When did you know you were old? - Democratic Underground

MonkeyFunk

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Wed Nov-21-07 03:07 AM
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When did you know you were old?

My angioplasty didn't do it. My sciatica didn't do it.

When I had to buy a backscratcher - that did it.

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Tuesday Afternoon

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Wed Nov-21-07 03:09 AM
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1. I was born old

body is just now catching up.

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MissHoneychurch

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Wed Nov-21-07 03:17 AM
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2. When the little boy as was taking care of as a nanny

turned 19. That was the age I was when I was his nanny. He was 6 back then. In some days he turns 20. I really feel old when I think about it. :scared:

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Indi Guy

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Wed Nov-21-07 03:22 AM
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3. I bought a back-scratcher whenI knew I was divorced...

:rofl:

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Archae

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Wed Nov-21-07 03:23 AM
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4. The first time I slipped on the ice...

And just felt like laying there, and not getting back up.

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Capn Sunshine

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Wed Nov-21-07 03:26 AM
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5. I drove a friend's Corvette

and had trouble getting out of it

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REP

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Wed Nov-21-07 03:42 AM
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6. Teenagers started being polite to me

Real polite - like getting me a chair or moving my table to the shade at the coffeeshop. The Turks do that for any chick of any age, but American teens? I must be fucking ancient!

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DarkTirade

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:20 AM
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22. That's not a sign that you're old... that's a sign that you're in the Twilight Zone... :)

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mainegreen

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:23 AM
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23. .

:rofl:

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DarkTirade

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:36 AM
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26. Why is it that nobody laughs at my jokes, but when I'm serious people laugh... :)

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murielm99

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Wed Nov-21-07 03:43 AM
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7. When I was a teenager,

I used to babysit for a little kid who grew up to be a professional football player.

I knew I was old when he became a RETIRED professional football player.

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Orsino

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Wed Nov-21-07 07:30 AM
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8. OldER. The word is oldER.

Heh. :hi:

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Deep13

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:02 AM
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18. Oh no you don't.

That's the comparative form of the adjective. It begs the question, older than what? It is for comparing the age of two things or people. For example.

"You are older than dirt."

More than two things and the superlative form is used.

"Orsinus Australopithecus is one of the oldest fossils I have seen."

Alas, when it is only one person, the word is just old.

"I'm so old that I actually miss those triangular vent windows on cars."

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Orsino

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Wed Nov-21-07 10:01 AM
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29. And, comparatively, I'm not old.

I'm older than today's newspaper, but not as old as dirt.

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ThomCat

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Wed Nov-21-07 07:32 AM
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9. When teenagers started calling me "sir."

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La Lioness Priyanka

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Wed Nov-21-07 07:36 AM
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10. when i stopped wearing heels on a daily basis

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sarge43

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Wed Nov-21-07 07:36 AM
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11. When I started making that weird grunting sound wherever I sat

down or stood up.

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EstimatedProphet

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Wed Nov-21-07 07:59 AM
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12. When I quit getting carded

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Bennyboy

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Wed Nov-21-07 08:01 AM
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13. When certain parts of my body did not get up before I did....

Edited on Wed Nov-21-07 08:02 AM by Bennyboy

anymore...instead, now I get up a LOT more than those certain parts do.....

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Wed Nov-21-07 08:06 AM
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14. When my knees started hurting for no apparent reason

and I felt the urge to chase kids off my lawn.

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rug

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Wed Nov-21-07 08:17 AM
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15. When the barber trimmed my eyebrows.

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riverdale

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:25 AM
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24. At least you have hair

I first felt old when I was at a Megadeth concert sometime in the early 1990s. I looked around and felt I may have been the oldest one there, definitely had the shortest hair, and probably was one of the few who had to go to work in the morning. Made me think that I should cut back on going to concerts because I was starting to feel out of place.

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kwassa

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Wed Nov-21-07 08:50 AM
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16. the first doctor's visit where the doctor was younger than me.

That was just wrong.

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momto3

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:10 AM
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19. Ooh - that did it for me too!

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sarge43

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:31 AM
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25. It's when the presidents are younger than you are - just shoot me now. n/t

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Deep13

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Wed Nov-21-07 08:53 AM
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17. The lawyer in the next office graduated high school in 1999.

That did it. I graduated law school in 1994.

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NewJeffCT

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:14 AM
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20. When I ran into an old co-worker of mine a month ago

When I got out of college years back and started my first job, this guy's wife sat diagonally across from me and was pregnant with their first child.

So, when I saw him, I told him that I remembered when Sue (his wife) sat across from me and was pregnant with their first child, and wondered what year of high school he was.

The guy replied that his son had just started his freshman year at UConn. (University of Connecticut)

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DarkTirade

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:19 AM
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21. When I first looked at a cute 19 or 20 year old and thought, "Cute, but too young for me." :)

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Mad_Dem_X

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:46 AM
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28. LOL! Same here, plus

when I started hearing songs from the 80's on the oldies station. :wow:

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DarkTirade

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Wed Nov-21-07 10:09 AM
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32. Now that's just wrong.

Songs from the 80s shouldn't be played on ANY radio station... :)

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FloridaJudy

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Wed Nov-21-07 09:42 AM
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27. When I was pulled over for a broken tail-light

And my first thought was "When did they start allowing middle school kids to become cops?"

And then the cop started calling me "Ma'am". While it's an improvement on "Dirty Hippie" (and only got me a warning), I'm not so sure I like the implications.

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Tommy_Carcetti

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Wed Nov-21-07 10:03 AM
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30. When I heard Nirvana being played on the "classic" rock station n/t

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Burma Jones

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Wed Nov-21-07 10:07 AM
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31. When I could braid my Ear Hair

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