You know you are old when---

[ws23rt]

My son came to visit this weekend with his wife for a picture op with one of my cars that is moving on to a new owner. He grew up around that car as I fiddled with it and he talked about how much the charger was a part of our early years when he came to live with me at around 13.

One thing that stuck in my mind is he told me he is getting old (38) and the years seem to be passing by fast (like I told him they would in those days).

I laugh inside thinking about my old charger and him aging at the same rate.  The charger looks and runs like new. My son (that day) no longer looked young to me. He looked adult.

We can attempt to pause time by working on our old cars to make them like they were but it does not stop time from passing.

[A383Wing]

I may be growing older, but I refuse to grow up

[ws23rt]

I may be growing older, but I refuse to grow up

  I am no longer growing up. Now is my time to enjoy getting up to a new day just cause the sun comes up.

[ws23rt]

The car is 47 and my son is 38.

[68X426]

I Don't Want to Grow Up, Tom Waits from Bone Machine 1992.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0L8mC_T7m8

[birdsandbees]

The car is 47 and my son is 38.

Nice WS... unfortunately this is one of the few pictures I have of my daughter standing beside my cars (in 1990) and I can't get another one now. Good on your for documenting history if nothing else! Jen was 30 when she passed in August. 

[ws23rt]

The car is 47 and my son is 38.

Nice WS... unfortunately this is one of the few pictures I have of my daughter standing beside my cars (in 1990) and I can't get another one now. Good on your for documenting history if nothing else! Jen was 30 when she passed in August.  

So sorry for your loss.
I have never been much for taking pictures as life passes and regret that very much.  I can see my memories in my mind but can't share them as I would like to.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

You can tell how old you are getting by how old your kids are.

[ITSA426]

You're only young once but you can be immature forever!

[Charger_Fan]

Time does pass, and it often seems to fly by. When you're a kid, time seems to drag most of the time. Once you are an adult, it definitely seems to move faster, and for me today at 51, it seems to fly!
I'm sure that's the same for most of us.

This is my oldest son in 1990, he was five here. I was taking this truck apart to fix a few issues & he wanted to be in the picture. He's 31 now...yep, some days I feel old!

[RallyeMike]

..... my niece and nephew looked at a manual window crank and said "what's that for?" When I told them, they looked at me like I was a Neanderthal.

.... you have received your 100th piece of AARP membership offering in the mail. Go %$#^ yourself AARP!

On a related note, I got asked if I wanted the "senior discount" for the first time in my life last weekend. Crap.   

[ws23rt]

You know you are old when you can tell it's sunday because the the newspaper is thicker.

[69wannabe]

Got a kid that lives in a trailer next door to me and when I get the charger out he wants to ride too so yesterday we were cruising around and he asked what that was sticking up through the floor on the driver side and I was confused for a second until he pointed at it. The dimmer switch LOL!!! Yeah i'm getting old myself.....

[DeltaV]

You know you're old when you see stuff on American Pickers that is just like the stuff in your attic.

[dyslexic teddybear]

You know you're old when you see stuff on American Pickers that is just like the stuff in your attic.

It's worse when you not only know how to, but have used that stuff.

[green69rt]

Ok, I just can't think of anything to add....

[RallyeMike]

Ok, I just can't think of anything to add....

     A sure sign.

[warmpancakes]

i took earplugs to a concert,

[Mike DC]

 
- when Hollywood is remaking shows that were "after your time" originally.

[brad mcintyre]

when grand kids finishing high school 

[Kern Dog]

Some of my traits have been with me since I was a kid even if they run parallel to old man ways.

I do not like change. I like things to stay the same if they are working properly.

I like face to face conversations. It is easier to get a read on a persons character that way.

I would rather speak to a person as compared to texting. It is difficult to clearly detect humor or sarcasm in print or type.

I do not have any interest in Facebook, twitter, instagram, snap chat or any of that.

I like internet forums.

[DeltaV]

You know you're old when you see stuff on American Pickers that is just like the stuff in your attic.

It's worse when you not only know how to, but have used that stuff.

And still use it from time to time. Good toys last forever.

[Dino]

I'm going to meet my new classmates tonight and I'll probably be twice as old as the vast majority of them. So either I'll end up feeling younger in their presence, or I'll feel old and cranky. I'm going for younger but I'm getting cranky just thinking about it.   

[ACUDANUT]

Yours Balls hang low and it's been years since you had sex.

[Charger_Fan]

Some of my traits have been with me since I was a kid even if they run parallel to old man ways.

I do not like change. I like things to stay the same if they are working properly.

I like face to face conversations. It is easier to get a read on a persons character that way.

