You Might Be An Old Fogey If...

[Maine farmer]

If you ever used the phrase "Young people today"!

 

A friend of mine who is about my age started a sentence with that phrase recently. 

 

Anyone got any others?

[sanctus]

"Look it up in a lexicon"

[DrKrettin]

There are two sexes: Male and Female

[DrKrettin]

I'm just going to use my phone to make a phone call

[DrKrettin]

I've just taken a photograph of somebody else

[OceanBreeze]

"That's a lead-pipe cinch"

 

"Merry Christmas"

[sanctus]

Why "merry christmas"?

"I have once taped a tape" :-) For real! the magnetic stripe ripped a part after it got entangled in the cassette-layer...

 

[DrKrettin]

Why "merry christmas"?

 

 

 

 

He didn't say "merry christmas" - he said "Merry Christmas"

 

Fogies know how to use uppercase letters 

[sanctus]

LOL, got me there :-)

[OceanBreeze]

He didn't say "merry christmas" - he said "Merry Christmas"

 

Fogies know how to use uppercase letters 

 

Lol.

 

“since you are already up, how about changing the channel”

[DrKrettin]

"Will you accept a cheque?"

 

(Would you believe it - that word is flagged as a spelling error. Outrageous :shocked: )

[exchemist]

There are two sexes: Male and Female

As in: "I am a cisgender, white, heterosexual male".

[CraigD]

If you take pride in machine language programming for CPUs that now exist only in museums, hoarder’ private museums, or the rare old video game arcade console or coffee table.

[DrKrettin]

"If you use an IBM 360 Assembler punch card for a bookmark"

 

(I still do)

 

Come to think of it...

 

"If you use a book.".

[Turtle]

You might be an old fogey if you own a slide rule.

[exchemist]

You might be an old fogey if you own a slide rule.

Yes. I have one in my desk, from university days. 

[sanctus]

If when you but a new computer, the fact of having a dvd-reader built-in or not is a relevant factor