re: Signs you're getting older

Just two days ago, I revised my annual list of "things not to talk about with people under 30 because they won't know what you're talking about." Here are some excerpts.

TL;dr: stuff old people remember

USFL football; "Where's the Beef?"; Monty Python; Ted Koppel / Nightline / Libyan Hit Squad; Saturday morning cartoons; CB radio; mood rings; "new wave" music; disco; rap (the original, good stuff); punk rock; glam rock; floppy disks; typewriters; "American Bandstand"; MTV that actually played music; "Friday Night Videos"; "Night Flight"; "Up! All Night with Rhonda Shear"; "Miami Vice"; "Twin Peaks"; black and white TVs; "21 Jump Street" (yes - it was a TV show, and it was much better than the lame movie remakes); Sony Walkmans; Blockbuster Video (and VCRs/videotape in general); flying when it was fun and you could get peanuts on the plane; the gas shortage; the meat shortage; Vanilla Ice; balloon pants; grunge music; pet rocks; Bruce Lee; space food; the moon landings; Skylab (and it's demise over Australia: yes, the US had a space station before the ISS); the MIR space station; Three Mile Island; "streaking"; "mix tapes"; the Atlanta child murders; Walter Cronkite; the Bay City Rollers; "Baywatch"; "hair bands"; the infamous NYC blackout; Dr. J; Patty Hearst; "The Fonz"; "Smokey and the Bandit"; Chuck Barris and "The Gong Show" with "Gene Gene, the Dancing Machine" and "The Unknown Comic"; Howard Cosell; and thin versions of Kirstie Alley and Delta Burke.

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USFL football; "Where's the Beef?"; Monty Python; Ted Koppel / Nightline / Libyan Hit Squad; Saturday morning cartoons; CB radio; mood rings; "new wave" music; disco; rap (the original, good stuff); punk rock; glam rock; floppy disks; typewriters; "American Bandstand"; MTV that actually played music; "Friday Night Videos"; "Night Flight"; "Up! All Night with Rhonda Shear"; "Miami Vice"; "Twin Peaks"; black and white TVs; "21 Jump Street" (yes - it was a TV show, and it was much better than the lame movie remakes); Sony Walkmans; Blockbuster Video (and VCRs/videotape in general); flying when it was fun and you could get peanuts on the plane; the gas shortage; the meat shortage; Vanilla Ice; balloon pants; grunge music; pet rocks; Bruce Lee; space food; the moon landings; Skylab (and it's demise over Australia: yes, the US had a space station before the ISS); the MIR space station; Three Mile Island; "streaking"; "mix tapes"; the Atlanta child murders; Walter Cronkite; the Bay City Rollers; "Baywatch"; "hair bands"; the infamous NYC blackout; Dr. J; Patty Hearst; "The Fonz"; "Smokey and the Bandit"; Chuck Barris and "The Gong Show" with "Gene Gene, the Dancing Machine" and "The Unknown Comic"; Howard Cosell; and thin versions of Kirstie Alley and Delta Burke.

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GOLD

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You keep pepto/tums on you at all times (can't handle the caniac like I used to).

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Just add a Nexium to your morning pills, problem 100% solved

Constipation, crows feet, & 2 day hangovers.

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You drop a reference to a tv show or a movie or a band from the past, and people have no idea what you're talking about.

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I mentioned Woodstock one day and one kid said, 'I've heard of that, but what was it?".

When you have to explain to your teenage kids who Garth brooks and Michael Jordan were?



I thought they were legends right up there with the likes of Jesus.

I wish I never heard of Garth Brooks.

Blame it all on your roots

EVERYTHING causes anxiety, and not in a good way.