You Know You Are Old When

[Alan46]

YKYO when you do something out of the ordinary and you feel it/pay for it for the next couple days.

I know exactly what you mean!

 

[masseyrider]

I know exactly what you mean!

I mean like trimming the toe nails. Mine!

 

[thepumpguysc]

I was limbing branch’s and cutting trees from the hurricane that came thru..
Separated them in sizes..
Took me 2 days to get over that..
Day 3 I decided to bundle the smaller branches with twine to take to the landfill.. had about 12 bundles..
Waited about an hour before I cooled down enough to go..
I unloaded the bundles in containers at the landfill..
Took me 2 days to get over THAT..

 

[scootr]

I mean like trimming the toe nails. Mine!

Had to use the tree branch loppers, did ya ?

 

[stuckmotor]

When you ask yourself why you haven't heard of any stubborn Japanese soldiers surrendering lately and discover the last one came out of the jungle in 1974.

 

[WinterDeere]

When you ask yourself why you haven't heard of any stubborn Japanese soldiers surrendering lately and discover the last one came out of the jungle in 1974.

That's actually a very interesting story, although there were at least a few of them right around that same time with similar stories.

I believe the one to which you were referring refused to believe Japan had lost the war, as "there would be no Japanese people left, if we lost the war". They originally flew his sister in to try to convince him, and he thought it was a ploy to trick him. Eventually they tracked down his former commander, and had him come in to speak with the soldier, and convince him their operation was most certainly "over".

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening McKelly,

After much discussion and and a brief survey, turns out NONE of the kids 18 or under had any clue whatsoever about Bing Crosby, Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra. Not a clue.

Thank you, best singers ever ! Dean is our favorite but the others are great also !

 

[WinterDeere]

After much discussion and and a brief survey, turns out NONE of the kids 18 or under had any clue whatsoever about Bing Crosby, Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra. Not a clue.

My kids are teen and pre-teen, and can definitely pick Bing out in a second, and Sinatra after some thinking about it. I don't think they know Dean, but they do know Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, and Barry Manilow. They also know Dolly Parton, in fact my son's band does Jolene at open mic nights.

Speaking of Dolly, it's weird what comes back around in popularity, although it couldn't happen to a nicer lady. Similarly, I remember the Righteous Brothers having a huge resurgence in the late 1980's, after their songs were featured in a few movies (e.g. Top Gun), and the B-52's having a huge hit in 1990.

 

[stuckmotor]

That's actually a very interesting story, although there were at least a few of them right around that same time with similar stories.

I believe the one to which you were referring refused to believe Japan had lost the war, as "there would be no Japanese people left, if we lost the war". They originally flew his sister in to try to convince him, and he thought it was a ploy to trick him. Eventually they tracked down his former commander, and had him come in to speak with the soldier, and convince him their operation was most certainly "over".

You and I remember it the same way, except, I must have forgotten the sister.
I figured more would turn up. This year makes fifty years since the last one came in and even the Japanese don't live long enough for there to be any left, I don't think...

 

[WinterDeere]

You and I remember it the same way, except, I must have forgotten the sister.
I figured more would turn up. This year makes fifty years since the last one came in and even the Japanese don't live long enough for there to be any left, I don't think...

I was thinking about that after typing, and I can't swear it wasn't his wife or cousin. There was some female family member who arrived first, and was unable to convince him. As I remember it, the commander was only willing to get uniformed up and go speak with him when it became obvious that other tactics were not working. But I heard that story more than ten years ago, and of course our memory has ways of sometimes piecing together bits of other stories into one, and then convincing us it's right.