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[Nataliesgramma]

When my granddaughter asked me what DVD's I played on my TV when I was little......and when I tried to explain to her what Black and white TV was too...

[Goldengate8361]

I knew I was old when...suddenly I became aware of the possibility of looking old or, worse yet, acting old. If you're young, the issue of "old age" never enters your mind.

[catwhisperer]

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@beckyb1012 wrote:

When the cashier at my grocery store asked "you mean there was a time you could dial a telephone number and not have to use the area code?"  I told her to shut up!!  She laughed but she did look at me funny when I remember as a young girl not even having a 7 digit phone number but a five digit number.  Then our town got so big we had to have the prefix to our phone numbers.  That shocked her.  I left thinking I should have asked her if she had every seen a rotary phone?

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@beckyb1012...I remember having a rotary phone and there were no area codes yet. I think to call long distance, you dialed zero to get an operator.

[missy1]

.....When you have more aches, and pains............

[Vivian]

...when my kids started getting AARP mailings. My oldest daughter will be turning 50 next March. She is traumatized by it. I am numb.

[KingstonsMom]

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@catwhisperer wrote:

When people started calling me Ma'am.

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@catwhisperer

Uh-Oh! I was born & raised in the deep south and at 62, I still call ladies Ma'am, even if the person is younger than me, LOL!

I was taught that saying Ma'am and Sir was a sign of respect, not of age.

And I just can't stop my southern roots, LOL!

[catwhisperer]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

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@catwhisperer wrote:

When people started calling me Ma'am.

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@catwhisperer

Uh-Oh! I was born & raised in the deep south and at 62, I still call ladies Ma'am, even if the person is younger than me, LOL!

I was taught that saying Ma'am and Sir was a sign of respect, not of age.

And I just can't stop my southern roots, LOL!

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@KingstonsMom.....I totally agree with you and am aware that in the south Ma'am is considered a sign of respect. I live in CA where everyone is called "dude" or worse.

[GingerPeach]

When a washer repair guy came to my mom's house while I was visiting.  He was younger than I was.  I was somewhere in my 30s then. 

I know you probably mean "old" as older than that, but before that day I had usually found myself as the youngest in most groups.   Looking back, I now find that odd.  Oh, well, that's the way it was.

[Shelbelle]

All my docs were younger than me!!!  some a lot younger!!!

[Preds]

When the "girls" that I watched grow up with DD started having babies.  When my friends became grandparents.  When getting out of bed takes longer than getting in bed.  So many signs ... Wait ... I'm not old ... I'm perfectly aged.   I'll only get better from here!