I would rather speak to a person as compared to texting. It is difficult to clearly detect humor or sarcasm in print or type.

I do not have any interest in Facebook, twitter, instagram, snap chat or any of that.

I like internet forums.

You sound a whole lot like me.

[dyslexic teddybear]

You know you're old when you see stuff on American Pickers that is just like the stuff in your attic.

It's worse when you not only know how to, but have used that stuff.

And still use it from time to time. Good toys last forever.

Yep.
As long as it still functions as intended.......I'm likely still using it.

I'm kinda the opposite of "gotta have the latest "high tech" thingy" that's supposed to be a tenth of a second faster but doesn't work or last as well as the low tech stuff I have.

As for grand kids.....2 of mine stayed the night......they don't make me feel old.
Getting up out of the chair does that.

[RallyeMike]

.... you start thinking the lady in the polygrip commercial is kinda hot.

[Dino]

.... you start thinking the lady in the polygrip commercial is kinda hot.

[polywideblock]

the girl you've been perving at for the last 10 minutes ,offers to help you across the road       

[ws23rt]

---When you are typing an answer to a thread and have to delete it cause you forgot the point you want to make.

[draftingmonkey]

..... my niece and nephew looked at a manual window crank and said "what's that for?" When I told them, they looked at me like I was a Neanderthal.

.... you have received your 100th piece of AARP membership offering in the mail. Go %$#^ yourself AARP!

On a related note, I got asked if I wanted the "senior discount" for the first time in my life last weekend. Crap.   

I can relate to all that LOL

You know you're old when you see stuff on American Pickers that is just like the stuff in your attic.

Forget in the attic..it was the same stuff you played with just yesterday, or so it seems 

Yours Balls hang low and it's been years since you had sex.

TMI...TMI..but, are you sure they are hanging too low

[dual fours]

all the things you own say "Made In The USA" on them.
a very cute girl walking her dog passes you in the park an fifteen minutes later your still thinking what a beautiful dog that was.

[dyslexic teddybear]

a very cute girl walking her dog passes you in the park an fifteen minutes later your still thinking what a beautiful dog that was.

By that standard.......I'm not anywhere near getting old.

[Charger_Fan]

a very cute girl walking her dog passes you in the park an fifteen minutes later your still thinking what a beautiful dog that was.

By that standard.......I'm not anywhere near getting old.

Me either! Sweet!

[DeltaV]

...when you realize Debbie Harry is 70

https://youtu.be/dt0mJDzTbyo

[68X426]

...when you realize Debbie Harry is 70

And in a month John Fogerty is 71.

[Charger_Fan]

Damn, I am SO old!!

However, I just spent almost 4 hours...ahh, nevermind.

[birdsandbees]

LOL.. I read that earlier Charger and had a good chuckle.

[Charger_Fan]

LOL.. I read that earlier Charger and had a good chuckle.

Yeah, I thought it might be TMI for some folks, so...  Hehe

[Kern Dog]

What? You spend 4 hours getting a prostate exam? What ??

[tcs69rt]

What? You spend 4 hours getting a prostate exam? What ??

As long as the doc doesn't tell you to hang your pants on the wall next to his! 

[Fred]

What's the matter with you all?
I feel like a spring chicken...........in fact I'm going out to dinner tonight and just might order one!

[polywideblock]

hey there Fred      

[Fred]

Hey poly.       I've not forgotten who you are and I remember who I'm not so I guess I'm doing ok.  

[polywideblock]

 

[ACUDANUT]

When your first love was Bo Derek.

[Charger_Fan]

When your first love was Bo Derek.

Who, by the way, is still hot!

[will]

When Van Halen is playing on the oldies station. Or when you go to an AC/DC concert and see people with walkers on the floor.

[ws23rt]

When the people that "won't be down for breakfast" were not even born when I started playing with Mopars.-- --

[41husk]

You know you are old when you can tell it's sunday because the the newspaper is thicker.

You know your old when you get your news from a paper instead of on line.

[68X426]

You know you're old when Prince dies.

And . . . you read a newspaper to find out.

[Charger_Fan]

You know you're old when you are wearing a car show t-shirt from 1997 & the cute cashier at the grocery store says "wow, that shirt is two years older than I am". I was tempted to lie & say I have underwear older than you, too!

[rt green]

.......when you are in an antique  store and someone asks the clerk how much you are

[RusTy/SE]

No Saturday morning cartoons 

[skip68]

You know you're old when your memories are in black & white.   

[Charger_Fan]

...when they hire a new kid at work & upon introductions, he asks when I started...1996 I say...he says "damn, you've worked here longer than I've been alive!"

Shit.