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With a friends departure this week I'm now the oldest and longest employed on the job. There's a 17 year age difference with the next oldest :cwm13: and a 12 minimum gap in years walking through that front door. Shat I'm on my 3rd generation of some clients pets. Being honest, it's a very weird feeling listening to a few stand around and talk about "do y'all remember way back when....." and it's all of just 6 years ago :-X.
Yo. I'm starting to like Dave's delivery now. The new Dave is MUCH BETTER than the old Dave. lolol....Quote:
Originally Posted by SlimTrae
Oh, that way back when convo gets on my nerves! Every other year when I go back to Milwaukee (I still got contact with my old crew) They pull that shat all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli
Now I see the stark difference.
20 or 30 years ago our topic was what we were going to do.
Today it's - remember when we used to.:(
Saw a comedian Mike Epps -calling out the age groups, where the
20something at ? They hollered, he hollered back. Yall got the best seats in the house, best car in the lot ...still living at home, ya'll aint shit! ;D
30's (ya'll aint old, but ya mofos aint young either-better quit fuckin up!)
then 40's they hollered- he hollered back it's about ya'll bed time!!;D
You know you've gotten old, when the best in anything comes from your era exclusively.
Guys on my shift literally think Johnny Unitas and some dude named Otto Graham would shred today's Defense. They think 1930's defense would force Tom Brady to retire. :lolhaha::lolhaha:
I'm thinking but Brady as a QB is way bigger, taller and probably just as strong.
They still think Larry Bird, Jerry West would make Lebron James look like a novice.
And Ernie Shavers punches way harder than Tyson, Lennox, Vitali, oh, he'd put them to sleep, Ok....didn't want to remind them- he was KO'd/stopped 7 times himself.
I was brilliant at playing Street Fighter, either Ryu or Ken, destroyed anyone that challenged me. Played against my son on the new game on Nintendo Switch and got lost in humiliating fashion.
Not playing ever again.
I Know I pass the old age test when I asked a nephew if he plays board games and he responded "Why would I play a game that's booring?":lickish: :-\:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
You know Monopoly, Life?!:confused: Looked at me like...Uhh Unc....Uncle you do know...there are video games out now?:confused:
Yea little mofo..I know!
He probably thinks this is what I played....Hell naw!!!!
https://youtu.be/CKzWAxMfZRA
it was this!!!;D
https://youtu.be/kVLCv-YgWco
You know you are old when you smile...while listening to this guy. Hey I remember that speed talking dude!
https://youtu.be/4X4Fy8YqysY
Even funnier is looking in the background and seeing a tv with channels you literally have to turn like a knob!
I need reading glasses. It's become very clear after catching yourself in the store holding items 3 feet away to read :-X. Nothing prescription at this point but basic CVS specs hopefully ;D. Have been fighting the good fight being stubborn but time to concede to father time.
agree i thought the companies were saving money on ink cuz the fine print got smaller and smaller but it was only far sightedness kicking in
Man I was walking around with a Jewlers magnifying headband to read expiration dates. Felt like Mr. Magoo ffs ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell
Jeweler's magnifying headband bwaaaaaahahahaha good one! Yeah I bought reading glasses 2 years ago after fighting it off for the 3 previous years and squinting and cursingQuote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliMan I was walking around with a Jewlers magnifying headband to read expiration dates. Felt like Mr. Magoo ffs ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell
1. I've started playing football....again. It's following the same pattern since I was around 20. Out of shape. Play in goal. Get fitter. Start playing midfield. It takes me two days to recover minimum. Played a 7-a-side tournament on Saturday. We were shit. I still have a sore back.
2. I've started growing veg. That's old ain't it? Totally practical. But that's the sort of shit my dad would do.
3. I plough through crossword books like a demon. Again. Something my dad would do.
After all these years..turns out that even the real cheapie nose hair clippers can be/should be cleaned for reuse. I was just buying another and figured they burned out. Who kneeew. It's actually quite disgusting ;D.
