Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Main
I may be traumatized >

I may be traumatized

I may be traumatized

Thread Tools
 
Old 03-28-2011, 06:56 AM
  #61  
Member
 
bonnielass's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Wellsboro, PA
Posts: 82
Default

I have to put my two cents in. I know I am old when I talk about my first phone # having letters to start it. Also, I have celebrated the 21st anniversary of my 29th birthday and that is the way I say it to everyone. Gets students thinking to figure out my age.
bonnielass is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 06:59 AM
  #62  
Banned
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Liberty Hill - Central TEXAS Hill Country
Posts: 1,040
Default

Originally Posted by ChildoftheUniverse
I hate when that happens! Walking through an "antique" store the other day with my grandson was a real eye opener... how could that stuff from MY childhood be called, or even be in an antique store for that matter, antique??? I'll think about that at my kickboxing class tonight! =)
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Great-great granny is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 07:01 AM
  #63  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Newberg, OR
Posts: 1,911
Default

Welcome to the club. When I worked at the emergency room of our local hospital, I picked up a patient's chart and noted the date of birth. They were born the year I graduated from high school. Imagine my chagrine when they turned out to be adults! The nerve.
catrancher is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 07:19 AM
  #64  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Ohio
Posts: 2,929
Default

I know what you mean. When I turned 55 I saw that I could order from the Senior section on the menu at Bob Evans. Almost cried! :shock: :lol:
lisalovesquilting is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 07:30 AM
  #65  
Member
 
Jojesek's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 20
Default

Originally Posted by CajunQuilter2
Originally Posted by SherriB
I feel so very old when I go to antique shops with DH and DD and see toys that DH and I played with. I feel even older when younger DD doesn't know what a dial phone is. LOL!
I know what you mean about the dial phone. A friend of mine and I were walking in Gaitlinburg with her 10 yr old and we came upon a pay phone. Gabby say's "So that is what a pay phone looks like." LOL Oh my how that made me feel old.
I went with my daughter's class to a museum where there was a dial phone. One of the kids asked, "How are you supposed to call someone when there are no buttons?" I had to show them how to use the rotary dial. Now that made me feel old and I'm only 45 now and my daughter's 18 now.
Jojesek is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 07:33 AM
  #66  
Member
 
chicagoshar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Chicago area
Posts: 35
Default

I just found out that I graduated from high school "mid-century" so I know just how you feel!
chicagoshar is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 07:43 AM
  #67  
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 58
Default

I am getting a laugh out of all the responses. Funny because I don't realize how "long ago" it was either when I was "younger". I have 2 teen aged girls sho remind me that mom, that was longer ago than you think.

Here is a funny story. On my last birthday I spent the entire day thinking about what a boring age 47 is. I was going on and on about it being so close to 50 and so far away from 40. As I continued this rant while having dinner with my parents, my dad looked at my mom and said: "Isn't she 46" and then to me : "I think you're 46". I stopped for a minute to think, and yes, he was right! I had been living my entire year of 45 thinking I was 46. Yahoo, it was a happy birthday to me.

However, It just proves that age is all in the mind. (okay sometimes my body feels it , but what the heck)
Suzannew is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 07:49 AM
  #68  
Member
 
chicagoshar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Chicago area
Posts: 35
Default

Hey, I feel your pain -- to the max! I turned 72 this year, and I'm feeling great (a little achy some times, but hey!), still teaching quilting which I love to do, still quilting daily and am getting to enjoy watching my beautiful grandchildren grow up! God is good!
chicagoshar is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 07:54 AM
  #69  
Banned
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Liberty Hill - Central TEXAS Hill Country
Posts: 1,040
Default

Originally Posted by chicagoshar
I just found out that I graduated from high school "mid-century" so I know just how you feel!
OH YEAH - 1952 H.S. grad - when I went to my 50 Yr. reunion I thought "WOW I'M OLD".....& NOW IT'S 59 YRS. LATER - now this IS OLD!!!!!!!!! :cry:
Great-great granny is offline  
Old 03-28-2011, 07:55 AM
  #70  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Prescott Valley, AZ
Posts: 1,329
Default

I'm glad I'm 61. When I was 50 I didn't have time or know-how to quilt! Just buried Dad at 96, Mom is 94. Grandparents were close to 100 when they passed. I hope I have as much time and energy so I can KEEP QUILTING!
ShirlinAZ is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
lauriejo
Member Swaps and Round/Row Robins
449
06-05-2014 09:53 AM
Elisabrat
Member Swaps and Round/Row Robins
66
05-27-2014 12:11 PM
Rhonda
Member Swaps and Round/Row Robins
85
06-06-2011 08:26 AM
Norah
Blocks of the Month and Week
57
08-23-2009 07:23 PM
Misty56
Links and Resources
1
01-08-2007 06:52 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



FREE Quilting Newsletter