You know you're getting old, but still COOL when....

Yeah yeah yeah.. It ain't rocketry related...yet! But being the Watering Hole, I thought I'd start this thread..

You know, that although you are getting old, you're still cool when:
1- Your favorite music is on the ‘DOWNLOAD SAVINGS/SPECIAL PRICE’ area!

2- You overhear some kid at your favorite ‘LOCAL WATERING HOLE’ talking about the cool new tune on the TV beer commercial... Yeah! That would be the same one you’ve known since you were about the age of 5.
2B- You’re patiently listening to another younger person's woes of life, and based on your own experiences, can't decide which of the following 3 choices is toughest
Giving the correct advice.
Not giving any advice.
Just trying to listen without laughing.

Any other one of you on the downside picking up speed of the hill’rs got anything to add ? op:

Eric

Don't Fear the Reaper muzak in the elevator (really, not kidding).

It's also the theme song of some car commercial, which strikes me as rather peculiar.

Bones

I'm not that old (40), but I do think it's funny when a 'newer' band does a remake of an old song, and the 'kids' think the song is all new. (like example 2)

Aw, man, that reminds me... I worked with a kid who was 15. We got to talking about our CD collections, and he asked me if I had any "oldies".

I asked, "What, like 50's and 60's?"

"NO, like 80's!", he laughed.

That made me feel old!

I have shoes older than him.....

When you get refered to as "eye candy."
I was 45 and I think she was 60's. I stepped out of the room to make a note on some paperwork and over heard the lady's roommate make the comment.
I once had a patient smack me on the butt, too.

judo said:

When you get refered to as "eye candy."
I was 45 and I think she was 60's. I stepped out of the room to make a note on some paperwork and over heard the lady's roommate make the comment.
I once had a patient smack me on the butt, too.

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ROFL! So to still look Smoking good, hang out at the assisted care residences huh?

I guess so. All you really need are tight scrubs and your original teeth.

When you look in the mirror and you're shaving someone who looks like your dad
Cheers
fred

When I hear a younger person refer to a new band that has this cool new sound, which happens to be a rip off of some old tune I know, I like to say "I liked it better when (fill in the blank) did it". Then you sing the old song over the top of the "new" riff or play them the original. The look on their face is priceless.

Or you start signing the song and they look at you... "You know the words..."

I go thru this with my 10 yr old. Now what is really cool is when I say "I'm really likin' this band right now(i.e. SilverSun Pickups) and the kids are like who's that or yeah me too..." BTW, the SSPU are a relatively new band...

The music is the biggest. Two things I can think of recently. The first is we have this very good cd by Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades called Influence. It’s their version of some very good classic songs, the ones that influenced them, and my daughters both like it quite a bit. One song on the cd is Lucky Man. When driving in the car one day, the ELP version came on the radio and my daughter said, “I think I like the original better.”

Also, my 10 year old loved this song titled 1985 by Bowling for Soup (I actually quite like it too), which is about how things have changed since this person was young, with lines like “When did Ozzy become an actor? When did Motley Crue become classic rock?” And I found myself having to explain the references. It took a while on Ozzy, but she may have figured it out when my wife finally said “Sharon’s husband”.

1. The day you hit 50 and the AARP mailer arrives on your birthday.
2. That same day, on my fiftieth birthday, I buy coffee at McDonalds and the counter girl tells me it's only 55 cents, "I gave you the senior discount."
3. The same day -again- I drop my daughter off at school. The teacher say: "Gee, isn't it nice your grandfather drops you off at school?".

Fast forward to yesterday -
My daughter wanted a burrito at Del Taco. We pick up our orders inside.
As we are leaving and an employee says: "Hey, nice shirt. I could really Rock that."
My response: "You want to do what with my shirt?"

Luckily my daughter laughed.

hcmbanjo said:

1. The day you hit 50 and the AARP mailer arrives on your birthday.

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My daughter got hers when she turned 18. :roll:

hcmbanjo said:

"I gave you the senior discount."

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Yup, that's definitely a plus to getting older. I'm not there yet, but my wife is, and we capitalize on it whenever we can. I'm waiting for the day when my shooting range membership fee drops to something like half - the old, retired guys have the sweet deal: they pay less AND have the time to go to the range!

Yea do I know the feeling. When I was getting a new photo for my drivers license the girl taking the photo wanted to know if all my information was correct when I said yes she offered to change it for me!!! Now my license says GRY hair instead of BRN :y: When did that happen????

hcmbanjo said:

That same day, on my fiftieth birthday, I buy coffee at McDonalds and the counter girl tells me it's only 55 cents, "I gave you the senior discount."

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Two years ago, after a bike trail ride I stopped into a McDonald's for a cup of coffee before the long drive home. I asked the kid for a cup of coffee, and he said "Okay, sir, that's one senior coffee. Anything else?". I said "no, I just wanted a cup of coffee", and he repeated "yes, sir, one senior coffee".

I guess I looked like hell after my ride, but I was still fuming as I left. I pulled out, signalled, and got onto the ramp up to the highway. I drove away thinking about it, and about a mile down the road I realized my right turn signal was still on.

Last week I pulled into a city park facility.
There was a big activities center building and for curiosity I went in to see what it was.
The city of Orlando had built a state-of-the-art Senior Center, with a gym, meeting rooms, theater and pool room.
Nobody was using the gym, it was empty, clean and new.

I asked the lady at the counter what the gyn membership was.
Her reply: "$10.00 a year."

I'm 54 now, I told my daughter she could buy me a membership for my birthday next year when I'm eligible for membership.

Hey....... When did I become a senior member? I swear I'm not that old. Is the AARP ratting me out?

kelltym88 said:

Or you start signing the song and they look at you... "You know the words..."