I went into a conversation about 'photo albums' with a kid at work and there was a literal triple blink when I told them we didn't scroll to it or download them back then. You pulled up the coffee table...and you sat down and flipped through a physical album. The idea of not having multi-tier pics to carry around and pin up to random street corner light posts every hour was incomprehensible.
hit the 15 year mark here at Saddoland. Many top notch posters going back much further than I for sure but it's been a minute! Good times. Shit, I was on a dial up Toshiba just trying to keep up on a Wacko rbr ;D :thumb:
I joined a month before you! I feel old.
smartest thing you can do, aside from collecting waterQuote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
I joined 2002, before the site got revamped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Alts can only count as "we" ;D.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBellI joined 2002, before the site got revamped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Funny story about that, in 2002 my username was "Brocktonblockbuster" but when the site got revamped later that year I think, I shortened it to Brocktonblockbust because it was too damn long to type.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliAlts can only count as "we" ;D.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBellI joined 2002, before the site got revamped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
I know quite a few people on here who have been banned from about 2003 and are now back on here with their third or fourth username to be honest.
Actually same here. Joined initially with long as hell name. Joined day after anniversary of Katrina and tied in some stuff we did with a tri fin shortboard wading thru the water ;D. Yeh lots of alts and reboots no boubt. Lost or clipped accounts etc. Shit when we had Sig bets flying every month, I even got to be Bruce Lees Servant and VDs Daddy?!Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBellFunny story about that, in 2002 my username was "Brocktonblockbuster" but when the site got revamped later that year I think, I shortened it to Brocktonblockbust because it was too damn long to type.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliAlts can only count as "we" ;D.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBellI joined 2002, before the site got revamped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
I know quite a few people on here who have been banned from about 2003 and are now back on here with their third or fourth username to be honest.
Got a new car which is my first since 2009. It is all electric brakes, automatic wipers, lights, drive assist on hills, keyless entry/start, alerts when it thinks you will crash which cause you anxiety etc
I am finding it hard to give control to the car.
Getting close to driverless cars.
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Originally Posted by Master
Ha! I get you. We got a brand new motability motor 2 yrs ago now and the auto handbrake thing did my head in at first. Bad enough not having some wire ratchet to pull with both hands, now replaced by a little button lever, but then for the car to apply the handbrake for you freaked me out. Auto headlights, auto this that and the other, but luckily still has manual gears, which i could never imagine driving without. How souless and joyless to drive a car where the car even decides what gear you should be in?
Definitely love my gears.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeanzQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Ha! I get you. We got a brand new motability motor 2 yrs ago now and the auto handbrake thing did my head in at first. Bad enough not having some wire ratchet to pull with both hands, now replaced by a little button lever, but then for the car to apply the handbrake for you freaked me out. Auto headlights, auto this that and the other, but luckily still has manual gears, which i could never imagine driving without. How souless and joyless to drive a car where the car even decides what gear you should be in?
What man does not love to play with his nob. :)
See, now I must be a few steps ahead on the road to “fogeyism”, but I CRAVE an automatic car next time round. I hate changing gears.Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterDefinitely love my gears.Quote:
Originally Posted by BeanzQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Ha! I get you. We got a brand new motability motor 2 yrs ago now and the auto handbrake thing did my head in at first. Bad enough not having some wire ratchet to pull with both hands, now replaced by a little button lever, but then for the car to apply the handbrake for you freaked me out. Auto headlights, auto this that and the other, but luckily still has manual gears, which i could never imagine driving without. How souless and joyless to drive a car where the car even decides what gear you should be in?
What man does not love to play with his nob. :)
Or more to the point , I hate being in a car with my missus , and her bleating “you should be in 5th now!”
"Soulless & Joyless"
by Shiver-me-timbers
The wind from the sea blew in hard
It got blown hard
By a pirate's uncle:
His name was Billy Bugger
Who hung round on the docks
Sucking cocks
(this was when he turned 50)
Ever feel like you have 'writers block' or you've just lost your wit ???. Strangest thing to describe but sometimes now I look at the screen with intent to go all in and go long winded etc but find myself thinking it to myself and then not having the 'umpf' to put finger to keyboard :-X. Dunno if it's attention span, which has been utter shit for the last year or two, or just a mental block but it's quite curious. You don't feel sharp, spontaneous and free flowing. Just blank in spots.
