You know you're old when...

[F87source]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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omg I used to bend the super thin spoons we had prying these open.

[DrFerry]

Reverse Polish Notation.....
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[Tommy-G]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

Heh-- my buddy had one of these old TV's in college (which was a notoriously dry campus). It was well-known in the dorm that his TV didn't work, which was the perfect setup to hide something in plain sight. He removed the top and reinstalled it with hinges, ripped out the electronics, and cut the glass tube all the way around so the only thing left was the actual screen itself.

Then he put a blender inside, ran the cord out where the TV power cord would have been, and put a ton of booze bottles inside the TV cabinet. When the RA's came to bust him for having alcohol in his room, they went *nuts* trying to figure out where he'd hidden the booze, mixers and glasses. They knew he was drinking in his room (which was a huge thing considering the school's alcohol policy) and spent literally *hours* trying to figure it out over the course of the school year. To my knowledge, none of the RA's ever cracked the code, even after several years of effort.

I thought it was pure, unadulterated genius, in a Wyle E. Coyote sort of way.

R.

Thats genius....belongs in a museum

[TKDbilly]

Originally Posted by DrFerry

Reverse Polish Notation.....
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I still use my 15C and my 41CV I used in engineering school. Best built and fast. We would have an RPN versus "=" race in my school to perform a complex math equation. RPN won every time.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by flybigjet

When the RA's came to bust him for having alcohol in his room, they went *nuts* trying to figure out where he'd hidden the booze, mixers and glasses. They knew he was drinking in his room (which was a huge thing considering the school's alcohol policy) and spent literally *hours* trying to figure it out over the course of the school year. To my knowledge, none of the RA's ever cracked the code, even after several years of effort.

Get off my lawn, kid...unless you went to Brigham Young University in which case I'll let this transgression slide.

You aren't old unless you went to college when the drinking age was 18, and many campuses had actual bars on their grounds.....

[flybigjet]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Get off my lawn, kid...unless you went to Brigham Young University in which case I'll let this transgression slide.

You aren't old unless you went to college when the drinking age was 18, and many campuses had actual bars on their grounds.....

Lutheran university in WA State, 1984-1988.

No alcohol on campus, you had to live in the dorms until you were 21, and there were visitation rules regarding boys/girls on the male/female wings of the dorms.

As I recall, I broke all three of those rules my first night there.

R.

[TKDbilly]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Let's not forget everyone's favorite:

Or another favorite ...

[Gregrobin]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Let's not forget everyone's favorite:

Funny, I forgot about the creepy rabbit. Used to watch this every morning before catching the bus to school.

[KevinC]

When your first co-worker/mentor from your first full-time job rolls into town for a visit (and possibly to relocate to the area), and you haven't seen him in almost 40 years. Starting working together when I was 18, in 1976. I'm now 64 and he's 69. He arrives this afternoon, gonna be fun!

[DrFerry]

"It's The Abomdimmal..."
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[Tommy-G]

Originally Posted by KevinC

When your first co-worker/mentor from your first full-time job rolls into town for a visit (and possibly to relocate to the area), and you haven't seen him in almost 40 years. Starting working together when I was 18, in 1976. I'm now 64 and he's 69. He arrives this afternoon, gonna be fun!

I smell debauchery

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by DrFerry

"It's The Abomdimmal..."
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Bumbles bounce!

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dscabra

Bumbles bounce!

Rats, beat me to it.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by TKDbilly

Or another favorite ...

I was actually on Romper Room as a young tike!!!!!

[JJ 911SC]

I was in the audience, with a co-worker, for the first episode of King of Queen. A long day, 10:00 to 19:00.

Shortly after we got home, there was a bad snow storm that dumbed 12" of wet snow. After cleaning the driveway, I told my wife that people would die of heart attack from shovelling. The next day I find out that my co-worker made the statistic. RIP Bob.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

I was in the audience, with a co-worker, for the first episode of King of Queen. A long day, 10:00 to 19:00.

