3 things happen when you are getting old.
FIRST you lose your memory
SECOND you lose your hair
I can't remember the THIRD
You know you're getting old when you find yourself reading threads like this.
I have the right to remain silent. By posting here I have given up that right and accept that anything I say can and will be used as evidence to critique me.
I have attempted to address the question and post a response here many times, but I keep remembering something else that nee
...when "millennials" equate the voice, awards, movies, and achievements of Justin Bieber to Elvis Presley!
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
You know you're getting old when you can remember seeing brand new GP9s and shiny new RS11s along side of steam locomotives on the PRR.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
You know you're getting old when you can name at least as many defunct model railroad manufacturers as existing ones.
You know you are getting old when you remember entering the work force and going to the area of the city that looked like this.
That now looks like this.
I am glad I had the chance to see most of it before it disappeared.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
jecorbett I was just looking at the current issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past and saw there is cover story celebrating the 40th anniversary of Conrail. I remember Conrail being the new kid on the block and it was about the time I was getting back into model railroading. Now it even has its own historical society.....
I was just looking at the current issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past and saw there is cover story celebrating the 40th anniversary of Conrail. I remember Conrail being the new kid on the block and it was about the time I was getting back into model railroading. Now it even has its own historical society.....
I was a member of the Conrail Technical Society ..... many years ago. Yes .... time keeps rolling on.
(you know you're getting old when you hurt yourself ... sleeping.)
You know your getting old when you remember buying something new. Then realizing that was 30 years ago.
I had put a set of concors Amtrak material handling cars on pre.order. i saw them on ebay the other day and felt old remebering that. That hobbyshop never did get them. I ended up with the walthers version.
A pessimist sees a dark tunnel
An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel
A realist sees a frieght train
An engineer sees three idiots standing on the tracks stairing blankly in space
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 hear those all the time at the bowling alley. My bowling buddies and I play a game to see who can name the artist. They are all about my age or older. I'm pretty good at remembering most of them but it surprises me that many of them have trouble with it.
Oh stop reminding me.
Julian
Modeling Pre-WP merger UP (1974-81)
Hi jecorbett
No none of that matters that's just business doing what business does looking for ways to make money.
You know your getting old when you get told to slow down by a doctor, not the local traffic police
regards John
I was just looking at the current issue of Trains & Railroads of the Past and saw there is cover story celebrating the 40th anniversary of Conrail. I remember Conrail being the new kid on the block and it was about the time I was getting back into model railroading. Now it even has its own historical society. I thought it was a fallen flag but I seen now it is a subsidiary of both CSX and NS and still has shared assets which it leases trackage rights to its parent companies.