Random thoughts/images/shit that makes you feel old thread

[brian]

Apparently some of you people never lived in Battle Creek.

[Johnny Carwash]

To be fair I've never been a coffee drinker and rarely have hot chocolate or anything else coffee-adjacent, so the part of the store where I assume Postum would be is invisible to me.

[A_B]

I hear Postum is fine, but you can end up really depressed afterwards.

[sancarlos]

Found myself explaining Postum to a young 30-something on a date the other night.

"It's like Ovaltine..." Pretty sure I've never had Postum. Had Ovaltine at a friend's house (parents were a hippie-ish and always had weird food). For some reason I liked it and made my mom buy it. I think that was a really short-lived era.

We have Ovaltine in the pantry right now.

[GoodKarma]

We have Ovaltine in the pantry right now.

Here's the key...how long has that same container been in there?

[Pruitt3]

Bran Buds and 0% fat plain greek yogurt...

Every single morning.

[sancarlos]

We have Ovaltine in the pantry right now.

Here's the key...how long has that same container been in there?

It lasts awhile, but occasionally, I do like chocolate milk. My wife sprinkles it on vanilla ice cream, or uses it to make caffé mocha.

[Giff]

We have Ovaltine in the pantry right now.

Here's the key...how long has that same container been in there?

It lasts awhile, but occasionally, I do like chocolate milk. My wife sprinkles it on vanilla ice cream, or uses it to make caffé mocha.

Very underrated.

[The Sybian]

We have Ovaltine in the pantry right now.

Here's the key...how long has that same container been in there?

It lasts awhile, but occasionally, I do like chocolate milk. My wife sprinkles it on vanilla ice cream, or uses it to make caffé mocha.

Very underrated.

Thems fightin' words.

[Pruitt3]

Assante Samuel Jr.

[DaveInSeattle]

My 40th High School Reunion is this weekend (I'm not going).

[Pruitt3]

My 40th High School Reunion is this weekend (I'm not going).

My first week of classes at University was 40 years ago last week.

Man, when it got to "15 years later," I felt pretty old.

[cerranoredux]

15 year-old starts for Arsenal today. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... 946036.amp

[Rush2112]

15 year-old starts for Arsenal today. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... 946036.amp

Well, more played a minute of stoppage.

[Pruitt3]

Gout flare up.

First bad one in a couple of years.

[cerranoredux]

15 year-old starts for Arsenal today. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... 946036.amp

Well, more played a minute of stoppage.

Yeah, don’t know why I said start.

[DaveInSeattle]

Further proof I'm old...I skipped a concert (Mclusky) last night that I bought a ticket for back in April. Just couldn't work up the energy for a late night at a punk show on a Tuesday night. Sold the ticket on Stubhub, so at least someone used it.

I think that Covid really broke the "I can stay out late on a school night" part of my brain.

[The Sybian]

Further proof I'm old...I skipped a concert (Mclusky) last night that I bought a ticket for back in April. Just couldn't work up the energy for a late night at a punk show on a Tuesday night. Sold the ticket on Stubhub, so at least someone used it.

I think that Covid really broke the "I can stay out late on a school night" part of my brain.

If it makes you feel younger, I haven’t been to a concert in probably 16 years.

ETA: just remembered, when my wife worked for an insurance company, she managed the relationship for the naming rights of an arena, so we got backstage passes to see teen heart throb Austin Mahone in 2015. According to Google the opening acts were something called Pia Mia and Jacquie Lee. My daughter was 6, so she was enthralled with the show, but man was it horrible. He was the flavor of the month wannabe Bieber. Kid was actually really nice and great with my daughter, but I just couldn’t help thinking I’ve seen this same act by 30 different names, and this poor kid has no idea how badly this ends for him.

[rass]

Spent the past two years charging $25/month for a selection of shirtless photos over on Only Fans.

[sancarlos]

Further proof I'm old...I skipped a concert (Mclusky) last night that I bought a ticket for back in April. Just couldn't work up the energy for a late night at a punk show on a Tuesday night. Sold the ticket on Stubhub, so at least someone used it.

I think that Covid really broke the "I can stay out late on a school night" part of my brain.

If it makes you feel younger, I haven’t been to a concert in probably 16 years.

