You Know You Are Old When

[Runner]

Here's a memory from 60+ years ago. If I misbehaved in school (often ) teacher sent me home to write "I will not act up in class" 500 times on notebook paper. I would go to our garage & cut a strip of wood or use a old wooden ruler and mark it like every 1/2", the line spacing on notebook paper. Then drill holes in a row for pencils. So I'd have 20 pencils in a row only having to write it 25 times. It worked great!

We used to get punished with sentence-writing so often that we would pre-write sentences on dollar bill sized paper in different denominations (25, 50, 75 and 100) so we could just peel off the appropriate number of sentences and hand them to the teacher.

I know this will be hard for any of you to believe, but I actually had a teacher (whose name rhymed with "Rabbit") that referred to me as "motor mouth".

 

[MossRoad]

....a LONG HANDLED shoe horn. Moss beat me to it, again.....

You know you are old when you compete to be the first to post about geriatric assistive devices.

 

[MossRoad]

We never had to write on the board. We had to kneel on a broomstick and hold a bible in each hand with arms outstretched. If you lowered the bibles, you'd get hit by the nun with a pointer while the class watched.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

We never had to write on the board. We had to kneel on a broomstick and hold a bible in each hand with arms outstretched. If you lowered the bibles, you'd get hit by the nun with a pointer while the class watched.

Now I finally understand why Walmart and Amazon sells these costumes...pubescent boys now grown men scarred for life!

 

[Alan46]

Here's a memory from 60+ years ago. If I misbehaved in school (often ) teacher sent me home to write "I will not act up in class" 500 times on notebook paper. I would go to our garage & cut a strip of wood or use an old wooden ruler and mark it like every 1/2", the line spacing on notebook paper. Then drill holes in a row for pencils. So I'd have 20 pencils in a row only having to write it 25 times. It worked great!

YKYO when you don’t understand what Fuddyduddy1952: ment in his post…. Am I the only one?

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

YKYO when you don’t understand what Fuddyduddy1952: ment in his post…. Am I the only one?

Maybe that was my invention. Writing a sentence 500 times with one pencil takes a lot of time, but 20 pencils in a row writes 20 sentences all at once!

 

[Oaktree]

Was out food shopping with the wife today. Dunno what it was, but it seemed like it was senior citizen day at both Walmart and the supermarket. Slow, confused, blocking aisles and just generally being in the way.
Grumbled something to her about what's with all the old people out today, her reply was "well, what do you think we are?". True, I guess, but at least we weren't ACTING like old people. I don't think.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Was out food shopping with the wife today. Dunno what it was, but it seemed like it was senior citizen day at both Walmart and the supermarket. Slow, confused, blocking aisles and just generally being in the way.
Grumbled something to her about what's with all the old people out today, her reply was "well, what do you think we are?". True, I guess, but at least we weren't ACTING like old people. I don't think.

I think we were at the exact same Walmart today! Were you in S. Virginia by chance?
Wife & I 71,73 but wow! All these old people on dope or pain meds & we smelled alcohol.
Moving slower than a sloth & probably their bowels.
I'm waiting to get catfood this old (late 60s going on 100 ) woman in my way, drops treats which breaks open, she puts it back treats spilling everywhere & she's pushing them under shelves thinking...what...?
Then at self check out these befuddled old fots not knowing what to do fooling around.
Some old guy had something hairy hanging out his shorts I didn't want to see. Old women with no bra. Basket loads of diapers they had on clearance.
A geriatric zoo on steroids! People holding onto sh*t for balance. Then leaving these same idiots DRIVING! Weaving around like they're drunk, blocking the road.
I finally just hollered "you're gonna miss Lawrence Welk if you don't find the gas pedal!". Dammmmm!!!!!

 

[not2old]

We used to get punished with sentence-writing so often that we would pre-write sentences on dollar bill sized paper in different denominations (25, 50, 75 and 100) so we could just peel off the appropriate number of sentences and hand them to the teacher.

I know this will be hard for any of you to believe, but I actually had a teacher (whose name rhymed with "Rabbit") that referred to me as "motor mouth".

I went to school with a bunch of people with that name

 

[2LaneCruzer]

You know you are old when your first breakfast cereal was named "Cheeri Oats".

Why Cheerios Once Went By A Different Name - Daily Meal


Now let's go back about 75 years. I was staying with my grandparents one Summer, when I contracted ringworm all over my side and stomach. I showed it to grand pa, and he told me to put the juice from green walnuts on it. Lucky it was that time of year; I followed his advice and it really worked.