You know you're getting old when:

[Jim Koepke]

You have to be getting along in age to remember buying new 7" 45s!

Most of mine are collecting dust on a shelf:

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My 78s are in an old record storage book.

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[John K Jordan]

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The ellipsograph box caught my attention.

My 78s are in an old record storage book.

When I was maybe 10 or 12 and out walking on our rural road a small truck went speeding by, hit some bumps, and a bunch of old 78s came flying out of the bed. They were made of some kind of brittle material and most broke when they hit the pavement but some survived enough to play. There were some incredible old scratchy songs on them! I wished I could have gone through that truckload before it went to the dump.

[Jim Koepke]

The ellipsograph box caught my attention.

That comes in handy at times.

It is from my days as a drafter before CAD. That is back when it was spelled draughtsman.

jtk

[Rick Potter]

The first (and only) 45 I bought was in 1955 or 56. Jr. High School student , and bought 'Blue Suede Shoes'. I wanted Elvis, and it turned out to be a cover by some other singer.

I was so disappointed, I never bought another 45. The next record I bought was after High School, when I bought the Silvery Moon album by Billy Vaughn (I was a sax player...met the wife on a college dance band gig).

[Barry McFadden]

When I was a kid (in the 50's) we often listened to 45 rpm records. You have to be getting along in age to remember buying new 7" 45s!

JKJ

Makes me feel real old when I still use this....

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[Bruce Wrenn]

The first (and only) 45 I bought was in 1955 or 56. Jr. High School student , and bought 'Blue Suede Shoes'. I wanted Elvis, and it turned out to be a cover by some other singer

Carl Perkins, the original Blue Suede Shoes artist. In that era, it wasn't unusual for the same song to be released by several artists.

[Rick Potter]

Correcto Bruce.

I prefer the Carl Perkins version now, but the one I got wasn't either him or Elvis. Just a rip off of the dumb kid.

[Bruce Wrenn]

You know you are old when you tune to an "Oldies Station" to find they are playing stuff from the late ninties, rather than the fifties / sixties.

[Doug Garson]

You know you are old when all your favorite musicians are either dead or bald with grey beards.

[John K Jordan]

You know you are old when all your favorite musicians are either dead or bald with grey beards.

A clear sign of getting old is when kids you had in your kindergarten SS class when you were 45 are now raising their own kids.

[Kev Williams]

You know you're pretty old when...

The TV announcer followed the name of the show you're about to watch with: "in COLOR!", and you remember the exact day and which relative got a color TV before YOU did...

You know what a wire recorder is -

You were on a "party line" -

-- it's too loud...

You know who Dobie Gillis is-

You remember when smoking was considered healthy -

You started your pickup truck with your foot

You're putting your kids in rest homes--

[Jim Koepke]

You started your pickup truck with your foot

And next to the starter plunger was the high/low switch for the headlights.

jtk

[lowell holmes]

You know you're picking up a penny on the ground and then put it in cup you keep on the dresser.
When enough coins are in the jar, you take it to a coin star machine.

[John K Jordan]

You know you're picking up a penny on the ground and then put it in cup you keep on the dresser.
When enough coins are in the jar, you take it to a coin star machine.

Yikes, what's this coin star machine? I didn't get the memo - I thought we were supposed to keep them in gallon jugs. Then put them in the paper sleeves. Then hoard them in the gun safe.

[Andrew Seemann]

Yikes, what's this coin star machine? I didn't get the memo - I thought we were supposed to keep them in gallon jugs. Then put them in the paper sleeves. Then hoard them in the gun safe.

Only the real copper pre-1982 pennies though. The new ones are just copper plated zinc