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YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember when banks gave away small appliances, such as toasters, to those starting new accounts.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You read obituaries of those who died at or around you age to see what they did with their time.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember what an iron lung is and what it was for.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember a slide rule, your first calculator.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember TV stations, at midnight, playing the national anthem then signing off and broadcasting a test pattern.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember neighbors gathering in their backyards, at night, looking for, then seeing, sputnik flying overhead.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
Yoc remember Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians as the entertainment on TV on New Year’s Eve and Ben Grauer announcing the dropping of the ball on Times Square.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember vacuum tubes.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
When you can remember, for Christmas presents, buying cartons of cigarettes displaying a picture of Santa.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember when buying a new car, around 1954, a heater was an option. And if you did not purchase that option – out would come the army blankets.
