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i'm so old

spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,724 ✭✭✭
edited May 2019 in General Discussion
i remember going to vegas and staying at the Bali Hai Motel about a block east of the strip....owned by Howard Hughes.....many of the older casinos are gone now..... gettin there we actually got to drive across Hoover DAM.....looking over the west side down that looooooog slope was scary and going thru the insides was awesome with all the halls and rooms decorated with art deco tile.....Cottonwood Resort downstream from the dam was a gem of green water and trees, grass and plants in a desert of barren rock...Vegas was interesting and we went to 4-5 shows and museums and other points but never had any desire to go back

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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 13,733 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old, I remember crank telephones and watches that you had to wind every morning.
    I'm so old I remember people having a party when they got their first TV.
    I'm so old I remember visiting folks who didn't even have electricity.
    I'm so old I was 13 before we had running water and an "inside" toilet.
  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 25,583 ******
    edited November -1
    I?m so old, I remember when the Dead Sea first got sick.
    I?m so old, I remember when General Electric was a Second Lieutenant.
  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,724 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    still got the old crank phone that grandad had on the dining room wall ...like new....he came here in 1919 and i moved here in 1964.....still had the old pedestal in the basement where the delco electric plant set and a big riveted water tank made by the Horigon Tank company in st louis , Mo.,,,some how a windmill pumped water into this and pushed water to the second story ??? still have the brass plaque off the tank and in the dining room is a brass indian head with flat chain that went down to the basement to regulate the passive coal heat system....i live in history....REA came in 1938
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,947 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    but never had any desire to go back



    Good thing, one show today would likely cost more than the entire trip then.
  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 57,892 ******
    edited November -1
    ...I remember when they began logging the Sahara Forest,,,
  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,251 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    montanajoe wrote:
    ...I remember when they began logging the Sahara Forest,,,

    I remember when they planted the Sahara Forest...

    First Storyteller never has the chance. :):lol:
  • Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,603 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old my birthstone is lava.
  • gruntled2gruntled2 Member Posts: 560 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    spasmcreek wrote:
    still got the old crank phone that grandad had on the dining room wall ...like new....he came here in 1919 and i moved here in 1964.....still had the old pedestal in the basement where the delco electric plant set and a big riveted water tank made by the Horigon Tank company in st louis , Mo.,,,some how a windmill pumped water into this and pushed water to the second story ??? still have the brass plaque off the tank and in the dining room is a brass indian head with flat chain that went down to the basement to regulate the passive coal heat system....i live in history....REA came in 1938

    I also have my Grandparents crank phone they had in their general store. I have it hanging in the entryway of my house.
  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,724 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bravo..years ago a lady who set out posters for an auction service found me an old phone book from 1943 to go with the wall phone..rather neat with the old ads from our small town.......yepper, dial #48 or just ask the operator for ol Bob in town...i remember as a little kid looking in the door at the gal plugging in and out on the switchboard.......myabe some day i will give ya a ring !!!!!
  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,279 ******
    edited November -1
    I'm so old, when my neighbor lady passed away more than 10 years ago at the age of 100, I find myself reminiscing fine memories of her mother! :o
  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,120 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Brookwood wrote:
    I'm so old, when my neighbor lady passed away more than 10 years ago at the age of 100, I find myself reminiscing fine memories of her mother! :o


    I'd be willing to bet they are black and white memories...........
  • mag00mag00 Member Posts: 4,719 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    hillbille wrote:
    Brookwood wrote:
    I'm so old, when my neighbor lady passed away more than 10 years ago at the age of 100, I find myself reminiscing fine memories of her mother! :o


    I'd be willing to bet they are black and white memories...........

    Bazinga LOL

    I'm so old I can't remember...
  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,367 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old I can remember when milk only came in cows. :shock:
  • lew07lew07 Member Posts: 1,055 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I?m so old I don?t even risk buying green bananas :lol:
  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,279 ******
    edited November -1
    mag00 wrote:
    hillbille wrote:
    Brookwood wrote:
    I'm so old, when my neighbor lady passed away more than 10 years ago at the age of 100, I find myself reminiscing fine memories of her mother! :o


    I'd be willing to bet they are black and white memories...........

    Bazinga LOL

    I'm so old I can't remember...

    Nope! I am not telling any fibs with my statement. Old Mrs. Kuntz (the 100 year old daughter's mom) once caught me pee'ing in her creek when I was about 4 or 5 years old! The shock of being spied upon doing natures call burnt a lasting memory that I will take to my grave!
  • hobo9650hobo9650 Member Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You are a youngster if you were born after I was (1935).
  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,367 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old I remember when all toy cars were made of metal and blocks were made of wood.
  • KenK/84BravoKenK/84Bravo Member Posts: 12,055 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so Old, when I fart, dust comes out. :o
  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,251 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so Old, when I fart, dust comes out. :o

    That's not dust, that's just dried poop because you always forget to wipe after you go to the bathroom :o:o;):lol:
  • KenK/84BravoKenK/84Bravo Member Posts: 12,055 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so Old, when I fart, dust comes out. :o

    That's not dust, that's just dried poop because you always forget to wipe after you go to the bathroom :o:o;):lol:



    I Taco Bell on you, Sir.
  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,251 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so Old, when I fart, dust comes out. :o

    That's not dust, that's just dried poop because you always forget to wipe after you go to the bathroom :o:o;):lol:



    I Taco Bell on you, Sir.

    :lol:
  • brier-49brier-49 Member Posts: 7,023 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old I introduced Adam to Eve .
  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am so old remembering Newark was a prairie...

    DC had honest politicians.
    "What is truth?'
  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,367 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old I remember almost nothing about everything.
  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old, I was a road guard for the crossing of the Red Sea.
  • SawzSawz Member Posts: 6,049
    edited November -1
    I may be old, but I'm slow
  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,251 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old God calls me Grandpa
  • WulfmannWulfmann Member Posts: 4,894 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am so old some people think George Washington was a classmate.

    That is not true. He was two grades ahead of me so I guess I am not that old
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    "Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
    Otto von Bismarck
  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,724 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i remember watching foreigners carve steps in Plymouth Rock so they could get off the boat and walk into AMERICA...
  • babunbabun Member Posts: 11,054 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    { I'm so old, English is my second language.}
  • dreherdreher Member Posts: 8,777 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You guys are so old you have made me realize I'm still a spring chicken!! :D
  • 11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Babun- that is an old joke- funny, but old.
  • droptopdroptop Member Posts: 8,367 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so old I can remember when Park and Ride had nothing to do with transportation.
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  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,279 ******
    edited November -1
    I'm so old my poop comes out PETRIFIED!

    My baby shoes are on display at the Smithsonian!

    Robert E. Lee was not just a great man, but also a fine brother in law!

    I once won a bet, but was unable to collect it from George Armstrong Custer. It had to do with the possibilities of building a resort out in the Montana frontier. A beautiful place called the Little Big Horn. George said he could negotiate with the land owners.
  • mmppresmmppres Member Posts: 3,037 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am so old i remember when i had to get up to change the tv channel an the tv went off air at midnight.
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