You know you're old when ...

[Alfa numeric]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Or, when petrol was 50p a gallon cheaper than it is for a litre now.

Biker's Nemesis, earlier:

I'd like to add that the above cartoon is older than I am- just

[Booey]

You look at the TV guide and Newsnight excites you the most.

When you turn on Radio One and think "what is this noise!!??"

When you make involuntary noises when bending over to pick something up or when getting off the sofa.

[cazzer]

thebluebus said:

I know I'm old because I greet everything that I have to do with dismay, before I've even decided whether it's something I want to do or not.

This.

[Cotty]

You realise you have a classic car but it wasn't a classic when you bought it.

[dmulally]

Even the thought of going to a nightclub makes me ill.

I also laughed out loud at something Dorothy said on The Golden Girls this week.

[anonymous-user]

You watch Fawlty Towers and think Sybil looks pretty good.

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

When your neighbour tells you about his new Ipod with 40gb...and when you check yours once back indoors, realise it's only 4gb...and it still feels like a brand new bit of awesome technology for me! Christ, I only bought it 5 years ago! Help!

Hello, mid life crisis...

[carmadgaz]

y2johnny said:

Instead of downloading all the latest new music you start searching for ocean colour scene etc!

i'm only 28 for gods sake!!!!!!

Dammit that's me already then I'm only 23 and of the last 8 albums I bought I think the newest was released 1996! (Well the Special Edition of Nevermind is technically newer but the original is nearly as old as me)

[Biker's Nemesis]

When you tell people you've had a driving licence for over 30 years.

[Old Trout]

You still think Sade is hot and discover she is 53

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

Old Trout said:

You still think Sade is hot and discover she is 53

Well, I'm 39 and I think I would, if it helps

[Merlin28]

My driving license has expired and needs re-newing does that make me old?

[Phil Dicky]

Old Trout said:

You still think Sade is hot and discover she is 53

Hell yeah

[Laurel Green]

cazzer said:

thebluebus said:

I know I'm old because I greet everything that I have to do with dismay, before I've even decided whether it's something I want to do or not.

This.

It's true!

[Alfa numeric]

carmadgaz said:

I'm 23... Nevermind... is nearly as old as me

This sentence.

[gtdc]

Booey said:

When you turn on Radio One and think "what is this noise!!??"

When you wouldn't dream of turning on Radio 1.

[ramz]

desolate said:

You watch Fawlty Towers and think Sybil looks pretty good.

If this was true then I must have been old when I was about 13 too...

..then again anything female looked "good" to me at 13

[redtwin]

You have a torch on the bedside table.

Sit for a slash as standing seems like hard work.

You amass a monumental collection of carrier bags.

[y2blade]

RemainAllHoof said:

It always irritates me when someone refers to a watch from the 1980s as a "vintage" watch. But it probably comes from a lack of understanding of what "vintage" or "retro" implies.

That irritates me too.

[onlynik]

Polrules said:

Well for me it was during a safety course at my last job where the instructor asked by a show of hands for everyone who could remember the piper alpha disaster - about half did.

Remeber it very well, I had a paper round that morning and wondered why there were so more than the usual number of choppers in the air.

Still find it rather haunting, and now working in the industry, it does cross my mind every so often.