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
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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
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 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.
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 are geting old when you can hide your own Easter Eggs.
herrinchoker
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.
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.
"We don't stop playing with trains because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing with trains."
The best part of growing older is "GROWING OLDER".
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.
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.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
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"Does" is spelled "dose" and "no one" is spelled "noone".
"No soup for you!" - Yev Kassem (from Seinfeld)
I don't think having a laugh at ones own expense is depressing. Who ever said laughing was bad for your health? Oh, I remember who it was! I think he's dead now.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
This topic is pretty depressing. Is it a misery loves company fest? How about we get back to model railroading is fun and all that trains stuff? You know why this forum is suppose to be here for?
Rio Grande. The Action Road - Focus 1977-1983
You know you're old when your back goes out more than you do.
When you go back to your home town and the high school is gone and you can't find your parents old home.
When you work on a tourist train and you're older than the cars in it.
God's Best & Happy Rails to You!
Bing (RIPRR The Route of the Buzzards)
The future: Dead Rail Society
It was a great time, summer of '71. Don't remember what happened but I will never forget it.
Time's fun when you are having flies.
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
All F7's, E8's, FA's, PA's, RF16's, Geeps, and SD's are younger than I am.
In fact, there are some preserved U.S. mainline steam locos (NKP 779, C&O 614, for example) that are younger than I am.
Tom
I'm only 34 and I have more in common with my 60 year old parents than someone that's 24. Its astounding how that happened.
You know you are getting old when your biggest outing of the day is going to the specialist.
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Eric WhiteYou know you're getting old when you hear the rebellious songs of your youth playing on the PA system at the supermarket.
I know I'm getting old because:
I remember when the E60CP "Bricks" were BRAND NEW.....I also remember clearly when the AEM-7 "Toasters"/"Meatballs" were the BRAND NEW "rage of the rails"! I still have the Amtrak employee newsletter featuring them. Now the bricks and toasters are retired!
I photographed BRAND NEW Amfleet II coaches before the public even rode them. I even complained that they still were not as comfortable or as spacious as the Heritage cars. Now, like the Heritage cars, the Amcan II's are considered relics from the past that need to be put out to pasture.
Yep....I'm becoming an old timer.
"I like my Pullman Standards & Budds in Stainless Steel flavors, thank you!"
I know I am getting old as it has been 36 years since the Rock Island Railroad ceased to exist. A couple of years before its final gasp, I was responsible for optaining approval for funding of about 14 miles of branch line rebuilding. The branch line had rail from 60 lb to 140 lb in a couple of miles of track The Rock had probably a derailment a week on this branch and caused my employer no small amount of grief before the branch was rebuilt.
As with many others, i am sure, I know I am getting old when crawling around under the bench work. I can still do it but it gets more difficult by the years.
Jim
BroadwayLion It is getting harder and harder to respect my elders. There are so few of them left.
It is getting harder and harder to respect my elders.
There are so few of them left.
Arguably, the best thing about growing older = No peer pressure!
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
Getting old??? I know I'm old......74 this year!!! Also have been retired for the past 15yrs....which makes it a looooottttt easier.
Do what I want...go where I want and spend what I want....Everyone is taken care of, including 8 Grandkids, two of which are in college. I worked very hard to get to this point and I'm enjoying all I have left.
Take Care, All!
Frank
When the oldies station plays songs from 10 years after you graduated high school.
When over half your unbuilt kits are from companies that no longer exist.
Enjoy
Paul
It is getting harder and harder to respect my elders
ROAR
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