You know you're getting old when...

**labrat** · September 23rd, 2003, 05:05 AM

...you can relate to this article (sadly, everything in it rang true for me, which tells you just how venerable I've become):

http://www.bcentral.com/articles/isy...d=msn&LID=3800

**melibita** · September 23rd, 2003, 07:28 AM

That was really funny, thanks for sharing it Kathy.

**pop** · September 23rd, 2003, 08:07 AM

That was really depressing, thanks for sharing it Kathy.

**Jupiter 4** · September 23rd, 2003, 03:39 PM

I remember smoking sections on airplanes. I don't know how the airlines figured it wouldn't travel...now you can't even smoke outside the terminal!

**Electroswank** · September 23rd, 2003, 03:55 PM

"It was called VD instead of an STD."

I have this random selective memory and somethings from the 70/80s just stick with me... not only do i remember that but there was a string of public service announcements / commericals on tv with this catchy tune... "v.d. gets ar-round"!

Can't remember what i did with that important paper i needed to keep or what i had for breakfast last thursday but thank God I can remember various commericals and tag lines from the 70s and 80s.

I already felt old - but thanks for making me feel ancient!

xo

**conditioner** · September 23rd, 2003, 05:26 PM

WOW. I'm not that old, but I do know every damn thing they're talkin about. Maybe I was just an observant 80's kid. Prodigy! Ha!! Smoking diners. Carrows used to bea friggin chimney where I grew up

**Jonna** · September 23rd, 2003, 05:36 PM

Originally posted by ElectroSwank
Can't remember what i did with that important paper i needed to keep or what i had for breakfast last thursday but thank God I can remember various commericals and tag lines from the 70s and 80s.

I was just saying this to someone the other day when somehow I got on a conversation about Monster Squad (the 70's Sat. morning show not the 80's movie). It is a bit depressing when a huge amount of important information goes in one ear and out the other, but tv jingles get tattooed in the folds of your brain. All I have to say is "Where's the beef?"

**Electroswank** · September 23rd, 2003, 09:31 PM

Ah! Monster Squad! there's something i haven't thought of in years. Do you remember the Groovie Ghoolies? it was another Hanna Barbera production in the 70s (i think) with all the cool monsters in a "rock" band!?

**Jonna** · September 23rd, 2003, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by ElectroSwank
Ah! Monster Squad! there's something i haven't thought of in years. Do you remember the Groovie Ghoolies? it was another Hanna Barbera production in the 70s (i think) with all the cool monsters in a "rock" band!?

Ya, I use to have a lunchbox of them or something with that image.

Here are some 80s commercials for you to chew on.

http://www.x-entertainment.com/downloads/

**Jupiter 4** · September 23rd, 2003, 10:14 PM

I don' t remember that--but I do remember a cartoon with a talking dune buggy -- the people used to have adventures ala Scooby Doo -- anyone remember that?

**d3lions** · September 24th, 2003, 05:05 AM

Very Interesting!!! I can't believe I actually rememeber 3/4 of the stuff on the article.

Wow, I'm getting OLD!!!!!

test · September 24th, 2003, 10:38 AM

thats was really funny, anyway i don't understund anything about computers!!! adsl dsrr and hjditr, i just don't get it, and i'm in my 20's

**NJOberheim** · September 24th, 2003, 01:18 PM

Originally posted by Jupiter 4
I don' t remember that--but I do remember a cartoon with a talking dune buggy -- the people used to have adventures ala Scooby Doo -- anyone remember that?

Yes, sadly enough, I do remember it. It was called Speed Buggy. See below.

Any one remember Magila Gorilla?

**d3lions** · September 24th, 2003, 02:08 PM

Originally posted by NJOberheim

Any one remember Magila Gorilla?

How can we forget that Gorilla!!1 They still show the cartoons on Cartoon Network.

**Jonna** · September 24th, 2003, 02:51 PM

OH NO! It all just came back to me in a really ugly way. Anyone remember Banana Splits, The Great Space Coaster and the New Zoo Review? Scary thing is that the New Zoo Review is still on. God, Freddy the frog's voice makes me want to break something!

**Jupiter 4** · September 24th, 2003, 03:59 PM

Jonna, yes, I think that I remember the New Zoo Review--wasn't there some sort of Hippo involved? The Splits I remember too...some sort of three stooges/dog/amusement park/pastry combination there?

I'm also remembering Johnny Quest...is that right? Some sort of monkey involved...weren't they like in Iraq or something (I keep thinking Haji sounds familiar...)

**Jonna** · September 24th, 2003, 04:09 PM

Originally posted by Jupiter 4
Jonna, yes, I think that I remember the New Zoo Review--wasn't there some sort of Hippo involved?

Yes, Henrietta Hippo. And it really bothers me that I have commited that information to memory.

**Jupiter 4** · September 24th, 2003, 04:19 PM

You also really know you are old when:

(1) Your best memories of Duran Duran are of the "Fab Five" and get irked by the mention of a certain Warren C.

(2) You see your skinny ties being sold at the vintage clothing store.

(3) Your idea of innovation was the McDLT (cold on one side and warm on the other)

(4) You wished you were George Michael because of all of the girls he had!

(5) 'Surfing' and the 'Net' were aquatic references and a 'chat room' was a place in the house for family fights.

(6) You remember when the only people who had satellite dishes were employed by NASA.

(7) You remember when MTV actually played videos and that Dr. Dre wasn't a friend of Emimem, but of Ed Lover.

(8) You did not see any design flaws in the AMC Pacer and thought that AMC's merger with Renault was a great idea.

(9) You used to use your calculator to spell words upside down, like "ShellOil", thinking you were freakin' Bill Gates.

(10) YOu flew on airlines like PSA, Air Cal, Pan Am, and TWA.

**Jonna** · September 24th, 2003, 04:29 PM

Originally posted by Jupiter 4
You also really know you are old when:

(3) Your idea of innovation was the McDLT (cold on one side and warm on the other)

I loved that sandwich! I remember them taking it off the market because of the large non-biodegratable container.

**Tal`liyne** · September 24th, 2003, 04:40 PM

Originally posted by Jupiter 4
You also really know you are old when:

(3) Your idea of innovation was the McDLT (cold on one side and warm on the other)

BTW, what did McDLT stand for anyway??

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You also know you're getting old when you go out to a club and you start referring to the patrons as children or fledglings!