Share with us a personal "I'm so old" story.

I'm so old I remember when carnivals still featured freak shows.

EDIT: I remember my parents got a "baby bonus" from the gov't of $8 per month for me in the 1950s !!

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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

I remember a travelling carnival/side show that used to come to town every two years or so and set up in the mall parking lot. Amusement rides, a haunted house, and a "gorilla woman".

Used to be a small circus that would come every two or three years, set up a tent, have all the traditional acts plus elephant rides.

rinkydinkydoink · M

@ChipmunkErnie

Elephants, too... wow. I only saw those at the zoo and was surprised to find out they had body hair.