Signs We Are Getting Old

[whipski]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LuwMKzu-T8

[singlecross]

I always liked that Per Welinder deck in the photo above. That and Lance Mountain future primitive

[zion zig zag]

I'm so old that I have no idea what the first album I bought was. I suspect it was Violent Femmes.

[The AD]

I'm so old that I have no idea what the first album I bought was. I suspect it was Violent Femmes.

Same here and the Violent Femmes first album was definitely an early one in my collection, although I think my sister may have actually bought it. I'm kind of thinking the first (vinyl) album I bought was The Clash (first album with the green cover).

[grinch]

I had a Head Honcho Niko Weiss in my collection as kid. Still ride a longboard to the taproom or corner store.

Good to hear! They were kind of "a thing" but it wasnt long before nobody heard of HH, especially now. It'd be super cool to still have it but it wasnt long before i bought a Sims Jeff Phillips

Unrelated old guy statement " im not as good as i once was but i'm as good once as i ever was"

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[Timberridge]

Over 800K views in the wagon thread.

[bennymac]

Truth.

Wow - skating AND breakdancing! You’ve still got it.

[schindlerpiste]

The first album that I bought was Volunteers

[Ted Striker]

Wow - skating AND breakdancing! You’ve still got it.

Lol

[Hopeless Sinner]

Reading this thread the other day I was thinking of my first album. It was the "White Album", a get well present from "Junior" a business friend of my father. I had a broken rib, punctured lung and dislocated shoulder sleigh riding when I was 11. I worked for Junior during summer vacations in HS and college and we latter on became friends ourselves. I just got off the phone w Junior's son; Junior died this past weekend at 99 yo. When you've lost a friend of 55 years it's a sign of getting old.

[mcski]

Im so old, I actually paid off my Columbia House albums (the first time) - which were all on 8-TRACK tape

Katunk kathunk next

The first vinyl I got was from Ronco and featured gems like The Streak, Leroy Brown, and Rock the Boat, among many other classics

[singlecross]

Wow - skating AND breakdancing! You’ve still got it.

lol. Yeah, I wonder how many 50+ breakdancers there are out there?

It sometimes feels like breakdancing when I get up from my daily stretching routine. Wait… a daily stretching routine?!

Fuck, I’m getting old

[liv2ski]

I knew there was a reason I love Buster, a Zappa man from way back in the day. Frank, what a Maestro.

[SumJongGuy]

There was "The Jungle Book.. First "cool" album my mom bought me was Sugarloaf.. with Green Eyed Lady. Still love that song.

[Trackhead]

LOL, just had "I'm officially Old" moment. Going through the TSA scanner, agent takes one glance, and asks "Do you have any replacement joints, such as a hip or knee?"



Fuck me.


I jokingly asked her "Do I really look that old?"
She replied "Not really, but you look the type"



(JH airport, LOTS of us are bionic!)

Thx for the laugh. Tell that bitch we routinely see men in their mid/late 30s with hip replacements........maybe you look like you're a dirty thirty.

[liv2ski]

The first album that I bought was Volunteers

Always loved the "West Coast bands". Airplane was great, saw them at the Hollywood bowl in the early 70's. Grace had on a python skin cat suit, this 8th grader was captivated. Quicksilver Messenger Service and Savoy Brown were regulars at the Long Beach Arena. Smoking hash and doing blow with Bob Murphy was the best at the LBA. Sadly I never saw the Doors nor Spirit for some dumb reason, nor CSN&Y, although I was more of a Neil Young guy to be truthful.
Time to throw on some old tunes and remember the Good ole Days.

[dunfree]

There was "The Jungle Book.. First "cool" album my mom bought me was Sugarloaf.. with Green Eyed Lady. Still love that song.

I think of Kipling with that name and my copy of Kim has swastikas on the spine

[fomofo]

You saw this the first time around?



And perhaps it's more meaningful now?

Interesting backstory

[riser4]

First album? Cheech and Chong's Let's make a New Dope Deal. My buddy had all the previous ones so I was looking for anything new. I was 10. My parents were not amused. I always turned it up to 11.

[Core Shot]

You saw this the first time around?



And perhaps it's more meaningful now?

Interesting backstory

Too young for the first viewing. But I remember it.
Wow. Didn’t remember Redford being death. Dang he’s young there. And also weak actor compared to her (he got better #MontyPython).
Her performance is stellar.

[GoldMember]

Ha. Confession time. The first vinyl I got was Meet The Beatles…when it first came out. My mom bought it for me. First CD was the Cowboy Junkies first one…when it first came out.

I’m a big fan of old goat because I’m pretty sure he’s older than me.

hmmm.....we must be of the same vintage. My first album was Rubber Soul that my mom got me for Christmas. I think I was about 9 or so.

Another sign that I'm getting old is that a few years ago, we established that Iceman was younger than me. That should tell you something but, I'm with you, I think old goat has us beat.

[MakersTeleMark]

I remember being in Argentina in 2000 when they pegged their currency to the dollar.

[SumJongGuy]

I remember listening to this back in the early 70s and thinking it was funny.... I think I was about ten.

[SumJongGuy]

I always liked that Per Welinder deck in the photo above. That and Lance Mountain future primitive

They reissued most of those Bones Brigade decks and variations of them.. People are paying stoopid money for reissues now..

[bobz]

When you decide that your jacket that has been heavily used for 5 years still works just fine. Skis too

5 years?!? Practically new. I just wore a jacket this morning that has a picture of a couple of marmots on the label.


As for all the people marveling at how indispensable reading glasses have become, maybe you aren't old enough to get one of those multi-range cataract lenses installed; pretty nice, though I still use reading glasses for some things.