You Know You Are Old When

[Eagle1]

You are old if you ever wore a pocket protector.

That kept the pens out of your cigarettes......

 

[scootr]

I wonder how people knew they were related to someone that lived 300 yrs in the past? There were online research services so I believe it was make believe by the parents or grandparents.
I've had 3 people say they were part native american and once I did the research for them found nothing in their bloodline even though they were raised to believe it.

100 yrs ago people could change their ancestry just by saying so .... my grandmother did that. She was born in 1896 or 99 depending upon which story you believe. We only found out the truth when my sister did the genealogy and DNA tests. She lived to 92 yrs telling the lie.

 

[MossRoad]

That kept the pens out of your cigarettes......

 

[scootr]

That kept the pens out of your cigarettes......

You are old if you lit those cigarettes with a book of matches.

 

[Eagle1]

You are old if you lit those cigarettes with a book of matches.

Ouch......Always kept a few dozens books in the car in case the Zippo died

 

[MoKelly]

You are old if you lit those cigarettes with a book of matches.

You made me look.

Appears you can still buy books of matches!

 

[Eagle1]

You can even still buy cigarettes, I did switch to a pipe a long time ago.

 

[MoKelly]

You can even still buy cigarettes, I did switch to a pipe a long time ago.

I bet he sold lots of cigarettes!

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[scootr]

You made me look.

Appears you can still buy books of matches!

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They were popular advertising platforms given away at banks, restaurants, and quicky marts.
Oh but when they got wet

 

[MossRoad]

When we got married back in 1985, we went to a local printer and had announcements, invitations, napkins, matchbooks, thank you cards, etc., printed up. Still have a few of the matchbooks in our curio cabinet.

You can still get matchbooks and such printed pretty inexpensively.

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