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YOU KNOW YOUR OLD WHEN........
Finish the sentence.
You know your old when;
Your baby pictures are black and white.
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Part of your job description involves a Glock 22 and you have to turn around half way to work and go home and get it. At least I always leave the 870 in the car.
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You have trouble getting out of your car - and find you haven't unlatched your seat belt........
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Part of your job description involves a Glock 22 and you have to turn around half way to work and go home and get it. At least I always leave the 870 in the car.
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I once had a friend who was a state patrolman who used to come by the FD and hang out with us on my days that I was on shift. One day he stopped by while he was on duty as well. He was standing there talking to me and I looked down at his duty belt and noticed his holster was empty. Jokingly I asked him what was up with that? He blushed and proceeded to tell me he had stopped by his house up the street to take care of some "paperwork" and he had left it on the bathroom counter. He was glad he stopped by that time, as he was about to hit the road to hand out invitations. I sure miss him.
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You know you're old when......you remember your dad getting all pissed off when they passed that National Firearms Act!
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you rode a Schwinn Stingray to school. And yep, my baby pics are B&W.
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You ARE actually older than the Air Force... (it became the USAF in 1947)
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You know you're old when...
the wild, crazy, rebellious music of your youth is now elevator music.
everyone you know is at least 15 years YOUNGER than you are.
the only thing you recognize under the hood of your car is the battery.
the highlight of your day is having a bowel movement.
you don't recognize the man in the mirror.
someone asks your name and you have to look at your driver's license.
you remember Betty White being young.
you remember military and commercial planes having propellers.
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When you just can't bring yourself to pay the going prices for a M1917 or Victory because your remember when they could be had for less than $50.00.
(Unfortunately this holds true for most any gun..... I remember turning down a Type 14 Nambu with the full rig, holster, extra mag, etc. because I thought $35.00 was too much. )
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when you know what Muzak is and where it was used.
my baby photos are on tin type.
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When your son buys an LC Smith 12 bore made in 1949 and right in front of you talks about the great deal he got on the "old antique" shotgun.
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When you remember sitting in your grandmothers kitchen eating the best donuts you were ever going to get that were cooked in lard on her wood burning cast iron stove. She used to toss mice she caught into the flames of the stove. If she was cooking chicken she would step out the door with her hatchet and select dinner which was walking by. She was a character. Her friends told me that when she was young she was the most beautiful woman in the county.
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When your older then all your Doctors
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You know you're old when . . . .
. . . you have to go the mall and you feel like you're in the bar scene from "Star Wars" . . .
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I'm old!
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The alternative to growing old is dying young.
Now do you feel better?
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What was the question again?
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In the morning, when you look in the mirror, you think "I'll feel better in 2 weeks". But this happens every morning.
Yep, the planes with props thing is a good one. It does make me feel old to realize that I flew Ozark Airlines DC-3's back in the 60's.
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S&W revolvers suddenly appeal to you more than a highly customized 1911, and you even start carrying a 65, 66, or 686!
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When all the female cashiers, watress and clerks call you "Sugar or Honey" instead of "Sir".
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...you find yourself saying..."Ah, The Kids today!"... only heard before from your Dad and Grandpa.
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You have trouble getting out of your car - and find you haven't unlatched your seat belt........
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You have trouble getting out of your car - and find you HAVE unlatched your seat belt........
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You get out of bed in the morning making the same noises your father used to make...
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...everything you used to do all night, now takes all night to do!
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...everything you used to do all night, now takes all night to do!
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"I'm not as good as I was ONCE, but I'm as good ONCE as I ever was."
You know you're gettin' old when the oldies station is playin' stuff with DRUM MACHINES on 'em.
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You have a nice bowel movement every morning at 7am...but don't get out of bed until 8am.
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When you're one of the last few guys who have actually driven this old stage coach and remember how to do it.
Talked to an Indian that watched the Battle of the Little Big Horn,
Knew a cowhand on the ranch that served on Tom Horn's jury.
Knew a guy that was paid to feed and train a fast horse and tie it up behind the jail the day that Tom was reputedly hanged.
Played cards with the last train robber in Wyoming and own one of his guns.
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I never will forget takeing my dad to the cemitary to see moms grave when he was close to 90. He walked up and down the rows of graves and said, "I knew every one of em"!
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Old is when you pick up your mail & find an invitation to your class reunion............. 60th. It happened to me last year.
