Things That Make You Feel Old (7 Viewers)

[Mr. Blue Sky]

43 is just getting warmed up.

Is that a menopause reference ?



i KID !!!

 

[Madmarsha]

Funny you replied to that today. Today I turn 43

 

[sfidc3]

We probably lived pretty close to each other in Metry depending the years you were there. I lived less than a mile from Harris for a few years before moving near Fat City in '82.

Lived in Willowdale near Sunrise CC…..

 

[faceman]

Another one young kids will not remember. New years eve 1986. I had just purchased an 86 Olds 442. It had less than
a 1000 miles on it. I was leaving one party and heading to another. The computer chip went out. It was 34 degrees and
raining. Two of my passengers and myself had to walk 5 miles to the nearest payphone for help. Cell phones were not
available at the time. There is no way I could do the same walk today lol

 

[Eeyore]

Another one young kids will not remember. New years eve 1986. I had just purchased an 86 Olds 442. It had less than
a 1000 miles on it. I was leaving one party and heading to another. The computer chip went out. It was 34 degrees and
raining. Two of my passengers and myself had to walk 5 miles to the nearest payphone for help. Cell phones were not
available at the time. There is no way I could do the same walk today lol

You could drive in 1986?

Tell us another story about the before times!

 

[Sailorsaint]

Lived in Willowdale near Sunrise CC…..

Willowdale? Is that near the Shire?

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Another one young kids will not remember. New years eve 1986. I had just purchased an 86 Olds 442. It had less than
a 1000 miles on it. I was leaving one party and heading to another. The computer chip went out. It was 34 degrees and
raining. Two of my passengers and myself had to walk 5 miles to the nearest payphone for help. Cell phones were not
available at the time. There is no way I could do the same walk today lol

Because you’d never find a functional pay phone?

 

[faceman]

Because you’d never find a functional pay phone?

We did. unfortunately it was five miles away. Back then you had to know how to dial home phone numbers

 

[Sailorsaint]

We did. unfortunately it was five miles away. Back then you had to know how to dial home phone numbers

I can barely remember my own phone number these days, much less my parents, siblings, friends, etc. that I kept in my head back then.

 

[faceman]

I can barely remember my own phone number these days, much less my parents, siblings, friends, etc. that I kept in my head back then.

Same here . Back then I knew all my friends phone numbers. Today it's just push a button. I'm not complaining. I'm
reminiscing

 

[Sailorsaint]

Same here . Back then I knew all my friends phone numbers. Today it's just push a button. I'm not complaining. I'm
reminiscing

I'm sure a few here remember party lines as well. I still remember feeling priveleged when we finally got a private line.

 

[faceman]

I'm sure a few here remember party lines as well. I still remember feeling priveleged when we finally got a private line.

yeah. we shared a party line . I'd call my grandparents and connected with neighbors down the street.

 

[sfidc3]

You could drive in 1986?

Tell us another story about the before times!

I started driving in 1980!!!! Ugh…..

Willowdale? Is that near the Shire?

Haha, hardly, it’s the subdivision that borders Lafreniere Park (now)….

 

[Optimus Prime]

Same here . Back then I knew all my friends phone numbers. Today it's just push a button. I'm not complaining. I'm
reminiscing

At one point I had dozens of phone numbers memorized now it's like 3

 

[Sailorsaint]

At one point I had dozens of phone numbers memorized now it's like 3

My hat is off to you, sir. I can tell you mine, after thinking for a second, and the local pizza place, and that's it.