Your bill for a one-month supply of cat food is more than three times the monthly rent for your very first apartment.

I know exactly what you mean... ;c) Our first house had a monthly payment of $204.00...

When you have to go to the bathroom really bad, and when you get there you can't remember why you're there...;]

You have a BM at 5:00am every morning. But you don't wake up till 6:00am every morning!

Eeewwwww!

Do you remember; 1 - Blackjack chewing gum 2 - Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3 - Candy cigarettes 4 - Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles 5 - Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes 6 - Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers 7 - Party telephone lines 8 - Newsreels before the movie 9 - P.F. Flyers 10 - Butch wax 11 - Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Liberty - 3866) 12 - Peashooters 13 - Howdy Doody 14 - 45 RPM records 15 - S&H Green Stamps 16 - Hi-Fi's 17 - Metal ice trays with levers 18 - Mimeograph paper 19 - Blue flashbulbs 20 - Beanie and Cecil 21 - Roller skate keys 22 - Cork popguns 23 - Drive-ins 24 - Studebakers 25 - Wash tub wringers

oh gawd....;

...you actually become nostalgic about the "good old days" when you couldn't wait for those days to end so you could be a grown-up and do anything you wanted anytime you wanted (boy, did that ever turn out to be a total myth).

Yup to all of those things, Quest. In fact, I still remember our first telephone number - Jackson 44669 - because, of course, your parents drill that sort of thing into you. I remember, and still have, not only 45s, but 78s. And remember those metal spacers you used to buy to put in the middle of your 45s so they would play on a regular turntable?? How about Buster Brown shoes? Ipana? Pepsodent? Babbo? Jiffy-Pop? Sky King? Spin & Marty? Crusader Rabbit? Cubby and Karen? Thriller? (and I do not mean the Michael Jackson video) Telephones with dials? Radios with dials? TVs with dials?

When your most cherished companions are dying, the sudden death of my other bunny tonight saddens me, I knew it was coming, he contracted the same disease, I just didn't think it would be so soon...:(

awwww, so sorry to hear of your loss Zhann, that surely is sad.

...you're on your fourth set of dogs :o(

....you hear the phone ringing but can't remember where you put it......!

Thanks for the memories, I'd forgotten most of them and more,19 cent gas, 23 cent a pack cigarettes, penny liquorices, 5 cents candy bars, $2 Levi's, etc. Of course they all seemed expensive back then.

Quest, you're just too cruel. Do i really want to remember? That goes for you, too, Ricky... and i guess myself at this point, cause i'm gonna continue! - Remember when Bazooka gum was a penny? - 5 and Dime stores. - Esso gasoline (in the US. I think it still exists in Europe). - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In at 8:00 Monday nights. - The Sonny and Cher show. - When slinkies first hit the market. - Slime. - Clackers (they were later, but still...) - Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. During my midlife "crisis", I started coming up with a list of "you know you're overwhelmed when...". One of the best that i remember is: you know you're overwhelmed when it's easier to buy a new car than to wash the current one.

I remember:
Being bummed out about the Kennedy assasination because it interfered with the afternoon cartoons
Being bummed out about Woodstock because I had to go to 6th grade
Being elated that I always had high draft numbers, and even happier that the draft ended 2 yearsbefore I was 18
being in band practice the night Kurt Cobain died
sleeping through the Challenger disaster (3rd shift..)
watching campus marches over the Iran Hostage crisis
having my teenage years wasted because everyone else was listening to disco
voting for Ford
being afraid to turn off the IBM XT because the power loss might erase the 5 1/4th floppy in the full-height drive (my first session with a PC..1/85..;)
converting a 'punctuation' graphic into actual dots in IBM Draw, in EGA
but I'm not old..;)

You know that your old when . . . . .????????????? : (

I remember sticking Fizzies right on my tongue! Being conflicted - but mostly bummed - about the Kennedy assasination: a. Good man dead -- bad thing (but then I didn't exactly know him personally) b. Rest of the school day canceled -- very good thing c. Nothing on TV except the assasination -- bad thing d. Not being allowed to go out and play because it would show discrespect -- very bad thing Nearly killing myself every time my street skates let go of my shoes. (Going to the Roller Rink almost every weekend and doing the "Hokey Pokey" on skates.) When they first came out with bikes with small wheels (which made me less afraid to ride one because you didn't have quite so far to fall). Missing the moon landing because I was in Paris and didn't speak or read French. (Wondered why people kept hugging and kissing me when they heard I was American ... thought they were supposed to hate us.) Having the only (more or less) "homeless" guy (who was missing both legs and sold pencils on the corner) be (a) someone everyone in town knew by name (b) who was a WWI vet (c) someone everyone in town trusted to sit with their kids if they had to go to a nearby appointment. Having people not need to give a second thought to leaving kids in the toy department of the local drug store (basement was nothing but toys!!) if they had a nearby appointment. Going to bed in sheer terror every night after (a) I saw the episode of the Twilight Zone where the guy survives an atomic blast only to break his glasses and not be able to read; (b) Then having my big sister show me a map of the world and seeing that "Russia" was like a kazillion times bigger than we were; (c) And so, naturally assuming that I wasn't going to wake up the next morning every night when I went to sleep. Watching everyone in town (or so it seemed) build bomb shelters. So .... some of it was good .... some not so good.

