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Ireneparalegal · 02-02-2006, 02:01 AM

For me, signs of getting older are:

my kids see my 45's and with a frisbee motion ask "What are these?"

when I had a phone, it had a cord attached to it.

when I was on the phone as a teen, anyone who would call our home would get a busy signal.

I bought albums.

Records would get scratched.

If I missed a t.v. show, Oh Well. Had to wait for the rerun, if there was one.

Getting a tan meant going out in the sun or going to the beach.

When I was punished, I couldn't use the phone, t.v. or record player.

I had an 8 track player.

Cassettes were the "in" thing when I got older.

If we missed a movie at the show, we had to wait for it to come out on t.v. years later.

Cable movies started for our family when I was 17. By then, if you missed a movie at the show, you only had to wait abt two years for it to come out on cable.

When VCR's first came out, there was Beta.

When "Roots" was shown on t.v. that was SHOCKING!!!!!!!!

Chad Michael Murray · 02-02-2006, 02:03 AM

Here's one that makes ME feel old, and I'm 21.

Nick at Nite, a network that I've always thought of as showing OLD shows, now has nothing but sitcoms that ALL originally aired during my lifetime! (With the exception of Three's Company, if they still show that)

Now how's THAT for old?

~*Hannah_Lee*~ · 02-02-2006, 02:10 AM

^ I'm almost 18 and I remember watching some of them growing up.

This doesn't really make me feel older, but it makes me worry about kids a lot younger than me- when I was 10, there was no way on God's green earth my mother would have bought me a cell phone. I didn't get one until I was 16 and even then it was an older model. It bothers me seeing 10 year olds talking on cell phones just trying to look "cool" (and run up mama and daddy's phone bill).

Mr. Television · 02-02-2006, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

For me, signs of getting older are:

my kids see my 45's and with a frisbee motion ask "What are these?"

when I had a phone, it had a cord attached to it.

when I was on the phone as a teen, anyone who would call our home would get a busy signal.

I bought albums.

Records would get scratched.

If I missed a t.v. show, Oh Well. Had to wait for the rerun, if there was one.

Getting a tan meant going out in the sun or going to the beach.

When I was punished, I couldn't use the phone, t.v. or record player.

I had an 8 track player.

Cassettes were the "in" thing when I got older.

If we missed a movie at the show, we had to wait for it to come out on t.v. years later.

Cable movies started for our family when I was 17. By then, if you missed a movie at the show, you only had to wait abt two years for it to come out on cable.

When VCR's first came out, there was Beta.

When "Roots" was shown on t.v. that was SHOCKING!!!!!!!!

OMG I'm old.

Brieannas21 · 02-02-2006, 02:15 AM

I felt old when I was babysitting my 11 yr old cousin, and he heard an old rap song come on the radio. The song was from like 1990 or 91 and he said, "Is that how they rapped back in the old days". LOL, now I'm only 24 almost 25 next month, And that made me feel soooooooo old. Now I see how my mom felt when I would say things like "Back in the olden days" LOL

Also the other night I was up feeding my daughter and I was flipping through the channels and I saw the Snorks on, I sooooo remember every Saturday morning watching those cartoons. My aunt use to tell me when I was little that when you get older that you're gonna miss your childhood. And now I totally understand what she was saying, I really miss being 5/6 with no worries.

PZelda · 02-02-2006, 02:52 AM

VHS movies were $50 or more when I was still a little thing.

VCRs still weighed 1,000 pounds and most of them were top-loading until '86.

Two words: CONSOLE TVs!

Computers were still horrendously expensive, and there was no such thing as computer mouses.

Only the wealthy businesspeople had mobile phones, and they carried it around with them in a briefcase. GASP- how portable!

Once the 3" floppy disks came along, people marveled at how much information they held. Today we have 2GB flash drives.

Rotary phones. People in my family still had rotary phones when I was growing up, plus we had a wall rotary phone at home when I was still really young.

Super 8. My parents had a Super 8 camcorder when they got married in the late 70's and we used it until they replaced the Super 8 with an updated 500-pound camcorder in 1990. We watched our Super 8 reels on a projector.

When cordless phones became the norm, it was very common for the antenna on it to stretch out to more than two FEET or longer. Be careful- don't take out anybody's eyes!

Now there is barely an antenna on today's phones. Times have changed.

Oh, and another thing- hearing impaired people were screwed out of being able to watch TV before the early 1980s because there was no such thing as closed captioning. Over the years, more programs and movies started utilizing the CC feature and a law was finally passed 13 years ago that required TVs to be equipped with a built-in CC decoder. TVs before that didn't have CC and you had to buy an external decoder unit and it had to be hooked up to your TV for it to work. I still have mine from the 80's.

