"Old."

I read a blog post about how you know that you're old, and all the statements were designed for a demographic maybe 10 or even only 5 years older than me.

Here's how I will know I'm old:
(1) Babies born after the Moore tornadoes in '99 and '01 will have rational conversations with me about science.
(2) Kids who didn't see the twin towers fall will tell me ghost stories (perhaps about how they weren't born yet, that is scary to me).
(3) Sometime soon, the term "Oldsmobile" will only mean an old car, and not a specific old car.
(4) Very soon there will be kids who never lived without video communication.  Not only will they not know the unique sound of a dial-up modem, but they may never have a land line.  They will never have to pocket change so they can call their mothers from the pay phone at work.  I think it is an important budgeting strategy to have to always have enough quarters to call home.  I feel the youth of this generation are missing out on something important.
(5) Kids these days will never put in a mix tape and wait patiently by the radio (for hours!!!) for the desired song to come on and then hit "play," they'll just export their Pandora playlist.
(6) Many adults even my age will not learn to drive on a manual, and will wait to learn until they buy an expensive, mid-life crisis car to figure it out (fail).
(7) Cars are becoming way too electronic these days.  The older ones these days fail first in the electronic bus system, and that is too painful for anyone to fix.  It was much better when a clutch would give out - you could fix that as a family while teaching important lessons of frugality, self-reliance, and basic engineering.
(8) Don't get me started on food, we've already taught our youth that eggs come in cartons, broccoli comes in pre-seasoned microwaveable freezer bags, chicken comes in saran wrap, and rice in plastic bags.  Shameful.

Well, I guess that's about it for my soapbox tonight.

Good luck, and stay hungry!