Shortly after we got home, there was a bad snow storm that dumbed 12" of wet snow. After cleaning the driveway, I told my wife that people would die of heart attack from shovelling. The next day I find out that my co-worker made the statistic. RIP Bob.

Sorry for your co-worker.

I love this show. I watch it every night.

[sygazelle]

...when you go to Costco and get in during senior hour, and then;

you go the hearing aid department for your hearing test to determine how much worse your hearing jas gotten since your last test, a test that was taken I can't remember how long ago, and then;

the staff member walks up to you in the waiting area and starts talking to you in a quiet voice and you can't hear them, well, because you can't frigging hear, and then;

you are checking out new hearing aids out on your iPhone while you are waiting but you have to put your reading glasses on because the screen is too blurry to read.


You may get off my lawn now!

[D22M2]

… Been driving a manual forever and don’t think it’s a special skill at all like these young bucks lol

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when you go to Costco and get in during senior hour, and then;

you go the hearing aid department for your hearing test to determine how much worse your hearing jas gotten since your last test, a test that was taken I can't remember how long ago, and then;

the staff member walks up to you in the waiting area and starts talking to you in a quiet voice and you can't hear them, well, because you can't frigging hear, and then;

you are checking out new hearing aids out on your iPhone while you are waiting but you have to put your reading glasses on because the screen is too blurry to read.

You may get off my lawn now!

When I was young I always had a stereo with big speakers and listened to my music loud, and always wondered when I got old if I would be hard of hearing because of it.

Well I am old(er) now and I think my hearing is still crisp and clear so I guess I didn't do any damage.

My wife, who is the same age as me, 66, does not seem to be able to hear as good as me. Hope that my loud music, which, as I said, didn't affect my hearing, didn't cause any problems for her.

Hopefully it's just because we're two different people and have grown old differently (sweet ol' woman that she is).

If I remember correctly, I am a few years younger than you, so I will back off your lawn now. But anybody younger than me better keep off! lol

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Esteban

When I was young I always had a stereo with big speakers and listened to my music loud, and always wondered when I got old if I would be hard of hearing because of it.

Well I am old(er) now and I think my hearing is still crisp and clear so I guess I didn't do any damage.

My wife, who is the same age as me, 66, does not seem to be able to hear as good as me. Hope that my loud music, which, as I said, didn't affect my hearing, didn't cause any problems for her.

Hopefully it's just because we're two different people and have grown old differently (sweet ol' woman that she is).

If I remember correctly, I am a few years younger than you, so I will back off your lawn now. But anybody younger than me better keep off! lol

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

My hearing loss is probably partly hereditary and the fact that I was in a band as a teenager. We played too loud. Lot's of concerts too. With hearing aids, I do pretty well in most situations so it's not that debilitating. More of a nuisance.

I do remember you mentioning that you've been married for a long time. Good for you. It's not for everybody but if you find the right person its very special indeed.

You are invited to share a corner of my lawn as long as you pull the weeds and keep it watered! Gaucho Marx once said (you know your old if you know who he was), "Getting old is something you get to do if you're lucky".

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too. All the best!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

My hearing loss is probably partly hereditary and the fact that I was in a band as a teenager. We played too loud. Lot's of concerts too. With hearing aids, I do pretty well in most situations so it's not that debilitating. More of a nuisance.

I do remember you mentioning that you've been married for a long time. Good for you. It's not for everybody but if you find the right person its very special indeed.

You are invited to share a corner of my lawn as long as you pull the weeds and keep it watered! Gaucho Marx once said (you know your old if you know who he was), "Getting old is something you get to do if you're lucky".

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too. All the best!

Haha, no thank you. I have my own lawn to tend to.

"I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."

Groucho Marx

[wdb]

My hearing loss was due to all of the above (loud music, playing in a band, being around loud stuff like cars and huge industrial machines) but mostly stems from a childhood riddled with ear infections, treated by a doctor who got his degree in the late 1800's. I've worn hearing aids since 1990, when I was decidedly not qualified to post in this thread.