Dutabi84 · 02-02-2006, 03:12 AM

I remember when this cousin of mine was just a baby, crapping his pants and suckling on mammalain milk like all babies should. Now he's like 6 feet tall and has a deep voice.

dawsongirl · 02-02-2006, 03:50 AM

I still look at my cousin as this little bratty kid who was always making me play with her and watch Nickelodeon. Now she's taller than me and dating.

This kid I used to babysit when I was 13...he's 22 now.

Pitooey · 02-02-2006, 08:38 AM

You want old?

I saw the original run on Nov. 22, 1963 of JFK getting assasinated on the Black/white TV. 2 days later. I saw Lee Harvey Oswald get shot on live TV.

TVFactFan · 02-02-2006, 10:40 AM

I can tell I'm getting older when HOT YOUNG CHICKS who work at a fast food restarunt call me "SIR"-lol Getting older sucks

Dumballa · 02-02-2006, 11:16 AM

tha foyst time i said ta myself, "i remember 20 years ago."

swedeace · 02-02-2006, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

When "Roots" was shown on t.v. that was SHOCKING!!!!!!!!

That reminds me of the episode on "That 70s Show" when the parents bought a VCR. The dad tells the mom NOT to watch "Roots" because he said they could record it watch it two hours later when it ends. Then at the end, they realize the dad didn't have the tape inside the VCR. She was ANGRY because it was her favorite movie and he didn't check beforehand! hahahaha..

Anyway....

I still remember the early 90s music. Some good stuff, and it was around the time when these kids from some family friends were born or very young. My sister and I used to babysit for them. I remember it all like it was yesterday, and one is 12 and the other is 14. It makes me feel old too!

Ireneparalegal · 02-02-2006, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PZelda

VHS movies were $50 or more when I was still a little thing.

VCRs still weighed 1,000 pounds and most of them were top-loading until '86.

Two words: CONSOLE TVs!

Computers were still horrendously expensive, and there was no such thing as computer mouses.

Only the wealthy businesspeople had mobile phones, and they carried it around with them in a briefcase. GASP- how portable!

Once the 3" floppy disks came along, people marveled at how much information they held. Today we have 2GB flash drives.

Rotary phones. People in my family still had rotary phones when I was growing up, plus we had a wall rotary phone at home when I was still really young.

Super 8. My parents had a Super 8 camcorder when they got married in the late 70's and we used it until they replaced the Super 8 with an updated 500-pound camcorder in 1990. We watched our Super 8 reels on a projector.

When cordless phones became the norm, it was very common for the antenna on it to stretch out to more than two FEET or longer. Be careful- don't take out anybody's eyes!

Now there is barely an antenna on today's phones. Times have changed.

Oh, and another thing- hearing impaired people were screwed out of being able to watch TV before the early 1980s because there was no such thing as closed captioning. Over the years, more programs and movies started utilizing the CC feature and a law was finally passed 13 years ago that required TVs to be equipped with a built-in CC decoder. TVs before that didn't have CC and you had to buy an external decoder unit and it had to be hooked up to your TV for it to work. I still have mine from the 80's.

Oh yes!!!! console t.v.'s...My God, and you had to actually get up from where you were sitting to go up to the television and turn the knob to change the channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TV's only had 13 channels

Rotary phones. Man, we had those for the longest. When I got a phone in my room, I was abt ten, they finally had the buttons!!!!!!!!

Answering machines: Those huge bulky ugly looking things came out when I was a teen.

The first VCR I bought COST $500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I bought my dual VCR and DVD Player two years ago, it cost $79!!!!

Reality Shows: PBS (Public Broadcasting system)

Janice Johnson · 02-02-2006, 01:34 PM

You call your family using telegram.......

TVFactFan · 02-02-2006, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Oh yes!!!! console t.v.'s...My God, and you had to actually get up from where you were sitting to go up to the television and turn the knob to change the channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TV's only had 13 channels

Rotary phones. Man, we had those for the longest. When I got a phone in my room, I was abt ten, they finally had the buttons!!!!!!!!

Answering machines: Those huge bulky ugly looking things came out when I was a teen.

The first VCR I bought COST $500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I bought my dual VCR and DVD Player two years ago, it cost $79!!!!

