JCC You know you feel old when...

You remember when Frank Sinatra had a hit song. Yes, folks.

 

You were happy because Dallas just won a Super Bowl.

 

When your first concert experience was the Osmond Brothers.

 

One of my students today told me he grew up playing Star Wars monopoly

 

Juliet to be fair I don't think at any point in time a compilation album of the most popular pop songs included Dr Who soundtracks or WWE entrance themes.

 

I made an old guy feel young again because he thought I was a doppelganger of Buddy Holly.

 

When the members of your favourite bands start dying of natural causes.

 

Being able to mention 5-8 films of several old school martial artists, but only with 1 with Scott Adkins.

Better one: seeing Bruce Dickenson's first tour with Iron Maiden (Maiden opened for Judas Priest.)

 

when your bones hurt, you can't control your bladder, and every waking moment you long for death's sweet release.

 

Oh god. Two out of three there.

 

They start automatically giving you senior citizen discounts at restaurants, without you ever even asking for one.

 

....You look at Star Wars toys on store shelves, and remember when there wasn't LEGOs, Hot Wheels, and other suck toy staples with the SW logo on them, pretty much just Kenner's action figures in their black and silver packaging,

 

Or you remember the Christmas when you got Kenner IOUs for STAR WARS toys, rather than the toys, themselves.

 

When all you want is your two front teeth for Christmas.

 

When the hairdresser offers to trim your eyebrows and ear hairs.

 

Luckily, this doesn't happen too often, but once I put on a skirt and thought maybe it is too short for someone my age.
And I was watching Gargoyles yesterday and realized it was now old even to drink.

 

what was the question?

 

You constantly utter "What?" "Where?" "Who?"

 

"Could you get the thing from the thing?"
Because you forget names of things.

 

When I get out of the shower, it takes longer to dry my beard than my hair.

 

Still bitter about Bo Derek taking away Farrah's sex symbol spotlight.

 

Your fav athletes have either retired or are younger than you .

 

You don't have a clue what songs are being parodied now on Weird Al's albums.

 

you suffer horribly from Werner Syndrome and realize there is no cure and you only have 15 years left to live