You Know You Are Old When

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Blister packs. I always think I'll cut a finger off or damage what I'm removing. Then fight with all those twisties I end up cutting off hoping not to snip the wire.
Twice the amount of packing to throw away compared to what's inside.

 

[deserteagle71]

I still have my Dual 1212 turntable, two Sanyo cassette decks, Marantz receiver, 2 BIC speakers, probably 1000 CDs and at least as many 60s and 70s era LPs. I want to rip all the LPs to MP3s, just have to set up the equipment and do it. Soon, maybe.

I've already done that...but only for those LPs/CDs that I couldn't find on line. I found it much easier to get a Spotify subscription and then record the music I wanted right to the computer. Then it was just a matter of putting the music I wanted on various flash drives, to play in my vehicles and on my home stereo.

 

[newbury]

We are cleaning up the family homestead and have found at least that many hammers and tape measures. In my father's case it was planned though. He got tired of always running for tools so had a hammer in each greenhouse, one on each floor of the barn, another in the shed. Then one each for the house and garage.
Also one in the ATV and another in the truck... you get the picture.

Same here -
I've 5 "workshops" in Mississippi and 2 in Virginia, so for really common things that HF used to give away or sell REAL cheap (tape measures, screwdrivers, flashlights, paint brushes, etc.) I tend to keep one in each shop area.

 

[MossRoad]

I inherited my wife's grandfather's tools. He hoarded things and could never find anything. So I ended up with about 15 hammers, about 8 hack saws, about 12 electric drills,,, you get the point. He kept adding garage bays since he had a deep city lot to keep everything in. I think the original house had 2 bays and he ended up with 8. The apple does not fall far from the tree and it doesn't skip generations. My wife and her mother both have the affliction. There is not a place for anything, so nothing needs to be in its place. The concept of putting like things with like things never occurred to them. I like organization, so now similar things are together, but there are way too many of everything. You should see our scissors drawer, 35 of them. Any attempt to reign things in ends up not going very well. I hope I go first.

I've got my hand tools pretty well organized. But things like a basin wrench, which I've only needed 3 times in my life, tend to get hung up somewhere and forgotten about.

Lately I've been using Tidy Cat buckets labeled in large sharpie to store things in long term. Plumbing parts. Plumbing tools. Electrical parts. Roofing nails. Framing nails. Air nailers. Painting supplies. Drop cloths. Etc... They stack nice and fit under my workbench. I'm sure the basin wrench is in there somewhere now.

 

[MossRoad]

I still have my old JBL L100 speakers waiting for me to do that. I never saw who took this picture back in the day .
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I think it was a Memorex tape commercial?

 

[MossRoad]

Maxell.

 

[garry1p]

YKYO
When you are in the checkout lane and one of your kids is if front of you and they qualify for a senior discount.

 

[scootr]

My Mom told me you know you are old when the baby in the family turned 65. I said ...
Was that you're first clue? That's rich coming from you on your 101st birthday and we all laughed

 

[masseyrider]

Ykyo when you don't work but have a paid for house, car and money in the bank but b-itch and complain about living on a fixed income.

 

[masseyrider]

YKYO when you see your Dr. more frequently than your best friends. He's also on your speed dial.