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Ways to Tell You’re Old

September 15, 2008
By Cleverdude
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I hate chain letters. The ones with either a joke, or an urban legend easily debunked at Snopes.com, or with a series of pretty pictures with a prayer at the end to make you feel guilty for not passing it on to everyone in your address book. But I do enjoy jokes (in moderation), which is why I’m sharing the following list of ways to tell you’re officially old. I’ve sized it down considerably, which is why the text is a bit blurry, and I also removed the “send to everyone you know) piece at the end:

And yes, some of these are personal finance-related:

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In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.

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  1. Andrea says

    September 15, 2008 at 5:08 pm

    It’s hard to comment on this except with a bit of a wimper …

    Reply
  2. LAL says

    September 16, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    Hmm..I think I need to go to bed because these are too true now.

    Reply
  3. kurt says

    September 20, 2008 at 10:48 pm

    Most of them are true, except 90% of the time I’m on the computer, it’s for gaming and surfing the net.. heeh, I think I’ll go take a nap before I go to bed…before 10pm

    Reply
  4. fathersez says

    September 23, 2008 at 9:43 am

    And these two more:

    a) Lound music at clubs are a pain in the ear. You prefer “crooners”.

    b) The neighbourhood young men call you Uncle.

    Reply

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