You know you're getting old when ....

[Waltdude]

Or when your new approach to life is, instead of putting your glasses on to see what your doing, putting them on because you can't see what your not doing. hehehe.

 

[musicdr]

When you are more likely to turn the music down than up.

 

[byce_pryah]

... the only reason you go on /b/ is to try and wade through the trolls to actually hand out some wisdom to the younger crowd and try to help them avoid future mistakes/problems/unwanted pregnancies.

 

[eljodon]

When the music your kid's play annoys you!

 

[AlGrenadine]

When you can play guitar seated only ^^

 

[Muzza_Boogie]

When you still only play a 6 string guitar

 

[sundance_kiddsg]

... you realize that if you travel back in time the same number of years as marty mcfly,
you would have gone back to around the time when the movie was made...

 

[Rhiza]

when you start thinking "Gah, kids these days!... When I was a kid bla bla bla..."

 

[Axescope]

when you buy Light instead of Medium gauge

 

[DavezHear]

When you start using two CLR's instead of the two marshall stacks at practice.

 

[Highcastle_of_Tone]

True Story: when you buy tickets to a concert and decide to skip it when you see that you're the oldest person there by at least 20 years, and the other fans are getting on your nerves.

I got into a band called Motion City Soundtrack which is not a style I normally get exposed to nor generally do I like it (pop punk/emo) but I heard a few songs that I liked and the lead singer/songwriter has a funny self effacing style. Unfortunately most of their fans are teenage emos and when my wife and I saw the crowd of them milling around before the show we said screw it, I can already tell they're going to piss me off by looking at them.

That's the only show in my concert going life (and I've seen hundreds) that I've ever skipped for that reason. Not that any of them did anything wrong, I just knew the odds were I wouldn't enjoy the show. Luckily the tickets were cheap, so it wasn't a big loss. In some ways, I'm a cantankerous old fart. Speaking of which, I'm going to see Yes tonight...

 

[KG MD]

When your band is happier to have roadies than groupies.

 

[Ned Flanders]

@Waltdude: Hahahaha, took me a while to get the joke, though!

 

[GotMetalBoy]

Or when I wonder if I can claim this on my health insurance or use my HSA funds GRUV GEAR · DuoStrap Signature "Damian Erskine" Ergonomic Double Strap · MAKE LIFE GRUV

Seriously my left shoulder has been killing me and my arm starts to go numb when I play guitar or bass for more than an hour standing up. Then if I sit down my leg falls asleep from the weight of my guitar or bass. I just can't win!

 

[Cobrango]

you know you're old when you start whining :mrgreen

 

[MrGuitarabuse]

I want steel pinball machines and black-and-white Humphrey Bogart movies... God damit!!!

 

[ventura]

When you start to believe the evening news.

 

[Marrafat]

You know you're getting old when it's your 60'th birthday next month

 

[Sixstring]

When you hang out on a forum to talk about how old you think your getting.

 

[mjross]

When you hang out on a forum to talk about how old you think your getting.

This says it all!