You know you're old when ...

[P5BNij]

louiechevy said:

When your talking to the Mot tester testing your customers car about the falklands war and the young tyre fitter has never heard of it.

Two of my mates at work were Falklands vets before they joined the railway, one retired two weeks ago and the other is due to retire in June, I was 16 at the time and remember the news coverage vividly as though it was just last week. I feel........... old!

[bigothunter]

P5BNij said:

Two of my mates at work were Falklands vets before they joined the railway, one retired two weeks ago and the other is due to retire in June, I was 16 at the time and remember the news coverage vividly as though it was just last week. I feel........... old!

Alright for you - I was close to 30 in 1982. I remember John Nott waking out on Robin Day like it was yesterday

[CanAm]

Not sure about this. How about when your teenage daughter comes downstairs and says, “Can you turn that bloody music down!”

[RC1807]

P5BNij said:

louiechevy said:

When your talking to the Mot tester testing your customers car about the falklands war and the young tyre fitter has never heard of it.

Two of my mates at work were Falklands vets before they joined the railway, one retired two weeks ago and the other is due to retire in June, I was 16 at the time and remember the news coverage vividly as though it was just last week. I feel........... old!

I was on holiday in Marbella with my Mum & stepdad when the Flaklands kicked off. A number of Spanish bars and restaurants wouldn't serve Brits at that time! It was an odd holiday. I was almost 12. Some years later, then, it was surprising and sad to see Argentine conflict veterans camped outside the Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires as they've not received their military pensions.

Edited by RC1807 on Friday 19th March 11:21

[Tyre Smoke]

I still won't buy Argentinian wine.

What's worse is successive Presidents have managed to keep it on the back burner in the population's heads. In the words of Gerry Adams "they haven't gone away, you know"

[bigothunter]

Tyre Smoke said:

I still won't buy Argentinian wine.

What's worse is successive Presidents have managed to keep it on the back burner in the population's heads. In the words of Gerry Adams "they haven't gone away, you know"

How did we feel about the German nation in 1984? 39 years after conflict is a long time to bear a grudge

Anyway Argentina rugby team is ranked 8th in the world, just one place behind Australia And not one of them was born at time of the Falklands War.

[AstonZagato]

bigothunter said:

Tyre Smoke said:

I still won't buy Argentinian wine.

What's worse is successive Presidents have managed to keep it on the back burner in the population's heads. In the words of Gerry Adams "they haven't gone away, you know"

How did we feel about the German nation in 1984? 39 years after conflict is a long time to bear a grudge

Anyway Argentina rugby team is ranked 8th in the world, just one place behind Australia And not one of them was born at time of the Falklands War.

To be fair, the German government wasn't claiming it needed Lebensraum or threatening to annex Poland in 1984.

[Tyre Smoke]

Argentine rugby team are no threat to the All Blacks.

[bigothunter]

Tyre Smoke said:

Argentine rugby team are no threat to the All Blacks.

The way England played today, you wouldn't think they were