Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for February 07, 2024

Maybe whisper it next time.

I guess that does sound better that saying 40 years ago.

Good music back then.

I know the feeling. Someone says 30 years ago and I’m thinking 1970 something. Then the shock sets in and I have to pour something and sit down.

Obviously a lot of younger people love as well or they wouldn’t rip it of for ads and rifts

1984 is a book.

From the moon landing to now is just about the same period of time as from the start of World War 1 to the moon landing. Where does the time go?

Yeah, I have moments like that.

I tell people that I like the Jeopardy category “The 20th Century” since I was around for more than half of it.

When I was born, there were still Civil War veterans alive.

I do not feel old unless I look back. So I don’t look back.

I feel very, very, old.

I have a strong memory of walking into my bedroom in 1964 (65?) just in time to see the moon landing on the TV. Wow! how far we’ve come!

" Sorry, I get emotional every time the Bi-Centennial rolls around."

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Age is relative.”

Seems like yesterday.

I watched a video on a bunch of hit songs that are turning 50 in 2024. My reaction was “weren’t they hot just a while ago?”. Time doesn’t fly… it time-warps,

Worse: all the things I’ve been saying happened “about ten years ago”, actually happened forty years ago.

“It Was a Very Good Year”

The passage of time hits all of us this way eventually. Old movies are now from the 80s, not from the 40s, as they were when I was growing up. TV shows I grew up with are on the “classic TV” channels. And watching reruns of some of those favorite programs (M*A*S*H is a perfect example), I can’t help but think of how old even the last episodes are — never mind the more dreadful realization of how old the oldest ones are.

The only way I’ve found to fight it is to not get old — yes, I’m getting older, but I refuse to get old.