ETA: just remembered, when my wife worked for an insurance company, she managed the relationship for the naming rights of an arena, so we got backstage passes to see teen heart throb Austin Mahone in 2015. According to Google the opening acts were something called Pia Mia and Jacquie Lee. My daughter was 6, so she was enthralled with the show, but man was it horrible. He was the flavor of the month wannabe Bieber. Kid was actually really nice and great with my daughter, but I just couldn’t help thinking I’ve seen this same act by 30 different names, and this poor kid has no idea how badly this ends for him.

I’m probably seeing more concerts this year than I have in years. The secret is being retired, so I have no imperative to get up any earlier the next morning than I so desire.

[The Sybian]

Spent the past two years charging $25/month for a selection of shirtless photos over on Only Fans.

Damn, you weren’t joking! Over under on the percentage of customers bring men? 85%?

[Nonlinear FC]

Further proof I'm old...I skipped a concert (Mclusky) last night that I bought a ticket for back in April. Just couldn't work up the energy for a late night at a punk show on a Tuesday night. Sold the ticket on Stubhub, so at least someone used it.

I think that Covid really broke the "I can stay out late on a school night" part of my brain.

If it makes you feel younger, I haven’t been to a concert in probably 16 years.

ETA: just remembered, when my wife worked for an insurance company, she managed the relationship for the naming rights of an arena, so we got backstage passes to see teen heart throb Austin Mahone in 2015. According to Google the opening acts were something called Pia Mia and Jacquie Lee. My daughter was 6, so she was enthralled with the show, but man was it horrible. He was the flavor of the month wannabe Bieber. Kid was actually really nice and great with my daughter, but I just couldn’t help thinking I’ve seen this same act by 30 different names, and this poor kid has no idea how badly this ends for him.

I’m probably seeing more concerts this year than I have in years. The secret is being retired, so I have no imperative to get up any earlier the next morning than I so desire.

Went to see the Amish Outlaws in Dewey this July. The went on at 9. It felt like 1am. I didn't last the entire set. That was on a Sunday (funday) and it took me until Wed to feel "right" again.

[Pruitt3]

Further proof I'm old...I skipped a concert (Mclusky) last night that I bought a ticket for back in April. Just couldn't work up the energy for a late night at a punk show on a Tuesday night. Sold the ticket on Stubhub, so at least someone used it.

I think that Covid really broke the "I can stay out late on a school night" part of my brain.

One of my last concerts was seeing one of my all-time favorite bands The Stranglers ten years ago. Their original drummer left the tour just as it started because at 70, he just couldn't keep up. Still, a great show that featured guys with canes doing a seniors' version of slam dancing.

[mister d]

If any of them fell they’d be “Old and Down”

[Giff]

I should start a thread about random things that make you feel young and reference some of the last few posts.

[mister d]

Shooter McGavin was a 40 year old.

[L-Jam3]

The Olsen twins now are as the same age as Anne Bancroft when she filmed The Graduate.

[Pruitt3]

The Olsen twins now are as the same age as Anne Bancroft when she filmed The Graduate.

Wow!

[tennbengal]

The Olsen twins now are as the same age as Anne Bancroft when she filmed The Graduate.

Wtf

[Jerloma]

Oof.

[Ryan]

Child stars are a weird one, especially when they’re roughly the same age as you.

“Drew Barrymore has been around forever…oh, fuck”

[sancarlos]

If he hadn’t died young, Jimi Hendrix would now be 80 years old.

[rass]

Sitting at a bar and stared at the screen they use to enter orders and noticed the (21) age/date is 12/30/01 and jeeeeez

[Reaper]

Sitting at a bar and stared at the screen they use to enter orders and noticed the (21) age/date is 12/30/11 and jeeeeez

Um, is the old that you can't do math or is that a typo?

[The Sybian]

Sitting at a bar and stared at the screen they use to enter orders and noticed the (21) age/date is 12/30/11 and jeeeeez

Um, is the old that you can't do math or is that a typo?

Or he didn't have his readers on.

[rass]

Ha. Originally typed 21 and realized that was wrong but…

[Steve of phpBB]

Even worse, the same reasoning now applies to my high school graduation.

[Ryan]

There’s so many more seas now

[Pruitt IV]

My wife and I were doing that "we are now closer to ___ than to___" thing and I realized that I was a freshman at university 40 years ago.

That - more than the fact that I take statins, blood thinners and ACE inhibitors - made me want to just lay down.

[sancarlos]

It’s a depressing game. If you go back the number of years to my high school graduation, then go back that many years again, you get to the Herbert Hoover administration. Woo hoo.