10 moments when you know you got older.

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1. You played Pac-Man...in your neighborhood's arcade.
2. You thought Lady Gaga was a member of the British monarchy.
3. You downloaded songs using Napster.
4. Your chidren ask you what Napster is .
5. You didn't know The Simpsons have been on TV for over 20 years.
6. You used miRC.
7. You watched The Johnny Carson Show.
8. You use Viagra...and not because you're just curious.
9. You had a Walkman.
10. (your turn)
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  • It was the day a local radio station celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of "Who's Next" - While getting coffee, "Baba O'Riley" was playing on the radio in the background, and to make conversation with the pretty Barista, I mentioned it - and she said, "I don't know who what Who is...I'm only nineteen..."
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    • 10.       You actually hear yourself say "They call that music?"

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  • The exact moment I got old? The time I was more excited by buying a powerwasher than I ever was buying stereo equipment.
  • Yeah...I agree. I still listen to good music. I mean...I like musicians not DJs. For example I like Eve to Adam...sounds powerful. My daughters like more gothic rock or something like that. LOL.
  • Something I wrote for an old website of mine...

    10 Ways You Know You're Getting Older

    10. You clean your teeth in the dishwasher.
    9. Those issues of Reader's Digest just can't come fast enough.
    8. You forget to take your hearing aid out before applying Q-tip.
    7. The only time you kick up your heels is when you fall down.
    6. Your children have started saying, "That looks like a nice place." ...when driving past nursing homes.
    5. You answer to Bill, or Joe, or Mary...anyone's name but your own.
    4. You just can't understand all the high-tech newfangled gadgets ... like flush toilets.
    3. You're driving but can't remember where you're going ... but it doesn't matter because you're in no hurry.
    2. You keep a spare house key safely tucked away in a wrinkle.
    1. A nice, tall glass of prune juice sounds exciting!

    Bonus: You know you're getting older when your idea of a hot date is putting a few Fig Newtons in the microwave.
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    • My wife gets offended when i make remarks like that too, now that's she is over 40
  • Greg Giraldo (RIP) said the moment he knew he was no longer young was the day he went to move his bowels and his danglies skimmed the water.

    (Of course, he said it much more eloquently...)
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  • You realized that Independence Day starring Will Smith was released in the 90s
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    When you look in the mirror, and wonder who that is....
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  • .10 You get a gazillion emails "if you remember this, pass it along". At least we can pass it along to those we know that will remember it. The only advantage here is, we aren't announcing it to the world, just how old we really are.

    Then there's....

    .11 FaceBook, same thing...only they ask you to "like it" or "share it". I don't fall for that one anymore......is that dementia setting in?!
  • I guess when teens fearfully shut up as I passed by them -- as if I was some kind of authority -- first made me suspect that time was affecting my countenance. Or maybe it was the snarling wild hog I was leading on a leash, I don't know.
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  • Totally YES
  • Totally YES
  • THE FIRST TIME A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN CALLS YOU SIR!

    WHEN IT RAINS YOUR KNEES HURT LIKE HELL.

    WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO JUST WON AN OSCAR.

    WHEN YOU SPEND MORE THAN $100 ON MEDICATIONS EACH MONTH.

    WHEN YOU CAN'T TELL THE MAKE OF ANY NEW CARS, AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME.

    WHEN YOU START WALKING FOR EXERCISE.

    WHEN FOUR OREO COOKIES AND A GLASS OF MILK IS THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR DAY.
  • Another reminder that you are getting old is when you feel awful instead of jubilant when your birthday approaches.
  • 1. When age jokes start to piss me off.
    2. Loud music literally hurts.

    What really irks me is when movie classics have these wrinkly, gray and bloated looking people - and they are supposed to be '40'. Or they talk about middle age as '30' - or senior citizens as '50' -

    ... and at the same time it is amazing how young 'older' people look nowadays - Don't know why since everything else is going downhill.

    If we just 'knew then what we know now' we would start taking care of ourselves in our 30's instead of our 50's or 60's - then we would really be ahead of the game.

    I am still in better shape than I was 10 years ago, by far. (part of that is because I quit working at a job - job = where everybody stuffs you with bagels, donuts, birthday cakes, 'let's do lunch', and 'Thank God It's Friday cocktail' invites.

    "Age is only important if you are cheese".


    CoQ10 rocks.
  • When "retro" night is 80's themed.

    When kids that you babysat get married/graduate college/have kids of their own
  • 10. When I heard 'Stairway to Heaven' on the grocery store's Muzac
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