I remember seeing Sputnik when it was in the sky... ;c)

"When your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill" Little Feet, Old Folks Boogy

When I want to go dancing but they won't let me in with my stick. 8P

Old folks boogie, --Boogie they will!! George Burns at 90+ yrs said" You are only as old as the women you feel" :))

Oh, that's bad, PerryMcK. @catlin mc: you mean you're blind? I've heard of deaf people writing music, but blind people creating digital art is a new one on me. ;o)

Ha, ha, no I'm not blind, blind drunk on some occasions but not blind ie. can't see. 8)

Not as old as some of you... But anyhow... Cassette drives and 8" floppies. When 64 colors was the latest and greatest in graphics. When TVs were made in the U.S. with U.S. supplied parts. When fuel injection was an option rather than the standard, same with power windows and A/C. When video games had paddles, or only one button on the joystick. When microwave ovens and TVs used to be expensive, same with computers. When there used to be actual country in the countryside instead of all those freakin' boring cloned cookie cutter houses. When you could actually go for a drive somewhere in the country and there wasn't any gridlock traffic from the previously mentioned houses. When gas was under 80/gal. When you could actually understand what your neighbors were saying because they spoke english. When people traded cassettes instead of CD's or MP3s. When certain foods although blemished and stuff, didn't have the flavor genetically engineered out of them.

Little frail old guy with cigar in his mouth saying that, I was rotflmao, tears comming from my eyes, and I knew !!everything was going to be ok as I got older:O))) Mike

How about when movies were under $3? Or gas was a quarter a gallon. Or when 8-track tapes were all the rage.

-When a Commadore 64 was 'the' thing... -You remember your childhood and wished you'd enjoyed it more... -Want a life 'do over'.... -Yearn for the simple things in life, like free time... -Can't find your glasses anywhere, 'cause your wearing them... -You need a couple thousand more years added to your lifespan just to finish your 'to do' list... -Wonder where the years went....

Superman comics,Flash,X-Men,Fantastic Four

I remember 10 cent pop machines.... pop in glass bottles using an outhouse rather than an indoor bathroom pumping water from the well for drinking,cooking, washing,etc using kerosene lanterns in the rooms of the house that didn't have electricity burning corn cobs in the stove so we could cook our food phone number was 8511. Quarters, dimes, half dollars, silver dollars were made of silver Man... I am starting to feel like a dinosaur thinking back on all these things mentioned in this thread. Sorry to hear about your other bunny Zhann....

1-Coco the Clown 2-Felix the Cat 3-Popeye 4-Million Dollar Movie 5- Officer Joe Balton 6-Betty Boop 7-Playing with tops 8-Playing Skellies 9-Playing Marbles 10-Building scooters from a wooden milk crate, a 2x4 and skate wheels 11-Playing 3 Steps to the king 12-playing king of the mountain 13-Johnny and the pony 14-Hide the belt (hot peas and butter) 15-Simon says

@PerryMcK- George Burns seemed to me to be the real deal in the short time I knew him. I was a principle extra(back when I was young and handsome,okay, back when I was young) in the old film version of "Sargeant Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club". Mr. Burns was easily approachable, freely gave his autograph to fans, and would stop and talk to the extras in between shots. He never gave off the air-"I'm a show-business legend, stand-back!", the Bee-Gees on the other hand...They didn't need bodyguards, they had an impenetrable force-barrier.

You know you're getting old when all the movies you've been in are old,lol.

You know you're getting old when your favorite songs have been remixed three times over and the kids today can't believe an old hag like you knows the words to such a cool song. :/ ...and on the same theme...when your favorite bands (that you slept in line for to get concert tickets) are playing at the county fair for free. ...when you listen to a classic rock station and know exactly where the song is supposed to fade and jump tracks (8-tracks). ...when you remember remote controls having two feet and a runny nose. I remember when: roach clips were a fasion accessory SelecTV was the greatest thing (before HBO) Socks with toes were cool shrinky dinks were all the rage Heckle and Jeckyl Touche turtle and Dumdum

El Kabong!!

