You know you're getting old when...

[Chris Allingham]

You can add you own "You know you're getting old when..." post to this thread, if so inclined. Please keep it as positive as possible, a thread like this can easily become a gripe fest if we're not careful.

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You know you're getting old when...you start waxing nostalgic about towels. I was clearing out some cabinets in the laundry room and came across these. Boy, they were expensive back in the day but I always felt they were worth the money because of their quality. From a time when we still had a textile industry in America. I looked up Kannapolis, NC online to see how the town has fared since the demise of the textile industry. It looks like they're doing their best to revitalize and grow the town.

 

[Rusty James]

That area of the state was heavy on towels & such. The counties west of Charlotte did a lot of drawing, weaving, and knitting. Back in the late 70s, I used to run bolts of car seat material through a tenting machine, and I also worked in the roving department of another mill that produced synthetics, wool, and alpaca for shipment to finishing mills. At one time, there were more textile spindles (and machine shops) in this area than any place on earth.

 

[Joan]

Chris, thank you for the offer. I might just take you up on that some.......what was the offer again?

 

[Mark Silver]

You know you’re getting old when your back goes out more than you do.

 

[Mark Foreman]

You know your getting old when you granddaughter doesn’t know what a ??? Is:
phone booth
floppy disk
Laurel and Hardy
dial phone
film
And the one that got me … she liked that I listened to a oldies bands called the Beatles and Rolling Stones.

 

[Steve Hoch]

You can add you own "You know you're getting old when..." post to this thread, if so inclined. Please keep it as positive as possible, a thread like this can easily become a gripe fest if we're not careful.

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You know you're getting old when...you start waxing nostalgic about towels. I was clearing out some cabinets in the laundry room and came across these. Boy, they were expensive back in the day but I always felt they were worth the money because of their quality. From a time when we still had a textile industry in America. I looked up Kannapolis, NC online to see how the town has fared since the demise of the textile industry. It looks like they're doing their best to revitalize and grow the town.


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Those were the best towels you could buy back in the day!

 

[Bob Bailey]

You know you're getting old when your eldest daughter will be retiring in less than a year.

 

[Darryl - swazies]

You know your getting old when you throw your knee out while you are sleeping.

 

[Mark Silver]

You know you’re getting old when you have the choice of 2 things to do in the evening and you always choose the one that gets you home earliest.

 

[Bob Correll]

What was the question again?

 

[Brad Olson]

You know you're getting old when you can relate to something Bob Correll says.

 

[MikeLucky]

When my daughter came home from school and said, "today in successful adulthood class we learned that we say 'roll up' the car window because you used to have to roll the windows up and down by turning a handle."

 

[Brad Olson]

Does this "Successful Adulthood" class offer remote learning? Asking for a friend...

 

[DanHoo]

.. was cleaning out the garage and I said "WOW, new points for the Bronco"

Then my kid said, "how do you earn points for a truck you sold before I was born???? "

 

[JKalchik]

Some of us do remember green stamps. Carbureted vehicles with manual chokes. And while the farmhouse that I grew up in wasn't wired with it, I do have some familiarity with knob & tube wiring. And glass screw-in fuses.

@DanHoo, I remember (and not necessarily fondly) fighting with the points on the GM 300 V6 engine that powered the 1967 New Idea Uni-System 702 power unit. Finally just about came down to replace annually. The 1972 Chevy C60 medium duty truck that Dad bought brand new is still running back home on the farm.

Hrrrm..... here's another one..... going back home this weekend for my 40th year class reunion.

 

[Joan]

Some of us do remember green stamps. Carbureted vehicles with manual chokes. And while the farmhouse that I grew up in wasn't wired with it, I do have some familiarity with knob & tube wiring. And glass screw-in fuses.

@DanHoo, I remember (and not necessarily fondly) fighting with the points on the GM 300 V6 engine that powered the 1967 New Idea Uni-System 702 power unit. Finally just about came down to replace annually. The 1972 Chevy C60 medium duty truck that Dad bought brand new is still running back home on the farm.

Hrrrm..... here's another one..... going back home this weekend for my 40th year class reunion.

Hmmmm........such a baby!!! lol

 

[Mark Foreman]

You know you're getting old when your eldest daughter will be retiring in less than a year.

My granddaughter is a senior in high school.

 

[JohnTak]

when you remember when gasoline was 29 cents a gallon!

 

[Brett-EDH]

When you get out of bed with a new injury and all you did was go to sleep in it the night before.

 

[Bob Bailey]

Some of us do remember green stamps. Carbureted vehicles with manual chokes. And while the farmhouse that I grew up in wasn't wired with it, I do have some familiarity with knob & tube wiring. And glass screw-in fuses.

@DanHoo, I remember (and not necessarily fondly) fighting with the points on the GM 300 V6 engine that powered the 1967 New Idea Uni-System 702 power unit. Finally just about came down to replace annually. The 1972 Chevy C60 medium duty truck that Dad bought brand new is still running back home on the farm.

Hrrrm..... here's another one..... going back home this weekend for my 40th year class reunion.

Definitely remember S&H Green Stamps. If mom sent any of us to the store and we didn't bring home green stanps, she wasn't a happy camper And then there were Blue Chip Stamps too.