I'm so old that....

[JFlightRisk]

Curious if you still have that radio. I wish I had kept that old radio now. Hindsight is always 20/20.

 

[Kevin Cooper]

No, it got thrown away when I was at college.

 

[Kevin Cooper]

I’m so old, my first electronic calculator cost almost $50, I think had Nixie tubes, was handheld, and used 4 AA batteries. The batteries would last about 3 hours of use. It maybe 4 function buttons more than +-x/=.
I think I still have it and last time I checked, it still worked.

 

[JimD]

My first "calculator" was a slide rule. Sure loved it when electronic calculators came on the scene.

 

[OnTheGo]

My first "calculator" was a slide rule. Sure loved it when electronic calculators came on the scene.

It did make things easier, but created challenges for some folks. We were in a grocery checkout siutation some months ago and the people in front of us paid in cash. The cashier had to get her phone out to figure their change.

This topic might have already appeared in the JOF, but "I'm so old that" I don't remember it.

 

[dwaynebmsg]

Our first phone had no dial or push buttons. You picked it up and the operator said, "Number please".

 

[Kevin Cooper]

I’m so old that my grandmother had some of my relatives funerals in her house.

 

[Grumpy]

That unfortunately I know what this is....and the songs

 

[craigav]

I am so old that ... ... ... nevermind, I forgot what I was going to type.

 

[Kevin Cooper]

I’m so old, I remember that my wife and I could talk to each other across the table in a restaurant. Nope, not age or hard hearing! You can’t do it any more around where I live at least. You have to yell above the others yelling in order to say anything.

 

[JFlightRisk]

Three things you should never forget when you get old........ummm.....

 

[Route 66 Traveler]

I'm so old I've outlived 4 past girlfriends. I married an older woman (5 days older) and she is still going strong after putting up with me for over 60 years......

 

[dwaynebmsg]

I remember relatives "Sitting up with my Grandpa" in his parlor, the night before his funeral.

 

[Happy wife / happy life]

I just confirmed that I’m taking my atv on a 6 day trip to the high mountain desert in Northern California. I have a sneaking suspicion that I’ve forgotten I’m 72 years old.

 

[OnTheGo]

I am so old that ... ... ... nevermind, I forgot what I was going to type.

My expression for that, being a retired railroader, is: My train of thought derailed and there are no survivors.

 

[Kevin Cooper]

I’m so old that I still thought an insurance company that took my money for home insurance for 23 years and had zero claims would be pleased as for customer loyalty.
Nope, they decided not to renew because I have a wood stove that has not been used for 25 years even though it was there when I got the first policy. And stated that it was not installed by a professional. That was not a requirement in 1984 building code, to which there was and is no adopted codes where I live.
Sorry, I’m ranting because I’M SO OLD!

 

[OnTheGo]

Your rant is justified, they truly are thieves.

And so are the contractors that are stealing from them.

 

[craigav]

 

[harryjr]

16 years old. Mom giving $5 to fill the gas tank and telling me to bring back the change.

Getting "White gas" for the Coleman stove and lantern to go camping.

 

[harryjr]

"I’m so old, my first electronic calculator cost almost $50, I think had Nixie tubes, was handheld, and used 4 AA batteries. The batteries would last about 3 hours of use. It maybe 4 function buttons more than +-x/=.
I think I still have it and last time I checked, it still worked."

Almost got tossed from an accounting class in college for using my TI calculator Xmas present during a test. "It's an unfair advantage for the wealthy students".

S**t Prof, if I was wealthy I wouldn't be enrolled here.