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YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember rabbit-ears atop the TV. If you remember what rabbit-ears are.
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 getting up and going to the TV to change the channel.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember using a crystal radio set to listen to the radio.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
You remember vacuum tubes.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE CREATING MEMORIES WHEN . . .
You find this Christmas as being a special Christmas.
YOU KNOW YOU’R GETTING OLD WHEN …
When you can remember Christmas clubs. Accounts established by banks, which I think, did not offer any interest. But was a plan providing discipline to save for Christmas presents. Maybe saving as little as a dollar a week, but remember, this was sixty to seventy years ago.
YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . .
When you can remember, for Christmas presents, buying cartons of cigarettes displaying a picture of Santa.
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