You Know You Are Old When

[lman]

I wouldn't even come close to fitting any clothes of mine from the 70s!!

I leave the key in my mower all the time. Not something anyone's going to steal, and it keeps the mason bees from laying eggs in the keyhole and filling it with mud.

The key has never been out of the keyhole on my mower but it is always parked in a locked barn unless in use.

 

[MossRoad]

YKYAO when you forget how to tie a neck tie. Wore one every day for 35 years, but I think I've only worn one once in the last 9 years. I woke up in the middle of the night wondering if I could still tie one.

Weddings and funerals get a necktie. I've worn two to job interviews... once in 1987, and another in 2017.

 

[MossRoad]

Oh, I also wore a necktie to my first day at work in 1987 at my last job.... the guys were very nice and told me to ditch it.

 

[ultrarunner]

We were expecting the new CEO of the then 50,000 employee company to visit as he wanted to visit every site in his first year.

I came to work with a blazer and tie and had many compliments until Administrator saw me and sent me home to changed into work clothes…

Not sure what was going on that day but true story…

 

[Runner]

YKYAO when you forget how to tie a neck tie. Wore one every day for 35 years, but I think I've only worn one once in the last 9 years. I woke up in the middle of the night wondering if I could still tie one.

Quick update: Just tried and can still do it (even the old "double wrap" for x-tra long ties).

 

[LouNY]

I've dropped to only funerals and maybe weddings, my most common tie is a String tie with a Bolo tie clasp.
Back in the early 70's while in the Marines I could tie a tie quite well.
Now thanks to the internet and utube I still can when necessary.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Funerals Dad carried a clip on tie & tweezers in his glove box.
Tweezers to pluck out a nose hair so his eyes were watering for the funeral.

 

[WinterDeere]

I've dropped to only funerals and maybe weddings, my most common tie is a String tie with a Bolo tie clasp.
Back in the early 70's while in the Marines I could tie a tie quite well.
Now thanks to the internet and utube I still can when necessary.

My son has to wear a tie to school everyday, and until this year, I had to help him with that. So, it was a nice refresher for me. Not that I ever forgot, but I had definitely gotten a little rusty.

Now he's 15, and doing it himself... he's probably better at it than me, today. But kids wear their tie knots relatively loose today, not the tight knots we tied in the 1980's and 90's.

 

[5030]

This is why I moved my henhouse. Free range chickens, lawns and barefeet were a poor combination.

I never understood the point in having chickens. One, they are filthy, two they are very hands on to maintain and coyotes love to eat them and 3, chickens carry histoplasmosis which I have from helping to clean my grandparents copp and once tou get it, there is no cure.

We get our eggs from the grocery, much easier, I like frieg eggs. I don't like chickens in general.

Some communities have banned raising chickens because owners don't take care of them

 

[WinterDeere]

I’ve had chickens the last ten years, mostly because my son was interested in getting them, and I figured it’d be fun. And it was for awhile. They’re actually entertaining outdoor companions, as much as any other pet.

But with the startup costs and feed, I don’t think they’ll ever save us any real money, so I don’t really understand people who do it for the sake of cost alone.

I was ready to be done with them two years ago, when our flock had whittled down to one lonely chicken, but the rest of the family wanted to reboot the flock with fresh birds, so I guess I’m signed up for a few more years. I don’t mind.