What are some things you say that make you feel old?

[Passepartout]

Lately I find I’m wondering which remote control to pick up. I think we have three or four in every room. And they’re all a little different.

Some years ago, I got a Harmony remote at Costco (where else?). It really saves the day. I haven't got it working with every connected device, but it sure integrates the TV/Audio?DVD/Cable box/DVR easily. I use the original 'smart' remote and Amazon Fire remote when I watch Amazon Prime videos because I never set up the Harmony for the Fire thingy (or if it's possible). But for the main 95% of our TV watching, the Harmony works well.

Jim

 

[DaveNV]

Some years ago, I got a Harmony remote at Costco (where else?). It really saves the day. I haven't got it working with every connected device, but it sure integrates the TV/Audio?DVD/Cable box/DVR easily. I use the original 'smart' remote and Amazon Fire remote when I watch Amazon Prime videos because I never set up the Harmony for the Fire thingy (or if it's possible). But for the main 95% of our TV watching, the Harmony works well.

Jim

I like those. I had one of those several years ago, but then equipment changed, and I never got around to updating things. Then the batteries leaked, it became useless. Haven’t gotten around to buying a new one. It worked great for awhile, though.

Dave

 

[bobpark56]

"Catawampus"

 

[OldGuy]

How about "30 years sure has been a long time to be paying for these timeshares"?

 

[pedro47]

We just had our 54th high school reunion?

 

[Passepartout]

"I don't remember."

 

[geist1223]

I have too many senior moments to remember.

 

[clifffaith]

"Catawampus"

We pronounce it catywampus and use it all the time! Helps that we have cats!

 

[bluehende]

Another thread prompted this one. When your favorite album is celebrating it's 50th birthday. Tommy

 

[clifffaith]

I feel old when movie stars younger than me look old. What must it be like to see your cute/pretty younger self in an old movie?

 

[Brett]

Another thread prompted this one. When your favorite album is celebrating it's 50th birthday. Tommy

yeah, it's those half century milestones.
just today I was telling someone I used to be a volunteer firefighter a long time ago .... half of a century ago !

 

[CanuckTravlr]

I love this thread. I can relate to almost all of it!!

For me, it is when I make reference to something to make a point in a conversation and get a blank stare back. I then have to backtrack and explain what it refers to, realizing that it is something from a time before they were even born!!!

 

[rapmarks]

When I was fifty, a young man was hired in my department. He thought it was just so sweet that my husband could still play golf. He made a lot of comments as if I had one foot in the grave. He’s been there 25 years now, and I just saw his retirement picture. He didn’t look like a nursing home candidate

 

[Firepath]

When everyone under 40-ish is a "kid."

 

[OldGuy]

I gotta stick round; I'm expecting a call.

 

[fer829]

I love this thread. I can relate to almost all of it!!

For me, it is when I make reference to something to make a point in a conversation and get a blank stare back. I then have to backtrack and explain what it refers to, realizing that it is something from a time before they were even born!!!

Well "cowabunga", who woulda thought that ever happens!

 

[DaveNV]

Remembering when my Mom would tell me to go "turn the channel" on the TV. The only way to "turn" a channel is when the TV has a dial. Nowadays, my TV doesn't even have an On/Off switch - it's a button.

Dave

 

[bluehende]

Remembering when my Mom would tell me to go "turn the channel" on the TV. The only way to "turn" a channel is when the TV has a dial. Nowadays, my TV doesn't even have an On/Off switch - it's a button.

Dave

And since I was the youngest I was the one that had to hold the rabbit ears if it was a bad reception night.

 

[DaveNV]

And since I was the youngest I was the one that had to hold the rabbit ears if it was a bad reception night.

We had tinfoil for that.

Dave

 

[RX8]

...The only way to "turn" a channel is when the TV has a dial.

And that dial would break so you would have to keep a pair of pliers handy so you could change the channel.

 

[DaveNV]

And that dial would break so you would have to keep a pair of pliers handy so you could change the channel.

So you visited our house?

Dave

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

What makes me feel old is not something I say, but what I don't say. Like when I don't remember someone's name or how I know them (when I should know that information well).

It happened to me last night at a charity auction. There was a person there who served on an usher team with me for more than five years, and while I recognized him I couldn't place him or remember his name. Then about five minutes later, I remembered.

 

[OldGuy]

And since I was the youngest I was the one that had to hold the rabbit ears if it was a bad reception night.

We had tinfoil for that.

Dave

And that dial would break so you would have to keep a pair of pliers handy so you could change the channel.

So, rather than that, now you pay $100/month to get 200 channels, 198 of which you never watch.

FWIW, our first "remote" was about 1963, and it was mechanical, a "clicker" that made the channels rotate . . . click, click, click, click, click, click, click

 

[DaveNV]

So, rather than that, now you pay $100/month to get 200 channels, 198 of which you never watch.

FWIW, our first "remote" was about 1963, and it was mechanical, a "clicker" that made the channels rotate . . . click, click, click, click, click, click, click

I know, right? I have things on the TV remote set to "Favorite" channels, which removes all those lame ones from the listings. I cycle through them a few times, decide "There's nothing to watch" and put it on some home improvement show I've seen ten times. Some things haven't changed.

I know about the mechanical clicker thing from the early days of remote. The one we had carried a fancy name, like "RCA SPACE COMMAND" or something. It sounds even better saying it really slowly, and if you make your voice echo, like in the old Sci-Fi movies: "SSSS-PP-A-C-E C-O-M-M-AA-NNN-DDDDD!!!!!!!!!" Ah yes, life's little pleasures.

Dave

 

[slip]

Yep, we had the mechanical clicker too.