You know you’re getting old….

I just watched a young couple scooting down the road on a couple of hover boards,
and their young child (maybe 3 or 4) was riding a tiny E-Bike, and I wondered "what's the world coming to?"
 
...when my clothes are back in fashion

(which, of course, presumes that they were ever in fashion.... engineer chic anyone?_
 
Your kids like that crappy music from when you were in high school. (I coulda’ done without most of the ‘80s.)
 
You know you're old when you've been married longer than the age of the kids coming out of college.
 
when you you’ve been working at the company longer than an experienced co-worker has been alive
 
Timbeck2 said:
Finish the sentence.

I know I’m getting old when absolutely nobody I work with knows what “the San Francisco treat” refers to. :rolleyes:
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The 1960's equivalent of the Tortinos pizza.
 
When you stop making plans for a better/faster plane
 
MauleSkinner said:
Your kids like that crappy music from when you were in high school. (I coulda’ done without most of the ‘80s.)
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I listen to the 80s channel quite a bit. Class of '87 here. :D

Just don't get me started on the crap kids listen to today. And get off my lawn!!!
 
Charlie Golf said:
I listen to the 80s channel quite a bit. Class of '87 here. :D

Just don't get me started on the crap kids listen to today. And get off my lawn!!!
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Young punk. Get offa my lawn!! (Class of 84, early graduate).

I've grown tired of the 80s channel on XM and now alternate between 70s and Classic Rewind.
 
My wife put a funny one up on the fridge this winter. It said " I'm not going outside until the temperature is higher than my age"
 
I walked into a group conversation in the company kitchen. A few guys roughly my age were talking with a punk kid co-worker...who claims he did not know who Jimmy Buffet is.
(HS class of '84 here)
 
Here’s a weird thought I had today: when I was a kid, many, many of the older guys in my neighborhood were WWII vets. But right now, it is the same period of time back to WWII , as the period of time from WWII to the Civil War! 77+- years for both.
Wonder if vets from WWII said, “when I was a kid, many civil war vets lived in my neighborhood "?
 
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When it’s your class that is the subject of “Old Army” stories…

Texas A&M Class of ‘88
 
When I was riding the bus to jr. high school, I saw a gas station advertising fuel for $0.98
 
Brad W said:
I walked into a group conversation in the company kitchen. A few guys roughly my age were talking with a punk kid co-worker...who claims he did not know who Jimmy Buffet is.
(HS class of '84 here)
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Class of 80 here. I went to the Eagles Hotel California tour in 1976, Buffett was the opening act. Been a fan ever since.
 
...when your student tries to steer on the ground using the ailerons, and you slap his hand and say "It uses the rudders or it gets the hose again!"
...and then, reflecting on your brilliant joke, you think to yourself "I am the funniest person at this airport!"
...and then realize that your student was born a few years after that movie came out, has a strange expression on his face, and probably is thinking "Help, I'm trapped in an airplane with a crazy person..."
 
I should delete my post. You guys are way older. Although my summer intern could be my daughter. Sigh.
 
...when you get together with your friends and mostly talk about comparing everyone's latest medical issues.
 
...when you’re sitting at the table having dinner with your significant other, the adult kids are off doing life, and either the evening news, Wheel of Fortune, or Jeopardy is playing on TV in the background. Dayum.
 
When the underwear you have on is older than your boss...
 
kath said:
...when you get together with your friends and mostly talk about comparing everyone's latest medical issues.
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I can see that evolving into its own version of MP’s Yorkshiremen sketch.
 
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