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asurvivor ( member #32368) posted at 4:12 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
You read a thread where posts are made about getting old and you can't relate because you're too old to know what they are posting about.
I've wiped the shit off. It can be wiped off you know.
Tred ( member #34086) posted at 4:27 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
Lawn darts ..the real kind that always weeded out the not so bright cousins at the family reunion.
I still have a set of real slider Jarts - I refuse to get rid of them.
And having a smoking section in a plane was like having a peeing section in a pool.
Married: 27 years (14 @JFO) D-Day: 11/09/11"Ohhhhh...shut up Tred!" - NOT the official SI motto (DS)
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 4:54 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
"It's all fun and games until ...."
[This message edited by TrulyReconciled at 11:02 AM, September 11th (Wednesday)]
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 8:41 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
I remember working in an office where the break room was split into smoking and non-smoking. Unfortunately, those were the only two tables in the room, and they were right next to each other with no divider. 
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
aesir ( member #17210) posted at 8:55 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
I remember working in an office where the break room was split into smoking and non-smoking. Unfortunately, those were the only two tables in the room, and they were right next to each other with no divider.
Is that a complaint or just a sign you are getting old if you can remember that?
It didn't have to make sense, it was policy.
Your mileage may vary... in accordance with the prophecy.
Do not back up. Severe tire damage.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 10:01 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
Newlease ( member #7767) posted at 10:06 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
At my first real grown up job, the man I worked for smoked a pipe - at his desk - and I had to clean up that mess every night. I also fetched him coffee whenever he needed a refill - and took dictation, on a notepad.
NL
Even if you can't control the world around you, you are still the master of your own soul.
nowiknow23 ( member #33226) posted at 10:43 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
Another sign - your childhood toys are for sale at antique shows.
You can call me NIK
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 10:46 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
Buy them back for your second childhood ...
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
gma56 ( member #19595) posted at 11:15 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
You know your old when: You still own the orginal Woodstock album after a dozen moves across many states, but you no longer have anything to play it on. 
BW-Divorced
It's my life now, my choices, my mistakes to make and my victories to celebrate. His choices made me free of liars and betrayers in my life. That is priceless.
aesir ( member #17210) posted at 11:27 PM on Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
And when you want to be funny and think of this.
Your mileage may vary... in accordance with the prophecy.
Do not back up. Severe tire damage.
Sad in AZ ( member #24239) posted at 12:25 AM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013
When you got your very first 'real' job after college, you told them that you wanted to take home $100/week 
because that was a really good salary.
You are important and you matter. Your feelings matter. Your voice matters. Your story matters. Your life matters. Always.
Me: FBS (no longer betrayed nor a spouse)-63
D-day: 2007 (two years before finding SI)
S: 6/2010; D: 3/2011
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 9:00 PM on Thursday, September 12th, 2013
Time seems to pass so quickly ....
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
MartlArts ( member #36130) posted at 8:01 PM on Friday, September 13th, 2013
You're old AND a nerd if you calculate your age in hexadecimal on your birthday.
excerpt from an awesome quote "Forgiveness - the finishing of old business that allows us to experience the present, free of contamination from the past."
Jpapageorge ( member #31800) posted at 7:35 PM on Thursday, September 19th, 2013
Ralph Macchio is about to turn 51, the same age as Mr. Miyagi in the original Karate Kid. 
"Either get busy livin' or get busy dyin'." (and I prefer to live)
"Shame on me for kissing you with my eyes closed."
Spectemur agendo.
Me: FBBF
ISPIFFD ( member #26367) posted at 7:51 PM on Thursday, September 19th, 2013
Burger, fries & coke and Change Back From Your Dollar!
William Shatner was actually good looking...
I'm done here; sick of 2 x 4s
weeping willow ( member #22800) posted at 8:52 PM on Thursday, September 19th, 2013
When you remember wearing poodle skirts, bobbie sox and saddle shoes.
When you remember seeing The Beatles first performance on the Ed Sullivan Show.
When you remember watching The Lawrence Welk Show, The Dinah Shore Show, The Honeymooners, The Milton Burl Show, Scrappy, Sing Along with Mitch and I Love Lucy, and they weren't reruns.
When you know what a jibber is.
When you remember buying penny candy (single pieces of candy for a penny).
If you've ever chewed Black Jack, Cloves or Teaberry gum.
When candy bars, popsicles and a bottle of soda were a nickle.
When gasoline was a quarter a gallon.
OMG! Now I feel older than dirt!
BW - me FWH - him
D Day - July 26, 2007
Married 40 years
tired girl ( member #28053) posted at 9:36 PM on Thursday, September 19th, 2013
Shaun Cassidy OMG
I also have started roller skating again- love it!
I remember the difference between leaded and unleaded, my first car could take leaded. And the gas prices then were awesome!
Lawn darts were great!
And I remember $100 a week sounding like a lot of money.
Me 47 Him 47 Hardlessons
DS 27,25,23
D Day's becoming less important as time moves on.
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt
My bad for trying to locate remorse on your morality map. OITNB
Chrysalis123 ( member #27148) posted at 5:31 AM on Friday, September 20th, 2013
You know you are old when the doctor you are visiting is appearing to be much younger than you....like the age of your kids.
Someone I once loved gave me/ a box full of darkness/ It took me years to understand/ That this, too, was a gift. - Mary Oliver
Just for the record darling, not all positive changes feel positive in the beginning -S C Lourie
wannabenormal ( member #19772) posted at 5:47 AM on Friday, September 20th, 2013
I don't feel old, but I am raising kids that have had access to like everything ever....
My DD13 asked me - Mom, did you have TV when you were a kid?
(sigh - actually a loud HUFF) Yes, DD.
Was it color?
(irked now!) Yes, DD. We even had (Commodore 64) computers and indoor plumbing! We had MTV and everything!
LOL!
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