You know you are an old fart when...

[KEW]

I thought this would be fun for us old-timers to reminisce over how things have changed, especially things that would totally surprise a young adult!

I'll start with this:

You know you're an old fart when you wonder why there is no touch-up paint in the glovebox of your new car!

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

What do you mean "please be kind to rewind"?

 

[Swerd]

You know you're an old fart if you still wonder why your car came without a real spare tire.

 

[Swerd]

You know you're an old fart when teenagers give you a puzzled look after you tell them to "dial" a phone number.

 

[everettT]

You know you're an old fart when you ask for RC Cola

 

[Verdinut]

You know you're an old fart when you remember piezoelectric cartridges with steel needles you had to replace every few record playings. That was well before the sapphire and diamond tip styli came on the market!

 

[Bizarro_Stormy]

You know you're an old fart when...

You see ping pong balls and think about Mr. Moose terrorizing Captain Kangaroo with them...

 

[Alex2507]

You know you're an old fart when you're down with 80's bush.

 

[lovinthehd]

...you've lived long enough to see cassettes and vinyl come back.

 

[TLS Guy]

You know you're an old fart when you remember piezoelectric cartridges with steel needles you had to replace every few record playings. That was well before the sapphire and diamond tip styli came on the market!

Imposter! Not old and senile enough. Those electric pickups were moving iron. The piezos came later.

I had an HMV pick up that took steel or fiber needles, just like this one.

Then I graduated to an Acos Black Shadow. That was piezo and you changed the cartridge that slid on and off the arm for 78 or LP. I can't find a picture of those anywhere.

The early piezos mostly looked like this Acos/Cosmacord.

To truly be an old fart you had to turn a big handle to wind the spring, which I did.

 

[killdozzer]

I just know it.

 

[Winkleswizard]

Remember when there were only 3 or 4 channels on TV...

You can say you saw the lunar landing live...

You know what a DEC minicomputer is?

You still think PDA means Personal Digital Assistant. Can you say Palm Pilot?

Ww

 

[nbk13nw]

I used to watch the Apollo launches lying on my roof at night. Still remember watching the landing on TV with Walter.

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[KEW]

You could say you saw the lunar landing live...

Ww

Who would have thought that 1972 would be the last year for a man to walk on the moon!
6 manned Landings in 3 years and then no more!

 

[killdozzer]

Who would have thought that 1972 would be the last year for a man to walk on the moon!
6 manned Landings in 3 years and then no more!

Don't you start!

I think millennials can't do anything right. A N Y T H I N G! And they wear their indoctrination so proudly on their shoulders as if that's going to spare them the effects... Like "So what all my e-mails get scanned, I have nothing to hide!!" Idiots.

 

[everettT]

Remember when Don Rickles was an Indian?

 

[killdozzer]

Remember remotes with cables

 

[KEW]

Remember remotes with cables
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I had forgotten that used to be a thing!
That is part of the fun of this thread!

 

[KEW]

Don't you start!

I think millennials can't do anything right. A N Y T H I N G! And they wear their indoctrination so proudly on their shoulders as if that's going to spare them the effects... Like "So what all my e-mails get scanned, I have nothing to hide!!" Idiots.

Well, I'm not sure how you go from putting the kabash on moon landings 46 years ago to millennials, but oookaaaay.

 

[MR.MAGOO]

You know you're an old fart when you watched Dan Briggs and Jim Phelps get their mission from the 'Secretary' on practically every non-digital recording medium in the original Mission: Impossible.