You know you are old when...Y

[KlaxonCow]

...when you start to feel the cold.

I've lived through worse colder Winters than this, for sure, but I find that the cold just gets to me more now. It feels more penetrating.

[Orava]

...when you start to feel the cold.

I've lived through worse colder Winters than this, for sure, but I find that the cold just gets to me more now. It feels more penetrating.

It never gets very cold here in the West Country but much of winter weather is grey gloom.

[PFVA]

... you remember using rotary telephones.

[gilesgoat]

... you remember using rotary telephones.

To keep me remembering, I bought a NEW but still rotary phone for home ..

[Orava]

Mattel intellivision and swapping games with your friends. For the record I have the highest score ever for Night Stalker.

[Belkov]

You remember getting your first colour TV, even worse, remembering when colour TV was first available.

[gilesgoat]

You remember getting your first colour TV, even worse, remembering when colour TV was first available.

I still remember when Italy had none and/or extremely few colour transmissions but Hroatia and Slovenia were more advanced in colour. In fact I remember watching "TV Koper" and "technical ( colour ) transmissions tests" that were AMAZING, I could not stop watching them I remember some olympic games in colour, I think were the Sarajevo games.

[Orava]

We did not have a proper colour TV until I was about five before that it was some sort portable black and white unit.

[NorthWay]

I'm beginning to understand that there are technologies that will be totally alien to future generations that I never thought would not be there. Telephones and phone lines for example (and therefore modems too).
I guess previous generations had the same view when "everything" was powered by steam engines.

[PFVA]

I remember when this sentence was been used often:
"Computers are coming and are going to take away most of the jobs"

[Orava]

Yes, dial up modems to access the internet.

[SuperMappy]

Yes, dial up modems to access the internet.

Dial up and ASCII pr0n.

[tufty]

When you know what

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telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

does, without having to try it or look it up you know not only that you're old, but that you're an old geek.

[Orava]

Not coping very well with steps and the step down from the pedestrian walkway. With my already dodgy balance there is always the fear of falling down, so you seek routes that are nice and level.

[Orava]

When everyone starts to call you Sir or Madam.