I go thru this with my 10 yr old. Now what is really cool is when I say "I'm really likin' this band right now(i.e. SilverSun Pickups) and the kids are like who's that or yeah me too..." BTW, the SSPU are a relatively new band...

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Yes but SSPU would be even better if the singer was a woman

Bone Daddy said:

Don't Fear the Reaper muzak in the elevator (really, not kidding).

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Really? Wow...

It's also the theme song of some car commercial, which strikes me as rather peculiar.

Bones

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I think it is actually 'Burnin For You'..Not 'Fear The Reaper'..Same band originally, some girl singing it for the car commercial..

Quiz: What was the name of the band? (Original version)

Pantherjon said:

Really? Wow...

I think it is actually 'Burnin For You'..Not 'Fear The Reaper'..Same band originally, some girl singing it for the car commercial..

Quiz: What was the name of the band? (Original version)

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The correct title is (Don't Fear) The Reaper, by Blue Oyster Cult. A classic.

When I drive my 17 year old to work and the 3 "really cool new" tunes come on the radio which she just downloded. And I don't have the heart to tell her what her mom and I were doing when they were really cool and new......

Awhile back I received something in the mail in my name about Social Security and that I almost have enough credits to qualify for it!!!:y:

Since I turn 30 next month, I might start to feel a tad old then especially since I've been told that I have a few gray hairs.

I asked my girlfriend to look for any and to pull them out but she wasn't able to.

I was with my son yrs back and we were looking at CDs. I saw one and mentioned I had that album when I was young- He looked at me and said "Whats an album". No lie!!!!!!! I know Im getting old cuz-everytime I go to leave the house I forget something and need to go back in the house and the things I forget are-glasses,meds,bottle water(to the meds) maybe some anti acids,eye drops,and the KEYS to the truck! One COOL thing was when I showed the boy how the old man can still ski & mountian bike. Scotty Dog

First off I would be happy to have grey hair, not much left up top.
I was in a pub once when a 21 year old started talking about "Back in the Day" First I laughed, then I explained to him, he was in that day.
A kid in a general store was playing The Ramons? I said "Dude, I haven't heard that in years" I think he is still frozen there with the deer in the headlights look.

hcmbanjo said:

1. The day you hit 50 and the AARP mailer arrives on your birthday.

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I had a Golden Retriever named Jake Allen. We used him as cover for signing up for stuff. He was in the phone book, he was a member of The National Geographic Society, and the Smithsonian Institution. He subscribed to Scientific American. When applicable, we gave him an age equivalent to his real age in dog years - and a birth date with a year to match.

Sometimes we made his name Jake Allen Isadog.

Anyway, he got an invitation to join the AARP under the latter name on his 50th in dog years. We paid them the $8.00, but someone must have read the name sloooowly. They sent us a nice note, and a membership card saying that they didn't think he was really that old, but that they had made him a charter member. (Did I mention that his actual birth date was April 1? That may have tipped them off...) He still got his issues of Modern Maturity.

The same year, he was audited by the local borrough. They ran the local phone numbers against the taxpayer roles and Jake wasn't paying taxes. For some reason, they wouldn't let us past the front desk when we arrived!

-LarryC

ROFL! :roll:

Kind of just the opposite of my original post:

Bunny refused to join on her 50th birthday, but did a few years later, and loves the discounts, when we remember them, and their magazine.

The punchline is:
Bunny is *several* years older than me, and since being re-married, of course we have dual membership. I wish I could duplicate online the looks I get, and have gotten since being about 38 years old, and flashing an AARP card asking for my discounts! :y:

I am an avid movie collector. some 1500+ dvd's (not to mention VHS LOL)
The kids say "We want to go see this NEW movie" I tell them. oh yeah, want to see the original one first? this happens alot.

I have done the ALBUM one. the kids say.. "Whats a turn table" LOL

THe big one is the Cell phone. They get upset because I tell them watch their mins. or how many texts.. they say I need to upgrade my phone this one is old. Then I remind them that when I was in school the house phone was all there was. or a payphone. and the house phone was tethered to the wall. You could only walk 10 feet from the phone if you wanted to talk.

Then the TV, you hadto get up to change channels, and had a choice of maybe a dozen.

I also remind them that when MTV first came out they actually played MUSIC videos.. all day and all night.

I'm 45. No gray yet, and I have NOT been offered the senior discount YET. but its coming.

My oldest turned 22 the other day my youngest is 4.. the olders daughter takes him all over. I have been accused of being his grandfather.. ARRRGGH

The things I miss getting older is..
My teeth LOL
Remembering what I am doing all the time.
Having the energy to do things ALL DAY LONG.
Oh yeah and $5.00 in gas would get me to school and back plus whatever I wanted to do for a week.
I also miss 25 cent video games..



Now we just need to talk NAR/TRA into offering a senior program.. i'd be in.

stickershock23 said:

...I also miss 25 cent video games..

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No kidding. And carny games have gone that way too. I remember when you could be at King's Island and play one of those games, 3 tries for $1.00. We just went there a couple weekends ago and it's now 1 try for $3.00. :y:

stickershock23 said:

Remembering what I am doing all the time.
Having the energy to do things ALL DAY LONG.
Oh yeah and $5.00 in gas would get me to school and back plus whatever I wanted to do for a week.
I also miss 25 cent video games..



Now we just need to talk NAR/TRA into offering a senior program.. i'd be in.

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+2!

SpaceAXEplorer said:

+2!

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We took the boat out a week and a half ago. spent 3 days at the lake. Did some cliff jumping. wake boarding. tubing etc..

I got home and the next day I was black and blue all over, I could barely walk. sunburnt a little bit (that was the best thing LOL) it took me a week to recoup from the Vacation... LOL

the kids said "can we go again in a couple weeks?" is said "Give me month to heal up"