Old At Heart

[NailedOn]

I have a few friends and relatives who act old for their years. I'm talking about people in the 50s and 60s who are in good health but are starting to act like really old folk. Examples:-
- The world,is going to hell in a hand basket. No data can dissuade them that we do not live in the very worst of times
- Driving well below the speed limit on clear dry roads, causing a tail back, of which they are unaware
- Avoiding any new technology, music or anything less than 30 years old
- Beige, what is it about beige?

[Goaty Bill 2]

One man's beige is another man's khaki.

[jeff m2]

I'm of that ilk, I don't have a cell phone with a screen, and will not until they make batteries that are as good as the technology.
They probably get annoyed at everything being Beta, making stuff more difficult to use, not easier.

World to hell in a basket.....well...Petrol prices, house prices, disposable income, Sterling in the toilet, trying to decide where to visit as there are so many unfriendly countries now. When you decide where to go the airports are hell and all the planes are full to capacity. And the air hostesses look like somebodies Aunt.

There have been better times.

Driving below the speed limit, unacceptable, may I suggest moving their car seat forward one notch.

[br d]

Young fogies.

[Dog Star]

I know someone like this - I suspect he acted 60 when he was 12.

It's all very staid and dull, never known him do anything outrageous ever, drinks halves of mild, wears slippers in the pub (tartan ones). Last couple of years he's started hanging out and going walking with a load of actual old retired fogies. Odd.

[Kermit power]

NailedOn said:

I have a few friends and relatives who act old for their years. I'm talking about people in the 50s and 60s who are in good health but are starting to act like really old folk. Examples:-
- The world,is going to hell in a hand basket. No data can dissuade them that we do not live in the very worst of times.

So far, that's 95% of PHers of any age, and 100% of anyone who reads the Daily Wail or Daily Express.

[Kermit power]

jeff m2 said:

I'm of that ilk, I don't have a cell phone with a screen, and will not until they make batteries that are as good as the technology.

No screen at all?? Just keys??

How good do the batteries need to get, btw? I have to work really, really hard to get the battery on my Sony Xperia Z2 to run out before bedtime. Nothing much short of using it as a GPS Navigation device all day long is enough to drain it. Well.... That or Pokemon Go!

[Vitorio]

jeff m2 said:

all the planes are full to capacity.

Why would you want to structurally have empty seats on airplanes? that just makes the seats more expensive, and you are in there for a few hours max (generally)

I do dislike airports though, but for some trips flying just saves enough time/hassle to be worth the trouble.

[SirSquidalot]

br d said:

Young fogies.

Im one of these, 22 but act about 40. I'm bitter about people my age, 90% of them are thick and make too much noise. I'm not a night club person, would rather sit in a quiet pub with the Mrs drinking till the early hours. Sad i know, but i love life

[Robbo 27]

You know you are old when your haircut is the same as those on Murder, She Wrote.

[jeff m2]

Vitorio said:

jeff m2 said:

all the planes are full to capacity.

Why would you want to structurally have empty seats on airplanes? that just makes the seats more expensive, and you are in there for a few hours max (generally)

I do dislike airports though, but for some trips flying just saves enough time/hassle to be worth the trouble.

When planes were more empty I would often get bumped up to business.

Try flying coach to the far east it isn't pleasant.

[jeff m2]

Kermit power said:

jeff m2 said:

I'm of that ilk, I don't have a cell phone with a screen, and will not until they make batteries that are as good as the technology.

No screen at all?? Just keys??

How good do the batteries need to get, btw? I have to work really, really hard to get the battery on my Sony Xperia Z2 to run out before bedtime. Nothing much short of using it as a GPS Navigation device all day long is enough to drain it. Well.... That or Pokemon Go!

Perhaps you are conditioned to accept batteries that only last one day.

I can think of no other device with that low a capacity, of course someone will

[23AJK]

jeff m2 said:

Vitorio said:

jeff m2 said:

all the planes are full to capacity.

Why would you want to structurally have empty seats on airplanes? that just makes the seats more expensive, and you are in there for a few hours max (generally)

I do dislike airports though, but for some trips flying just saves enough time/hassle to be worth the trouble.

When planes were more empty I would often get bumped up to business.