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy!!

When you could actually have a working a program in 4k of RAM :-) Chewits? Spangles? Quattro (Canned fruit Drink) watching the Jam on top of the pops....

Yogi Bear Woody the Wood Pecker Pepe La Pew (sp.) Porky Pig Daffy Duck Silly Puddy Slinky Mood rings

8-tracks! Does anybody remember 8-tracks? Did anybody mention 8-tracks? Ahh! those were the days................ And 75s! My dad had a load of 75s.........LOL My kids wouldn't believe I'd seen all the 'THUNDERBIRDS' episodes on tv when the came around again. FIREBALL XL5.....I used to think that was great! I had a look around here and found that someone has actually made XL5 in 3d (can't remember which app though)

... when you ask a 20 year old who Paul McCartney was and they can't tell you. ... when you ask a young adult when they were born and the year they give is less than half your life ago. ... when you start saying the same things your parents used to say when you describe the popular music of today. ... when you realize that flirting with a young person is no longer considered flirting but the lecherousness of a dirty old man or woman.

I realized I was getting old when I noticed that I had more hair growing out of my ears and nose than I did on the top of my head.... :o(

remember Infocom all-text adventures?...

Infocom!!! Yes!! I did Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... splendid fun!

@danamo thanks for sharing that :) and you don't look a day over 30 :)) @rickymaveety El Kabong!! LOL:O))))) @ Zhann Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy!! Don't forget Mr.Wizard "Help Mr.Wizard HELPPPP" @Quest Mood rings Very popular way to meet 'a person of interest' . bet I can make one! @IndigoSplash you and I shared the same culture!'...when you remember remote controls having two feet and a runny nose.' He pilots 737s now. WHAT FUN

This has been really fun to read! I really don't have a lot here....let's see.... Smurfs Gummi Bears Plying G.I. Joe in the backyard (and no, I'm not male :)) Cassettes only I did love the Thundercats! Gas was $1.05 when I started driving See, not much I can remember, just small things. I didn't even have a computer until about 5 years ago! ;) ~Damia~

... the toys you used to play with as a child are now "collectables" and "antiques" and fetch a small fortune on eBay.

If only I had kept all those old Matchbox cars, "made in England by Lesney" ... sigh

When I graduated there was just talk of computers. A few years later I went to college to learn computer programming and had to use a punch card and give it to the lab person to have my programs run. Candy cigarettes were cool, always gave them a blow before eating them and a little puff of candy dust would come out. Didn't care for the bubble gum cigars much. Mister Ed, Bewitched, I dream of Jeannie, Get Smart etc etc. I bought my first computer around 1983, a Commador Vic 20. Pong! Couldn't believe my parents bought my brother and I that. (We didn't have lots of money). Oh does anyone remember Dawn Dolls, they were so perfect for my doll house. I used to smoke and a carton of cigarettes (name brand) cost $9.99. Thank goodness I quit. LOL, I never had enough money for 8 track tapes so my mother and brother were the only ones in the family to have them. As a pre-adult, I was the remote, we had to reheat food on the stove and I really hated Saturday nights. I didn't have a bedtime because I could never stay awake late. Everyone would come into school on Mondays talking about Saturday Night Live and I would always fall asleep around 9pm on the couch with the tv on waiting for it to come on. Ruined my ability to socialize in high school.

Bought my first computer in 1984. It was a Kaypro. I got it when I started law school. As a result, I was one of the few people at the school who knew what to do with one, so they put me in charge of the computer room. Ha! The blind leading the blind (for the first year anyway). Anyone here remember Crusader Rabbit and Rags the Tiger??

Don't remember Crusader Rabbit...but I remember Sherrif bing bing bing Ricochet Rabbit. :) I don't think anyone mentioned Atari...I remember Pitfall being my favorite game for it. I remember my favorite arcade games being Joust, Gallaga, Frogger, and Berzerk. Other than that...I never owned a computer until 1999. I had a traumatic introduction to them in school and developed a bit of a phobia. Thank God I'm over that one, LOL.

Ruff and Ready (Early Hanna Barbera cartoon cat and dog buddies with serial adventures) Gerald McBoing-Boing (from an idea by Dr. Suess, I think) an early cartoon series about a little boy who didn't talk, but could imitate sounds perfectly, like a train, or a car horn, etc.