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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 2:02:00 PM

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You're only as old as the person you're feeling - I'll always be nineteen years younger than it says on my birth certificate

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 3:37:09 PM

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You know you are getting old when you remember having a radio with vacuum tubes and when cars did not have seatbelts.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 3:51:11 PM

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Ala can still remember martial law in Poland under General Jaruszelski, the police curfew (no leaving your home after 10pm), not being able to buy alcohol before 1pm, internal visas to travel to the next town, and there not being any clothing available for babies who were born.

She remembers queuing up for 2-3 days at a time to obtain everyday household items which were available only on ration cards. Everyone had money, but nobody could buy anything. There were empty shops, but people just turned up and formed long queues just in case something turned up within the next two or three days. She remembers buying clothing and shoes, whatever she could get her hands on, the size, style and material didn't matter. If it didn't fit she would sell it. The longest queues were over 3 days for toilet rolls. Family members would take it in turns to stand in the queues. If you saw a shop without a queue you tended to stand by it, even in the middle of the night, just to be first in the queue. However there were lots of pensioners usually waiting outside anything which resembled a shop.

There were armed police everywhere, and they could stop and search you and ask you anything. Some people disappeared from the street and didn't reappear for a long time. Cars were constantly stopped and searched.

There were constant holidays.. The Potato Holiday for example, when everyone would celebrate the harvesting of potatoes and the realization of the Three Year Plan or the Five Year Plan. There was a shortage of cigarettes, but you could buy whole tobacco leaves on the black market, dry them out, chop them up and make your own cigarettes.

Most people drove Polski Fiats and Trabants.. the Wartburg was a luxury car..

Ala remembers travelling 60 miles to Bialystok to wait 2 days to buy a radio cassette recorder to play tapes.

The first year was the worst, but it got better and it wss quite good because everybody had money, it was still difficult to obtain things but you always had people to help you out, to buy and sell things from, and most things were dirt cheap. Polish society turned into one based on friendships and contacts who could 'arrange' things for you.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 3:51:49 PM

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You win, fluffy, you're old. Our cars always had seatbelts, they were just stuffed down into the seat somewhere, and nobody used them.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 3:59:10 PM

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Do you remember when TV dinners came metal trays?

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 4:05:54 PM

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Yep. Because microwave ovens for home use did not exist.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 4:08:19 PM

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lol i remember, the rotery phone and party lines

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 4:12:08 PM

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i remember not having a TV when i was a child. i remember when returning astronauts splashed down in the ocean instead of landing on a runway.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 4:21:36 PM

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Rember The Howdy Doody Show. with Buffloe Bob, Clarabell the clown, Cheif Thunder Thud and the beatiful
Princess Summerfallwinterspring. Black and White TV. Five cent Coco Colas and Twenty Five cent Movies.
Those were the days.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 4:29:19 PM

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my darling cub just loves to remind me of all the history i lived before he was even born. little smartass!
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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 4:50:52 PM

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I'm in line after you to tell colouredin that she is in trouble. I will be "60" this Sep. OUCH

I know I am old because:

1. I remember Record Albums (Still have them all)

2. 8 Track Tapes (I Converted mine to Cassettes, then to CDs)

3. Where I was when PRESIDENT Kenedy was killed.

4. The Songs. "They're comming to take me away", and "Hello Mother, Hello Father".

5. The Smother's Brother.

6. And who else remembers the shows "Rescue 8", "Lassie", "Sky King", "Tarzan", and Etc., Etc ?

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 5:18:14 PM

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1. TV with dials and NO remote control
2. No cable
3. (Michael Jackson &) The Jackson 5, The Osmonds, The Cowsills
4. The Partridge Family, My 3 Sons
5. Flash bulbs for cameras
6. Bubble Gum music
7. Shag carpeting in god awful colors

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 5:23:31 PM

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True story......i went back to college when i was 40 to finish my degree. One day, one of my young colleagues came up to me and said, "You're old, have you ever heard of this old band I just discovered.....Led Zeppelin?"

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 5:44:48 PM

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did you deck him, Philo?

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/25/2009 5:48:09 PM

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I know I am old because:
I remember when I WAS the remote for the TV....."Mark change the channel"
All of my cd's start with The Greatest Hits of.......
I owned a record player that folded up like a suit case,
Albums heck, I had 45's...
Buble gum music
The Flintstones were a prime time tv show
TV going off the air....those lovely test patterns
Regular or Ethyl gasoline
A.M. Radio there was no other
The Red Skelton Show
This could go on forever!

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/26/2009 12:50:05 PM

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I forgot all about AM radio and test patterns... now I am old AND forgetful.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/26/2009 12:51:59 PM

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You know you're getting older when: You look at the clock and realize with horror instead of boredom that it's 10 PM and you have work the next morning.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/26/2009 5:39:03 PM

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Fizzies

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/26/2009 5:46:07 PM

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Soda came in 8 pack glass bottles.

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RE: You know you are getting old when: - 1/26/2009 6:23:14 PM

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Actual conversation between my niece and me:

Niece: “What’s your favorite music group?”

Me: “U2”

Niece: “I asked you first.”

Yup, I’m definitely getting up there. I’ve reached a point in my life where I can tell young people that when I was their age…

There was no such thing as a computer in the house.
(corollary: if you wanted to look something up, you went to a special building down town called a library)

If you wanted to make a phone call, you went to a room in the house where the phone was and you stayed there until the call was done.

Not getting a clear picture on the television? First step: get the ladder.

If you wanted to watch the news on the television, you had to wait until 6:30 pm.

You could kiss a girl at school without getting arrested for sexual harassment.

TAB wasn’t just a button on your keyboard.

AIDS had a chocolaty flavor (but they didn’t actually help you lose weight).

If you walked around out side barefoot you ran the risk of cutting your foot on the pop top of a can of beer or pop.

You could hear the National Anthem on the television every night.

Bush was something you wanted to see more of.

A black man elected President in this country? Dream on!

Nobody knew what a blunt was but we did know that you should pass the duchie on the left hand side.

I’m sure there are many others but to me the number one sure sign that I am getting old: I used to be able to party hearty for three days straight – now days I’m cranky if I don’t get my afternoon nap.

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