Calling BY Golden Hearts and Golden Golden Hearts

[Carnac]

Isn't it strange that we never complained about something to watch when there were only three channels, but now that there are hundreds we do? As long as we are doing nostalgia, I remember the excitement when kids in the neighborhood were invited to a friend's house to see a program in color. Just seeing the NBC peacock in color was a big deal at that time.

We didn't get our first color TV until I was 11-12 . Because we didn't have one, we didn't miss it........until we saw one on display at a major appliance store. We were not handcuffed to a TV or a cellphone all day. We (as kids) grew up being outdoors all day every day. We knew every kid in the neighborhood in a 3-4 block radius. Most of us had bikes, and rode them all around the neighborhood visiting every kid's house we knew.

We found things to keep our interest and friends to keep us busy and entertained. We had options and we used them. We built scooters and go-carts out of scrap wood using those old clamp skates. Some of these poor children today are in bondage. They are prisoners of their cellphones. They stare into their phones every waking moment, putting them down only to sleep. I am so glad cellphones had not been invented during my youth.

When I recall to my grandchildren all of the things that we have now, that had not been invented yet when I was a kid, they are in awe, wondering "how did you survive the day?" No cellphones, no computers or internet, no WiFi, no social media, no DVD recorders, no color TV or remotes to change the channels. No microwave ovens, no digital anything!!! My youngest GD told me "it sounds like you guys lived in the stone age" She said no way could she have lived "in the olden days." I tried to explain to her that you don't miss things you never had.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

82. A golden golden geezer.

 

[GoUconn7961]

I've got 9 years until I hit the Golden level.

 

[Carnac]

Looks like you found a strand here...... golden 73. Shocking Remember the 60's Mantle, Maris, Mays and Henry Aaron..... Beatles and Smokey....JFK and King

Something else that is interesting.................my youngest granddaughter is almost 22 (born in 2001). There are so many things and events that happened before the turn of the century that is history to them, that we remember like it was yesterday.

Children born in 2001 do not remember or have any recollection of 9-11. They were still newborns and wondering when they were going to get their next bottle.

 

[mordecai]

Golden for sure.. Thanking God for all the many blessings...

Beautiful wife of 50 yrs..

Beautiful surviving daughter who has blessed us with 3 wonderful grandchildren.

Blessed beyond measure..

 

[browns]

Bill George was the 1st ever middle linebacker in the NFL. He lived above a restaurant less than a mile from where we lived. My high school wrestling coach Pete George was his cousin. Butkus is the middle linebacker all others aspire to be.

Wow that's wild ..agree with you about Butkus..new kid from Philly transfered to R.I. in high school said he knew Chuck Bednarik..the last person to play both ways full time in the NFL..I thought he was making it up but he called him and I talked to him for about 10 mins

 

[Alydar]

So can we expect more geriatric supply ads?

 

[Gabbyfan]

golden 77 here. still waiting for someone to come alone to have Gabby like skills ...maybe Ayanna will get there.

 

[quavik]

golden - 76

 

[donalddoowop]

I've got 9 years until I hit the Golden level.

Lucky you.

 

[MSGRET]

View attachment 80755 We got all 3 channels and always found something to watch. In fact i still get Ed Sullivan on it. Thank god for cellophane. In 545 days and 12 hours i will be a golden golden octogenarian. YAHOOOO.

My family had one of those when I was a kid, it also had a radio. I would listen to the Cubs game before they were on the tube a few years later. I'm twice retired, Army and Real Estate, just two months shy of the Golden Heart.

 

[Bone Dog]

my youngest granddaughter is almost 22 (born in 2001). There are so many things and events that happened before the turn of the century that is history to them, that we remember like it was yesterday.

Similar story in my house, except it's my daughter. Just turned 23 and graduated from Cal, the child of my old age. How the heck did that happen?

 

[JordyG]

Middle Golden here, and proud to still be cell-phone free. Bought my first season tickets to UConn women's basketball for the 93-94 season to watch Rebecca. Been to 3 Final Fours - 01, 02 and 04, memories of which I cherish. Glad to be in good company here.

I too am cell phone free. Good to see another with the courage of other distractions.

 

[JordyG]

Golden, 73. My mother - in - law , who lives with us, is 102 yoa.... TODAY!
She goes to the YMCA twice a week!

Hopefully to get in some sweat time and not just to check out the boys.

 

[uconnfan68]

View attachment 80755 We got all 3 channels and always found something to watch. In fact i still get Ed Sullivan on it. Thank god for cellophane. In 545 days and 12 hours i will be a golden golden octogenarian. YAHOOOO.

We had one of those, but it had a much smaller screen. Only about 9” if memory serves. Parents got it before I came along. I’ll be a golden 73 in a few weeks, and I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up.

