you know that you are getting old when....

[odeon]

You remember  that you wanted to build your own computer, before Steve jobs did it.

['andersom']

You remember how having a phone made you see the neighbours a lot more, because of it being the only phone in the whole street.

[Callaway]

You remember party lines.

[normal_impaired]

You remember party lines.

They still have those in some of the more remote areas, I went to a friend's lake house deep in the Adirondacks last summer and they had a party line across 5 houses.

Every now and then, when the phone trunk line gets old or damaged, multiple conductors will get shorted together, or if they're working on something, my land line at home will temporarily become a party line.  It's annoying as hell, and is one of the main reasons I jumped onto the VOIP bandwagon the second it became available.

["couldbecousin"]

You remember party lines.

They still have those in some of the more remote areas, I went to a friend's lake house deep in the Adirondacks last summer and they had a party line across 5 houses.

Every now and then, when the phone trunk line gets old or damaged, multiple conductors will get shorted together, or if they're working on something, my land line at home will temporarily become a party line.  It's annoying as hell, and is one of the main reasons I jumped onto the VOIP bandwagon the second it became available.

My land line behaved strangely a couple of years ago, following an ice storm that knocked out power all over the region.
 I picked it up one day and some woman I didn't know was speaking Spanish!

['andersom']

You remember party lines.

No, not party lines, that's something I never heard of in my country, I know relatives in Canada had them.

We really were the only house with a phone. So neighbours would come to us to receive and make phone-calls.

[Callaway]

You remember party lines.

No, not party lines, that's something I never heard of in my country, I know relatives in Canada had them.

We really were the only house with a phone. So neighbours would come to us to receive and make phone-calls.

No, I meant you know that you are getting old when....

...you remember party lines, as in the title of the thread.

I didn't mean that you personally remember party lines, although your post did make me think of them. 

[odeon]

When you recognise perfectly well that what a young punk is trying to do is exactly the same thing you were known for 20+ years ago, but you still get annoyed because what you did is *different*.

["couldbecousin"]

When you recognise perfectly well that what a young punk is trying to do is exactly the same thing you were known for 20+ years ago, but you still get annoyed because what you did is *different*.

...or when you realize it's too late to be a young punk, even if you want to be.

['andersom']

When you recognise perfectly well that what a young punk is trying to do is exactly the same thing you were known for 20+ years ago, but you still get annoyed because what you did is *different*.

That does it, time to check out sites with things to improve the elderly life Odeon. You're really growing old now. 

[odeon]

When you recognise perfectly well that what a young punk is trying to do is exactly the same thing you were known for 20+ years ago, but you still get annoyed because what you did is *different*.

That does it, time to check out sites with things to improve the elderly life Odeon. You're really growing old now. 

I thought this was it?

["couldbecousin"]

When you recognise perfectly well that what a young punk is trying to do is exactly the same thing you were known for 20+ years ago, but you still get annoyed because what you did is *different*.

That does it, time to check out sites with things to improve the elderly life Odeon. You're really growing old now. 

I thought this was it?

Poor odeon, how old are you??

['andersom']

When you recognise perfectly well that what a young punk is trying to do is exactly the same thing you were known for 20+ years ago, but you still get annoyed because what you did is *different*.

That does it, time to check out sites with things to improve the elderly life Odeon. You're really growing old now. 

I thought this was it?

Poor odeon, how old are you??

As old as I am, give or take it a few months.

[Icequeen]

Coffee is not an optional beverage, it's a maintenance thing.

["couldbecousin"]

Coffee is not an optional beverage, it's a maintenance thing.

I heard that! No all day ---> headache and nausea.