You Know You Are Old When

[ultrarunner]

I wear cargo pants/shorts much of the time, wallet goes in one of the thigh pockets. Much more comfortable than in a back pocket.

Speaking of pockets, anyone else remember the early 70s when, for reasons unknown some pants didn't come with back pockets, and the front ones weren't really big enough to comfortably fit a wallet? I don't know who thought that was a good idea, but I'm glad that fad didn't last long. There was a spell you had to check before you bought to make sure there were pockets.
ISTR button flys were around the same time, glad that fad didn't last long too.

Button Flys are a throwback to the original jeans and also touted as a safety feature.

Buttons eliminate male injuries from pant zippers.

 

[goeduck]

My chiropractor told me that years ago, a thick wallet twists your pelvis when sitting

That is true even without a thick wallet. If I am driving for over an hour, the wallet comes out of the hip pocket or I'll be walking like old Walter Brennan with a bad case of diarrhea desperately trying to make it to a toilet.

 

[goeduck]

Speaking of pockets, anyone else remember the early 70s when, for reasons unknown some pants didn't come with back pockets, and the front ones weren't really big enough to comfortably fit a wallet? I don't know who thought that was a good idea, but I'm glad that fad didn't last long.

That must have been in the John Travolta dance era so you could show off your buns
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[jyoutz]

That must have been in the John Travolta dance era so you could show off your buns
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Now he’s advertising old folks medications

 

[Sigarms]

Learn something knew everyday.

I can put on 40K a year just driving between NC, Tenn, SC and Va for work.

Don't know when I started taking my wallet out of my back pocket and just laying in the vehicle somewhere, but I guess subconsciously after I did it the first time after a long drive, I just kept doing it.

 

[Oaktree]

Buttons eliminated make injuries from pant zippers.

I only ever got "injured" once from a fly zipper. I'd gone swimming in my skivvies, and rather than wear them wet when I got dressed just went commando. Got a little hasty zipping up. Only ever did it once.

That is true even without a thick wallet. If I am driving for over an hour, the wallet comes out of the hip pocket or I'll be walking like old Walter Brennan with a bad case of diarrhea desperately trying to make it to a toilet.

Happened to me once when I was in my early 20s. Couple hour drive, must have sat on my wallet wrong. When I got to my destination, right leg was kind of rubbery feeling. Next day hamstring muscles were excruciatingly painful, though after walking around a bit it got better. Took a good month+ to clear up. Fortunately never happened again, don't know what I did that one time that was different.

That must have been in the John Travolta dance era so you could show off your buns

Actually, it was well before that...'71/72 timeframe. Saturday Night Fever wasn't until later in the decade.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Zippers.
My Grandfather was a physician in private practice. One of his great patient stories was an older couple who celebrated their 50th anniversary with dinner and a movie. During the movie the wife had to use the restroom. The husband loosened his belt and unzipped after that big dinner & popcorn...after all the theater was dark. Then he noticed people making room to let a lady pass by so he quickly zips up but gets the ladie's dress caught in his zipper.
Now they had to walk out together and the lady suggested the ladies bathroom to get it unstuck. They're going into a stall just as his wife is leaving her stall...so the wife looks down seeing husband's pants and this strange ladie's dress drop as both are struggling making noises trying to get dress out the zipper. It took a while for success and they both had a time trying to explain what happened to both the wife and that ladie's husband when she returned all disheveled returning to her seat.
An anniversary to remember.

 

[bigtiller]

That is true even without a thick wallet. If I am driving for over an hour, the wallet comes out of the hip pocket or I'll be walking like old Walter Brennan with a bad case of diarrhea desperately trying to make it to a toilet.

I'm reminded of George Costanza's thick wallet....

 

[Alan46]

I'm reminded of George Costanza's thick wallet....

That show is so funny , and no canned laughter!!!

 

[tallyho8]

I remember when the 1st digital calculators came out.
No memory in the early ones, then Texas Instruments came out with their scientific calculators

My first real job was as an engineer's aide in the Louisiana Hwy. Dept. I was assigned to the concrete plant where we had to test all the gravel, sand, cement, water and additives. One of the machines I was trained to use was a mechanical calculator about the size of an antique typewriter. I think I could have figured out the answers on a slide rule in less time than that noisy mechanical trap could and I flunked slide rule 101.

When a new guy came to work with his shiny new plastic calculator that he only paid about $150 for, and showed us all that it could do fast, and quietly, we all wanted one. I remember the bright red led lights it had.

As times were tight, I couldn't afford one then but about 5 years later I got one for about $10 that could do 100 times more than that first one could.

Now, I ask my grandson if he knows his multiplication tables, and he says "Siri can answer that quicker than you can."