes, your point helps make the story work.

My old moment: My daughter is closing on her first house this week. She is 21.

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Originally posted by USChelseafan:
Just talking about this with a group the other day and a number had gone throgh this. There are variations but I call it my "elevator experience". It's when some 20/30 year old females are standing next to you having a conversation. They discuss topics they would never talk about in front of a contemporary male. You don't count! It's like you are part of the furniture and don't exist as a relevant human being. Very unsettling.

Brilliant! Made my day!

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Originally posted by mneeley490:
My old moment: My daughter is closing on her first house this week. She is 21.

How much did that cost you?

True story.

A few years ago, my sons teacher asked me to give a talk to her science class about viruses (I am a former microbiologist). I started off be asking if anyone in the class could name a virus?

As small voice from the back of the class blurted out "Y2K".

That aged me 20 years