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36. What I wouldn't give to watch Grandma narrate a slide show

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 11:15 PM

Sep 18

of her and Grandpa’s latest trip. As a kid I was bored to tears. But I would give anything now to hear Grandma tell us about some dusty cathedral, Grandpa interrupting with some correction or extra fact about the stained glass work and a description of whatever ice cream or gelato he had in that town. I miss them.

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Funny And Relatable Posts By People Who Just Realized That They're Old Now [View all] Bayard Sep 18 OP

We must be the same age! MLAA Sep 18 #1

Yup, all of the above! WestMichRad Sep 18 #2

I still have a few pieces of Corning Ware and they still come in handy yellowdogintexas Yesterday #74

Well, at 78 I figured I was old, but good grief I recognized everything. Biophilic Sep 18 #3

I'm old too. MiKenMi33 Sep 18 #4

I found a Spirograph NJCher Sep 19 #51

What a great find! MiKenMi33 Sep 19 #66

I gave my 5 yr old granddaughter a Jr Spirograph for her birthday. yellowdogintexas Yesterday #75

Every one of those things is familiar to me. Ocelot II Sep 18 #5

EVERY single one Kali Sep 18 #6

We had a rotary phone Delmette2.0 Sep 19 #67

I know all of these, and have comments or anecdotes about all of them ms liberty Sep 18 #7

Good gravy, I'm old! LoisB Sep 18 #8

I didnt recognize three, but that was FUN !!!! Karadeniz Sep 18 #9

Didn't know 64 was so old pat_k Sep 18 #10

Yep. Every one of 'em! some_of_us_are_sane Sep 18 #11

Yep Charlie Chapulin Sep 18 #12

You're old when the rebellious songs of your youth are played in the elevator - on the pan flute. oldfart73 Sep 18 #13

Got all of them! birdographer Sep 18 #14

Remember all of them and both my cars still have wind down windows and 5 on the floor transmissions. sinkingfeeling Sep 18 #15

Okay, ACED IT Just Jerome Sep 18 #16

Looking at these pictures brought back a bunch of forgotten stuff in my life! kimbutgar Sep 18 #17

Waterbeds were hard to get out of NJCher Sep 19 #52

Every last one of these takes me down a memory hole. Ferrets are Cool Sep 18 #18

I am old. Lots of memories there. Thank you. BoomaofBandM Sep 18 #19

I remember all of them wendyb-NC Sep 18 #20

Waterbeds. :) highplainsdem Sep 18 #21

Damn. sorcrow Sep 18 #22

I remember all of these. Come on! Being old is FUN? sueh Sep 18 #23

I must be reallllly old. I remember all of them. niyad Sep 18 #24

The Gods Must Be Crazy mountain grammy Sep 18 #25

I wanted to watch this with my grandchildren but it was nowhere to be found. NH Ethylene Sep 18 #43

The video quality isn't great, but it is on markodochartaigh Yesterday #79

Thanks! I never think of YouTube. NH Ethylene 8 hrs ago #85

I will always be able to drive a manual transmission OAITW r.2.0 Sep 18 #26

I remember all of these things. Especially the window crank. Well...all of them...n/t PatrickforB Sep 18 #27

Kids, I was doing DOS before windows 95 came along. Enter stage left Sep 18 #28

I loved 3.1 with the little lines of file folders happybird Sep 18 #30

Windows 7 was the last iteration I ever liked. Enter stage left Sep 18 #31

I was there for Windows I Picaro Sep 19 #62

Apologize if off topic but early Windows OS-s weren't really GUI EverHopeful Sep 19 #48

I can even remember NJCher Sep 19 #54

49 and I remember all of them happybird Sep 18 #29

I felt like we needed one more Bristlecone Sep 18 #32

What I wouldn't give to watch Grandma narrate a slide show happybird Sep 18 #36

Still have mine ... and hundreds of old slides. Winder if KPN Sep 18 #42

Yeah, I'm old Picaro Sep 18 #33

Thanks for the blast from the past! Kittycatkat Sep 18 #34

I remember all BUT the Spirograph. No idea what that was. DFW Sep 18 #35

Here's a spirograph video for you: femmedem Sep 19 #53

That was fun! NJCher Sep 19 #55

Looks like a discovery rating just behind electricity, antibiotics and the wheel DFW Sep 19 #64

I remember ALL of that ... dchill Sep 18 #37

I never had a waterbed, but... LudwigPastorius Sep 18 #38

You can't get one now NJCher Sep 19 #56

Try two kittens playing on a waterbed mattress during the seconds it's uncovered while you're highplainsdem Sep 19 #68

I had three kitties, and they LOVED my waterbed. One of them used to niyad Yesterday #82

I remember them all. FuzzyRabbit Sep 18 #39

We mixed it up NJCher Sep 19 #57

Oh, c'mon Windows 98 isn't even old. (And more stuff too) hvn_nbr_2 Sep 18 #40

Oops. Forgot to mention: The road with the 3000 foot cliff had no guardrail. nt hvn_nbr_2 Sep 18 #41

What an interesting life you must lead NJCher Sep 19 #58

Yup- On a twisty mountain California road last summer, I was downshifting into first on coastal hairpin turns. You'd be NBachers Sep 19 #61

I remember, and used most of these. Never did a "will not talk in class" type punishment... electric_blue68 Sep 18 #44

The crank is part of a pencil sharpener. Ocelot II Sep 18 #46

The crank is for rolling down the windows... 3catwoman3 Sep 18 #47

Well, I'm officially old. bamagal62 Sep 18 #45

The Gods Must Be Crazy is one of my favorites EverHopeful Sep 19 #49

Yes yes yes I'm 73 I remember all those 👍😁 TommieMommy Sep 19 #50

Every now and then, it dawns on me.... Think. Again. Sep 19 #59

Too funny. I still have mine. Phoenix61 Sep 19 #60

To get ice cubes, there was actually this chrome crowbar-type thing that was used to dig & pry the ice trays out of the NBachers Sep 19 #63

I was using Windows 98 when I first signed onto DU. hunter Sep 19 #65

I had an Osborne for my first computer, was using it when I first ran on online forum on politics and tech in highplainsdem Sep 19 #69

Every freekin one. Prairie_Seagull Sep 19 #70

I didn't think fifty-five was old. Aristus Sep 19 #71

How did I miss this thread ❓ Duppers Saturday #72

We flipped through casette tapes in the big plastic cases, not records, and I only recognize two petronius Sunday #73

A local live theater has converted the cigarette machine into an art dispenser yellowdogintexas Yesterday #76

I still drive one of these. PoindexterOglethorpe Yesterday #77

I remember them all. sheshe2 Yesterday #78

How about using a xt computer duncang Yesterday #80

I remember all of them. SamKnause Yesterday #81

OMG. bamagal62 22 hrs ago #83

All your health care providers are younger than you yellowdogintexas 13 hrs ago #84