You know you're getting old when...

[Dougie Webb]

...you find a penny and you're disappointed that's it's "new" and then your teenager reminds you it's a quarter of a century old #thankyouson

 

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[Elvis]

 

[Tony in SC]

You know you're old if your first detector weighed about the same as your child!!

 

[Digger RJ]

 

[oldmxrat]

A sense of humor is priceless in this hobby! Good for you.

 

[UnderMiner]

1996, wow that was the year the Motorola StarTAC was launched (the world's first flip phone), 10 years before the first iphone was invented.

 

[Squirrel322]

Man I hate those zinc cents.

 

[metrotec]

F U N N Y !!!!

 

[ToddsPoint]

I knew I was old when I had to start shaving my ears. Gary

 

[ToddsPoint]

1996, wow that was the year the Motorola StarTAC was launched (the world's first flip phone), 10 years before the first iphone was invented.

Captain Kirk of Star Trek fame had the first flip phone in 1965. Though it was fake, it gave someone an idea. Gary

 

[Trezurehunter]

You know your getting old, when you look back at your first coil, and it was the size of a Flying Saucer ! Please thank your son for all of us !

 

[Dougie Webb]

1996, wow that was the year the Motorola StarTAC was launched (the world's first flip phone), 10 years before the first iphone was invented.

I had me one of those, and I remember being *stunned* at how small it was.

 

[Dougie Webb]

I knew I was old when I had to start shaving my ears. Gary

You know you're old when your first Valentine's Day present from your wife is a nose and ear hair trimmer. True Story. #icantakeahint

 

[DizzyDigger]

 

[erfranks]

 

[Louie D]

Back in the 60's when I collected coins if the penny wasn't from the 30's or earlier I considered it "new".

 

[Dougie Webb]

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That was a literal LOL!

 

[Dougie Webb]

Back in the 60's when I collected coins if the penny wasn't from the 30's or earlier I considered it "new".

I guess it's all perspective, huh? The second I feel old, someone reminds me that I'm still a kid...