Signs you're an old fart

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:04 am

1. your high school jersey doesn't fit over your 5 year old's shoulder pads
2. your bag is filled with facemasks that are no longer certified
3. you don't see the problem with a HS hockey player participating in other sports
4. the last roll of tape you bought is almost impossible to unroll, however it doesn't stick to anything when you want to reapply it
5. all of your hockey gear fits in two plastic grocery bags
6. your hockey bag has 200 match books in it and the blow torch your old man destoyed the garage looking for one day
7. The top of the line skates you purchased when your foot stop growing has a model number lower than 100
8. your gloves go all the way to your elbows
9. you know who Kari Takko is and the impact he had on goalie equipment
10. You have a Schmidt poster of the 1980 Olympic hockey team with all the Minnesota guys circled

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:46 am

10. The boot part on the skates you wore as a kid flopped over the blade when you took them off

9. Your stick was made out of only one thing...wood

8. $40 for gas was more than you'd spend going to hockey games in an entire season

7. If you didnt get there early on Sat night you stood 3 deep on the boards to watch your teams game

6. You had to wait to jump into a pick up game at the closest rink or pond

5. Your helmet was leather

4. The St Paul Auditorium was cool

3. Tobacco smoke filled the air at every game

2. You got on a bus to go downtown to the tournamnet

1. You remember watching your first high school game outside.

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:06 am

Well done PB!

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:47 am

Yup, Im an old, old fart.

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:57 am

I can see Jack Klugman giving the autopsy report of PB's 1st stick, "I find traces of only 2 substances; hickory, and a lead based paint."

Dickie Dunn · Post by **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:14 pm

Here, Here....take a bow boys those were both terrific.

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:38 pm

A man in his sixties goes to the Doctor. The Dr. checks him out and tells him everything is fine. The Doctor asked if he had any questions. The man stated he did. "I have been wondering about my penis. When I was 17 and it was hard I could not bend it." When I was in my 40's and it was hard I could bend it a little bit." Now that I am in my 60's and it gets hard I can bend the hell out of it." Doc tell me am I getting stronger...

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:44 pm

They would sit together every every night
Edna and Bill were quite the item at the nursing home. Even thought they were both 90 they would sit together every every night. And even though they were too old to make love she would hold his penis in her hand as they sat together.

One night Bill didn't show up. He didn't show up for the next two nights either. Edna assumed he was dead, but then she saw him happily wheeling about the grounds. She confronted him and said, "Where were you these past couple of nights?" He replied, "If you must know, I was with another woman." "Bastard!" she cried. "What were you doing?" "We do the exact same thing that you and I do," he replied. "Is she prettier or younger than I am?" she asked. "Nope, she looks the same, and she is 90 years old." "Well then, what does she have that I don't?" Edna asked. Bill smiled and said, "Parkinson's disease."

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:52 pm

Those are funny.

grindiangrad-80 · Post by **grindiangrad-80** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:06 pm

When you got out of high school in 1980 and you can't wait to get on the Minn-Hock message board.

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:18 am

#11 Do not acknowledge Nike hockey equipment
#12 Possess shoeboxes full of unused Session #5 tickets

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:34 am

#13 Remembers watching The Wooger play.

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:46 am

I've seen his HS mugshot as part of the State Tourney all tournament team, so I know what Costanza looked like then, what kind of player was he?

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:52 am

Very, very good. Fast, shifty, and smart. Small, even for those days, but could stick handle thru a crowd like ship thru a goose.

He went on to be an All Americn at the U and is on the wall at Mariucci.

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:01 am

There's no wall at Notre Dame.

RSI · Post by **RSI** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:51 am

Maybe not as old as watching the Wooger play, but how about...

-Those fiberglass Canadien hockey sticks were the expensive ones.

-Been to games at the original Mariucci Arena, Met Center and St. Paul Civic Center.

-The music you used to listen to is now played on "Classic Rock" stations.

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:00 pm

Ringing in the New Year on Eastern Time is good enough!

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:08 pm

Thats gettin kind of late.

Another sign: Having no plans for New Years Eve and glad about it.

Post by **east hockey** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:12 pm

RSI wrote:
-The music you used to listen to is now played on "Classic Rock" stations.

I knew it was an ominous sign when I turned on the Oldies station one day and they were playing a song which was popular after I graduated from high school.

Lee

Blue Breeze · Post by **Blue Breeze** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:29 pm

My goodness. I am lost reading this thread. How old are you guys?

Post by **east hockey** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:49 pm

Blue Breeze wrote:My goodness. I am lost reading this thread. How old are you guys?

Old enough to relate to pretty much everything which has been mentioned in this thread.

Lee

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:22 pm

There is a plastic container on your kitchen table with seven compartments, it is labled M T W T F S S.

PASTRAPIDSFAN · Post by **PASTRAPIDSFAN** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:52 pm

Irishmans Shanty wrote:There is a plastic container on your kitchen table with seven compartments, it is labled M T W T F S S.

Im not that old yet but I have note pads all so I can remember things to do.

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:09 pm

You wake people up in the morning with the sound of your creaking knees while you get ready for work.

TTpuckster · Post by **TTpuckster** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:40 pm

Old enough to have played against the great Henry Boucha and actually lucky enough to knock him on his keister once.

A most difficult task.

Also, old enough to have PLAYED in the Met Center in the State Tournament.

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