Came across this and thought we need a little humor during out frequent breaks from studying......we need MORE breaks than the youngens.....you know what I mean
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things.
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1987 . They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
The CD was introduced the year they were born.
They have always had an answering machine
They have always had cable.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws!
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from
They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane".
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter
Save the earth. It's the only planet with chocolate
I don't know about y'all, I mean my body isn't what it used to be 15 yrs. & 50 lbs. ago but I'm lovin' each new day, each new experience and kernel of wisdom gained. Even through the hard times and losses, I've taken something precious away.
There are so many things in this world to experience. There is something so empowering and, indeed, enlightening about pursuing new goals/dreams and facing and overcoming new challenges, isn't there?
LOL...I know I sound kooky.
P.S. Hey, Stpauligirl, my husband sings "The Old Gray Mare" :stone (thinks he's soooooo funny)
Kick your husband in the shins a couple of times
tell him you have a friend who knows an old guy in a wheelchair who is also in diapers....his wife could just push him down the hill if she wanted to....she maybe even older than him but is still on her two feet taking care of him. He could end up that way and then what????
Or watch the Steven King movie "Delores Claiborne" with him this weekend.....
Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.
Anybody remember when the man in the caboose would throw out candy @ the major intersections in town to the kids?
My poor daughter has never even seen a train with "little red caboose."
Oh I always loved the caboose the best! The men would always wave as they passed! (Hey I didn't get any candy!) As kids visiting my aunt and uncle in Texas we (my brother and I and the neighbor kids) would play on the railroad tracks that were behind my uncles house (no fence either) and when the train approached he would blow his horn and we would continue to play until we thought we might get hit by the train and then suddenly jump off the tracks! My mother and father were nowhere around! I always continued to play the longest after the boys jumped off the tracks. We would lay pennies and rocks on the tracks but they would get demolished by the weight of the trains. Only those little cars with the four wheels and the men standing there out in the open would squish the pennies flat and then we could show our parents.
Specializes in home & public health, med-surg, hospice.
Oh I always loved the caboose the best! The men would always wave as they passed! (Hey I didn't get any candy!) As kids visiting my aunt and uncle in Texas we (my brother and I and the neighbor kids) would play on the railroad tracks that were behind my uncles house (no fence either) and when the train approached he would blow his horn and we would continue to play until we thought we might get hit by the train and then suddenly jump off the tracks! My mother and father were nowhere around! I always continued to play the longest after the boys jumped off the tracks. We would lay pennies and rocks on the tracks but they would get demolished by the weight of the trains. Only those little cars with the four wheels and the men standing there out in the open would squish the pennies flat and then we could show our parents.
I remember they'd [older kids] tell us that squashin' the pennies was a federal offense too b/c it was "destruction of govt. property" and that we'd go to jail...lol
Oh man, we thought we were really doin' somethin'! :chuckle
I had friends that put pennies on the tracks as well. .....Scared the poop out of me too. My house was across the street & 4 houses down from the tracks....I didn't want it to derail!!!!!
Specializes in med/surg/tele/neuro/rehab/corrections.
I had friends that put pennies on the tracks as well. .....Scared the poop out of me too. My house was across the street & 4 houses down from the tracks....I didn't want it to derail!!!!!
Hehe I never thought of one derailing! We were just fascinated by the train! Looking back, as an adult now, I feel badly that I may have worried the engineer because I wouldn't jump off the tracks and he kept blowing his horn over and over thinking he might hit a kid.
As a teen I thought it would be cool to jump on a train and me and my friends (two girls and two boys total) found one stopped and was invited on by the engineer. He backed the train up through an intersection from some reason and then started forward. After inviting us to ride to Oregon with him and we declined He then told us to jump. He said it would be no probem, train was going slowly enough. Sure enough it was fine! And boy did we have something to talk over the next few weeks!
Had a bit of a shock before class the other day. Another "oldster" and I were discussing how Gerald Ford is the oldest living president. 20 something sitting behind us says...."Who is Gerald Ford? When was he president? Before the 1st Bush?"...suddenly the two of us spent the next few minutes explaining Agnew resigning, Ford being named Vice President, then Nixon resigning and Ford becoming the only president who didnt get the job via a general election....
Our APII prof is famous for making all these sidelines while lecturing that have to do with the 70's. 1/2 the class just respond with glazed over eyes while us old folks crack up!
Yes, I also remember watching "old" movies with my mother and her explaining them to me. Remember The Birds, Psycho, Madame X, Splendor in the Grass, Dr. Zhivago, and of course, Gone With the Wind. One of my earliest memories is my mom taking me to see The Sound of Music when it came out.
Remember when there were telephone party lines - sometimes you would pick up your unportable rotary dial phone and there may be a conversation already going on?
All gas stations were full service.
People smoked while shopping in the grocery store and there were ash bins at the end of each aisle.
Kids didn't wear seatbelts.
I'm sure I'll think of more later.
OMG! i so remember the tall metal ash trays at the end of the aisles! i had totally forgot about that one!
My mom and her best friend went everywhere together. My mom had 4 kids and she had 4 so 8 kids were piled in the back seat, floorboard, or the rear dash of the car (any hole or spot we could squeeze into)!!!!!!
Did anyone watch "Read All About It?" I remember watching it in elementary school. It's about children trying to solve mysteries and writing in the "Herbertville Chronicle" . :chuckle
I just found a website for it.... :lol2: TOOOOOO Funny...you can even watch the shows!:balloons:
I don't think anyone's mentioned ancient feminine hygiene yet, so...
Remember the huge kotex boxes with the rose on the front? And the very large pads (aka "suftboards") had long tails that you would string through metal clips (which I preferred to call shrapnel, as it dug into your skin) on the sanitary napkin belt that was supposed to hold things in place. Funny how they still managed to travel, though...
I don't think anyone's mentioned ancient feminine hygiene yet, so...
Remember the huge kotex boxes with the rose on the front? And the very large pads (aka "suftboards") had long tails that you would string through metal clips (which I preferred to call shrapnel, as it dug into your skin) on the sanitary napkin belt that was supposed to hold things in place. Funny how they still managed to travel, though...
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My mother and father were nowhere around! 
I always continued to play the longest after the boys jumped off the tracks. We would lay pennies and rocks on the tracks but they would get demolished by the weight of the trains. Only those little cars with the four wheels and the men standing there out in the open would squish the pennies flat and then we could show our parents.
My house was across the street & 4 houses down from the tracks....I didn't want it to derail!!!!! 
stpauligirl
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Kick your husband in the shins a couple of times
tell him you have a friend who knows an old guy in a wheelchair who is also in diapers....his wife could just push him down the hill if she wanted to....she maybe even older than him but is still on her two feet taking care of him. He could end up that way and then what????
Or watch the Steven King movie "Delores Claiborne" with him this weekend.....