You Know You’re Getting Old When…

I’m still using an aol address because why not! I figure people will think I’m not tech savvy so I have them fooled.

What’s so terrible about an aol address, anyway? I did stop using my original aol because too many people accidentally entered it and I got tons of spam. Also interesting stuff, like an annual tee time at an Orlando golf course, details about a Colorado wedding, lots of e-cards, info about a marathon I definitely could never have entered, doctor appointment follow ups, etc. If I could tell erroneous emails were legit, I usually let the sender know.

I do use gmail with son.

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You’re not. : D
I’ve had it so long, I can’t imagine trying to change everything over. It would take me forever.

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I remember via something one of my kids learned in spelling class - it’s so dry in the desert that there’s only one S. Which makes no sense if you think about it but it still helps me remember!

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My sympathies! A couple of months ago I slipped getting off of the couch and probably cracked a couple of ribs. It hurt to move for weeks.

My other sign: thinking that putting my PT on retainer or else accept that I’ll have these nagging issues with my calves, ankles, feet for the rest of my life.

lol, one thing I enjoyed (kind of) about waiting for months for knee replacement surgery was that I always, always got a seat on the subway and bus. And now when I bring my shopping cart


and go up/down subway steps at stations without an elevator, someone almost always carries it for me.

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aol email is owned by the same company that owns yahoo email. My original email address has five characters before the @ because that was all that was allowed. A couple of years later, it went to eight characters. I used my daughter’s Chinese orphanage first-middle name (her legal middle name) to make her first email address. I can’t be sure, but I think she may have used that email for online dating until she finally met her amazing husband.

I don’t really like the aol interface and I have been moving everything to gmail. But the old address lives on.

That works. I also like the Mag. Light app. I have my iphone set up to open it based on 3 quick clicks of the right button.

I look forward to getting my quarterly alumnae magazine, but our class notes used to be towards the end (where the most recent are). Not any more!!! There are decades and decades after ours now! How did that happen?

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Or you start recognizing students you went to school with in the “friends we will miss” section :smiling_face_with_tear:

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The obits section is always depressing

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The fact that my ds is eligible for a 10-year high school reunion this year. I doubt they will have one, but how is it he’s been out of high school TEN years!

Means I’ve been hanging around here at least 12 or 13!

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Baby! It’s was my son’s 20th LAST year.

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And my DS#1’s 20th HS reunion is this year.

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You go out for drinks and dinner on Friday night and home by 7:30 and glad because you can relax the rest of the evening and watch your favorite show

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I was going to post this on the Cartoon/Humor thread, but decided it should go here!

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But also, when you have no idea what the current trend is. And are okay about that.

(No shade to trendsters meant!)

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This year is my D’s 20th COLLEGE reunion. And S’s 20th high school.

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Wish that was more of a joke instead of good advice. I have a friend who fell in the bathroom and spent over 24 hours on the floor. Water everywhere but she couldn’t reach it. Now she keeps a bottle under the sink.

When you’re filling out a form/survey and your age category to check is the last one!!! :slight_smile:

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By this definition I might have been getting old when I was 20. :slight_smile:

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