filmlover Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Every once in a while, it comes back to me how time has flown. Paying $15 for a movie at the theater when you used to pay 20 cents for a kid's matinee and get a free Pepsi. Star Wars came out in 1977...thirty-five years ago when you were barely out of your teens. Knowing that now Mark Hamill is 61, Harrison Ford is 70, and Carrie Fisher is 56. Seeing a comic book now costs two or three dollars. Your copy of Maxim is in the mailbox the same day as your AARP magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 OR, when you're the youngest person you know who likes watchin' old black & white movies?! (...'cause I DO believe the demographics of TCM viewers skew toward the 55+ set!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesArcher Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 This is a true story. Just a couple of years ago, two of my young (early twenties) co-workers were having a discussion about who was the biggest selling recording artist of all time. I chimed in by saying that before Elvis and the Beatles, it had to be Bing Crosby. Both of them looked at me and said "Who?". Then one of them said "I think I've heard of Elvis". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 The Beatles were the band which Paul McCartney had before Wings but no one now remembers Wings. I should feel old because I have underwear which is older than many people on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbefree25 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Oh I don't know.........I remember Wings. Band On The Run is quite good. But my favorite? Mull Of Kyntyre, one of the loveliest songs out there. Then again, bagpipes give me the chills. Don't feel old, SansFin. As long as you are immature, as I am, you will never feel old. And remember, youth does not make posters intelligent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty1931 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I too remember paying 10 cents for movies (11 cents with war tax). Saturday matinee at the Atlas Theartre in D>C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 A few years ago, my older son who was seven when the original CLASH OF THE TITANS was released, mentioned to me "Now I'm feeling old, they're remaking a film from my childhood." "It could be worse" I said, "I look at it as they're remaking a film from my adulthood." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Tell them that Bing Crosby was David Crosby's father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Tell them that David Crosby's father was Floyd Crosby who was the cinematographer on HIGH NOON and you'll probably get an even more puzzled look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I get puzzled looks many of the times I open my mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I really get concerned when my contemporaries go "huh?" at some of my cultural references from yesteryear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamradio Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 :_| *Bruce Springsteen on the cover of AARP* *Rolling Stone(s) (Age)* Edited by: hamradio on Dec 11, 2012 10:29 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EugeniaH Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I don't think my age is so old (44), but I work at a university and sometimes interacting with college students makes me feel like 104. I don't get their cultural references, and the times I've referred to something from my own childhood, I get the initial look of confusion, followed by the polite smiles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Sorry, but Paul McCartney was on the AARP cover back in the 90's! But for guys, you know you're old( or getting old) when you wake up and it's your BACK that's stiff! Sepiatone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpompper Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I feel ya, darkblue. My students find it fascinating that I watch "The Soup" on E! (to keep up with what's going on in pop culture). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyaDuck Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 When you see the Rolling Stones on stage in Hoove-Arounds......Literally becoming the ROLLING Stones. I loved all the Rodney Dangerfield jokes about getting old. Kidney shaped pool with a stone in it....The golden years, going to the bathroom 8 times a night, thats the golden years......but now they have this Viagra, I take it with prune juice. I can't tell if I'm coming or going......Rodney, you had my respect and most peoples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VP19 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Realizing young people don't consider Elvis Costello that one-time "angry young man" from the late 1970s (have been listening to "This Year's Model" and "Armed Forces" this afternoon, and those Attractions albums still sound great), but Diana Krall's rather mellow husband. (And I dig Krall as much as Costello.) But nearly a month ago, I learned I was old when, going to catch a bus for some food shopping, I slipped on some frosty grass and tore a quadricep near my right knee. I underwent surgery the next morning, was in rehab for more than 2 1/2 weeks (with no TCM or Internet access -- pure hell!), and am now at home recuperating. BTW, I'm 57. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo2 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 -"BTW, I'm 57."- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aah, the "Heinz" year...I remember it well. (...btw, sorry to hear about your mishap there, VP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 "The Beat" from "This Year's Model" is probably Costello's most underrated song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 When you see the commercial on TV with the woman saying "I've fallen and I can't get up" and you realize that she's younger than you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownGoesFrazier Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I listen to "Studio 54 Radio" while riding the bike at the gym. I have mentioned that fact to many gym members, and a lot of them don't know what Studio 54 was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clore Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 I must really be old because I was there. In fact, I was at Cheetah and that goes back even further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkeee Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 LOL ..Hysterical! :^0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SansFin Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 > {quote:title=EugeniaH wrote:}{quote} > I don't get their cultural references, and the times I've referred to something from my own childhood, I get the initial look of confusion, followed by the polite smiles... It has been very affirming for me to come here because I can blame now blank stares on the difference of location rather than that the people around me are the same age as my cousins' grandchildren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dabb Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 When I went from knowing 90% of the answers on Jeopardy to not knowing 90% of the answers on Jeopardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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