How I know I'm getting old (Thread)

[fullmonty]

Originally Posted by jikhead

Did anyone in here ever own an 8-track player? We had one in the house when I was a kid and my step dad had one in his truck. I remember playing the Police and Journey on them. When you wanted to listen to a particular song again, you had to fast forward all the way around to the song again...there was no rewind.

What about a Reel to Reel?

[LinPark]

Originally Posted by fullmonty

What about a Reel to Reel?

The OP talked about a Discman I think - I remember Walkman's (still have one around here somewhere) - I remember buying my first CD player (since then I've converted back to vinyl) - I remember listening to Elvis Presley on an 8-track tape player in a car. I think of all the things I've seen in my brief time here and wonder what it will be like at the end of my life. My grandparents were born in the 1890's and lived almost 100 years - imagine the changes they saw - cars and planes came about, all the world wars, space travel, computers, holy friggin moly.

And yes, I remember the fear of a nuclear war - knowing what I know now about politicians though I'm not afraid of anything that involves government anymore except taxes.