# Things that make you feel old **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732 "2016-07-12T17:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/61 "2016-07-14T17:33:58Z")
I’m 57 yrs old and usually bike to and from work (10 km round trip) or bike to and from work (35 km round trip with a big detour for the exercise), though occassionally I’ll take the bus. On a few of my bus occassions people have offerred me their seat. When I was in the navy (Canadian, so not a big navy like the USN or the RN) I was doing a few days of project work in an office I had been posted to about 20 years ago. The unit Chief Petty Officer at that time was the son of the unit Chief Petty Officer when I worked there 20 years earlier. ---
**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 14, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/62 "2016-07-14T17:42:07Z")
Yesterday I rode the bus to the last stop, right outside the library. I was the only passenger left, and I remarked to the young black male bus driver “I feel like Miss Daisy.” He did not have a clue what I was talking about. Probably thought I was a senile old white lady until I told him about the movie. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/63 "2016-07-14T18:04:48Z")
_Driving Miss Daisy’s Bus_ ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/64 "2016-07-14T18:55:46Z")
Looking down while I pee and noticing that my pubes are now more salt than pepper. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/65 "2016-07-14T19:13:13Z")
A couple of weeks ago I actually yelled at a little kid to get off my lawn. That was an amusing and bizarre experience. I didn’t chase him with a broom or even shake my fist at him, but I sure told him to get the hell off my lawn. He was picking up my Zombie Gnomes and throwing them on the ground. That I cannot abide. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/66 "2016-07-14T21:14:27Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > That one really got me. But there’s also the following, for me. > > Bishop of my Episcopal diocese. > > My doctor. > > My dentist. > > My hairdresser > > Plus other’s. At least my pet’s vet is a little older than me. My chiropractor was born the year that I bought my house (1978). I was 25 at the time. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/67 "2016-07-14T21:30:28Z")
Last night we rented and watched (some of) the _Ren & Stimpy_ series and I realized: 1. This series is _twenty-five years old_! 2. It’s actually a lot stupider than I remember. I must have had the taste of a twelve-year old boy back then. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/68 "2016-07-15T14:17:59Z")
Realizing that “Jaws: The 30th Anniversary Edition,” which shocked me to a standstill when I saw it in a store, is now ten years old. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/69 "2016-07-15T14:45:43Z")
It’s not when the police officers look about 16, and it’s not when they start calling you “sir” - it’s when you take it for granted that they damn well should (and get a haircut, while they’re at it). ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/70 "2016-07-15T15:19:02Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Discussing the topic of old movies with my daughter. When I think of old movies I think of movies that starred John Wayne or Elvis Presley. When she thinks of old movies it’s movies like Ghostbusters or Weekend at Bernie’s, the movies I grew up with. When someone says they “grew up with” shows that didn’t come out until I was in college. As far as I’m concerned, if you were a kid when Ghostbusters came out you’re still a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/71 "2016-07-16T18:08:14Z")
When you look at your receipt at Wendy’s or McDonald’s and you realize they gave you the free “Senior coffee” discount that you didn’t even ask for. At least nobody has offered me their seat on the bus yet. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/72 "2016-07-16T18:48:09Z")
At work we take turns plugging our iPhones into the boom box to play music, and when my turn comes up I feel like some old man playing 78 records on a gramophone. The management at my company is far worse than me, though. One manager still uses a desktop calculator that prints out results like a cash register receipt. When we calculate long distance milage, some people use a thirty year old AAA book that has milage between all cities in California. Up until last year, _20 freaking 15_, the whole company was using an AS400 system. For those who don’t know, that’s the old monochrome monitors with green text. It was so old, I think our IT was outsourced to an Amish community. The corporation that bought us out a few years ago finally made us switch to something more modern, and people still act like victims of a war crime, since the AS400 “worked just fine!” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/73 "2016-07-16T20:09:43Z")
I’m looking at maybe dating again, and it occurs to me that the last time I went on a first date, Reagan was president. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/74 "2016-07-16T21:11:05Z")
David Letterman being retired. The cast of _Star Trek_ (TOS) gradually dying off. Going out in public and seeing middle-aged adults with visible tattoos. Scrupulously avoiding looking at attractive women in public for longer than a nanosecond, because to them I’m an icky, gross old guy. Hearing people burst out laughing at the sight of an old cell phone. Looking in the mirror. > [@Doug\_K](#): > > When someone says they “grew up with” shows that didn’t come out until I was in college. As far as I’m concerned, if you were a kid when Ghostbusters came out you’re still a kid. Yeah, especially this. “I grew up with _Star Wars_!” is the one that really grates on me. Almost forgot this one: Walking into Barnes & Noble and seeing brand-new, shrinkwrapped LP records for sale. I never thought I’d live long enough to see that. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/75 "2016-07-18T02:23:39Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Almost forgot this one: Walking into Barnes & Noble and seeing brand-new, shrinkwrapped LP records for sale. I never thought I’d live long enough to see that. And the hipsters are paying $20-30 for surgical-quality superheavy vinyl. Crucial to have perfect reproduction to catch every tonal nuance of The Ramones or The Clash… I have a student (college) that’s re-buying ALL her CDs in vinyl form. Me:“Geez, Jessie, there’s hip, and then there’s PAINFULLY Hip!” eta: And I clearly remember CDs coming out, and we were SO happy that they didn’t have the pops and scratches that LPs did. And CDs had better sound. That “Warmth of Vinyl” you brag about, hipsters, is the limits of vinyl’s reproduction ability… ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732/76 "2016-07-18T02:42:26Z")
I’m now buying light bulbs with a longer life expediency than I have. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-feel-old/759732.md?page=3)