You know you are getting old when you can remember hobby shops full of dozens, if not hundreds, of rolling stock kits or seeing reefers on packinghouse sidings.
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
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
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
"Does" is spelled "dose" and "no one" is spelled "noone".
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
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ericsp You know you are getting old when you can remember hobby shops full of dozens, if not hundreds, of rolling stock kits or seeing reefers on packinghouse sidings.
I remember brass locomotives being sold in department stores.
The best part of growing older is "GROWING OLDER".
"We don't stop playing with trains because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing with trains."
Phoebe Vet I explain how old I am to young people by telling them that when I worked at McDonalds hamburgers were 15 cents and we still kept a tally of how many had been served on the sign. Sometimes they don't believe me, but I have pictures. I know I am old because my high school girlfriend, my wife's high school boyfriend, and my partner from work are all deceased.
I explain how old I am to young people by telling them that when I worked at McDonalds hamburgers were 15 cents and we still kept a tally of how many had been served on the sign. Sometimes they don't believe me, but I have pictures.
I know I am old because my high school girlfriend, my wife's high school boyfriend, and my partner from work are all deceased.
When I worked at MickeyD's (1968-69) hamburgers were up to 20 cents, cheeseburgers were 25 cents, filet-o-fish (don't call it a fish sandwich, son) were 30 cents, and the relatively new Big Mac was 49 cents. Fries (one size) were 18 cents. Cokes were 15 cents for a small and 25 cents for a large. What we called large is now their small Coke. During my tenure the sign changed from Over 4 Billion Served to 5 billion. We still made the french fries from scratch, peeling the potatoes in a drum, dicing them, washing them in icy cold water twice to remove excess starch, blanching them before the finish frying. I started at $1.15 an hour and left when I graduated high school making a whopping $1.30 an hour.
PS. I'll have a 2-0-1. I'll bet you know what that means.
It's not that I don't know what is right, for reasons I will never understand when I am typing something my fingers go on autopilot and will pick the wrong one as often as not. I do that with any number of homonyms. The one that really baffles me is when I mix up one and when. They don't even sound alike. Sometime I take the time to proof read and I immediately spot these mistakes but if I don't, there's a good chance one or more will get through.
My pet peeve is when people write would of, could of, or should of instead of would've, could've, or should've. Phonetically they are the same.
PS. I just proof read this post and discovered I made two errors picking the wrong word for a homonym. I hope I caught them all.
You know you are geting old when you can hide your own Easter Eggs.
herrinchoker
I remember when Mickey D's came to our town, just about the time i got my driver's licence, back in the '50s, and when I tell the kids who work at McDonald's today that back then you could go in, order three hamburgers, an order of fries, and a drink, hand over a limp buck---and get a nickel back, they're dumbfounded! 'Course, we didn't have State Sales Tax yet, to run it up to an even dollar.
I came across a guy a few years older than I in the supermarket, about ten years ago, and overheard him tell his wife, "You know my memory doesn't stretch back to when we came in here!"
I pushed my cart over toward him and said, "I know what you mean: the memory's the first thing to go."
He replied, "No, it's the second thing," but I came right back with: "Well, I sure don't remember the first thing, then!"
But I do remember the important things--all model railroad oriented. Happy modeling everybody!
Deano
You know you´re getting old when you remember the time you could place your newly acquired loco on the track, turn on the power and it ran like a charm, right out of the box!
You also know you´re getting old when you have to order an extra set of detail parts because the ones supplied have all been eaten by the carpet monster.
As long as I can understand what they are saying.. Of course I understand things like idk,l8er,brb,uc,gf,bff,char,pc canon,ttl,ttr etc.
Not bad for a old goat.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
You know when you getting old when someone greets you with..."hi there, you old fossilpuss"
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
When you see a RR signal tower and think... "When did they replace the ball signals?"
