Wednesday, 12 March 2014

I Am So Old!

I am so old that I can remember when telegrams were delivered by young men riding little red motor bikes!

I am so old that I can remember putting four pennies into the telephone!

I am so old I can remember when the farthing was legal tender!

I am so old that I can remember when everyone wore shoes that had to be polished every day!

I am so old that I can remember when all grown ups wore hats whenever they went outside!

I am so old that I can remember when people, men and women, smoked clay pipes!

I am so old I can even remember sitting down to listen to the wireless!

I am so old I can remember the Saturday night dance when the band was an accordian player and a drummer and we danced the waltz, and the quickstep and the polka!

I am so old I can remember when girls wore pretty dresses that didn't expose lots of flesh, but they still looked beautiful!

I am so old I can remember when all cars were black!

I am so old I can remember when the milkman came by horse and cart, and had glass bottles and metal crates!

I am so old I can remember when steam rollers were a common sight at road works!

I can remember these things so clearly, but I am so old I can't remember what happened yesterday!

I am so old!




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8 comments:

  1. Sharkbytes12 March 2014 at 04:58

    I remember some of those. Probably different kinds of things in the US, mostly. But so far, I'm pretty good with yesterday! Nice essay.

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  2. the fly in the web12 March 2014 at 08:51

    Apart from the clay pipes - I only saw an elderly woman smoking one once - yes to the lot.

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  3. crafty cat corner12 March 2014 at 09:20

    Join the club ...lol
    Briony
    x

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  4. Emma Springfield12 March 2014 at 12:06

    Yes we are old. Is it not a good thing that we are much like good whiskey? The more we age the better we are.

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  5. VirginiaC12 March 2014 at 15:39

    Guess what John, I remember five of the items listed....I'm so old too!!

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  6. Valerie13 March 2014 at 03:37

    Hmmm, did you have to remind me...lol. Yep, I'm old... and sometimes I'm grateful for the fact.

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  7. DEB14 March 2014 at 03:44

    I'm so old that I remember things like that and seeing that I'm going to be older on Sunday, I hope to have a great birthday, if I remember.

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  8. Beatrice P. Boyd15 March 2014 at 04:25

    John, I have aged another year last month and while I cannot recall many of the things you mentioned, I am sure some of the things in recent years will soon make me feel older. The important thing is that we are here to remember anything.

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