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So long as I get a free reach-around, (s)he can use as many fingers as they want.

I knew I was old when I overheard a teenager say "I didn't know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings." That was back in the early 90's.

 notprop wrote:
Finger dude, f-i-n-g-e-r!

If he's using more than one you want to get a second opinion!

In Sweden we pay 300 SEK (about 30 quid) for a doctors appointment. For that I'd expect two fingers at least.

For that I'd expect the nurse with the small hands!

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My work here is done.

When you realize you're older than most of the porn stars you're... observing...

Not OLD old, but still one hell of a realization.

I had an old feeling when I went back to my university for homecoming a few weeks ago. I went out to a house party and these youngin's were discussing things, and the topic of age came up and I sat there and realized that I was 7 years older than them (I'm only 25) and that when I started college, they were all in 6th grade... I felt really fething old at that moment.

 Alfndrate wrote:
I had an old feeling when I went back to my university for homecoming a few weeks ago. I went out to a house party and these youngin's were discussing things, and the topic of age came up and I sat there and realized that I was 7 years older than them (I'm only 25) and that when I started college, they were all in 6th grade... I felt really fething old at that moment.

It's sad that at 27, I can talk about things at work that will make the new privates jaws' drop in wonder and amazement.... the things kids these days never grow up knowing, or doing.... now it's all about tweeting and sexting and facebooking and youtubing.... In my day, if you wanted to see things, you had to work for it

 whembly wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
So many of these are ringing true, and I just hit 30

Damn... all of you are making me feel old.

At least I ain't ancient like frazzled.

You're not old until you've outlived species.

I still contend fire is just a fad.

 Frazzled wrote:
You're not old until you've outlived species.

Unfortunately most people alive have outlived species these days...

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
You're not old until you've outlived species.

Unfortunately most people alive have outlived species these days...

Yea but most people didn't hunt them down with pointy sticks.

"What did the last mastadon say when it died? Ughh!"
-Frazzled.

 Frazzled wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
So many of these are ringing true, and I just hit 30

Damn... all of you are making me feel old.

At least I ain't ancient like frazzled.

You're not old until you've outlived species.

I still contend fire is just a fad.

Species? That movie was terrible.

Indeed. What has been seen cannot be unseen!!!

 Frazzled wrote:

 whembly wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
So many of these are ringing true, and I just hit 30

Damn... all of you are making me feel old.

At least I ain't ancient like frazzled.

You're not old until you've outlived species.

I still contend fire is just a fad.

Prometheus... is that you?

 Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote:
When I realized I don't know what's cool in schools these days.

You're better off not knowing.

The thought "MILF" doesn't really do it for any more

The car you paid off and now own with pride is hitting 10 years old....83 Mustang is 43 years old...Maverick is....NVFM.

Pitfall is an extinct classic

You look at actors and mention how well they age......

Debating with some of you all is interesting....age wise

I know how well I can write in cursive and print compare to some of the chicken death scratch I've seen

 Jihadin wrote:
83 Mustang is 43 years old.

Good news, you still have over 10 years left.

Also, so do I.

Well I've been getting grey hairs...at the ripe old age of 22 :(

Though I suppose it's better than falling out. At the rate I'm going white I'll look like Fulgrim or an anime villain soon enough.

I used to be upset at the prospect of going bald. Now that it's started to go in full swing, I've just shaved it all off and grown out the beard.

It's a better look than I thought it would be.

I'm 21 and going bald.....im thinking of shaving, but im afraid of it

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
I'm 21 and going bald.....im thinking of shaving, but im afraid of it

Hey man.



Not quite bald myself but won't be shocked if I am in a couple of years. My hair has been steadily thinning bit by bit since seventeen or so. Thought it was stress for awhile with school but I don't feel very stressed much anymore and still on the steady path

I live across the road from the school I went to for 10 years, so I kinda get reminded of this stuff every day.

 nels1031 wrote:
When you get to an age restricted website and your birth year takes more then a few seconds to scroll down to.

I hate that.

When you suffer from old man hair growing out your ears. Went for a haircut last week and the woman spent rather too long with a razor trimming it.

When you do that old man grunt when standing up.

Also I work in a secondary school which makes me feel ancient...

I'm now old enough that I could legally have fathered a child old enough to be of school age.

Many were born post 9/11, which feels odd because how did that end up in the past so quickly?

Younger colleagues are more computer literate than me but have never heard of DOS. Which saddened me.

 Howard A Treesong wrote:

I'm now old enough that I could legally have fathered a child old enough to be of school age.

Damn. I've just worked out that if I'd had a kid when I left school, that kid would now have finished school too.

You also know you're old when you can feel weather changes in your knees.

You also know you're old when someone asks you a question and you look it up in a book, rather than googling it on your phone.

One of my half-jokes to some of my fellow gamers is ...

"I'm old enough to be your dad."

"What did you say your mum's name is?"

For some of them, I DO know at least one parent going back years, so it's not that much of a logical leap.

 Dark wrote:

 Corpsesarefun wrote:
The "I'll ALWAYS dress like this! IT'S NOT JUST A PHASE, IT'S WHO I AM!" was the cherry on top.

I've been told once I was on a phase on how I dressed, but the phase has been going on since I'm 16 and now I'm 29 xD

Pretty much this.

I've worn the same "uniform" for about the last 30 years.

Black jeans and black T-shirts (not necessarily metal band shirts - I only have a few of them, but lots of plain black ones.)

Teamed with High-tops (I have flat feet, and I need shoes with no arch support).

When you have T-Shirts that are older than some of the people you work with.

-Being jealous of your kid because he's in a dorm full of "healthy" women looking for their MRS degree and inventing new and interesting formulas for drinking involving Everclear.

-The daily discovery of new pains and aches.

-Catching yourself playing the "bifocal game" while driving by switching which lens focus you're looking at the dash with.

-Watching the kids you yelled at to get off your lawn are now yelling at kids getting on their lawn (true story).

-Looking at that healthy lass and catching yourself thinking "she needs to put a coat on, before she catches a draft."

-Having full grown men with kids call you sir.

 Frazzled wrote:
).

-Looking at that healthy lass and catching yourself thinking "she needs to put a coat on, before she catches a draft."
.

Haha, did that a few weeks ago. Sitting in a Coffee shop with the Mrs, she asks me why I was looking at the pretty woman in a short skirt and very high heels clearing the tables. My instant and honest answer - "how on earth will she be able to stand up in those things all day, she break her bloomin' ankle!" Horrifying, absolutely horrifying!


Excuse me gentlemen I think I need to man up a bit outside, do some woodworking or kick a cat or something...

 notprop wrote:
she asks me why I was looking at the pretty woman

My wife asked me the very same question once - my response was "Did she get dressed in the dark?" she was wearing blue and green...that was the first thing I saw!