Reality Shows: PBS (Public Broadcasting system)

I saw one of those Bulky answering machines on Three's company the other night. It was a 1982 episode

02-02-2006, 02:01 AM	#1
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	Signs you are getting older... For me, signs of getting older are: my kids see my 45's and with a frisbee motion ask "What are these?" when I had a phone, it had a cord attached to it. when I was on the phone as a teen, anyone who would call our home would get a busy signal. I bought albums. Records would get scratched. If I missed a t.v. show, Oh Well. Had to wait for the rerun, if there was one. Getting a tan meant going out in the sun or going to the beach. When I was punished, I couldn't use the phone, t.v. or record player. I had an 8 track player. Cassettes were the "in" thing when I got older. If we missed a movie at the show, we had to wait for it to come out on t.v. years later. Cable movies started for our family when I was 17. By then, if you missed a movie at the show, you only had to wait abt two years for it to come out on cable. When VCR's first came out, there was Beta. When "Roots" was shown on t.v. that was SHOCKING!!!!!!!!
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02-02-2006, 02:03 AM	#2
Chad Michael Murray Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,493	Here's one that makes ME feel old, and I'm 21. Nick at Nite, a network that I've always thought of as showing OLD shows, now has nothing but sitcoms that ALL originally aired during my lifetime! (With the exception of Three's Company, if they still show that) Now how's THAT for old?
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02-02-2006, 02:10 AM	#3
~Hannah_Lee~ Let's dance in style Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 09, 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 7,358	^ I'm almost 18 and I remember watching some of them growing up. This doesn't really make me feel older, but it makes me worry about kids a lot younger than me- when I was 10, there was no way on God's green earth my mother would have bought me a cell phone. I didn't get one until I was 16 and even then it was an older model. It bothers me seeing 10 year olds talking on cell phones just trying to look "cool" (and run up mama and daddy's phone bill).
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02-02-2006, 08:38 AM	#9
Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	You want old? I saw the original run on Nov. 22, 1963 of JFK getting assasinated on the Black/white TV. 2 days later. I saw Lee Harvey Oswald get shot on live TV.
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02-02-2006, 02:15 AM	#5
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	I felt old when I was babysitting my 11 yr old cousin, and he heard an old rap song come on the radio. The song was from like 1990 or 91 and he said, "Is that how they rapped back in the old days". LOL, now I'm only 24 almost 25 next month, And that made me feel soooooooo old. Now I see how my mom felt when I would say things like "Back in the olden days" LOL Also the other night I was up feeding my daughter and I was flipping through the channels and I saw the Snorks on, I sooooo remember every Saturday morning watching those cartoons. My aunt use to tell me when I was little that when you get older that you're gonna miss your childhood. And now I totally understand what she was saying, I really miss being 5/6 with no worries.

02-02-2006, 02:52 AM	#6
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	VHS movies were $50 or more when I was still a little thing. VCRs still weighed 1,000 pounds and most of them were top-loading until '86. Two words: CONSOLE TVs! Computers were still horrendously expensive, and there was no such thing as computer mouses. Only the wealthy businesspeople had mobile phones, and they carried it around with them in a briefcase. GASP- how portable! Once the 3" floppy disks came along, people marveled at how much information they held. Today we have 2GB flash drives. Rotary phones. People in my family still had rotary phones when I was growing up, plus we had a wall rotary phone at home when I was still really young. Super 8. My parents had a Super 8 camcorder when they got married in the late 70's and we used it until they replaced the Super 8 with an updated 500-pound camcorder in 1990. We watched our Super 8 reels on a projector. When cordless phones became the norm, it was very common for the antenna on it to stretch out to more than two FEET or longer. Be careful- don't take out anybody's eyes! Now there is barely an antenna on today's phones. Times have changed. Oh, and another thing- hearing impaired people were screwed out of being able to watch TV before the early 1980s because there was no such thing as closed captioning. Over the years, more programs and movies started utilizing the CC feature and a law was finally passed 13 years ago that required TVs to be equipped with a built-in CC decoder. TVs before that didn't have CC and you had to buy an external decoder unit and it had to be hooked up to your TV for it to work. I still have mine from the 80's.

02-02-2006, 03:12 AM	#7
Dutabi84 kittens must die Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: MN/TX Posts: 11,026	I remember when this cousin of mine was just a baby, crapping his pants and suckling on mammalain milk like all babies should. Now he's like 6 feet tall and has a deep voice.

02-02-2006, 03:50 AM	#8
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	I still look at my cousin as this little bratty kid who was always making me play with her and watch Nickelodeon. Now she's taller than me and dating. This kid I used to babysit when I was 13...he's 22 now.

02-02-2006, 10:40 AM	#10
TVFactFan Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Posts: 99,119	I can tell I'm getting older when HOT YOUNG CHICKS who work at a fast food restarunt call me "SIR"-lol Getting older sucks

02-02-2006, 11:16 AM	#11
Dumballa Sight beyond sight. Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 05, 2005 Location: Lighthouse Point Posts: 6,384	tha foyst time i said ta myself, "i remember 20 years ago."

02-02-2006, 01:34 PM	#14
Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,740	You call your family using telegram.......