You know you are getting old when:

Zombie_61 · Apr 4, 2021

Edward said:
Yip - over here in the UK, a subway is a pedestrian walkway that runs underneath a main road - usually very busy roads where it is either dangerous to cross on foot, or a road-level pedestrian crossing is otherwise impractical. Somewhat inevitably, they get used for toileting purposes on a regular basis. Rather a different meaning than they have in New York! I'm not sure what we call a subway is called in the US - if they're common at all? Underpass sidewalk?

On this side of the pond that would be referred to as an "underground walkway" or simply a "tunnel" with some form of signage to signify it was for pedestrians only. We regularly have earthquakes here in California, so pedestrian bridges that cross over roads, highways, freeways, etc., are more common, probably because it's easier to remove a body from the top of a rubble pile than it is to dig it out from under a rubble pile.

tonyb · Apr 4, 2021

“Pedestrian underpass,” is what I’ve heard ’em called. They’re not so common around here.

Good to see efforts toward a safer co-existence between wildlife and humans in motorized vehicles. Out here in the Wild West there are still vast stretches of very little human habitation. The go-fast Interstates and the like cutting through that country are killing grounds for wildlife large and small. And it ain’t doing the humans any favors, either.

I don’t know the history of wildlife over- and underpasses, but I can’t recall ever hearing of the things until, say, 15 or 20 years ago. I don’t know how effective they are. I’m guessing that varies from species to species and location to location.

Old Mariner · Apr 4, 2021

LizzieMaine said:
I remember being deeply jarred the first time I had an adult conversation with an adult who had no memory at all of the twentieth century. And when people talk about "Nineties Nostalgia," I'm even more deeply jarred. You mean the nineties finally ended?

I read this...paused for a moment to let it sink in.

It is still sinking in.

I am so used to being around/with people who have a connection to the 20th century, that I do not know how I would interact with someone who has not. ...probably long awkward silence.

Turnip · Apr 5, 2021

...you got no problem moldering another day on the couch during extended lockdown.

LizzieMaine · Apr 5, 2021

Old Mariner said:
I read this...paused for a moment to let it sink in.

It is still sinking in.

I am so used to being around/with people who have a connection to the 20th century, that I do not know how I would interact with someone who has not. ...probably long awkward silence.

It started even while the 20th Century was still going on. I vividly remember a conversation with a co-worker in the '90s, when I mentioned that I'd watched the moon landing live, and he looked at me like I said I'd witnessed the raising of Lazarus. I was only in my 30s at the time, but at that moment I felt like one of the honored ancients.

Tiki Tom · Apr 5, 2021

Oh yeah. My first memory (that I can put a date on) was watching my mother cry in front of the TV as she watched the JFK funeral. Moon landing, fall of Saigon, Challenger explosion, Fall of the Berlin Wall, even 9-11. Most of my coworkers have no personal memories of these things. But now we can add COVID to the list.

Zombie_61 · Apr 5, 2021

I was a little over two years old when President Kennedy was murdered, so in my mind that was the first major historical event I can remember that occurred during my lifetime. Sure, the war in Vietnam was all over the news, but that was more of an ongoing event that lasted nearly 20 years so it was ever-present on television as compared to an isolated historical event like a Presidential assassination.

Just Jim · Apr 9, 2021

Edward said:
The fibreglass Cold Steel sticks look good to my eye. Sturdy enough they could be used defensively if necessary, without being lifted for carrying a 'weapon'.

They aren't fiberglass. Most of them are polypropylene, with what I find to be an annoying tendency to flex, and may become brittle below freezing. Smith & Sons in London has an excellent reputation for providing and fitting good sticks. Many of the tropical hardwoods, or even ash, hickory, yew, or beech, will perform very well as a "dual-purpose" stick.

Old Mariner · Apr 9, 2021

When one considers calling themself a "40 year old Boomer". (This is in reference to Millennials and Gen Z considering Gen X-ers as "old". This also relates to how I never could relate to my age group because of always being around/with older people.)

Trenchfriend · Apr 9, 2021

One thing, that's so curious!:

Now, we got dozen of descriptions, what the Millennials/Gen. Y are.

But I remember, that the first description of Gen Y was, that they are the people, which were teenagers and young adults at the millenium. So born between 1975 and 1985.
And that's still the only description, making sense to me.

But of course I know, that these sociologial theories are basically bullshit, because of too much regional differences.

Harp · Apr 9, 2021

Just Jim said:
They aren't fiberglass. Most of them are polypropylene, with what I find to be an annoying tendency to flex, and may become brittle below freezing. Smith & Sons in London has an excellent reputation for providing and fitting good sticks. Many of the tropical hardwoods, or even ash, hickory, yew, or beech, will perform very well as a "dual-purpose" stick.

will give Smith & Sons a call. Thanks

Zombie_61 · Apr 9, 2021

Old Mariner said:
When one considers calling themself a "40 year old Boomer". (This is in reference to Millennials and Gen Z considering Gen X-ers as "old". This also relates to how I never could relate to my age group because of always being around/with older people.)

My best friend and I sincerely believe we were born at least a few decades too late because even as children our mindsets, opinions, and general interests, were usually more in line with those of our friends' parents.

GHT · Apr 12, 2021

Is it an advantage, or disadvantage, this getting old malarky? The possible side effects listed on my wife's medication:
Can cause: Drowsiness; Irritability; Frequent Urination and Constipation.
"Side effects?" She said, "at my age that's a way of life."

Inkstainedwretch · Apr 12, 2021

I'm a classic Boomer, born in 1947. I have no memory of the 40s but I remember almost all of the 50s - the Eisenhower presidency, Korean War, early tv, the appearance of rock 'n roll, James Dean's death, the whole 50s scene. It seemed like everyone's dad had served in WWII, my own in the Army Air Corps in China-Burma-India. One uncle firebombed Tokyo, the other (small family) was a POW in Germany. That was the early Boomer experience. I was 16 when JFK was killed. I was in Haight-Ashbury in the summer of '67, went to Vietnam in '70. My mind boggles when I hear people reminiscing about the 80s as "the old days." That was yesterday!

GHT · Apr 13, 2021

Inkstainedwretch said:
My mind boggles when I hear people reminiscing about the 80s as "the old days." That was yesterday!

You and me both. It's easy to tell that you are a baby boomer, only a retiree sits up in the early hours, perusing an on line forum. The rest of the world needs their sleep before another day at the grindstone.

Trenchfriend · Apr 13, 2021

When you slowly realize, Porsche 911 Carrera will not happen...

Zombie_61 · Apr 13, 2021

Trenchfriend said:
When you slowly realize, Porsche 911 Carrera will not happen...

Oh, it has happened. Just not for you...or me.

Harp · Apr 15, 2021

Trenchfriend said:
When you slowly realize, Porsche 911 Carrera will not happen...

Mine was a '94 Jaguar XJS convertible-only 15 miles to the British Petroleum Silver grade unleaded gallon-great ride until
the Internal Revenue Service and I had a collision.
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Stopped over at my sister's house once, a nephew had the History Channel on. A late US Army general officer commenting on a battle in Vietnam. And I recognized the general from brief acquaintance in long ago youth. Just a handshake
and small talk, slap on the back. Still a reminder that time waits for no man.

Zombie_61 · Apr 18, 2021

You know you're getting old when...you're watching the morning news and the young-ish male anchor casually mentions having warm nostalgic memories of seeing Top Gun (1986) when he was a child.

GHT · Apr 20, 2021

You know that you are getting old if you can remember when a long distance phone call, without operator assistance, was a big deal.

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