I'm so old that______

[Ashley P]

I'm so old that my Craftsman tools are quality and made in the USofA.

...that I remember skid marks all over the local roads, way before ABS.

[Kevin]

...I can remember when the Big 3 American automakers were actually American and big.

[JohnC]

I’m so old I remember when we stood and recited the “pledge of allegiance to the Flag” every morning in school. 

I’m so old that I remember when history class was not anti-American and you’d get your butt kicked for being a communist. 

[Ashley P]

^ ......in kindergarten we had a prayer before snack time.

[RaceAll]

I'm so old that I can't remember what makes me so old.

[Disney]

I used to have to know how to read a map to get to where I was going.

[Tino]

4 hours ago, Disney said:

I used to have to know how to read a map to get to where I was going.

I used to read the map anytime our family went on trips back then. My dad used to buy 1 every year at Walmart 

[Ashley P]

.....when I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd in concert they were almost all original members.

[RaceAll]

17 hours ago, Tino said:

I used to read the map anytime our family went on trips back then. My dad used to buy 1 every year at Walmart 

Dad had a Rand McNally atlas in the car at all times.

[Ashley P]

...I remember gasoline was red and came from a "regular" pump for about 85 cents.

[JohnC]

I'm so old, I remember when smoking was cool and costed $1.25 a pack.

 

[Kevin]

I'm so old, I'm going to retire in 2.5 years.

[ts1979flh]

I remember when my dad was a barber.  If you acted up, you'd get a whipping with a razor strap.

 

[JohnC]

I'm so old I remember when you could buy cigars at Shoneys and there were cigarette vending machines.

 

[JohnC]

I'm so old I remember owning and playing records.

[KNIGHT347]

Im so old I remember having to wait for VHS releases of movies you missed in the theaters

When Cassette Tapes were the shit before CDs ever existed 

The Reagan Administration

[Ashley P]

I remember the Carter admin.....and getting about 10% interest on my first checking account.

[Ashley P]

....I can remember walking across the yard with my dad and him stopping, and saying "Listen.  Do you hear that?  That's a DC-3.  Where is it?"  And we'd look a few seconds 'till we found it. 

Been a WHILE since I've heard a DC-3.
 

[Kevin]

Talk about being old an remembering made me wonder.  How far back can you remember?  I can remember things from when I was 2 years old.  Dad and mom always said I was just remembering what they told me.  Well, my brother, dad, and I went to Lexington, KY for a basketball game 6 or 7 years ago.  Dad wanted to find the old apartment we lived in, which wasn't too far from Rupp Arena.  Dad found a row of apartments and thought that was it.  I told him it wasn't.  He looked at me like I was silly and said, "How would you know?  You were 2 years old when we lived here."  He did realize they weren't the apartments.  We drove a little further and I said, "That's it right there."  It blew his mind when he realized I was right.  Dad now believes that I can remember that far back in my life.

[Ashley P]

I can remember back to when I was about 42" tall.    When I was a child, my dad put a miniature basketball rim on the side of the garage/shop.  I remember it being about head high.  Mom was tearing down that old shop about 10 years ago and I searched and found a piece of that rim still attached.  It was waist high.

Kevin, 4 years ago I lost a brother who was 3.75 years younger than I.  He had a memory like yours.  He used to tell me things that I should have remembered.  Memory is a gift to pass treasures on to the next generation.  

[Ashley P]

.....I have this video on VHS.

 

[Ashley P]

....that I remember when a bar of soap was rectangular and almost the exact size of the box.

....when a 2 quart orange juice container held 64 oz, not 52.    (Caught that one this weekend.)

[Disney]

and a lb of bacon was 16oz, not 12 or 14oz like most are today.

[Ashley P]

....on a road trip with my brother who's ten years younger, we spent a good 30 minutes talking about heart problems.    

[Ashley P]

A customer just got a $6000 estimate to for transmission replacement.   I'm so old that if I could take $6000 back to 1996 and purchase my 69 GTO again, they'd give me $950 back.