Posted on 12/12/2024 4:48:07 PM PST by Twotone
As one generation gives way to the next, you may find yourself looking in the mirror and wondering, "Hey, am I old now?"
Here are 15 signs that you are, in fact, old:
1. You saw this article scrolling Facebook: Dead giveaway.
2. You have something in your wallet called "cash": Okay, boomer.
3. You take a minute to plan your approach before picking something up off the floor: Can't be too hasty.
4. You whisper secrets so Alexa doesn't hear you: You know they're listening!
5. You experience the sudden urge to put on a Steely Dan CD: Plus, you own CDs.
6. You have car glasses, reading glasses, work glasses, TV glasses, and regular glasses: None of which you can locate.
7. Your orthopedist named his boat after you: Subtle, but a sure sign.
8. You just checked the clock to see when you can take ibuprofen again: Nope, it's only been 13 minutes.
9. You tape little pieces of paper over your computer's camera so the hackers can't see you: Smart.
10. You think Babylon Bee headlines are real news: A classic symptom of oldness.
11. You sign all of your texts 'Love, Dad': And you think LOL means 'Lots of Love.'
12. Reeeeeee!!: Oh, that's just your tinnitus flaring up again.
13. You're on an Alaskan cruise: They're like a siren song to the old.
14. You were born in the 1930s: Pretty straightforward.
15. You got elected to Congress: Oof.
How many boxes did you check there, old-timer?
You too?
2 & 3 for me, at 75.
You know when you’re really old? When your family talks about you in front of you....”What are we going to do with Pop, we’ve got company coming over tonight.”
-Rodney Dangerfield
Zero - and I’m 72.
I do get the urge to listen to Steely Dan tunes - but not on CD.
I have trouble picking things up off the floor - but I don’t plan my approach
I have car glasses - but not the others
I have mild tinnitus sometimes when it gets really quiet - but nothing to complain about
That’s about it.
I do know I’m really old. I fit in number 14. Just celebrated my 91 birthday. Born in 1933. Did anyone match that? I clime23 steps up and down every day, some days 3 or 4 times. I walk to the P.O. Do I get a trophy?
I guess I’m beyond old: my Steely Dan albums are on vinyl.
If records are getting popular! Wow, I’ve got a gazillian of them. Any Bluegrass fans?
Now THAT is funny! (And sad to say, true.)
I resemble that list.....
WOW, that’s impressive! I can only hope to accomplish all that you do now. Congratulations on a nice long life.
4, 5, 6!, 8, 9, 12...
“I guess I’m beyond old: my Steely Dan albums are on vinyl.”
Mine too. And a fair number of my records are 78rpm shellac. To understand where the term album comes from look at a set of 78’s in a binder.
4, 5, 6!, 8, 9, 12...
345-6789
NASA, Boeing, Harvard, marxism, MSNBC = “old”
4, 5, 6!, 8, 9, 12...
345-6789
Sorry, wrong number! 634-5789.
You drive around all over with your left blinker going all the time.
I did all of those on that list except the one about the scale being wrong.
#3 is the most important. Dropping something on the floor requires a slow deliberate move to pick it up, otherwise your back goes out.
Also never trust a burp or a fart
...but you still have your hearing...
Yep. Counting back to when your grandparents were born and then when their grandparents were born and pretty soon you’re in the colonial era.
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