You know you are getting old when...

[Bradgate]

When talking about your youth, you hear yourself saying "of course, that was before mobile phones or the internet existed...."

[Eric Mc]

Or, that was before PHONES existed.

Or, at least, when only posh people had phones.

[Monkeylegend]

Eric Mc said:

Monkeylegend said:

I can remember Radio 2 being the Light programme and Radio 4 the Home? programme.

Obviously not as old as you claim to be Up until 1967 there were only two legal radio stations in the UK, both run by the BBC -

The Light Programme
The Home Service

A young 62 year old. I was almost right

As a very young boy I listened to the first years of The Archers on the Home service. I have fond memories of Dan and Doris. I still listen when I get a chance.

[Zod]

remedy said:

ZesPak said:

/thread.

I know exactly what you mean... scroll down, down, down, down...

On the same note: when in a survey you are asked to indicate the range into wcich your age falls. If you are, say, 45, you will feel OK if the appropriate range is "35-49", but if it is "45-59", you will feel old.

[Silverage]

Monkeylegend said:

A young 62 year old. I was almost right

As a very young boy I listened to the first years of The Archers on the Home service. I have fond memories of Dan and Doris. I still listen when I get a chance.

No love for Radio 3's pre-cursor then? The Third Programme ran from 1946 till 1970.

[R2T2]

kazste said:

You sneeze and pull the muscle between your balls and your anus.

True story, was driving at the time and had to pull over.

That's fking agony! I get it now, but I'm 21, does that mean I'm old?

[Fishtigua]

You know you're old when you see a car you learnt to drive in is now in the Classic Ads.

[Rude-boy]

hora said:

I was going to add to this topic that I think all 18/teenagers look tiny. However I bet there are lots of 18 blokes out there who are big/very tall too.

I have always found this to be an interesting one and think that it goes in cycles a bit.

My school year (1975/76) where almost all big and fast developing lads and ladies. My best mate, who was the year below, said that us lot at 16-18 looked like fully grown men and women. To be fair 2 of my year had been playing in the First Rugby Team (usually made up of 17-18 year olds) since they were 15...

His year on the other had had a couple of people who looked very similar to us but the majority you would think were far more than only a year younger just to look at them and also in terms of social development.

Now that I am 39 though I am starting to look at some people in cars and wonder if they are old enough to have a licence....

[Monkeylegend]

Silverage said:

Monkeylegend said:

A young 62 year old. I was almost right

As a very young boy I listened to the first years of The Archers on the Home service. I have fond memories of Dan and Doris. I still listen when I get a chance.

No love for Radio 3's pre-cursor then? The Third Programme ran from 1946 till 1970.

My parents never listened to it, was it mostly classical music? I listen to the current Radio 3 quite a lot in the car.

[AngryPartsBloke]

R2T2 said:

kazste said:

You sneeze and pull the muscle between your balls and your anus.

True story, was driving at the time and had to pull over.

That's fking agony! I get it now, but I'm 21, does that mean I'm old?

Seriously WTF is this?!

[matchmaker]

Eric Mc said:

Or, that was before PHONES existed.

Or, at least, when only posh people had phones.

I didn't live in a house with a phone until 1970 - and then it was a party line. I can still remember my dad and mum buying our first fridge - probably around 1967.

[Zod]

AngryPartsBloke said:

R2T2 said:

kazste said:

You sneeze and pull the muscle between your balls and your anus.

True story, was driving at the time and had to pull over.

That's fking agony! I get it now, but I'm 21, does that mean I'm old?

Seriously WTF is this?!

I'm 48 and have no idea what they are on about.

[Eric Mc]

matchmaker said:

Eric Mc said:

Or, that was before PHONES existed.

Or, at least, when only posh people had phones.

I didn't live in a house with a phone until 1970 - and then it was a party line. I can still remember my dad and mum buying our first fridge - probably around 1967.

We had a phone installed in 1974 - by my dad's employer. We weren't allowed to make outgoing calls.

[Saddle bum]

Eric Mc said:

matchmaker said:

Eric Mc said:

Or, that was before PHONES existed.

Or, at least, when only posh people had phones.

I didn't live in a house with a phone until 1970 - and then it was a party line. I can still remember my dad and mum buying our first fridge - probably around 1967.

We had a phone installed in 1974 - by my dad's employer. We weren't allowed to make outgoing calls.

Phone - about 1962-4.
Fridge - about some time, 1963.
My dad never owned a car.

You have to be of a certain age to remember and appreciate the lack of money during the post war years. It was not a state of poverty or deprivation, but there was no spare money to throw around and everything, eg holidays, had to be budgetyed for and monet saved up.

Edited by Saddle bum on Tuesday 21st July 11:38

Edited by Saddle bum on Tuesday 21st July 11:38

[4737 Carlin]

Zod said:

AngryPartsBloke said:

R2T2 said:

kazste said:

You sneeze and pull the muscle between your balls and your anus.

True story, was driving at the time and had to pull over.

That's fking agony! I get it now, but I'm 21, does that mean I'm old?

Seriously WTF is this?!

I'm 48 and have no idea what they are on about.

I know exactly what they're talking about, although I've never heard anyone mention it before. I thought it was just me!

[LukeR94]

it takes you a few seconds to remember your password.

Im 21 next week, its hitting me hard. I used to be able to log in instantly.

[Morningside]

Sticks. said:

When you quite like threads like these because they remind you it's not just you.
...

Being st scared about going to the doctor, plucking up the courage and finding out that the skin cancer on the back of your hand is "old age (liver) spots" or depending on how you look at it!


It was more like "Thank fk for that with a few heart palpitations thrown in"

[Timmy40]

I've started receiving junk emails from pre-paid funeral providers! I think that's a fair sign of getting old....

[sparkyhx]

poing said:

When you realise you have clothes older than the new recruit in the office.

I have shoes older than graduates in my office. And recently found a hair in each of my ears.

[iambeowulf]

You know you're old when your current girlfriend was 2yo when you were previously married. (Yes, she is of legal age)

Oh well every cloud and all that.