You know you'e old

[Touch 57501]

You know you are getting old if you can remember what mimeograph paper smelled like when the teacher had just mimeo-d a fresh pop quiz for the class.

 

You know you are really getting old if you can remember when screw-in cartridge fountain pens started to replace dipping the tip of a pen in an inkwell to slurp up the ink; those cartridge pens just seemed so cool by comparison!

 

Yes, Bobby Dylan, some of us did "hang around the inkwell" -- LOL

[Andee 220524]

You know you are getting old if you can remember what mimeograph paper smelled like when the teacher had just mimeo-d a fresh pop quiz for the class.

 

You know you are getting really getting old if you can remember when screw-in cartridge fountain pens started to replace dipping the tip of a pen in an inkwell to slurp up the ink; those cartridge pens just seemed so cool by comparison!

 

Yes, Bobby Dylan, some of us did "hang around the inkwell" -- LOL

 

Used fountain pens, but still had the wooden desks with the "hole" in the corner for the inkwell.

 

LIke this:

 

 

By the way, this was the very first "record album" I ever owned.

 

And yes, up to about grade 5, the smell of mimeo-graphed paper.

[Guest tr*****e]

 

 

OMG That's ABBA? I may hate their music, but that blonde is OMFG kewt!!

 

Ok, back to the old people!! :D

[PAPERSILO 41]

my grandmother passed away several years ago , she would of been teaching in the 30's . while cleaning out her belongings , my brother and i came across some of her old texts . this was my father's mother they trace back their ancestery to ireland 4 centuries , before that grandfathers family was still in ireland my grandmothers was in scotland . back to the texts , the books talked about islanders , negros , and savages , and so forth . the savages the texts were talking about are the natives of north america . hit close to home because our mother is native off gordon's reserve in saskatchewan . even now typing this it surprises my how upsetting i find this .

[roamingguy 300291]

You know your old when you run through the channels before turning into bed, "Munich" is on (about the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre), and you can remember watching the real events sadly unfolding on tv.

 

On a more lighter note, before she was a real big star, you can remember watching the Sonny and Cher Show on tv.

 

RG

[Reuben Sandwich 13841]

On a more lighter note, before she was a real big star, you can remember watching the Sonny and Cher Show on tv.

 

RG

 

And one of the cast/writers was Ted Zielgler, who just previous to Sonny and Cher was playing Johnny Jellybean on CFCF in Montreal. Just before Magic Tom if you were in Mtl. in that era.

[Touch 57501]

Used fountain pens, but still had the wooden desks with the "hole" in the corner for the inkwell.

 

LIke this:

 

 

By the way, this was the very first "record album" I ever owned.

 

 

Yikes! I had wooden desks with the hole for the inkwell just like the one on your album cover up through 4th grade! (Of course popular music was mostly on 45s then with a big hole in the middle too.)

[qwertyaccount 15793]

You know you're old when you can remember that none of the toys you had as a kid used batteries.

[Andee 220524]

You know you're old when you can remember when the Shocking Blue from the Netherlands had a number one hit song in North America in 1970 (which has been covered many times since).

 

 

 

You know you're old when you can remember people buying these:

 

[stevecurious 42059]

I remember when this passed as a new T.V.

 

 

When your 7 year old cousin says "Did you see this new cool show" I look and see him watching something that resembled a "cool new show" from when I was a kid. Hard to believe it is almost 30 years since this guy showed up on that small T.V. above.

 

[Andee 220524]

RG: You bet, your Funk and Wagnells!!

 

 

And if you're old enough, you'll know where that line came from:

 

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (notice how young Goldie Hawn is):

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqhq53JGOPM

[Origin 268]

There was no concept of email and the internet.

Everyone had land phone lines with rotary phones.

 

No MTV.

 

When you ask, What the heck is a Justin Beiber?

[Old Dog 179138]

When you can even remember fleeting shows like:

 

Where's Huddles?

 

Frankenstein Jr.

 

 

Dodo the Kid from Outer Space

 

 

and Professor Kitzel

 

[Guest 9**A*****]

I started reading this post and then I forgot the question...so my answer is peanut butter.

[qwertyaccount 15793]

You know you're old when this was your scientific calculator:

 

[Andee 220524]

You know you're old when you can remember these:

 

Nancy Greene in a commercial for Mars Bars

 

 

French language kids show Bobino (a kind gent) and his sister (Bobinette) who was a puppet:

 

[Guest f***2f***]

When you remember watching this on TV....and even older when you know that it was a spin off from another show called Razzle Dazzle with Howard the Turtle and the secret decoder ring!! (I wish I still had that decoder!)

 

 

[Old Dog 179138]

When you remember watching this on TV....and even older when you know that it was a spin off from another show called Razzle Dazzle with Howard the Turtle and the secret decoder ring!! (I wish I still had that decoder!)

 

 

 

My dad actually taught one of those kids in the front... I think they are like 70 now.

[Guest f***2f***]

My dad actually taught one of those kids in the front... I think they are like 70 now.

 

Gee that makes me feel young!!:icon_frown:

[Old Dog 179138]

You rushed home for some beaver... and this is what ya got:

[qwertyaccount 15793]

You rushed home for some beaver... and this is what ya got:

 

I used to rush home for from school some beaver every day!

 

Remember when the dirtiest thing ever said on TV was "Ward, you were a little hard on the beaver last night".

[Old Dog 179138]

anybody remember these two???

 

[PistolPete 61421]

Showing your age..lol

 

anybody remember these two???

 

enjoyed watching this all the time...

 

Or this....

[Guest f***2f***]

Dum dida dum dida dum dida dum dida dum dida dum BONANZA!!! LOL

 

[PistolPete 61421]

Yup Gunsmoke and Bonanza two great shows back then!