Jim
OT Dean I remember when Mickey D's came to our town, just about the time i got my driver's licence, back in the '50s, and when I tell the kids who work at McDonald's today that back then you could go in, order three hamburgers, an order of fries, and a drink, hand over a limp buck---and get a nickel back, they're dumbfounded! 'Course, we didn't have State Sales Tax yet, to run it up to an even dollar. I came across a guy a few years older than I in the supermarket, about ten years ago, and overheard him tell his wife, "You know my memory doesn't stretch back to when we came in here!" I pushed my cart over toward him and said, "I know what you mean: the memory's the first thing to go." He replied, "No, it's the second thing," but I came right back with: "Well, I sure don't remember the first thing, then!" But I do remember the important things--all model railroad oriented. Happy modeling everybody! Deano
I forgot to mention one thing when I wrote about my experiences at MickeyD's and young people will really find this hard to believe. When I started there in fall of 1968, MickeyD's employed no woman in the restaurants. I'm guessing there were some in the corporate offices but everyone working at a restaurant was male. Ours was a franchise store as opposed to a company store. The company asked the owner of our franchise if he would be willing to experiment by hiring women there and he agreed. I say women but like most of the male crew they were of high school age. I don't know if they were doing this experiment at other locations or not but we were told we would be the first MacDonald's to have woman working on the floor. I certainly had no objections. This MacDonald's was in Columbus, OH on High St on the far north end of town. Back then it was just a hamburger stand but was upgraded in the 1970s to have indoor seating like most MacDonald's today. It is no longer operating as a MacDonald's but as a bar-b-que restaurant.
Can you imagine today if a large corporation like MacDonald's had a men only policy?
You know you are old when you recognise the elevator music.
You know you are old when you remember laying cardboard (hardboard??) ties.
You know when you're getting older is that the NASA space shuttle is retired. (I know all 5 shuttle names including the experiential 6th one.)
The railroad you grew up on Southern Pacific/Cotton Belt into the Union Pacific at the age of 10.
Amtrak America, 1971-Present.
angelob6660 You know when you're getting older is that the NASA space shuttle is retired. (I know all 5 shuttle names including the experiential 6th one.)
I worked on the Shuttle Retirement Team. Enterprise and Challenger and Columbia('s remains) are older than me. I was alive for 132 of the 135 missions. The only one in the fleet I never laid my eyes on is Endeavour.
I saw Challenger break up with my own eyes in the sky at the age of four. Would have never figured that 27 years later, my office wall would have a certificate of appreciation for my help closing out the program. It has an embossed sticker on it that flew on STS-135.In 30 years, I'll probably be looking back how my signature flew on Orion and how quickly it came and went too.
SouthPennYou know you are old when you recognise the elevator music.
You know you're old when you can remember that elevator music was called Muzak.
You're sure you are getting old when you can remember blackouts and air raid wardens making sure your curtains and blinds are drawn.
Joe
I remember when Tim Horton played hockey.
You know you are geting old when....What was the question?
Dan
Come on people, you're not old, you're EXPERIENCED!
Age and experience beat youth and a crappy haircut any day of the week.
And I'll bet none of you are likely to be so engrossed in your SmartPhone you walk into traffic and get squashed!
I don't come over here very often, but aren't you glad I did?
Espee & The Wobbly competed from Frisco and Oakland through the Altamont Pass and on to Sacramento. With stops in Stockton to compete with the Santa Fe...
WP Lives
Firelock76Come on people, you're not old, you're EXPERIENCED!
Yep I am really experienced in an awfull lot of things, however getting that experience has come at the cost of being completely worn out. I'll only be 59 on Friday but the miliage is that of your average 200 year old.
I wouldn't have changed a thing.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I may have to grow older but I don't have to grow up!
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Old days, good times I rememberFun days filled with simple pleasuresDrive-in movies, comic books and blue jeansHowdy doody, baseball cards and birthdaysTake me back to a world gone awayMemories seem like yesterday
Oh, old days, good times I rememberGold days, days I'll always treasureFunny faces full of love and laughterFunny places, summer nights and streetcarsTake me back to a world gone awayBoyhood memories seem like yesterday
(Old days)In my mind and in my heart to stay
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
You know you are getting old if you read Howard Zane's thread about modeling steam, and most of the guys who named their ages were much younger than you.
GARRY
HEARTLAND DIVISION, CB&Q RR
EVERYWHERE LOST; WE HUSTLE OUR CABOOSE FOR YOU
You know your old when you listen to Rock Radio and realize that most of the members of the bands of your youth are dead. My local radio just did tributes to David Bowie and Glenn Frey. But that made me think - most of the other bands I listen to are now down to one or two original members.
Maybe its time to buy the convertible I always wanted and go on a road trip before its too late ;-)
Chris.
Loco Guy - is a state of mind - not an affinity to locomotives.
Sit back and enjoy your track...