I Officially Feel Old

Juniper · 11-14-2008, 11:10 PM

I've been looking through some boxes of stuff from my mom's condo tonight, and came across a 1974 S&H Green Stamps catalog.

When I looked through the catalog, there was something on nearly every single page that either we owned, or someone I knew owned. In many cases, we still have the items somewhere in my mom's condo either packed up or waiting to be packed.

Also...last weekend my hubby wanted to go take a stroll through an antique mall. I love antiques. But I had the same experience as in the Green Stamps catalog -- I kept saying "OMG, I had that!" or "OMG, my grandma had that."

Now...you KNOW you're getting old when you go to the history museum and some of the stuff on display is just like the one you had as a kid. In a MUSEUM. (sigh)

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2008, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

I've been looking through some boxes of stuff from my mom's condo tonight, and came across a 1974 S&H Green Stamps catalog.

Oh oh oh, order me a "Big Beam" light! The one that takes a 6 volt battery, has a red enamel paint job, and a flashing red light at the back end of the handle. Take me back...

Wait... 1974? shucks. By then they were probably plastic, if they even had them any more. Drat.

Elspode · 11-15-2008, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh oh oh, order me a "Big Beam" light! The one that takes a 6 volt battery, has a red enamel paint job, and a flashing red light at the back end of the handle. Take me back...

Wait... 1974? shucks. By then they were probably plastic, if they even had them any more. Drat.

I'm sorry it can't be less virtual, but...

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2008, 01:45 PM

I've got a erection.

ZenGum · 11-15-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I've got a erection.

Does it have a red flashing light on the end?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-15-2008, 06:28 PM

No, but the light on the back end of the handle folds up and down the same way.

Scriveyn · 11-19-2008, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Juniper

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Now...you KNOW you're getting old when you go to the history museum and some of the stuff on display is just like the one you had as a kid. In a MUSEUM. (sigh)

Happened to me a few years ago. There was a display of kitchen utensils hardly anyone alive would recognize, some of which I have actually used myself at my grandmother's.

Also I took some of my grandfather's collection of 1932+1936 Olympics picture albums to the antique shop only a few weeks ago.

11-15-2008, 01:45 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I've got a erection. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-15-2008, 06:28 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No, but the light on the back end of the handle folds up and down the same way. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-14-2008, 11:10 PM	#1
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I've been looking through some boxes of stuff from my mom's condo tonight, and came across a 1974 S&H Green Stamps catalog. When I looked through the catalog, there was something on nearly every single page that either we owned, or someone I knew owned. In many cases, we still have the items somewhere in my mom's condo either packed up or waiting to be packed. Also...last weekend my hubby wanted to go take a stroll through an antique mall. I love antiques. But I had the same experience as in the Green Stamps catalog -- I kept saying "OMG, I had that!" or "OMG, my grandma had that." Now...you KNOW you're getting old when you go to the history museum and some of the stuff on display is just like the one you had as a kid. In a MUSEUM. (sigh)

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