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You know your old when you remember all of the following:
Attachment 18944What you rode.
Attachment 18947When your radio still lights up and only has AM
Attachment 18945 When you know what this is
Attachment 18950When you remember The Fleetwoods
Attachment 18949 When you walk with a friend on the beach dressed like this.
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Fit everyone of these except my bike was a Schwinn Spitfire when they still had New Departure brakes.
But I did get a very good present for my 1st birthday, the second Atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki effectively ending WWII. I admit some of you may have to think about that a bit to understand it.
And don't forget horse drawn beer wagons, horse drawn scrap wagons, open sided vegetable vendors trucks. You could call the grocery store, tell them what you wanted and they would deliver! Not only that, but you signed the ticket and settled with them at the end of the month. The store had a wood floor and the meat department had sawdust on the floor. There was a rolling ladder attached to the shelves so the high ones could be reached just like in OLD movies.
When you couldn't get $20 worth of groceries in the car because they wouldn't fit, and it included meat!
And the city would flood some parks to make a skating rink during the Winter (good luck with that today!!).
Fortunately I was born at a time when I can now say I do remember every one of these, and I earnestly thank God nearly every day that he has allowed this to me. With the direction the country has been going, at least since the 1960s with drugs, hippies, socialists masquerading as "Conservatives" and all the attendant ****, and post Viet Nam, I am even more thankful to Him every passing day.
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[QUOTE=Alk8944;135468453]Fit everyone of these except my bike was a Schwinn Spitfire when they still had New Departure brakes.
Not mine, just a picture. But in 1957 this was my ride, the best looking bike in my area. Attachment 18951
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You remember rationing.
You know what the 2 different ways air raid sirens sounded meant. Ah, you did know there were 2 different ways, right?
You remember Skywatch/Civilian Observer Corps.
Steam locomotives weren't in historical displays, diesel-electrics were the new thing.
Milk and bread delivery routes.
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You know you're getting old when;
your car has been sitting in the sun
and you get in and sit on the hot seat and go AHHHH,,,
you hold the door at a store for a couple of beautiful young girls,
and they walk by you like you were transparent.
Allen old-Frame
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you remember the first time you saw a plastic cap pistol at the dime store, and thought "nobody will buy that"
you find that the replacement cords on your best power tools have now rotted also.
you have boots older than the loan officer at your bank
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These hit WAY too close to home.
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Today I was holding down the bench at walmart while the wife shopped. A old gentilman sat by me and we got to talking. He mentioned his wife was 24 years younger. Presently his wife walked up and I thought she looked as old as him! I am 69 and I thought she looked at least my age. He must have been at least 95!
I do everything wrong if we are to belive most health stuff we hear. I should have been dead 30 years ago. I have been fat since birth. I am close to 300#s, use to be 6ft 2" but have shrunk a little. Physical exercise and me dont get along. I chewed for 50 years but recently quit. Used to smoke a pipe and quit. Hardly have a drink anymore.
Yet many skinny guys I knew in school and on the job are long dead. I dont belive everything these "experts" try to tell me.
I always fought my weight. My dad was the opposite to me. He was one of those rare guys with a perfect build. 6ft 5"s. About 225 lbs most his life and big boned. He never once worked out on purpose. He always ate everything he wanted, and when he got through with the salt shaker, his plate looked like a snowfield! He made it to just under 90 by two months.
I have buried 4 girl friends I know of. All were well built beautys. One was a stunt woman. The last one was about 6 years younger than me at the time she died 6 years ago. Before her another one worked out every day, had the body most teenagers would die for. Habitualy nagged me about my weight. Got cancer and has been dead over a dozzen years now! It is three by cancer and one by heart attack so far. All looked like they would outlive me by 30 years! Dont belive everything you hear!
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You know you're getting old when three things happen.
(1). You forget things.
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I never will forget takeing my dad to the cemitary to see moms grave when he was close to 90. He walked up and down the rows of graves and said, "I knew every one of em"!
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Man thats kinda sad!!
anyway, You know your getting old when you forgot what your "special purpose" is for.
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Baby pictures in Black and White! My WEDDING pictures are Black and White!
And I have the cutest flattop haircut!
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You remember taking the tubes from your TV to the drug store to use the tube tester. After which you inevitably ended up calling someone known as a "TV repairman" to replace the picture tube.
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