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How you know you're getting old

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Posted by John Busby on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:45 AM

Hi guys

Just remember we can't stop geting old but nobody said we have to grow up.

regards John

 

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Posted by yougottawanta on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 1:08 PM

You know you are old when:

They ask for your drivers license and they ask is this AD or BC !

I came across a kid one day listening to an LP (do you remeber these ? ) on the sidwalk. I was so astounished to see this I asked him why - his reply - for nostagia reasons !!!!!

I remember McDonalds sign that boasted "1 million hamburgers"

Black and White TV with only 3 channels (if you were lucky )

When every one made a dash for the stores late Saturdays because every thing was closed on Sundays !

When kids were taught reading writing and arithmetic and schools werent used for social engineering or endoctrination. And teachers were allowed to spank !

YGW

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Posted by mvlandsw on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:49 PM

charlie9

When you think 50' is a long car.  And---when you wonder why so many of the people who post on here can't spell or don't know two from to from too or there from they're or their.

Charlie

 

Or brakes from breaks.

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Posted by jecorbett on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 5:21 PM

yougottawanta

You know you are old when:

They ask for your drivers license and they ask is this AD or BC !

I came across a kid one day listening to an LP (do you remeber these ? ) on the sidwalk. I was so astounished to see this I asked him why - his reply - for nostagia reasons !!!!!

I remember McDonalds sign that boasted "1 million hamburgers"

Black and White TV with only 3 channels (if you were lucky )

When every one made a dash for the stores late Saturdays because every thing was closed on Sundays !

When kids were taught reading writing and arithmetic and schools werent used for social engineering or endoctrination. And teachers were allowed to spank !

YGW

 

I remember just two channels in Omaha. Then we got an ABC affiliate, KETV channel 7. KETV recently saved the Omaha Burlington station by acquiring it and are now converting it into their news studio. Burlington Station is the prototype for Walthers Union Station kit and was facing an uncertain future.

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Posted by galaxy on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 8:06 PM

Wazzzy

3 things happen when you are getting old.

FIRST you lose your memory

SECOND you lose your hair

I can't remember the THIRD

 

FIRST, I lost my hair, then I lost my...where was I?

 

You know you are getting old when you hear a new remake of an old song, sing heartily along with it, and the young ones ask "how did you learn the words so fast?"

You know you are geting old when you have to support your chin, cheeks in order to shave.

You know you are geting old when gray hair doens't bother you anymore...ON youreself.

YOU know you are gettin old when you can name more fallen flags that operated during your lifetime than currently operating RRS.

 

you know you are getting old when...now where was I again?

Geeked

-G .

Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.

 HO and N Scale.

After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.

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Posted by jecorbett on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:05 PM

You know you are getting old when they are remaking movies that you never got around to seeing the original of even though you intended to.

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Posted by denveroutlaws06 on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:17 PM

You know you are old when you remember the first time pepsi released Crystal Pepsi.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 9:25 PM

denveroutlaws06
You know you are old when you remember the first time pepsi released Crystal Pepsi.

Maybe it was a regional thing, but in Baltimore we had Almond Smash, produced by Suburban Beverage Corp.  I don't know that it tasted like almonds, but it was red, carbonated and sweet.

Henry

COB Potomac & Northern

Shenandoah Valley

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Posted by LOCO_GUY on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 10:28 PM

You know when your getting old when hollywood try to remake classic movies from our era - and they all flop BIG STYLE. So maybe getting old aint that bad after all - we grew up in an age where people produced quality and had STANDARDS and produced outstanding things. Now we get boring and predicatable.

Hooray for us old folks.

Chris.

Loco Guy - is a state of mind - not an affinity to locomotives.

Sit back and enjoy your track...

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Posted by FRRYKid on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:02 AM

One knows you're getting old when there are "kids" you work with who were born after you started your train layout. (I started mine when I was an eight grader and my 20 year high school reunion was a couple of summers ago. I won't go into further details on that one.)

"The only stupid question is the unasked question."
Brain waves can power an electric train. RealFact #832 from Snapple.
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Posted by hon30critter on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 12:10 AM

Lots of very funny comments!

I'm not old. I just keep getting taller than my hairline!

Dave

I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!

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Posted by John Busby on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 9:48 AM

Hi hon30critter

I like it its a bit like being very tall especialy at the middle

regards John

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Posted by Ray Dunakin on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 1:58 PM

You know you're getting old when the only long-term investment you make is buying green bananas.

 Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!

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