You know you are getting older when..............

[JFrank]

My first winter in West Virginia Uncle Ernest told me not to let the coal stove go out.
Well I got a foot in the ass at 5 am from a pissed off Uncle.
J

 

[NorCalMikie]

Used to laugh at "Old Men" because they always had a drop of egg yolk on their white button up shirt. Now I have egg yolk, along with what ever else I've eaten, on my shirt...I don't have near the class they had as mine is usually some type of tee shirt...things one remembers

I'am not proud. I wear a bib AND, I spot spray all my Tee Shirts before they hit the wash.

 

[NorCalMikie]

Worked with an Older guy that "would not" wear glasses. Couldn't see squat past 10 feet. One day a good looking young lady stuck her head in the shop.
This old guy was busy drooling till he figured out the looker was HIS daughter.

Every once in a while the wife will see me looking at some dolly and will mention "She's about the age of your "Great Grand Daughter".
Great Grand Daughter is pushing 22 hard and fast and IS a real looker.

 

[SEM]

When I was around 7-9 years old I was visiting my grandparents house. The pump in the yard had to be primed before it did it's job. My uncle and some of his friends set me up. Everyone carried a plug of Red Man and took a chaw every now and then. I was offered some, a man sized bite, which I gleefully took. When the tobacco juice ran down my throat it felt like fire. I ran to the pump, to find the bowl of water to prime the pump was empty. Everyone except me got a great laugh from it. Now a days, that would be considered child abuse. Back then it was called fun. I lived through it and did similar to my siblings and younger relatives.

as mean as it seemed then, sometimes it taught you a lesson that lasted the rest of your life... my dad taught me a healthy fear of falling in the water since I work on boats guess the fates worked out the lesson in the long run

 

[MrMajestic]

Perhaps this is the same as what we called a root cellar

I believe you are correct also. We did keep are tators and canned fruits in there.

 

[gdbleb]

A good friend of mine takes me to a couple of hockey games a season. We drink beer. The big question is how many 20-somethings come and leave the Men's Room while we're still standing at the porcelain. We're up to 3. ;-)

 

[JFrank]

I believe you are correct also. We did keep are tators and canned fruits in there.

I’ve never had the pleasure of digging one though, have you???
I was just reminded of my uncle Roy whom had a root cellar that he had lined with stone IIRC
It’s been a long time but somehow that popped into my mind. LOL

 

[MikeT49]

The first sign of winter was when your mom put on the flannel sheets.

 

[charliegrba]

How many remember vacuum powered windshield wipers? While driving in the rain if you press down on the gas to pass the wipers would stop just when you need them the most.

 

[pirate ammo]

Don't know about this one, how many have picked cotton by hand, I have.8 years old in the field on my uncles farm in south Georgia. Turns to real work real fast.

 

[Iowa Fox]

Reality really hits home when not so long ago I was helping my grandson when we were out fishing, mushroom hunting,or hunting. Now he is helping his slow moving grandpa when we are out. I'm just hoping for many more seasons out with him.

 

[Pwc]

Yup, flannel sheets..mmmmmmm.

In Greece we didn't have them, but I used 220vac heat gun to preheat my little girls beds, they were so little they did 't ge erate much heat.

 

[hogpatrol]

You know you're old when your phone number was Hubbard or some other name in front of the numbers ##### or you had a party line and you listened for the click to see if anyone else was listening.

 

[mongo chicago]

You are old if you can remember parking meters being penny nickel dime.

 

[hogpatrol]

My grandmother had a big cast iron wood stove she cooked on and it had a reservoir on one end that supplied steady hot water. IIRC, it had six "burners" and a big oven.

 

[ShootDots]

You ARE old if you remember "Henry's Hamburgers" where you could buy 7 hamburgers for 1 dollar and a chocolate shake for 25 cents! That was my fav place to go after a day's hunting!

 

[SEM]

The first sign of winter was when your mom put on the flannel sheets.

I just did that Sunday .... all by myself overnight lows are in the low forty's now to cheap to crank up the heat yet

 

[Iowa Fox]

You ARE old if you remember "Henry's Hamburgers" where you could buy 7 hamburgers for 1 dollar and a chocolate shake for 25 cents! That was my fav place to go after a day's hunting!

And they tasted darn good to boot.

 

[MikeT49]

On your third trip to the garage for a hammer you realize you have AAADD. (Age activated attention deficit disorder).

 

[hogpatrol]

You could be an oldster if you sold lemonade or iced tea to the construction workers building homes in your new subdivision, peddled tomatoes or other garden vegetables to neighbors or collected soda bottles to get the 2¢ deposit.
After which, you spent it all on baseball cards, candy or around Halloween, wax lips.