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Cerebus:

--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on June 13, 2021, 03:50:29 am ---Makes me feel old when I realize some of the technologies I grew up with like VHS and CRTs are basically considered vintage now.   

Another thing that makes me feel old is when I bring up an old internet meme "All your base are belong to us" and realize that the meme is like 20 years old.   The word meme was not even a thing back then.

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It was actually. I was rather surprised the other day to to discover it was coined in 1976. I knew it was coined by Richard Dawkins' in his book "The Selfish Gene" but I hadn't realised that book was that old. So "You know you're getting old when ..." you think of a book published in 1976 as being "recently published".
Gregg:
Remember when milk was delivered to your house in glass bottles with waxed cardboard caps and the cream was very visible floating on top; some also delivered eggs.
Remember when some STOP signs were yellow with black lettering
Most television screens were less than 12 inches
Tube testers were prevalent in many stores
Bacon or sausage was considered a key ingredient in a hearty breakfast.
Caliaxy:
… you start wondering if you’re old.
Circlotron:
...you see people with a bit of grey hair that were born after you left school.
vk6zgo:

--- Quote from: Circlotron on June 14, 2021, 12:04:24 am ---...you see people with a bit of grey hair that were born after you left school.

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When commentators start referring to a football player you remember from "a few years ago" as a "promising newcomer" as a grizzled veteran!

Or you look for a posting in eevblog from "a year or so back", & realise it was the best part of ten years old.
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