I'm so old I remember when...

[^Rhino!]

Yet, it can be fun to lead the noobs down the proverbial primrose path before the hammer falls on them.

We have a nice young man who was added to the drilling staff a few years ago.

His 'introduction' to our sometimes warped sense of humor on the job took the form of the standard "Getting to know you" interview. This interview is not graded, there is no pass, no fail, but the results.....can be hilarious! The man is from a predominantly rural part of the Ozarks, and we found out a little bit about him. Then the fun began. We had found out that his father was the county sheriff there.

I set up the question:

"So you Dad's the sheriff, right? Ever go on patrol with him when you were a kid?"

His response:

"Oh yeah, all the time......."

Then the driller lowered the boom on him:

"So, didja hold Daddy's hat while you were in hot pur-suit?

Nailed a la Smokey and the Bandit.

The young man called me "old" just once. He STILL doesn't know where the word "whippersnapper" came from.

He shoulda looked in the mirror.

[Canoe]

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An older geologist friend (suddenly missing a few years ago ) told of flying around the world bringing back samples in a briefcase that would make a counter sing like a rabid bee on caffeine.
He also tells of flying to South American and seeing the Cuban Blockade down on the surface. Up until then he'd thought it was a figure of speech.

[^Rhino!]

Things change. I used to get searched all the time because I have bagged or labeled rocks in my carry-on luggage. The TSA used to tell me 'not to do that again'. However, I'd rather have rocks in my carryon than have to pay for an overweight bag. So, it's not illegal, and I ignore them.

[Simon of the Playa]

I still watch Lawrence Welk

[media]

[Elderberry]

I just watched an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show--in black and white no less--on PBS. WOW did that bring back some memories.

[GreyCoyote]

I'm so old I remember when sex was safe and racing was dangerous...

[Elderberry]

I'm so old I remember when sex was safe and racing was dangerous...

Was sex ever safe?

[GreyCoyote]

I'm so old I remember when sex was safe and racing was dangerous...

Was sex ever safe?

Not when I dated redheads.... But it kept me on my toes and left some interesting scars to show the grandkids!

[Elderberry]

I'll bet!

[theCryptofishist]

Remember maps?

I still use folding paper maps. I just one of Fresno from the Autoclub....and google maps

I used google maps for a recent trip across the bay and south... I don't have a phone or a navagator, so I wrote out the instructions. I got lost twice--once each way--and if I had had a map on the way home, I could have done better by pulling over and consulting. Although, my general--if scanty--sense of Peninsula geography helped me find myself.

There was simply something about figuring out where you would go that was gratifying. You were solving a problem, not following directions.

[EspressoDude]

Although, my general--if scanty--sense of Peninsula geography helped me find myself.

There was simply something about figuring out where you would go that was gratifying.

so that is how you did it.....

[^Rhino!]

I still watch Lawrence Welk

[media]

Simon, now, tell the truth. Dale and Gale got you watching again.....

[media]

[Canoe]

... I have bagged or labeled rocks in my carry-on luggage. The TSA used to tell me 'not to do that again'. ...

Should have seen them when I had my e-bike DIY battery pack, complete with individual cells that x-ray like sticks inside an aluminum cylinder, with a small electronic board (BMS) with a wire running to the junction of each cell.

[FIGJAM]

"I'm so old.......................I forgot."

[Thecatman]

I remember when sunscreen/sunblock was called suntan lotion.

Coppertone and Sea & Ski were the most popular

[DoctorIknow]

Coppertone and Sea & Ski were the most popular

And us codgers can identify the scent of each product on people even all these years later....

Don't forget the baby oil and iodine mixture that those with skin cancer today remember quite well...

And sun reflectors, used by Goldfinger in the James Bond movie

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[Thecatman]

And Solarcaine was the main product to ease sunburn pain

I remember these billboards very well

[Thecatman]

And this

[Thecatman]

I remember when police officers, fire fighters, doctors, politicians, celebrities looked old and were older than me

[^Rhino!]

I remember when police officers, fire fighters, doctors, politicians, celebrities looked old and were older than me

I can remember when the police officers I knew as a kid still engaged in community policing, when the fire fighters solved problems by spraying water on them, when politicians tried to do the right thing, and when doctors knew the meaning of the phrase "I don't know" as opposed to "We need more tests...".

Today, the police are militarized, the firefighters use leaf blowers at brush fires to blow back the debris, and a lot of the so-called celebrities have all the talents of an overripe kumquat.

[Elderberry]

I can remember when the police officers I knew as a kid still engaged in community policing, when the fire fighters solved problems by spraying water on them, when politicians tried to do the right thing, and when doctors knew the meaning of the phrase "I don't know" as opposed to "We need more tests...".

Today, the police are militarized, the firefighters use leaf blowers at brush fires to blow back the debris, and a lot of the so-called celebrities have all the talents of an overripe kumquat.

Me too. How did we ever get from there to what we have now?

[Wigwam]

I'm not sure how we got from there to here. We need more tests...

[chuckularone]

I remember when police officers, fire fighters, doctors, politicians, celebrities looked old and were older than me

I remember when my doctor was older than me!

[DoctorIknow]

I remember when Stevie Wonder was "Little Stevie Wonder"

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[^Rhino!]

I remember when police officers, fire fighters, doctors, politicians, celebrities looked old and were older than me

I remember when my doctor was older than me!

I remember when my pediatrician ( I was that young once, back in the 60s) MADE HOUSE CALLS!

His kindness and his humor will never be forgotten. I cried a few years back when he finally passed away at age 90+. It doesn't surprise me one bit that, in his time off, he used to go to villages in the mountains of Taiwan to assist local doctors with medical care of pediatric cases. And he paid for the trip out of his own pocket. He realized that we can all make a difference in some way, and then he went and did what he could do best.

[goathead]

I still consider this the "New Eplaya"

[Canoe]

I remember when I played music loud to enjoy and be cool...
... today I confessed to the neighbourhood teens that now it's just so I can hear it.

[Thecatman]

BUMP!

I remember when we were kids and if we did something really wrong
we got spanked, sent to bed without dinner or given a lot of chores to do.


Today, sadly, that is considered child abuse.

[Captain Goddammit]

I remember when I played music loud to enjoy and be cool...
... today I confessed to the neighbourhood teens that now it's just so I can hear it.

Oh wow... I think that's me and I hadn't quite realized the difference!

[Aurelia]

Capt., I love that !

it isn't true for me as my hearing and scent senses got stronger when the rest of me got weaker
but I will borrow what you said because it IS very cool .

xoA.