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How you know you're getting old

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Posted by Wazzzy on Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:02 PM

3 things happen when you are getting old.

FIRST you lose your memory

SECOND you lose your hair

I can't remember the THIRD

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Posted by carl425 on Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:42 PM

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.

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Posted by selector on Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:30 PM

I have attempted to address the question and post a response here many times, but I keep remembering something else that nee

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Posted by tgindy on Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:25 PM

...when "millennials" equate the voice, awards, movies, and achievements of Justin Bieber to Elvis Presley!

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Posted by BRAKIE on Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:41 PM

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

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Posted by The Ferro Kid on Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:33 PM

You know you're getting old when you can name at least as many defunct model railroad manufacturers as existing ones.

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:58 AM

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

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Posted by JimL on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:49 AM

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 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.) Big Smile

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Posted by NVSRR on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:43 AM

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.  

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An optimist sees the light at the end of the tunnel

A realist sees a frieght train

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Posted by jecorbett on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:37 AM

Eric White
You 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.

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Posted by fieryturbo on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:21 AM

Eric White
You know you're getting old when you hear the rebellious songs of your youth playing on the PA system at the supermarket.
 

 

Oh stop reminding me. Tongue Tied

Julian

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Posted by Eric White on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:12 AM
You know you're getting old when you hear the rebellious songs of your youth playing on the PA system at the supermarket.
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Posted by John Busby on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:10 AM

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 policeBig Smile

regards John

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How you know you're getting old
Posted by jecorbett on Thursday, January 21, 2016 10:30 AM

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.  

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