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Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:09 AM Aug 2012

I'm 26 and I feel old (OLYMPIC SPOILER).

The Gold-winning women gymnasts told Costas that they were all inspired by the 2004 Athens games as kids, none of them remember the 2000 Sydney Games, or the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Christ, I can remember the 1996 Games as if they were yesterday.

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I'm 26 and I feel old (OLYMPIC SPOILER). (Original Post) Odin2005 Aug 2012 OP
Try remembering the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2012 #1
Grenoble RobinA Aug 2012 #9
Wait until you're twice your current age. Denninmi Aug 2012 #2
Wow, One learns something new every day! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #10
I still remember the 1972 games... Archae Aug 2012 #3
Don't forget about poor Richard Jewell Son of Gob Aug 2012 #6
HEY! 1980! Hockey! elleng Aug 2012 #4
You Feel Old At 26, Huh? Well, I Just Turned 51 The Other Day, So . . . HelenaHandbasket Aug 2012 #5
Wait for awhile, youngin'. It'll get worse. sarge43 Aug 2012 #7
I'm 32 and I've already had experiences like that. Chan790 Aug 2012 #11
Mine from a couple of decades ago sarge43 Aug 2012 #13
I've got socks older that some of those competitors. baldguy Aug 2012 #8
Way More Than We Wanted To Know! ProfessorGAC Aug 2012 #16
Hello. I remember the figure skating competition. Baitball Blogger Aug 2012 #12
I remember in the 1980s when Bob Costas looked 26 Johonny Aug 2012 #14
Female gymnasts as a rule seem to be about 16 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #15

Lydia Leftcoast

(48,217 posts)
1. Try remembering the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:40 AM
Aug 2012

the first ones telecast.

I was just a kid, and I had no idea what the Olympics even were, but I remember that whoever carried the torch came skiing down a mountain, and that most of the skaters from those games were killed in a plane crash on their way to the world championships the following year, except for those who had turned pro.

I also remember the Rome Olympics of 1960, when Wilma Rudolph was the big track and field star, and two of the swimmers for Australia were Latvian refugees (something that my Latvian grandfather took note of).

I can remember watching the Munich Olympics and all the subsequent ones as if they were yesterday.

Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
2. Wait until you're twice your current age.
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:44 AM
Aug 2012

I'm close to 50, I was pretty young, 7 in fact, but I can remember the tragedy of the Munich games pretty well. And I can definitely recall the national outpouring of joy 4 years late when Bruce Jenner won the Decathelon in Montreal. Yes, that Bruce Jenner, the one most people under 40 probably only know as the stepfather to a bunch of Kardashians.

Archae

(46,261 posts)
3. I still remember the 1972 games...
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:10 AM
Aug 2012

Obviously, for the terrorist attack.

But also the US vs Soviet Union basketball game fiasco.
The Soviets cheated, and the US team said "Up yours" to the silver.

The 1996 games I remember, mostly that screwy mascot and Eric Rudolph's bomb.

Son of Gob

(1,502 posts)
6. Don't forget about poor Richard Jewell
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 05:32 AM
Aug 2012

I didn't even remember Eric Rudolph's name, I'm sure I'm not alone on that. Meanwhile Richard Jewell will always be known as the guy who didn't bomb the Olympics.

HelenaHandbasket

(51 posts)
5. You Feel Old At 26, Huh? Well, I Just Turned 51 The Other Day, So . . .
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:11 AM
Aug 2012

Should I feel almost deceased or deceased? LOL.

sarge43

(28,939 posts)
7. Wait for awhile, youngin'. It'll get worse.
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:24 AM
Aug 2012

In the not too distance future you'll get the bored or blank look or the "huh?" when you mention the 2012 Games.

Another moment will be when your first set of wheels will be considered a classic antique.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
11. I'm 32 and I've already had experiences like that.
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 09:33 AM
Aug 2012

I was only 27 or so when I found myself stopped in stunned silence after hearing the radio DJ refer to the first CD I'd bought as a teenager as a "classic" or "oldie" (I don't remember which term was used)...Nirvana's Nevermind album. How can something be a classic when I remember the first time I heard it?!

I mean wow! I remember when Eddie Vedder wasn't an old man too. A really freaky one is the first time you open a history textbook and they're writing about things you think of as recent events as historical events like Challenger, the Berlin Wall falling, the OKC bombing,...or even the ones where you're like "No, I was there!"

sarge43

(28,939 posts)
13. Mine from a couple of decades ago
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:09 AM
Aug 2012

Me: I remember listening to Sputnik beeping

Youngin': What's Sputnik?

ProfessorGAC

(64,419 posts)
16. Way More Than We Wanted To Know!
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:02 PM
Aug 2012

LOL! I'm on the same page, though. The first Olympics i clearly remember was Mexico City. I also remember some of Tokyo in 1964, because i was just starting to dig watching people run really fast and jump really high. And, T&F was always shown among the premier events in those days.

As to the OP, i was AT the Montreal Olympics. And, i had been voting for a couple years at that point. So, imagine how old those kids make me feel.
GAC

Johonny

(20,683 posts)
14. I remember in the 1980s when Bob Costas looked 26
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:13 AM
Aug 2012

wait he still does. Am I the only one creeped out that they now look older than Bob Costas!

 

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)
15. Female gymnasts as a rule seem to be about 16
Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:19 AM
Aug 2012

you rarely see them much older.

These ladies will be ancient as far as the 2016 women's gymnastics team is concerned.

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