That's the tell-tale sign you're getting old.

That and the fact that when I turn 25 this summer I'll have to concede the fact of being in my mid-twenties

3/11/2007 9:02:27 AM

Suspension of disbelief can last atleast to 29… and I’ve been listening to NPR regularly since I was 18.

3/11/2007 9:18:42 AM

Fags.

3/11/2007 9:33:14 AM

I realized I was old when a lot of the kids in my class at school have no recollection of gas prices being around $1.

3/11/2007 10:27:01 AM

^You know you are old when you are starting to forget that.

I remember being able to stop the pump on the exact dollar amount I wanted by simply easing up on how fast I was pumping gas.

3/12/2007 6:56:59 AM

The concept of this thread is absurd.

but that's comming from someone who exclusively listens to sports/news talk radio exclusively since md-way through my teens.

3/12/2007 8:43:06 AM

30 is the new 25

3/12/2007 9:58:06 AM

you know you entered your "mid-twenties" when you hit 24. sorry champ.

3/12/2007 12:50:43 PM

2 things have made me feel old[er]:

- all of the freshman look like 12 year olds

- my bf's little brother's friends (who are 16-17) were amazed that i was old enough to have received a NES for xmas the year it came out, and that i played an atari all the time at a friend's house...they said, "whoa, you're old"



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3/12/2007 2:57:25 PM

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"30 is the new 25"

Thank goodness.

3/12/2007 4:10:10 PM

30 is 30
25 is 25

3/12/2007 4:49:32 PM

60 is supposed to be the new 40 when you start approaching that age. Hopefully can retire comfortably for 40 years at that age. Otherwise, you are as old as you feel.

3/12/2007 6:02:04 PM

I listen to a number of NPR podcasts on the commute every day.

3/12/2007 10:56:09 PM

i got all yall beat.

3/13/2007 3:01:28 AM

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"being able to stop the pump on the exact dollar amount I want"

it's a talent now

I started feeling old when I heard a song I LOVED in high school on the radio. I turned it up and sang along ... until they announced they were an oldies station

3/16/2007 10:03:26 PM

nah - you know you're old when you start looking for women that listen to NPR and read The Economist

3/17/2007 1:18:28 PM

oh my...

3/17/2007 2:08:47 PM

My subscription to Cosmo ran out and I replaced it with a subscription to Consumer Reports. Help.

3/17/2007 6:36:42 PM

I've been listening to NPR since I was 15 or 16.

3/17/2007 6:47:51 PM

I catch NPR sometimes on the road about when the radio goes out and I turn to the scan button

if its a subject that interests me, I listen; if not, the scan keeps going.

3/17/2007 10:04:07 PM

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"nah - you know you're old when you start looking for women that listen to NPR and read The Economist"

ahahaha

yeah, i go fishing for that kind too, since i do both of those things

3/18/2007 1:05:06 PM

I listen to NPR at work...sad but true

3/18/2007 2:24:18 PM

NPR is good for you.

3/18/2007 10:39:59 PM

haha ^^

MILTON!!!


j/k tho

i've found myself listening to it lately

3/19/2007 1:25:12 PM

I listen to NPR on the way to work in the morning, and whenever I'm tired of hearing the same 3-4 songs on the radio for the millionth time.

3/27/2007 10:55:55 AM

the benchmark test for getting old is watching the news and seeing that the local news anchors look like they just graduated high school. that happened the other day, and it sucked.

3/28/2007 10:11:43 AM

I was supposed to be on NPR yesterday...I should look into that.

3/28/2007 11:33:55 AM

yeah lemme know if you find an online bizzle of that. i totally forgot about it until last night.

3/28/2007 11:52:07 AM

when i go to the bobcats game tonight and half the players on each team are younger than me

3/28/2007 11:58:18 AM

I heard NPR is going to start a show for the descendants of Angry White Males called: Spend Retirement is it Anyway?

5/8/2007 5:07:48 AM

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"My subscription to Cosmo ran out and I replaced it with a subscription to Consumer Reports. Help."

Consumer Reports is awesome, but yeah it is definitely an "adult" thing.

I think I realized I had grown up when Lowes and Home Depot became my favorite stores. When I was a kid, I hated when my dad took me into those places, but now it's like a candy store

5/9/2007 6:19:46 PM

i can not abide diane rehm

i mean i know it's a medical thing but i can't stand the voice

5/9/2007 7:22:15 PM

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"I was listening to NPR the other day and heard..."

Wasn't that the theme of their recent fund raising drive? Listener's testimonials of how they were always saying that to their friends so they felt obligated to contribute.

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5/10/2007 1:19:34 PM

market place is my favorite show.

and for whatever reason lakshmi singh (sp?) annoys the hell out of me. she reminds me of trisha takanowa on family guy.

5/10/2007 11:00:33 PM

i love marketplace as well. on point with tom ashbrook is my favorite though. followed by car talk, science friday and the sunday puzzler

<3 npr

5/11/2007 12:27:46 AM

yea marketplace, I build those in Civilization. "the market to a bite out of Apple today..." lol

5/11/2007 3:06:10 AM

yea marketplace, I build those in Civilization. "the market took a bite out of Apple today..." lol

5/11/2007 8:59:00 AM

how you gonna double post with a 6 hour gap

5/11/2007 10:41:05 AM

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"I realized I was old when a lot of the kids in my class at school have no recollection of gas prices being around $1. "

I remember when a 20 ounce Dr Pepper cost more than a gallon of gas.

5/11/2007 1:43:02 PM

just think

this fall, there will be kids with their driver's licenses that weren't born when nirvana's nevermind or pearl jam's ten came out.




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5/11/2007 3:51:56 PM

I don't feel old listening to NPR. Just well informed.

5/12/2007 6:02:53 AM

^^dear lord taht is young

5/12/2007 12:33:38 PM

you're old when after listening to NPR for a couple of years to get a different viewpoint on issues than your own you abandon that crap and just stick to conservative talk radio

[Edited on May 12, 2007 at 12:58 PM. Reason : wait, wait don't tell me is ok]

5/12/2007 12:54:50 PM

On my drive home to Raleigh on Fridays I will sometimes put it on Boortz just to hear the insanity and hatred that he spews and I tend to listen to Brad & Britt in the morning because they do a consistant amount of local coverage. I just can't stand all of the commercial breaks.

5/12/2007 3:59:11 PM

boortz is hillarious; he speaks the truth

5/13/2007 9:55:56 AM

I listen to NPR podcasts, namely "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me," but it's mostly too liberal for me. My favorite is the BBC.

5/13/2007 10:14:29 AM

yea, NPR is pretty liberal. It's easy for me to disregard it because I'm liberal too. Wait wait pissed me off this weekend talking shit about Paris Hilton. The is a good person: her fucking alot is distasteful but it's her own choice and isn't harming anyone. That judge probably gave her jail time because Martha Stewart tolerated it like a cowardly BITCH. I hope Paris leaves the country or something like that.

5/14/2007 2:16:19 AM

the only people that tolerate comercial breaks are people with no alternative

5/14/2007 2:21:33 AM

^^She's going to jail because she violated her probation, twice. I'd be going to jail if I did what she did. She's an airhead. It's not that she thinks the rules don't apply to her, it's that she just doesn't think.

5/14/2007 11:37:41 PM

Set'em up!

5/15/2007 4:36:19 AM