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hey gen x, feel old yet? (Original Post) arely staircase Jan 2014 OP
Ha! Boom Sound 416 Jan 2014 #1
what the hell is a Walkman? NightWatcher Jan 2014 #3
And I never washed my face again Boom Sound 416 Jan 2014 #4
I may not feel nor act old.... Munificence Jan 2014 #2
tell me about it arely staircase Jan 2014 #5
Still feel pretty young. Shit like this doesn't help, though. TwilightGardener Jan 2014 #6
I don't feel old, but this does not help.... abelenkpe Jan 2014 #7
And the Professor died today ellie Jan 2014 #8
the man who could build a radio out of coconut arely staircase Jan 2014 #11
I know! ellie Jan 2014 #12
no! I thought he would be immortal, not much to ask for... AngryAmish Jan 2014 #20
The people who were babies when Bob Dole ran against Clinton Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #9
I'd rather not think about it and live in denial instead laundry_queen Jan 2014 #10
It's not the years, it's the mileage. TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #13
Ugh, kind of reminds me of the weird looks my kids giftedgirl77 Jan 2014 #14
Listening to the album now. PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #15
You aint funny!!!! (yes....I do) uponit7771 Jan 2014 #16
Only on the outside. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #17
Are you kidding? Shandris Jan 2014 #18
I played hoops with husker du AngryAmish Jan 2014 #19

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
5. tell me about it
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 06:41 PM
Jan 2014

I can run farther and faster than I could when that album came out. But when I look in the mirror I see what my dad looked like when he told me to turn it down.

ellie

(6,929 posts)
12. I know!
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 07:24 PM
Jan 2014

He was some sort of half genius! My brother and I will text each other Gilligan's Island quotes. We are supreme dorks.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
9. The people who were babies when Bob Dole ran against Clinton
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 06:54 PM
Jan 2014

are getting to be voting age themselves, now.

Yes, I feel old.

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
10. I'd rather not think about it and live in denial instead
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 07:02 PM
Jan 2014

but thank you, for that brief moment of reality. Really.

 

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)
14. Ugh, kind of reminds me of the weird looks my kids
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 07:39 PM
Jan 2014

give me when I talk about beepers or payphones or the horror of only seeing cartoons on Saturday.

My 12 yr old can't figure out how I've been 29 for years.

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
15. Listening to the album now.
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 09:03 PM
Jan 2014

(Ok, not an album. A FLAC rip of my old CD. I only had two records growing up. Mostly tapes and CDs)

Gen X has had the first row seat through the debacle that is "Free-trade" and the Bush Crime family more than any other generation. (imo)

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
18. Are you kidding?
Thu Jan 16, 2014, 09:35 PM
Jan 2014

I felt old 10 years ago! Now I'm awaiting my cane, walker, and .50 senior coffee.

...of course, I've got almost two decades to go until that, but hey who's counting!

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