You know you're old when ...

[Levin]

BritishBlitz87 said:

You go to listen to some "modern" music, only to find it's 15 years old.

I'm only 22 and I already feel old.

Remember when Ke$ha was all over the radio with songs like 'Tik Tok' (not the app)? It's not that long from it was a chart topper until you realise it came out closer to 1999 than to the present day.

[A Winner Is You]

Your nephew is watching something on Youtube and you're asking him how can he possibly enjoy this rubbish.

Still, said video was some truly obnoxious manchild dude bros running around screeching about playing Mincecraft in real life, so I don't understand how anyone could enjoy that rubbish. Am I so out of touch.....? No, it's the children who are wrong.

[jdw100]

spikeyhead said:

All I can remember is that they were called Spiders. There's no makers mark on them. Good edge, sticky for their time and reasonable wear rate. Stopped climbing in 1987 when a ledge I was holding onto with both hands came away. That's not fun when free soloing.

Bloody hell! Did you die?

[NDA]

Last Visit said:

When you are filling out your date of birth on an online form and need 2 swipes with the finger to reach your birth year.

Yes! Hahahahaha

[rowley birkin]

When you go to the garden centre and you are more interested in how quickly a plant will grow, rather than how big it will grow.

[67Dino]

RC1807 said:

I'm interviewing with a US based fin tech at the moment.
I'm the same age as the CEO's Dad!

When everyone else in your building is so young that when you get get in the lift with another older person they give you a nod of recognition.

[Tyre Smoke]

rowley birkin said:

When you go to the garden centre...

You could have stopped there.

[john2443]

When you're the only person in the office who's old enough to have had their Covid jab!

[TorqueDirty]

When you come on to Pistonheads hoping to find lots of active discussions about interesting car marques only to discover that pretty much all of the traffic (excuse the pun) is in the Pie and Piston section.

Example:

Computers Gadgets and Stuff: total post count = 793k

Homes, Gardens and DIY: total post count = 839k

Football = 705k

vs

Lotus Elise/Exige/Europa/340R: total posts = 237k

Even the good old TVR section doesn't stand a chance compared to the posts talking about blokes kicking a ball around a field.

Only the Porsche section seems to be holding its own - but then Porsche drivers do tend to "hold their own" quite a lot I suppose.

Right, off to Homes Gardens and DIY to figure out how to build raised beds for my organic vegetable patch.

[croyde]

When cars and motorcycles that I drove and owned in my teens and early 20s, can be seen in museums.

[rowley birkin]

Tyre Smoke said:

rowley birkin said:

When you go to the garden centre...

You could have stopped there.

[croyde]

Also when I did a job at MTV a couple of years ago and realised that all the current producers and directors were not even born when I first worked there in the early 90s.

[67Dino]

rowley birkin said:

Tyre Smoke said:

rowley birkin said:

When you go to the garden centre...

You could have stopped there.

Or even at ‘garden’ tbh

[J4CKO]

When you order your first pair of varifocals.

[Sticks.]

When the shoes in M&S look really rather comfortable.

[Dracoro]

When you were born closer to the end of the 2nd world war than the present day.

Edited by Dracoro on Saturday 6th March 11:15

[Laurel Green]

When you remember your ticket being punched by the conductor.

[Earthdweller]

Dracoro said:

When you were born closer to the end of the 2nd world war than the present day.

Edited by Dracoro on Saturday 6th March 11:15

Oh fk !

Yep and you can recall sitting on your granddad’s knee and he fought in WW1

[P5BNij]

When you look back and realise that the £3k you spent on restoring a basket case 1970 Mini thirty years ago wouldn’t buy you the same 1970 Mini now, let alone restore it.

When you remember that half of the teachers at your last school did national service or served during WWII.

[croyde]

P5BNij said:

When you look back and realise that the £3k you spent on restoring a basket case 1970 Mini thirty years ago wouldn’t buy you the same 1970 Mini now, let alone restore it.

When you remember that half of the teachers at your last school did national service or served during WWII.

One of my first jobs was in a furniture shop. The manager was the captain of a Lancaster bomber at 19