"You are officially old if.....

[argonsagas]

....you remember ANY of these things."

That is the catch line for the article.

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/regret-inform-remember-literally-50-113125233.html

I do not know how many times I have seen articles that made similar assertions, but this one, from my perspective, is far from accurate.

Are things different where you are located?

I did not complete the list because about half of what I did see may be similar to something of other years, but is easily found in the local schools and/or public spaces in this area today, so ....does that mean that teenagers and even kids under ten years of age are already "officially old"?

[unfocused]

Did you need to remind me... ugh...

Also -- I purchase those markers and smell them almost everyday.

Wheres the minty paste glue we use to eat?

I was in a Math and Science acadamy in the HISD in Houston, Tx. We would go crabbing and the lunch ladies would make some of the best crab gumbo you've ever had. They wouldn't even consider doing this now LOL...

[LAB3]

You aren't old until your passion is dead. This can happen long before the calendar tells you or last until well after everyone else tells you it's wrong. Never listen to them!

[argonsagas]

You aren't old until your passion is dead. This can happen long before the calendar tells you or last until well after everyone else tells you it's wrong. Never listen to them!

Thank you.....that fits what I want from my life.

[GS1150Pilot]

Almost all of those things resonate, and make me smile.

[gustovh]

When you sneeze and have to catch your teeth before they hit the floor.

V

[rphillips]

When a ground hog delivers your mail... you're too old.

[Brendan W]

A ninety-seven year old at a family party admitted to a hushed room that he had one great regret in his life........
He said that at seventy five he had failed to realise that he was still a young man....

[argonsagas]

When you sneeze and have to catch your teeth before they hit the floor.

V

That sounds almost contradictory....sneezes tend to have a lot of velocity, so the reflexes of youth would likely be needed once they were blown out and on the way down....

[argonsagas]

A ninety-seven year old at a family party admitted to a hushed room that he had one great regret in his life........
He said that at seventy five he had failed to realise that he was still a young man....

Beautifully said!

And true for many.

[gustovh]

That sounds almost contradictory....sneezes tend to have a lot of velocity, so the reflexes of youth would likely be needed once they were blown out and on the way down....

not if your ready for it.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

When you sneeze and have to catch your teeth before they hit the floor.

V

This also applies to hernias. Feeling a sneeze or cough coming on (or a good fart, for that matter), had me pressing my lower belly to keep my guts in. Fixed now, had surgery Aug 30. Should be ready to ride again soon I hope. See what the doc says tomorrow.

[Sandy]

Thinking twice about blowing a good fart for more reason than impressing your wife.

[argonsagas]

Hhmmmm....did I detect a bit of dry humour there, Sandy?

[dpep]

You are old if you used a fountain pen in school.