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I'm so old that my (Original Post) Ptah Oct 2012 OP
but maybe your daughter just likes old grandparents HereSince1628 Oct 2012 #1
He's only eleven years older than her. Ptah Oct 2012 #3
I'm so old I remember 56k modems with the "sound" sakabatou Oct 2012 #2
They have no idea. Ptah Oct 2012 #4
That's what my grandparents/parents heard sakabatou Oct 2012 #6
Our local news would give the schedule when Sputnik was going to pass over our area so people could Arkansas Granny Oct 2012 #14
56K was high speed! I remember 28K .... kwassa Oct 2012 #18
Our firewire was two tin cans and a string..... lastlib Oct 2012 #24
I am so old that I have 2 great grandchildren. RebelOne Oct 2012 #5
I'm so old, that my father's parents didn't have electricity until 1947. Ptah Oct 2012 #9
I was born in 1945 Worried senior Oct 2012 #13
I can't beat that because frogmarch Oct 2012 #12
Nope. I am 73 years old. n/t RebelOne Oct 2012 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author marzipanni Oct 2012 #7
I'm so old I voted for McGovern. And I was 31. trof Oct 2012 #8
I am so old I voted for Harry S. Truman. lumpy Oct 2012 #25
So, if she marries him marzipanni Oct 2012 #10
I'm so old that I'm too young to get married again... MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #11
I was a waitress Pat Riot Oct 2012 #15
Did they tip? lastlib Oct 2012 #23
I'm so old that my birthday is the same day...... Wounded Bear Oct 2012 #17
I'm 62 dinger130 Oct 2012 #19
After reading through this, I feel young again. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #20
I'm so old I got blamed pipi_k Oct 2012 #21
When I was young, the Dead Sea was just sick..... lastlib Oct 2012 #22

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
1. but maybe your daughter just likes old grandparents
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 06:26 PM
Oct 2012

and to think I was shocked when my mid-30's daughter dated a guy my own age.

Arkansas Granny

(31,519 posts)
14. Our local news would give the schedule when Sputnik was going to pass over our area so people could
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 07:59 PM
Oct 2012

go outside and watch that little speck of light cross the sky.

frogmarch

(12,154 posts)
12. I can't beat that because
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 06:46 PM
Oct 2012

I have just one great-grandchild, but I'll be 69 soon, so I may be older than you.

Response to Ptah (Original post)

trof

(54,256 posts)
8. I'm so old I voted for McGovern. And I was 31.
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 06:36 PM
Oct 2012

Never bothered to register to vote before, but I was a brand new father and thought it was time to step up and do the right thing.

marzipanni

(6,011 posts)
10. So, if she marries him
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 06:38 PM
Oct 2012

will you be a step great grandpa?
Now, that's old!

My dad would be 110 in December if he could have been one of those "oldest living people" types.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
11. I'm so old that I'm too young to get married again...
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 06:45 PM
Oct 2012

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... but I'm getting older all the time, so don't give up hope.
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Pat Riot

(446 posts)
15. I was a waitress
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 08:30 PM
Oct 2012

at the Last Supper. It was waaay later I figured out why they all sat on the one side of the table. Didn't make my job any easier.

dinger130

(199 posts)
19. I'm 62
Thu Oct 25, 2012, 09:30 PM
Oct 2012

and my father was born in 1899 (he was 50 when I was born). He used to tell me to be sure to turn the lanterns on my car at night.

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