# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1820
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36384 "2015-07-28T13:07:43Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36385 "2015-07-28T13:28:14Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36386 "2015-07-28T13:49:31Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. 7. My great-great-niece is having a baby!! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36387 "2015-07-28T13:50:19Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. 7. First Ear Hair! Blechhh! Pointed out by my 5 year old daughter who noticed my beard has spread to my ear! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36388 "2015-07-28T14:04:30Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. 7. First Ear Hair! Blechhh! Pointed out by my 5 year old daughter who noticed my beard has spread to my ear! 8. Have been losing friends. May they rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36389 "2015-07-28T14:07:44Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. 7. My great-great-niece is having a baby!! 8.First Ear Hair! Blechhh! Pointed out by my 5 year old daughter who noticed my beard has spread to my ear! 9 Have been losing friends. May they rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36390 "2015-07-28T14:15:13Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. 7. My great-great-niece is having a baby!! 8.First Ear Hair! Blechhh! Pointed out by my 5 year old daughter who noticed my beard has spread to my ear! 9 Have been losing friends. May they rest in peace. 10 Have coworkers who were born after I started at my current job. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36391 "2015-07-28T14:40:45Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. 7. My great-great-niece is having a baby!! 8.First Ear Hair! Blechhh! Pointed out by my 5 year old daughter who noticed my beard has spread to my ear! 9 Have been losing friends. May they rest in peace. 10 Have coworkers who were born after I started at my current job. 8. Approved for new, more powerful hearing aids ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36392 "2015-07-28T15:18:39Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. 7. My great-great-niece is having a baby!! 8.First Ear Hair! Blechhh! Pointed out by my 5 year old daughter who noticed my beard has spread to my ear! 9 Have been losing friends. May they rest in peace. 10 Have coworkers who were born after I started at my current job. 8. Approved for new, more powerful hearing aids 9. Have discussed my bowel movements with a relative. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36393 "2015-07-28T15:24:15Z")
Your most recent, personal aging milestone 1. Got transition lenses (aka bifocals) 2. Got a colonoscopy 3. Youngest child is headed to junior high school this fall 4. Grandson is headed to high school next week 5. My daughter went on her first 10 day hiking camp without family 6. Eldest kid turned 30 last year. Youngest kid (of 3) turned 27 this year. But still, no grandkids on the foreseeable horizon. Not yet. 7. My great-great-niece is having a baby!! 8.First Ear Hair! Blechhh! Pointed out by my 5 year old daughter who noticed my beard has spread to my ear! 9 Have been losing friends. May they rest in peace. 10 Have coworkers who were born after I started at my current job. 8. Approved for new, more powerful hearing aids 9. Have discussed my bowel movements with a relative. 10. Had a kidney stone operation. Things you can say now that you’re older 1: You kids get off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36394 "2015-07-28T15:32:16Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36395 "2015-07-28T15:35:12Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36396 "2015-07-28T16:31:11Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! 4. This new music sucks! Which, as a musician, breaks my heart ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36397 "2015-07-28T16:34:56Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! 4. This new music sucks! 5. When I was a kid, we _ **walked** _ to school, uphill, in the rain, into the wind… both ways! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36398 "2015-07-28T16:45:43Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! 4. This new music sucks! 5. When I was a kid, we walked to school, uphill, in the rain, into the wind… both ways! 6. I just. Want it. To work as a PHONE. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36399 "2015-07-28T17:53:31Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! 4. This new music sucks! 5. When I was a kid, we walked to school, uphill, in the rain, into the wind… both ways! 6. I just. Want it. To work as a PHONE. 7. Back in my day we only dreamed a black man would one day be president. ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36400 "2015-07-28T18:58:01Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! 4. This new music sucks! 5. When I was a kid, we walked to school, uphill, in the rain, into the wind… both ways! 6. I just. Want it. To work as a PHONE. 7. Back in my day we only dreamed a black man would one day be president. 8. Back in my day gas was 25 cents a gallon and pot was $25 an ounce. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36401 "2015-07-28T20:00:25Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! 4. This new music sucks! 5. When I was a kid, we walked to school, uphill, in the rain, into the wind… both ways! 6. I just. Want it. To work as a PHONE. 7. Back in my day we only dreamed a black man would one day be president. 8. Back in my day gas was 25 cents a gallon and pot was $25 an ounce. 9. Back in the old days, when we were real Marines… (followed by any tall tale you want to share) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36402 "2015-07-28T20:22:42Z")
Things you can say now that you’re older 1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! 4. This new music sucks! 5. When I was a kid, we walked to school, uphill, in the rain, into the wind… both ways! 6. I just. Want it. To work as a PHONE. 7. Back in my day we only dreamed a black man would one day be president. 8. Back in my day gas was 25 cents a gallon and pot was $25 an ounce. 9. Back in the old days, when we were real Marines… (followed by any tall tale you want to share) 10. I remember when I had to use a key to unlock the car door. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36403 "2015-07-28T20:42:50Z")
1. You kids get off my lawn! 2. Back in my day, we had to get up and walk to the TV to change the channel 3. When I was a kid, MTV played videos! 4. This new music sucks! 5. When I was a kid, we walked to school, uphill, in the rain, into the wind… both ways! 6. I just. Want it. To work as a PHONE. 7. Back in my day we only dreamed a black man would one day be president. 8. Back in my day gas was 25 cents a gallon and pot was $25 an ounce. 9. Back in the old days, when we were real Marines… (followed by any tall tale you want to share) 10. I remember when I had to use a key to unlock the car door. 11. You know how we used to change the channel when I was a boy? We got up and flipped the dial. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1819) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1821)