Anonymous
05/27/2026 17:46
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anonymous wrote:The first time I looked at a Playboy centerfold and realized she was younger than me.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 17:38
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Telling a young coworker there used to be 1 telephone company for the whole country and everyone rented a phone from Bell Telephone She was completely sure I made that up...until we googled it
Did you tell them about getting long distance calls?
Even better…collect calls!
And how you’d tell your mom where to pick you up instead of your name, and then she’d decline the the call? It would ask for the caller’s name and you’d say “food court at 7!” and she hear that and then decline the charges. lol. Good times.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:55
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Telling a young coworker there used to be 1 telephone company for the whole country and everyone rented a phone from Bell Telephone She was completely sure I made that up...until we googled it
Did you tell them about getting long distance calls?
Even better…collect calls!
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:53
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anonymous wrote:I swear it just happened one day - I put my arm into the sleeve of a coat and my mother's hand came out the other hand. My hands got old looking one day...??
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:43
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Kids graduating HS. Burying parents.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:42
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anytime I see a pregnant woman on social media it is no longer a peer, it it someone OBVIOUSLY younger than me. That little kid content isn't for me anymore either. I have tweens apparently.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:41
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anonymous wrote:My long marriage. How is it possible I've been married this long?
Right? I just met my DH. It was 2005, so pretty recent right? No. We're old!
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:38
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anonymous wrote:Telling a young coworker there used to be 1 telephone company for the whole country and everyone rented a phone from Bell Telephone She was completely sure I made that up...until we googled it
Did you tell them about getting long distance calls?
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:37
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anonymous wrote:I swear it just happened one day - I put my arm into the sleeve of a coat and my mother's hand came out the other hand. My hands got old looking one day...??
And you can't hide age on your hands. That's why Madonna and Dolly Parton wear things that cover their hands.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:36
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:When I hear Ozzy over a supermarket speaker.
+1
I was grocery shopping and heard Red Hot Chili Peppers on the sound system.
There's a current car commercial that uses a Judas Priest song.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 16:31
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
When some F1 drivers are so young they've only recently got ordinary drivers licenses.
Anonymous
05/27/2026 15:52
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
I swear it just happened one day - I put my arm into the sleeve of a coat and my mother's hand came out the other hand. My hands got old looking one day...??
Anonymous
05/27/2026 12:48
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
I was in a museum where a teacher pointed out a piece of the Berlin Wall to teens. I heard 'What was the Berlin Wall again? I don't really remember. Berlin is in Germany right?_
Anonymous
05/27/2026 11:50
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
jAnonymous wrote:Heard a professor of American History giving a talk about the mysterious and strange phenomenon of drivers using something called "CB Radio." And the strange codes, like "10-4!" He was going to publish a paper in an academic journal about it.
This really makes me laugh! And now I have that terrible song “convoy“ in my head. Breaker 1-9, good buddy! What’s your handle?
Anonymous
05/27/2026 11:48
Subject: Surprising things that shock you into realizing you are old…
Telling a young coworker there used to be 1 telephone company for the whole country and everyone rented a phone from Bell Telephone She was completely sure I made that up...until we googled it