Old guy thread

[jive1]

If you're over 30 you can participate.

If you're not, you must have some or all of the following conditions:
Wife and/or kids
Mortgage/Rent
Full Time Job
Body part that consistently gives you pain
Grouchy/Yells at kids on your lawn
Diminished libido

Premature balding or graying automatically qualifies you regardless of age.


So talk about being old.

[jive1]

When I was a kid, a pack of cigarettes as $1.25.

Our mothers smoked, we didn't wear helmets, and had toys that could poke your eye out. We are stronger because of it.

Kids nowadays...................................








GET OFF MY LAWN!

[Gard]

Over 30, check.
Wife, check.
Kids...do step kids count? If so, check.
Mortgage, check.
Full time job...er...some might argue this point, but...CHECK!

This is where we separate...

Body part that constantly gives me pain, nope.
Grouchy/yelling at kids on my lawn, nope - I'm out running around with them. Dogs DIGGING however, yeah, I yell at them...
Diminished libido? Right, yeah, mmhmm.


Only thing I wanna groan about is my damn mortgage payment. Sucks paying half my income on the house payment every month....sigh...

[baba]

My highschool had a designated smoking section for students.

My toys were rusted metal Tonka trucks. We just killed the tetanus with shots.

During elementary school we walked to and from school and our parents weren't worried about our safety.


GET THE H311 OFF MY LAWN!!!

[MakiSupaStar]

Some of the best advice about being old.

Never trust a fart and always pee when you can.

[mjolnir]

Originally Posted by jive1

If you're over 30 you can participate.

If you're not, you must have some or all of the following conditions:
Wife and/or kids
Mortgage/Rent
Full Time Job
Body part that consistently gives you pain
Grouchy/Yells at kids on your lawn
Diminished libido


So talk about being old.

Hmmm... Not over 30, but:

Rent- Check
Full Time Job- Check
Body Part that Consistently Gives Me Pain- Check
Grouchy- Double Check!

Club foot, bum knee, tricky shoulder, those qualify? I can't keep up with my friends these days, the party's gotta stop at 11 for me now...

[Jeremy Crockett]

When I was a kid, we were actually afraid of getting in trouble with the neighbors, the police and other authority figures. If we were getting reprimanded by a cop, we didn't "threaten" to call our moms on a cell phone.

[jive1]

Originally Posted by mjolnir

Hmmm... Not over 30, but:

Rent- Check
Full Time Job- Check
Body Part that Consistently Gives Me Pain- Check
Grouchy- Double Check!

Club foot, bum knee, tricky shoulder, those qualify? I can't keep up with my friends these days, the party's gotta stop at 11 for me now...

Yup, you're an honorary old guy.

[mjolnir]

Originally Posted by jive1

Yup, you're an honorary old guy.

W00t!

...

Wait...

[baba]

Also...

When I flip past current music channels I just shake my head in genuine disgust. I think loathing current popular music is some generational old guy milestone.

[DrMWP]

over 30 - Yup
Wife - Yup
Kids - 2 (2 and 7 weeks)
Mortgage - 2
Full Time Job - And then some
Body part that consistently gives you pain - Left shoulder
Grouchy - Curmudgeon in training
Diminished libido - let's not go overboard

Car seats - bah.... My folks put us three kids in the back of a 1976 Ford Pickup (with a cap, and some really beautiful purple shag carpet) and drove 600 miles to Colorado.

[Barkless Dog]

We did not have things like dental floss.

We walked 10 miles to school. What is a back pack?

Gay means happy

What are seat belts?

Ever listen to Quadrophonic sound?

Dial Telephones

Soviet Union

Yogoslavia is still a country

Hell No We Wont go

"The Man"

American Motors & the AMX

Soupy Sales & Mom's Mabley

Red Skelton

My Mother in The Car

The Bannana Splits

The Monkeys

Paul Revere & The Raiders show

New car cost about $3,000

Hair relocating to unusual places in great number.

[Marcus Johnson]

51. I started playing music at around six, and bass, electric and acoustic pretty early. I was playing jazz gigs with my Dad by fifteen. Just me and a bunch of old guys, who asked Dad to bring me because I knew how to play walking bass lines. The first slab I played regularly was a red '59 P-bass that belonged to my high school. It's still there; I still have my Dad try to "liberate" it from time to time. BTW, Dad's 82 now, and he still plays. We jam when I head home on vacation.

In Wisconsin, we all had guns, lots of 'em. We got them as birthday presents. Yet somehow, we never considered taking one to school and massacring the faculty and student body.

Gas was in the thirty cent range, so we'd drive around for no apparent reason, just for the fun of it. Most of us also learned to drive as preteens, in our family cars, trucks, even tractors. By the time we tested for our licenses at 16, we had it wired. Drinking age was 18, we had that down pretty well too.

I was surrounded by family, including lots of Grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles. Most of my free time was spent messing around outside. I had a great childhood.

My libido's fine. I married a babe.

[jive1]

Anyone down for a game of Wiffle Ball?

[baba]

Originally Posted by jive1

Anyone down for a game of Wiffle Ball?

I'm in.

Or Smear The Queer? I'm pretty sure they don't call it that anymore.

[Barkless Dog]

My highschool had a designated smoking section for students.

My toys were rusted metal Tonka trucks. We just killed the tetanus with shots.

During elementary school we walked to and from school and our parents weren't worried about our safety.

So did we. I would ride my bike really far away from our home, be gone the whole day and my Mom did not have a clue where I was.

I remember the First portable phones. My old boss bought one and showed it to everyone at work. It was this big briefcase with a huge military Walkie Talkie size phone attached by a telephone cord.

Everyone laughed at him.

Banana bikes, Apple Crate & the Lemon Peeler

[HollowBassman]

Over 30 - nope
Wife and/or kids - nope
Mortgage/rent - nope
Full time job - check
Body part that consistently give pain - check
Grouchy/yells at kids on your lawn - check
Diminished libido -


I don't know if I qualify, but I also...

-Don't think the words "chill" and "pimp" work as adjectives
-Believe in being respectful
-Have manners
-Spent my childhood working (I enjoyed it)
-Want neighbors/government/any one other than friends and family to stay out of my life

[nortonrider]

Originally Posted by jive1

Anyone down for a game of Wiffle Ball?

How about Jarts?

Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle.

When I started driving, gas was .45 cents a gallon.

Man, I'm old!

[Barkless Dog]

Our parents were super frugel, no credit cards back then. Everyone lived well under their income because they all lived through the Depression.
My mother in law would eat popcorn & milk for food in the depression. Remember jiffy pop?

You saved everything from rubber bands to butter dishes. Turn those lights off!

Doctors made house calls.

[Bryan316]

I remember $.99 gasoline.

I remember GI Joe, Transformers, Masters of the Universe, Silverhawks, Voltron and Wheeled Warriors.

I remember Coleco Vision.

I remember when Bon Jovi was just breaking out.