 

[caramel]

72 and still kicking

 

[sno-cat]

Golden @ 75.

 

[Wessex]

At some point before, during, or after this Sunday's game, my father will turn 95. He hasn't embraced technology (in fact, he got hearing aids only this summer), but he's embraced the Boneyard: I check in daily and report to him. He thinks you're smart, funny, knowledgeable, insightful—as good as or better than the best sportswriters—and he particularly enjoys Oldude's post-game summaries. (I myself to try learn from Oldude's tact.) Deepest thanks to all of you for providing what he can't get in print.

 

[Bald Husky]

Good for you Doggie. Don't rush to join us. Hopefully we'll still be here when you do. Retirement is GREAT. You get paid to stay home and do the things YOU want to do at YOUR leisure. The greatest thing about retirement..........everyday is Saturday. It won't take you long to make that transition.

It took me awhile @Carnac. I retired 2 years ago, and I still get up between 4:30 and 6:00 every morning. This is an entirely different life that I was not use to and actually felt guilty by staying home every day. LOL. Finally use to it, so now I can go to any game I want without worrying about going to work.

 

[drweo]

75, soon to hit 76...glad to be here!

 

[Husky fanatic]

Three quarters of a century

 

[Carnac]

It took me awhile @Carnac. I retired 2 years ago, and I still get up between 4:30 and 6:00 every morning. This is an entirely different life that I was not use to and actually felt guilty by staying home every day. LOL. Finally use to it, so now I can go to any game I want without worrying about going to work.

Not going to work every day and suddenly having an abundance of time on your hands is not an overnight adjustment as every new retiree finds out. You turn the page on your life and begin enjoying the fruits of your labor and the last third of your life.

 

[McFly]

I am on the cusp of 83! The hardest thing for me is reconciling my self -image with what, alas, is reality! As an example (and a very relevant one), I was in London recently, riding (standing) on a crowded tube, and looking admiringly at a lovely lass who was seated nearby. To my initial delight, she caught my eye, but stood immediately, and offered me her seat! I'm trying to forget about it, but my wife, ever the bearer of a figurative pitcher of cold water, and who, alas, witnessed this encounter, declines to let me! Women!!!

Got me by about a year. Comment about self-image applies here as well, and unfortunately, is all too true.

 

[MooseJaw]

Many thanks to Donald and HuskyNan for putting this post together. I often wondered how many of us were golden, so far 46 of those of us on the BY have checked in, and most are frequent posters. I am enjoying getting to know a bit more about the posters who brighten my day. Know that I look forward to reading what you have to say and read most posts. Take care and may we all hang in there for a couple more NC's.

 

[jimazee]

I want to say how in awe I am of the ’older’ people on this board. They’ve embraced technology (internet, computers, smart phones) and learned to use it. It may not seem like a big deal to those of you who have done it, but I’ve tried more than once to teach my mom and she just couldn’t master it. My hat is off to you.

Some of us helped develop some of that stuff. It's still just a bunch of ones and zeroes.

“Time is an illusion.”― Albert Einstein

 

[Carnac]

Many thanks to Donald and HuskyNan for putting this post together. I often wondered how many of us were golden, so far 46 of those of us on the BY have checked in, and most are frequent posters. I am enjoying getting to know a bit more about the posters who brighten my day. Know that I look forward to reading what you have to say and read most posts. Take care and may we all hang in there for a couple more NC's.

To be sure, there is a lot of "maturity" here in the yard. Some of us actually know what we're talking about. I'm talking about my esteemed colleagues, not me.

 

[Carnac]

It took me awhile @Carnac. I retired 2 years ago, and I still get up between 4:30 and 6:00 every morning. This is an entirely different life that I was not use to and actually felt guilty by staying home every day. LOL. Finally use to it, so now I can go to any game I want without worrying about going to work.

One more thing............................retirement gets better with time. You'll enjoy it more 5 years down the road than you do now.

 

[Tonyc]

I'm 70 with the brain of a 25 yr old. LOL

 

[BlueDolphin]

One of the real geezers at 82. When I was studying electronics at RPI in the 1950's the semiconductor stuff wasn't even in books yet! All the semiconductor material was on handouts of those old purple ditto sheets. (The 70 year olds might remember them. ) I also remember a fraternity brother who was a graduate TA in electronics trying in vain to teach me and my roommate the binary numbering system.

 

[CTexpatinFL]

Just 71, starting to feel it though. In Florida near Daytona Beach. Never went to Uconn, went to Quinnipiac, but did work for the State. Been a Mens fan since Wes and Toby. Been a womans fan since 1995. Actually been a fan of women forever.