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You know you're old when... (Original Post) trof Mar 2022 OP
I need a high powered flashlight and agingdem Mar 2022 #1
There ya go. trof Mar 2022 #4
You start watching reruns of the Lawrence Welk Show and think.. trof Mar 2022 #2
watch an old Perry Como Show and agingdem Mar 2022 #5
AND I know all the lyrics to all the songs. trof Mar 2022 #7
I have them downloaded on my phone... agingdem Mar 2022 #10
You watch a Lawrence Welk Rerun and realize you saw it when it was first aired. patphil Mar 2022 #11
I got one better.. agingdem Mar 2022 #14
Yeah, I remember him as a Mouseketeer. patphil Mar 2022 #17
The two adult Mouseketeers... trof Mar 2022 #26
take photo of it Kali Mar 2022 #3
You know you're old when you know what a jewelers loupe is Walleye Mar 2022 #6
And you know how to spell "loupe". nt sorcrow Mar 2022 #16
DOUBLE BAM. trof Mar 2022 #28
BAM! trof Mar 2022 #27
what is it with those tiny booklets Skittles Mar 2022 #8
And fine print on labels in stores that wnylib Mar 2022 #21
I am so nearsighted that I take my glasses off usonian Mar 2022 #9
Before I had cataract surgery, did same. It was the one benefit of nearsightedness. Hoyt Mar 2022 #12
Been nearsighted most of my life. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #24
There is a phone app for that! OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #13
Whoa, I had no idea. ShazzieB Mar 2022 #25
Some years back, before I had an IPhone, MOMFUDSKI Mar 2022 #15
I'm so old (or FIT) I know better than to obtain any such thing! elleng Mar 2022 #18
Wait a minute! You're supposed to know yourself as old? sanatanadharma Mar 2022 #19
To sum it all up, I'm 79 and soon to hit 80. I figured it out...... 3Hotdogs Mar 2022 #20
You are not far from wrong. trof Mar 2022 #29
With all the lights in the house on and a high- powered hand appalachiablue Mar 2022 #22
I've been watching old reruns of Gunsmoke. I think I've seen just about all of them by now Jack-o-Lantern Mar 2022 #23

agingdem

(8,541 posts)
1. I need a high powered flashlight and
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 06:56 PM
Mar 2022

3.0 magnifying reading glasses to read the back of a shampoo bottle and the expiration date on a can of soup...

trof

(54,273 posts)
2. You start watching reruns of the Lawrence Welk Show and think..
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 06:58 PM
Mar 2022

Gee, that was actually a pretty good musical variety show. Lots of very talented people.
Oh dear...

trof

(54,273 posts)
26. The two adult Mouseketeers...
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 06:14 PM
Mar 2022

I forget their names (Noooo, REALLY? ).
I always they were kind of ... creepy?
Like pedophiles?
I dunno.

Kali

(55,829 posts)
3. take photo of it
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 07:02 PM
Mar 2022

load it to your computer and zoom to read! (also most manuals are on line already, try that. I am about done with microscopic fonts!)

wnylib

(24,537 posts)
21. And fine print on labels in stores that
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 07:52 PM
Mar 2022

you can't read even with reading glasses after cataract surgery.

I have multiple allergies, must check all labels and can't read most of them.

usonian

(14,298 posts)
9. I am so nearsighted that I take my glasses off
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 07:11 PM
Mar 2022

to read almost anything, including this tiny iPhone.

There just HAD to be some upside to this malady.

That said, there are apps, including good old "camera" to help you read small print.

I use one to find my glasses when they disappear. The phone is as far as I can see without them.

Now, what was the question?

ShazzieB

(18,845 posts)
24. Been nearsighted most of my life.
Sun Mar 20, 2022, 01:38 AM
Mar 2022

But these days, I can't read much of anything without my glasses. I can just barely remember what it was like to be able to read without them, but can't really remember when I lost that ability.

I am hoping to have cataract surgery later this year and assuming I will always need reading glasses!

OAITW r.2.0

(28,485 posts)
13. There is a phone app for that!
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 07:22 PM
Mar 2022

Called magnifier....with an option to use the LED to flood the material you want to read. Very handy for miniature manuals and cooking directions on labels.

 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
15. Some years back, before I had an IPhone,
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 07:25 PM
Mar 2022

I was on a landline talking w/India regarding computer and he asked for Serial #. WOW. Chin holding phone, left hand lifting computer tower, right hand holding magnifying glass to read teeny weeny serial #. Like my daughter tells me, "Mom, you need someone videotaping you all day because people would PAY to see this stuff". I did find it funny AND I am easily amused.

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
19. Wait a minute! You're supposed to know yourself as old?
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 07:44 PM
Mar 2022

Damn! I have only just begun to know myself as 'grown-up', as in "what do you grown-ups know, except groans?"
And now I need to know myself as old; but where did my old self go? I'd swear I used it yesterday.

It is like as long as I have known myself, Ive known only changes in the world around me, starting with my own body.
Myself I still know as the enthused knower of my youth, now driving a worn out car. Anyone want to trade?


Jack-o-Lantern

(1,010 posts)
23. I've been watching old reruns of Gunsmoke. I think I've seen just about all of them by now
Sat Mar 19, 2022, 10:23 PM
Mar 2022

so I watch them again as NOW I've forgoten the gist of the story.

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