It is called a senior moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli
If it is any consolation, Biden gets it all the time. :)
Senior moment?! Must be on a slow curve. I mean I was wandering into rooms with no idea what I was looking for back in my teens soo ???. Looking forward to leaving the car keys in the refrigerator and mistaken the racoons for "bears" ;D;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterIt is called a senior moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spicoli
If it is any consolation, Biden gets it all the time. :)
When you easily can eat a stick of butter with a couple slices of bread, but when you were younger a tablespoon of butter was considered too much cholesterol.
Ate a full stick in my 20's with mustard and cornflakes after losing a bet once. Never make bets with md20/20.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell
Mustard and cornflakes! WTF..... well actually it would go good with the cornflakes like a starch --- but the mustard would kill it yo. That was some bet you lost! Was it a boxing bet? edit: I just realized the MD 20/20 comment! Holy shit, I am def familiar with that elixir. That shit will do you in good. Do you remember Night Train?Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliAte a full stick in my 20's with mustard and cornflakes after losing a bet once. Never make bets with md20/20.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell
Yeh Night Train was rough stuff. And Boones and Bartles for the girls ;D. MD was ideal at the local 7-11's because the shape of the bottle and they stacked with the other Malts like Mickeys and Colt 45. But unzip the sleeves to your leather and the MD bottles 2 at a time slid right up the forearm :vd::ninja:Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBellMustard and cornflakes! WTF..... well actually it would go good with the cornflakes like a starch --- but the mustard would kill it yo. That was some bet you lost! Was it a boxing bet? edit: I just realized the MD 20/20 comment! Holy shit, I am def familiar with that elixir. That shit will do you in good. Do you remember Night Train?Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliAte a full stick in my 20's with mustard and cornflakes after losing a bet once. Never make bets with md20/20.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell
:lol::lol::lol: hahaha holy shit, never did that but hell yeah!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliYeh Night Train was rough stuff. And Boones and Bartles for the girls ;D. MD was ideal at the local 7-11's because the shape of the bottle and they stacked with the other Malts like Mickeys and Colt 45. But unzip the sleeves to your leather and the MD bottles 2 at a time slid right up the forearm :vd::ninja:Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBellMustard and cornflakes! WTF..... well actually it would go good with the cornflakes like a starch --- but the mustard would kill it yo. That was some bet you lost! Was it a boxing bet? edit: I just realized the MD 20/20 comment! Holy shit, I am def familiar with that elixir. That shit will do you in good. Do you remember Night Train?Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliAte a full stick in my 20's with mustard and cornflakes after losing a bet once. Never make bets with md20/20.Quote:
Originally Posted by NoSavingByTheBell
When you start noticing the pot holes in the road ruining your tyres and suspension on your car.
Depending on where you live that starts the day you pass Drivers Ed in your teens ;D. We have entire blocks here that will swallow a compact car. Residents have taken to 'naming' them and seasonally decorating the hazard cones the city puts around them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
Eyesight. Still. Holy shit I’m in a struggle ;D. So internet been down 4 days and as expected at&t have their glorious heads up their arses. 4,5 block area damaged with construction and 6 different “tech specialists” have 6 different causes and repair dates ffs. One said it was possibly a major cutting and theft of copper. If it’s not up by Inoue v Fulton I’ll officially be fighting the entire lobby of the nearest location :-X. All it’s done is tell me a trip to the nearest opthamoligist looooong overdue. Current sinus infection doesn’t help. Overdue for glasses. Watching super fights and tiny phone screens is flat undoable and disrespectful. Apparently it doesn’t have a reliable spell check feature In spots so I’m really screwed. Blind Mr Magoo doesn’t have a thing on me right now.
Eyesight has gone too. Can not read the small writing and have to take photo of it and zoom in to read it.
Yeah this is so true it's unbelievable but at the same time I think that over the last 15 or 20 years the technology has allowed them to print smaller and smaller point size for the ingredients on jars and bottles in order to save money on ink and paper so I think it's also partially due to thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
You start enjoyin' the quiet nights in and appreciatin' a good book or chillin' with loved ones over a wild night out.