Try flying coach to the far east it isn't pleasant.

If it's that bad pay to upgrade - surely?

[Einion Yrth]

Robbo 27 said:

You know you are old when your haircut is the same as those on Murder, She Wrote.

Hair? A distant memory, sonny.

[Kermit power]

jeff m2 said:

Perhaps you are conditioned to accept batteries that only last one day.

I can think of no other device with that low a capacity, of course someone will

I take it you also don't use a laptop then?

My phone is also my alarm clock, so it's on my bedside table in its little magnetic charging cradle every night anyway. Why would I need the battery to last longer than a day, if I'm not going to be away from power for more than a day?

Granted, there will be times when I will be away from power for more than a day, but almost by definition, those times are also when I'm away from any sort of mobile or wifi signal as well, so with the possible exception of the aforementioned GPS software, there's not much point having the phone switched on anyway, and if I really need it, I've got a small, light charger that carries enough grunt to recharge the battery twice anyway.

The manufacturers could, of course, make a phone with batteries that could last a month, but they'd make the phone rather heavy! I'm happy with the current trade off between size, weight and battery duration.

[Chris_H]

Well, I'm 63 and drive a 550bhp Jag XFR-S, have the S7 Edge, a 10" tablet, Sky Q.....etc. etc. There's no need to act old before your time. That's a recipe for an early demise! You won't find me holding up traffic, that's for sure.

[Eric Mc]

Kermit power said:

NailedOn said:

I have a few friends and relatives who act old for their years. I'm talking about people in the 50s and 60s who are in good health but are starting to act like really old folk. Examples:-
- The world,is going to hell in a hand basket. No data can dissuade them that we do not live in the very worst of times.

So far, that's 95% of PHers of any age, and 100% of anyone who reads the Daily Wail or Daily Express.

Agreed. I know plenty of sub-40s who think like this.

[Squirrelofwoe]

jeff m2 said:

Kermit power said:

jeff m2 said:

I'm of that ilk, I don't have a cell phone with a screen, and will not until they make batteries that are as good as the technology.

No screen at all?? Just keys??

How good do the batteries need to get, btw? I have to work really, really hard to get the battery on my Sony Xperia Z2 to run out before bedtime. Nothing much short of using it as a GPS Navigation device all day long is enough to drain it. Well.... That or Pokemon Go!

Perhaps you are conditioned to accept batteries that only last one day.

I can think of no other device with that low a capacity, of course someone will

I guess it depends what you deem to be reasonable!

I've got the Z3 compact and it's on 24hrs a day, 7 days a week. It's my alarm, my calendar, my newspaper, my sat-nav, my clock, and countless other things. I normally charge it overnight once every 3 days- to me that is pretty amazing. It's not like connecting the charging cable every few days when I stick it on the bedside table at night takes more than around 5 seconds!

I never worry about it running out of battery, and in case of an emergency (doomsday scenario!) I keep a £2 cigarette lighter charger cable in the glovebox of my car, mainly for the rare occasions I use it as a Sat-nav on particularly long journeys.

It's just short of 2 years old now, so in theory it's far from being in it's prime.

I know people with phones who charge them several times a day, and I agree that is ridiculous, but it doesn't have to be this way- there are decent products out there!

Thinking back to how batteries were 10 years ago, I think we've made massive progress in this area- they used to be twice the size and have a fraction of the power. It's just that tech is keeping pace to make use of it.

That said, the fact I am choosing to find stuff as boring as that 'amazing' these days suggests I am definitely getting old at heart.

[jshell]

fk that!

I'm 50, wife in 30's, 5 yr old kid, travel for work and can still drink to the wee hours. Monday mornings sees warp-speed, don't sleep enough and taught my 5 yr old to do handstands under water last week.

Why get old?

Oh, and get a Samsung, the battery last ages...

[Squirrelofwoe]

jshell said:

fk that!

travel for work and can still drink to the wee hours. Monday mornings sees warp-speed, don't sleep enough

To be fair those are all still relevant, oh and having just purchased a house I am due to pick up a TVR on Friday morning- having not yet even bought a sofa etc for said house- so in terms of priorities/responsibilities I'm still pretty immature!