You Know You Are Old When

[goeduck]

This reminds me of a number of years back around Christmas time at work. Someone brought in CDs with old classic recordings of Christmas songs.

After a good while, one of the younger female employees had reached her breaking point. She yelled out, "These are all dead people! You're listening to dead people!"

Those dead people knew music, things went south when optics became more important than acoustics. When booty shaking first appeared in music videos, it was all over.

 

[lman]

Our local drive in charges by person. And they have an Outside Food Policy of $15 per car that they give you a permit for. If you share food with another car, the other car must have a permit, too. If they find you have outside food without a permit, you have to either cough up $30 or be ejected. They make a lot of their money on concessions and need it to stay open.

Tri-Way Drive-In Theatre - Admission

We are a 4 screen drive-in theatre in Northern Indiana, offering a double feature on each screen. Bring your friends and family and watch 2 movies for 1 admission price at the Tr-Way Drive-In Theatre.

www.triwaydrivein.com

I wouldn't support the crook that owns that place.

 

[WinterDeere]

Those dead people knew music, things went south when optics became more important than acoustics. When booty shaking first appeared in music videos, it was all over.

Geddy Lee, Tom Petty, Steve Howe, Bob Dylan... these guys were not built for MTV. Could you imagine the young version of any of them securing a record contract with a major label, in today's environment? Yet... four of the most influential and successful musicians of the last 50+ years.

 

[Oaktree]

Our local drive in charges by person. And they have an Outside Food Policy of $15 per car that they give you a permit for. If you share food with another car, the other car must have a permit, too. If they find you have outside food without a permit, you have to either cough up $30 or be ejected. They make a lot of their money on concessions and need it to stay open.

Sounds like it could get pricey real fast. Agree with Iman...that pricing is a ripoff, plain and simple.
Surprised to see you still have one operating, most of them went out of business in this part of the world in the mid-late 70s. One big downside was that the season for them was relatively short, and the bugs. Roll up the windows and suffocate, roll them down and get eaten alive by mosquitoes. Plus the land the drive-in sat on became more valuable than the business.

Geddy Lee, Tom Petty, Steve Howe, Bob Dylan... these guys were not built for MTV.

I remember the first time I heard Rush...must have been '74-75. I had no idea whether Geddy was male or female. The name gave no clue, neither did the album cover or his voice.

 

[MoKelly]

Geddy Lee, Tom Petty, Steve Howe, Bob Dylan... these guys were not built for MTV. Could you imagine the young version of any of them securing a record contract with a major label, in today's environment? Yet... four of the most influential and successful musicians of the last 50+ years.

Is MTV even a thing anymore? I know I’m old but I haven’t heard anything about MTV in a long time.

This was one of my more favorite music videos.

As Good as I Once Was Toby Keith As Good as I Once Was - Google Search

 

[jjeff]

Mtv self destructed and turned out into reality TV shows of more modern generations dealing with lifes struggles, which they participated in creating imo. Pet peeve worthy. Anyone remember MTV's video DJs like Kurt loder etc?

20 landmark MTV videos that helped make the channel a phenomenon

MTV will air its 2009 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony at 9 p.m. Sunday. But the channel has diversified its programming so much that it isn't just a video channel any more. These 20 videos helped turn MTV into...

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[jjeff]

You might be older if you like actual printed hardcopy paper manuals over electronic ones I'm guilty of printing out electronic manuals, and punching them to put in a 3 or 4 hole binders.

 

[Jstpssng]

You might be older if you like actual printed hardcopy paper manuals over electronic ones I'm guilty of printing out electronic manuals, and punching them to put in a 3 or 4 hole binders.

I bought a hard copy of my tractor service manual, and copy the pages I want so that the originals stay clean. The state fish and wildlife is trying to get away from paper versions of the lawbook. To me, that just makes it harder to read an already confusing lawbook.

 

[not2old]

You might be older if you like actual printed hardcopy paper manuals over electronic ones I'm guilty of printing out electronic manuals, and punching them to put in a 3 or 4 hole binders.

Here too.

 

[jjeff]

I've gave up quite some time ago trying to memorize parts diagrams, repair procedures online. Even with a screen protector on touchscreen tablet or tough phone I cannot search and scroll successfully through online manuals when my fingers have grease, dirt, fuel, and oil on them.

 

[Jstpssng]

I've gave up quite some time ago trying to memorize parts diagrams, repair procedures online. Even with a screen protector on touchscreen tablet or tough phone I cannot search and scroll successfully through online manuals when my fingers have grease, dirt, fuel, and oil on them.

I like to highlight points to remember. The problem with doing that on my phone is that it won't come off the screen.

 

[MossRoad]

Sounds like it could get pricey real fast. Agree with Iman...that pricing is a ripoff, plain and simple.
Surprised to see you still have one operating, most of them went out of business in this part of the world in the mid-late 70s. One big downside was that the season for them was relatively short, and the bugs. Roll up the windows and suffocate, roll them down and get eaten alive by mosquitoes. Plus the land the drive-in sat on became more valuable than the business.


I remember the first time I heard Rush...must have been '74-75. I had no idea whether Geddy was male or female. The name gave no clue, neither did the album cover or his voice.

Well, take your family and carry a cooler or two full of food and beverages into a theatre and see how that goes.

I don't see a problem with the drive in's policy. Check out their menu.

Tri-Way Drive-In Theatre Concessions, Restaurant

We are a 4 screen drive-in theatre in Northern Indiana, offering a double feature on each screen. Bring your friends and family and watch 2 movies for 1 admission price at the Tr-Way Drive-In Theatre.

www.triwaydrivein.com

 

[steve tym]

Sounds like, pay it or they go out of business. There is always a choice people.

 

[MossRoad]

Sounds like, pay it or they go out of business. There is always a choice people.

Yep. They're trying to stay in business.

They're the last drive-n theater in the area.

As I recall from my youth in South Bend, IN, there were two on the west side of town, one on the south side, one in the town just north of us, one two towns to the east, and the one that we're discussing here that's 3 towns to my south.

So 5 out of 6 are gone.

Could say the same thing about other movie theaters, too. There were 4 in downtown, one on the west side and one on the east side. They are all gone, either torn down or empty.

There are two megaplex theaters that have something like 10 and 14 screens each, one on the south side and one on the east.

 

[goeduck]

Those dead people knew music, things went south when optics became more important than acoustics. When booty shaking first appeared in music videos, it was all over.

I forgot to add digitally enhancing the voices to booty shaking as the primary reasons I lost interest in recent "music".

 

[chiefcook]

When you wake up and realize that you just turned 77

 

[Pixguy]

You're the youngest child in the family and you're eligible to collect SS.

 

[MossRoad]

I forgot to add digitally enhancing the voices to booty shaking as the primary reasons I lost interest in recent "music".

There's gotta be some correlation between old age and loss of interest in physical gyrations.

 

[masseyrider]

There's gotta be some correlation between old age and loss of interest in physical gyrations.

The older I get the more interested I am in physical gyrations.
Getting out of the tub, going up or down the stairs, getting in and out of the car...
My body makes all sorts of movements that it never made before. Don't even ask about the shacky hands.

 

[MossRoad]

The older I get the more interested I am in physical gyrations.
Getting out of the tub, going up or down the stairs, getting in and out of the car...
My body makes all sorts of movements that it never made before. Don't even ask about the shacky hands.

Yeah, I've got some neurological crap going on now that I have to see the Dr. next week.