You Know You Are Old When

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A little Rat Pack aside…

Joe the Italian butcher told his wife he was taking her to see the Rat Pack for their anniversary…. She had been asking to go so Joe thought perfect…

Anyway, he was not fast enough and shows sold out… and wife not happy!

He promised to make it up and said they would catch the show in Vegas…

What Joe didn’t know is Vegas also sold out… this was pre Internet…

Feeling really low and knowing he would have a most unhappy wife Joe sent a telegram to Dean Martin…

He said Mr Martin please help a Pisano out of the doghouse with his wife of 40 years.

Dean telegraphed back saying my pleasure… you are all set with date and time and dress well!

Joe the butcher and his wife arrived at the casino and dressed in a rented Tux checked in at the show booth… all his wife knew is they were going to the show… nothing about VIP and Dean

Oh, yes, Mr Martins special guests… right this way past security to the VIP booth where 2 dozen long stem roses and a bottle of Champaign and a hand written anniversary note from Dean were waiting.

During the show Dean dedicated a number to them…

Some people have class and it shows up unexpectedly at times…

Joe said his wife never forgot… and it became a cherished memory for them…
 
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The Rat Pack was an informal group of entertainers, the second iteration of which ultimately made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues. They originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a group of A-list show business friends, such as Errol Flynn, Nat King Cole, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra and others who met casually at the Holmby Hills home of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.[1] In the 1960s, the group featured Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and (before falling out with Sinatra in 1962) Peter Lawford, among others. They appeared together on stage and in films in the 1950s and 1960s, including the films Ocean's 11[2]and Sergeants 3; after Lawford's expulsion, they filmed Robin and the 7 Hoods with Bing Crosby in what was to have been Lawford's role. Sinatra, Martin, and Davis were regarded as the group's lead members after Bogart's death.[3][4]

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I now have to make a list before going to any store...then I misplace the list.
I worry about everything that comes out of my body and what doesn't wrinkle, droops, dries up, wattles just leaks.
 
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Jstpssng said:
I just had a 6 volt light on my bicycle as a kid. I don't remember it dragging that much but do recall learning to reach back and disengage it when going downhill, or it would burn out the bulb.
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I had two of those, at different times. The cheaper one as driven by the front wheel and the other from the back. Each had advantages and disadvantages.
 
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stuckmotor said:
You know you're old when you realize both of your parents would be 100 next year.
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On the flip side, occasionally I will see an obituary of a high school classmate’s parent, and will think “geez…..I guess I’m not as old as I think”
 
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