Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 50s and have been to more than 60 countries. But I feel like an absolute moron these days when I travel. Everyone with their points and apps and passes and access to lounges and TSA pre-check and downloaded movies and whatnot. And I'm like, where's the Cinnabon so I can enjoy my magazines. And stressing just a little bit whether I can find my boarding pass on my phone.

Strikes a chord with me. Last time I flew I printed the boarding pass and the ticket agent told his coworker “oh you have a home made boarding pass”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 50s and have been to more than 60 countries. But I feel like an absolute moron these days when I travel. Everyone with their points and apps and passes and access to lounges and TSA pre-check and downloaded movies and whatnot. And I'm like, where's the Cinnabon so I can enjoy my magazines. And stressing just a little bit whether I can find my boarding pass on my phone.

Right there with ya!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sent a list of attendees and what each planned to bring for a gathering to the person physically hosting the event. That person couldn’t read it because it was in cursive. They are 40.

How did no one respond to this? I'm 43 and reading cursive should not be a problem for anyone in my age range. I mean, I haven't seen it used in forever, but I can still easily read it, especially for such a small thing like a list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sent a list of attendees and what each planned to bring for a gathering to the person physically hosting the event. That person couldn’t read it because it was in cursive. They are 40.

How did no one respond to this? I'm 43 and reading cursive should not be a problem for anyone in my age range. I mean, I haven't seen it used in forever, but I can still easily read it, especially for such a small thing like a list.

Cursive varies from person to person noe. Very few people are laboriously using the Palmer method if they know cursive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That I can't stand at a concert.

Went to see Oasis last August and had to stand since everyone was. I wanted to sit!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 50s and have been to more than 60 countries. But I feel like an absolute moron these days when I travel. Everyone with their points and apps and passes and access to lounges and TSA pre-check and downloaded movies and whatnot. And I'm like, where's the Cinnabon so I can enjoy my magazines. And stressing just a little bit whether I can find my boarding pass on my phone.

Strikes a chord with me. Last time I flew I printed the boarding pass and the ticket agent told his coworker “oh you have a home made boarding pass”

I have a home made boarding pass for when their computer system goes down, or my phone runs out of battery. What do people do if their phone gets stolen? Miss their plane?

[Anonymous]

I feel old when I recall seeing tiny Drew Barrymore as Gertie in E.T. and now Gertie is hitting menopause. While I feel the same age, Ferris Bueller and Cameron sure are looking older.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 50s and have been to more than 60 countries. But I feel like an absolute moron these days when I travel. Everyone with their points and apps and passes and access to lounges and TSA pre-check and downloaded movies and whatnot. And I'm like, where's the Cinnabon so I can enjoy my magazines. And stressing just a little bit whether I can find my boarding pass on my phone.

Strikes a chord with me. Last time I flew I printed the boarding pass and the ticket agent told his coworker “oh you have a home made boarding pass”

I have a home made boarding pass for when their computer system goes down, or my phone runs out of battery. What do people do if their phone gets stolen? Miss their plane?

This is me, too. Maybe we're all just extra anxious. But I've been in those airport lines with a dying phone battery, and it's something I never want to experience again. Yeah, yeah, I should just remember to charge my phone, but it's actually easier to print the pass out a day before when I check in and am thinking about it, and it's as simple as hitting the print button.

[Anonymous]

An old childhood friend emailed me a few photos from when we were around 11/12 (this would be in 1991/1992) and the context was a neighborhood backyard gathering. I got a kick at looking at the old neighborhood friends and remembering myself as well, till I saw the pictures with mothers. All the neighborhood moms. It shocked me to realize 1) how young they looked and 2) that they are now all pushing 80, if not dead. They seemed both so real and so surreal. Then I realized at 46 I'm older than most of the moms were in the photos.

I used to think the millennia meant we'd now live in a fairly timeless era without the major changes in fashion and styles from one generation to the next, but I'm completely wrong. There was a fashion and style in the late 80s/early 90s that's recognizable in the photos and we were just nice suburban families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 50s and have been to more than 60 countries. But I feel like an absolute moron these days when I travel. Everyone with their points and apps and passes and access to lounges and TSA pre-check and downloaded movies and whatnot. And I'm like, where's the Cinnabon so I can enjoy my magazines. And stressing just a little bit whether I can find my boarding pass on my phone.

Strikes a chord with me. Last time I flew I printed the boarding pass and the ticket agent told his coworker “oh you have a home made boarding pass”

I have a home made boarding pass for when their computer system goes down, or my phone runs out of battery. What do people do if their phone gets stolen? Miss their plane?

If you lose your phone or it runs out of battery just show your id at the counter and they can print you a new boarding pass.

If the computer system goes down you’re not flying anywhere until they get it fixed, regardless of whether or not you personally have a paper print out of your boarding pass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I sent a list of attendees and what each planned to bring for a gathering to the person physically hosting the event. That person couldn’t read it because it was in cursive. They are 40.

How did no one respond to this? I'm 43 and reading cursive should not be a problem for anyone in my age range. I mean, I haven't seen it used in forever, but I can still easily read it, especially for such a small thing like a list.

My 18 year old was writing cursive in around 3rd or 4th grade. It's still taught. I think he writes in cursive sometimes.

[Anonymous]

I got up in the morning and my back was sore.

[Anonymous]

When I realize that I can no longer get up from the floor w/out depending on holding onto something else.

More than once.

Or finding out that my cholesterol level is so elevated that I must not only begin taking prescription statins - - I also need to cut out fatty, fried foods.
So any time after this, I eat a greasy burger or potato chips I secretly feel like I am committing a felony.

[Anonymous]

At work, hearing the fresh new grad employee describe a 30 year old customer as "middle aged" (I'm 40).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in my 50s and have been to more than 60 countries. But I feel like an absolute moron these days when I travel. Everyone with their points and apps and passes and access to lounges and TSA pre-check and downloaded movies and whatnot. And I'm like, where's the Cinnabon so I can enjoy my magazines. And stressing just a little bit whether I can find my boarding pass on my phone.

Strikes a chord with me. Last time I flew I printed the boarding pass and the ticket agent told his coworker “oh you have a home made boarding pass”

I have a home made boarding pass for when their computer system goes down, or my phone runs out of battery. What do people do if their phone gets stolen? Miss their plane?

You can show your ID at the ticket counter and they will print it for you.