# You know you're getting old(er) when **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091 "2022-04-20T01:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/61 "2022-04-21T03:36:07Z")
> [@dirtball](#): > > I had a startling moment one Sunday when I was watching an NFL game and realized I was older than all the players on the field. > > And another startling moment a few years later when I realized I was old enough to be the father of any current player. I’m almost with you. Tom Brady has me beat by a few months, but once he really retires I’ll be in the same boat 😅. Now if I ever get to the point when I’m older than the owners … 😬 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/62 "2022-04-21T06:15:42Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > When I was a kid, I would routinely hear my grandmother remark on an actor, when they appeared in an older movie or show, “they used to look so young.” > > Yeah, I do that now. Tell me about it. **DesertRoomie** is a big fan of _Peggy Sue Got Married_ and when she had it on the other week I said, “My God. Was Nick Cage ever that young?” Kathleen Turner as well, but not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/63 "2022-04-21T06:23:39Z")
You know you’re getting old(er) when Your farts go from sounding like bright french horn staccato notes to legato tuba sostenuto passages, with multiple reprises. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/64 "2022-04-21T07:17:05Z")
You know you’re getting old(er) when everything either dries up or leaks. I recently realized that I’m now closer to 80 than 70. I remember, at the age of 6, watching Elizabeth II’s coronation, live. I’ve been older than every president in the past 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/65 "2022-04-21T07:39:17Z")
Every public school in my area has been torn down and replaced. All the unique buildings and businesses have been torn down. My entire childhood has been erased. I remember going to Woolworth’s and Grants as a kid. Nobody has even heard of them now. They were destroyed by K-mart which is now long gone. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/66 "2022-04-21T10:08:39Z")
Soooo much this! Before I hit my sixties, my farts were all, silent, girly toots at best. No idea why, but suddenly I acquired the ability to produce true rippers. A real eye opener! Sometimes, I’ll let a beauty rip from the other room, then pop my head out, looking to have hubs acknowledge it’s wonderfulness. His response is unfailingly, ‘Why are you so proud of this?’ I’m sure the joy of it will wear off, but for now, I feel like I’ve finally arrived! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/67 "2022-04-21T10:25:26Z")
You know you’re getting old(er) when: You realize you’re just two generations away from the 19th century Victorian Era (all 4 grandparents). Horse & buggy \>\>\> space satellites beyond the solar system. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/68 "2022-04-21T12:13:10Z")
This seems broader than “Cafe society”, so I’ve moved it to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/69 "2022-04-21T12:47:43Z")
My team recently hired a 21-yr old from London, and we all had a meeting on Teams to introduce him. We older folks genially picked on him. I pointed out he was born after Y2K. He asked “What’s Y2K?” I replied “A moment in our lives when we thought everything was going to shut down because we had to convert the year from 2 digits to 4.” Nowadays, Y2K looks so inconsequential, but I remember discussions with my friends on how we would have to adjust to living off the grid. We had our log cabins picked out with supply crates, hand tools, machetes, guns & ammo… that’s still kind of thing, isn’t it? ---
**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:** [April 21, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/70 "2022-04-21T14:53:14Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I’ve been older than every president in the past 30 years. Not Biden, if I’m estimating your age correctly. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/71 "2022-04-21T15:01:03Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Not Biden, if I’m estimating your age correctly. I’m older than Biden was 30 years ago. Wait… better check the math… I can’t believe how close it is. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/72 "2022-04-21T15:30:46Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > We had our log cabins picked out with supply crates, hand tools, machetes, guns & ammo… that’s still kind of thing, isn’t it? It is. Google _preppers_. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/73 "2022-04-21T15:36:17Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > It is. Google _preppers_. I remember when preppers were called “survivalists”. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/74 "2022-04-21T17:07:18Z")
One that occurred to me today was seeing on a van A family owned business since #### and realizing that although the year was after I was born, it still meant they had been around for a while. `//i\\` ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/75 "2022-04-21T17:28:40Z")
**You know you’re getting old(er) when**: You drop something, and then spend a moment deciding if it is worth picking it up. Then another moment deciding if you should bend over and reach down to pick it up, risking your back or a fall, or if you should squat down, risking not being able to get back up. So you decide to squat down to pick it up but then you fall over on your side and then just lay there looking up for a while, because it is comfortable, and you have to decide how you are going to get back up. Roll over on your stomach, then get up on your knees, then stand? But that sounds bad too. Hey, I didn’t notice all those cobwebs on the ceiling! ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/76 "2022-04-21T20:25:31Z")
As I said before, I feel older when I realize that most of my doctors are older than me. That was never the case in the past. My doctors were always older gentlemen, wiser and more well-seasoned than me. Oh, and can I add a joke (as just a little comic relief 🙂 )? _You know you’re getting older when get up in the middle of the night to stub your toe, and you accidentally slip and use the bathroom._ (LOL 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/77 "2022-04-21T21:54:15Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And at ages older than 27. There’s nothing natural about dying at 27. Well, maybe, if you’re a rock star. Then it’s perfectly natural and expected. “…the official explanation was he choked on vomit… It was actually – it was actually someone else’s vomit…” > [@DesertDog](#): > > “My God. Was Nick Cage ever that young?” We just watched _Valley Girl_ the other night. Sheesh! he was just a pup. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/78 "2022-04-21T22:03:35Z")
Hey, I first saw that movie in a theater with a couple hundred other people who also did not know about that scene; all the reviewer said was that he died “in a manner too revolting to relate.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tZrqC5LL_oo/hqdefault.jpg "Spinal Tap Drumers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZrqC5LL_oo) I never heard an audience howl that loud before or since, not even the “That’s not what it was like, penis breath” scene from “E.T.” or the nude scene in “About Schmidt” featuring one Kathy Bates. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/79 "2022-04-21T22:10:23Z")
I’m so old I remember when the SDMB was just a couple months old. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091/80 "2022-04-21T22:11:14Z")
You know you’re old when… David St Hubbins (74) looks like this: [![](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/michael-mckean.jpg) ](https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/michael-mckean.jpg) Nigel(74): [![](https://www.stellaadler.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chris_guest-713x1024.jpg) ](https://www.stellaadler.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/chris_guest-713x1024.jpg) And Derek (78): [![](https://staging.weisradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Harry-Shearer-Danny-Martindale-WireImage.jpg) ](https://staging.weisradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Harry-Shearer-Danny-Martindale-WireImage.jpg) And you really know it when…you can’t remember Harry Shearer’s name, and have to look it up. (At least I didn’t need reading glasses to read it…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-er-when/963091.md?page=5)