You are officially old if.....

[Pinky]

I did not like the 80's fashions .. especially the shoulder pads. On a 5' short woman (moi), they looked ridiculous! Also, the hairstyles!

 

[hollydolly]

I did not like the 80's fashions .. especially the shoulder pads. On a 5' short woman (moi), they looked ridiculous! Also, the hairstyles!

I absolutely agree.. They say the 70's was the decade Fashion forgot...I completely disagree, I would always say it was the 80's.. Afro perms, Rara skirts, enormous shoulder pads.. Fingerless gloves, Gaudy Plastic jewellery.. legwarmers, and Spandex...*ugh*..

 

[charry]

I did not like the 80's fashions .. especially the shoulder pads. On a 5' short woman (moi), they looked ridiculous! Also, the hairstyles!

I never needed a perm , my hair is naturally curly and I was putting cello tape on my fringe
me in shoulder pads , looked like I had left the coat hanger still in the garment Lol…….

 

[Furryanimal]

12+19

 

[Victoria]

LOL Those are hilarious! The clock in number 23, I think every single person in America had one of those!

 

[Victoria]

And...

Back in the day, if you dialed a certain number and then hung up...it would ring back to your house. And for some unknown reason, I STILL remember the number!

41097

LOL What was that number for?

We didn't have a rotary phone until much later. If I wanted to make a call, I would pick up the receiver and the operator would say "Number please?" Our number was three digits just like my friends. The operator wasn't supposed to listen in but would sometimes say something like " Mary isn't home. She just went to the store with Judy". The local pharmacy had the phone number "one".

LOL I remember seeing "number please" on The Little Rascals.

That wasn't Wheel of Fortune (which first aired in January 1975 - I know, because I was on its third show). That's the modern iteration of The Price is Right, with Bob Barker. Sad thing is, he didn't start hosting until 1972 (just looked it up). When my generation was home sick we watched a much less whiz-bang version of The Price is Right with host Bill Cullen. In glorious black and white, I might add.

I remember all of these things. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

LOL It feels like Price Is Right has been on since Jesus' day.

yes it's very nice. I like Strawberry too.. but not keen on the Chocolate flavour

I've never had Nestle Quick to this day. LOL

This reminds me of going into what was touted as a Vintage Clothing Store... Vintage to me is the 30's thru 50's... OH NO, now vintage is the sixties (ok, I kind of get that), 70's, 80's and 90's ! Yikes, that makes *me* vintage!!!

It's true! I like old B&W movies, I put vintage movies into a search and mostly stuff from the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90 came up. I'm fascinated with old movies and vintage things.

 

[StarSong]

well I think the stores I've been in that go with that line of thought are geared to teens and 20-somethings. It *is* hilarious to see some of the styles again. What the heck were we thinking???

This reminds me of when Wayne Gretzky was on his retirement tour late 90s, early 2000s. Having played for the Los Angeles Kings for a number of years, there was a big to-do on the LA stop. His wife, Janet, was escorted onto the ice during the festivities. She wore a lovely dress and Doc Marten type combat boots. I remember thinking to myself, "Oh my, with all these photos, you're surely going to regret that fashion choice one day..."

 

[squatting dog]

 

[CarolfromTX]

A nice little trip down memory lane. Thanks.

 

[Marie5656]

You now understand what the elders meant about "feeling things in their bones"

 

[DebraMae]

I remember them all, but I am not old. I have just been young a very long time.

 

[Gardenlover]

I can check them all off. I loved Hawaiian Punch.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

No transistor radio? Hmmmm

Our color tv got hit by lightening one year when the kids were littler and it still showed the pic but in black and white. My kids thought the world was ending... O brother

 

[Ken N Tx]

 

[Paladin1950]

At my age now, I notice female cashiers are calling me honey. The female staff at the nursing home where I work, often call the residents honey.
Why didn't they call me that when I was 18 or 21? Oh that's right, they weren't born yet.

 

[horseless carriage]

If you can remember every neighbour hanging out their washing on a washing line to dry. Actually we still do, only it's a rotary airer. When you live close to a forest you get the most wonderful freshness in laundry hung out to dry.

 

[NorthernLight]

At my age now, I notice female cashiers are calling me honey.

Worse, they give you the senior discount without your asking for it!

 

[SeniorBen]

You're officially old if more than 20% of your posts are about your ailments.

 

[NorthernLight]

You're officially old if more than 20% of your posts are about your ailments.

My grandmother was very healthy. She said she got tired of her friends' "organ recitals."

 

[squatting dog]

Officially old if you remember these and knew what the triangles were for.

 

[dobielvr]

Officially old if you remember these and knew what the triangles were for.


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Tell me what are the triangles for , please.

 

[squatting dog]

Tell me what are the triangles for , please.

The triangles in white circles were for Civil Defense in the 50's. In an Atomic Attack, you were supposed to tune your radio to those. Told you where the fallout shelter was.

 

[Victoria]

The triangles in white circles were for Civil Defense in the 50's. In an Atomic Attack, you were supposed to tune your radio to those. Told you where the fallout shelter was.

Wow. Interesting!

 

[Sassycakes]

I just found out that I am officially old. Not that I didn't already know it. Just yesterday I was talking to my sister that is 2 yrs older than me. She asked me what I was going to due for my Birthday in November. I told her besides getting older I don't have any plans. Then I said how old I was going to be. She started laughing and said No you aren't. She was right ! I subtracted the year I was born from 2022 and I am a year younger than I thought I was.

 

[Maywalk]

The time to bother about getting old is when you get to be an antique like me.
By that time you have gone past being bothered.