You know you're old when ...
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Marty63 said:
I have not thought about this much,
You know your getting old when;
You realise your most comfortable pants have an elasticised waist band
You prefer a cup of tea to a soft drink or a pint
You get forgetful
You realise your wellies will outlast you
You get sick of seeing films being remade or sequelled again and again
Start to rely on lists and notes
You go to museums and see ‘stuff’ you grew up with
Realise that you are doing the things that you used to take the p*ss out of over the years
Call younger people ‘son’
You nearly reprimand young uns for being stupid & realise you did worse
Politicians look as though they are 12 years old
You wonder what you would look like in a flat cap
You have heard certain trick questions that many times you can finish the sentence off
You get forgetful
Realise that you ramble on a bit
You have more knowledge, experience & qualifications than your boss
Lose the ability or patience to finish the
Fixed that for you.You know your getting old when;
You realise your most comfortable pants have an elasticised waist band
You prefer a cup of tea to a soft drink or a pint
You get forgetful
You realise your wellies will outlast you
You get sick of seeing films being remade or sequelled again and again
Start to rely on lists and notes
You go to museums and see ‘stuff’ you grew up with
Realise that you are doing the things that you used to take the p*ss out of over the years
Call younger people ‘son’
You nearly reprimand young uns for being stupid & realise you did worse
Politicians look as though they are 12 years old
You wonder what you would look like in a flat cap
You have heard certain trick questions that many times you can finish the sentence off
You get forgetful
Realise that you ramble on a bit
You have more knowledge, experience & qualifications than your boss
Lose the ability or patience to finish the
JMGS4 said:
.....when you realise you've been here for 11 years, in its present format AND a couple of years before that on the old format!!!
... when you realise you forgot all about PetrolHeads!Edited by VictorMeldrew on Wednesday 21st March 18:29
mattyn1 said:
Getting excited at the Austin 3 Litre driving down the A30, and the kids (and the Mrs come to that) looking at me like I had gone out!
Later when I explained to my eldest that my dad had one when I was 4 or 5, he said "It was s
t Dad!"
Two things here - one is getting excited over something they have no idea existed, and two, he is old enough and confident to say it's st to me!
As a youngster I tries to get my dad to buy one of those. I thought they were fantastic, you could play football in the expanse of legroom in the back! He didn't, he bought a brand new Datsun 180B which rotted to orange dust in 6 months instead.Later when I explained to my eldest that my dad had one when I was 4 or 5, he said "It was s
t Dad!"Two things here - one is getting excited over something they have no idea existed, and two, he is old enough and confident to say it's s
t to me!SeanyD said:
My first 286 DOS work computer had 'DeskView' (spelling?), a non-windows version of windows.
Quarterdeck DesqView. Yes, I used that, had multiple apps running on an Amstrad PC1640 with 1MB memory expansion board. Nice bit of software; it worked. Windows on the other hand ...
Morningside said:
I remember when they cars were called saloons, hatchback and estates.
And watching episodes of The Professionals I can name every car, even if its just a small glimpse of it.
Mmm, youngster alert! I remember when you has saloons or estates, none of these new fangled hatchback thingys. Was an A40 a hatchback before it's time?And watching episodes of The Professionals I can name every car, even if its just a small glimpse of it.
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