you know your getting old when

HiloBoy · Apr 22, 2005

managers and coaches don't seem like old men anymore.

HiloBoy · Apr 22, 2005

the players you idolized as a kid are dying off.

GreenDoberman · Apr 22, 2005

Dude,
I'm remembering when these guys played and in the same frame rememberibng my dad saying "He was a helluva ball player when I saw him" and I'm thinking the exact same thing. I love my dad and see where he is coming from, I better hook up with that hottie at work soon.

one9 · Apr 22, 2005

Has me thinking too..use it or lose, they say.

Kiss1 · Apr 22, 2005

Your legs require 800mg of Motrin every four hours to make it through your shift.

HiloBoy · Apr 22, 2005

you look at pictures when your teenage kids were babies.

Jarbo · Apr 22, 2005

As my Grandfather used to say; "You've got to be tough to get old - It hurts!"

BoratSagdiyev · Apr 22, 2005

You Know You're Getting Old When You Can Remember...

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Being sent to the drugstore to test vacuum tubes for the TV.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When Kool-Aid was the only other drink for kids, other than milk and sodas.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When there were two types of sneakers for boys.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When boys couldn't wear anything but leather shoes to school.<BIG>
</BIG>
When it took five minutes for the TV to warm up.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When all your friends got their hair cut at the kitchen table.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When nobody owned a pure-bred dog.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When a dime was a decent allowance, and a quarter a huge bonus.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When you'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When girls neither dated nor kissed until late high school, if then.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When your mom wore nylons that came in two pieces.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When all your teachers wore either neckties or had their hair done, everyday.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When you got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped,
without asking, for free, every time. And you got trading stamps to boot!<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him, or use him to carry
groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When it was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a
real restaurant with your parents.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When they threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed--and did!<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that
awaited a misbehaving student at home.<BIG>
</BIG><BIG>*</BIG>
When women were called, "Mrs. John Smith," instead of their own name.

HiloBoy · Apr 22, 2005

amen borat. or how bout just when we got blue chip or green stamps.

wolfie_cr · Apr 22, 2005

when you have a huge hangover having only 1/2 of the drinks you use to have 5 years ago

Journeyman · Apr 22, 2005

You remember Bob Boone's whole career and now his sons are halfway into their own careers!

Hal MCrae's sons career came and went.

You start calling players 'kids'

Your teams long time announcers are both dead....guys you grew up listening to every night....Chuck Thompson, Bill O'Donnell, Charlie Eckman, Chris THomas...all dead

HiloBoy · Apr 22, 2005

you remember when joe namath was handsome.

doctorsarvis · Apr 22, 2005

when a hottie walks by you get a lump in your throat instead of your pants

Journeyman · Apr 22, 2005

doctor sarvis said:
when a hottie walks by you get a lump in your throat instead of your pants

:lolBIG:

THE SHRINK · Apr 22, 2005

When 50 starts seeming YOUNGER and YOUNGER to me and your avatar is better looking than you are...:drink:

Journeyman · Apr 22, 2005

Shrink that is a sharp avatar , it may be your best ever.

you know your getting old when

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