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By *hubaysi OP Woman
over a year ago
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Your 20 year old niece, when asked ‘you know who Michael J Fox is right? Response ‘who?’ My response ‘Back to the future films?’ Never heard of him Auntie and they are very old films’! Gulp.
What has made you feel old recently?
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over a year ago
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My sister scoffing at the fact I didn't have a mobile when I was in school. I said love when I was in school the only way you got hold of your friends was by ringing their house phone or giving them a knock. |
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"Was covering something up with a tarpaulin and it was a bit short on one side so I said to my mate ‘I could do with another yard this way ‘ only to hear his daughter say ‘wots a yard dad?’  "
the yard we had as kids had an outdoor coalhouse and netty x |
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over a year ago
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The vcr you couldn't set the timer on in the late 80s is now so obsolete it's been surpassed by the DVD player (also now obsolete) and now streaming movies on hard drive,and I still can't set the fkn timer  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Your old when you remember that " a few good men " was an oscar nominated film and not the new mission statement for employment in the film industry
( 'kin hell Weinstein..who the feck jerks off into a plant pot ?" |
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"Your 20 year old niece, when asked ‘you know who Michael J Fox is right? Response ‘who?’ My response ‘Back to the future films?’ Never heard of him Auntie and they are very old films’! Gulp.
What has made you feel old recently?
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When you’ve just had a birthday and feared they may have to call the fire brigade to put your candles out....
Hmm fireman... there’s always an upside!
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"Your 20 year old niece, when asked ‘you know who Michael J Fox is right? Response ‘who?’ My response ‘Back to the future films?’ Never heard of him Auntie and they are very old films’! Gulp.
What has made you feel old recently?
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Buying a dressing gown  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When you join the Send a face picture to someone in the thread and the 3 you decide to send one to have age restrictions that say you are ancient lol... |
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over a year ago
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"My sister scoffing at the fact I didn't have a mobile when I was in school. I said love when I was in school the only way you got hold of your friends was by ringing their house phone or giving them a knock. "
Didn't you have MSN? |
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"My sister scoffing at the fact I didn't have a mobile when I was in school. I said love when I was in school the only way you got hold of your friends was by ringing their house phone or giving them a knock.
Didn't you have MSN?"
They have vaccinations for that now... |
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When Grease was realesed 40 years ago and I was in the line to see it first time round
When computer studies was an after school club 
When the best toy was a piece of coloured chalk for marking out the hopscotch grid on the floor
When you built dens in the woods with othe kids in the street 
When pocket money was 10p a week off my grandad and 50p for a birthday
When my neighbour was the only man in the street with a car 
So so many more I could mention but it does make me feel decrepit |
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"My sister scoffing at the fact I didn't have a mobile when I was in school. I said love when I was in school the only way you got hold of your friends was by ringing their house phone or giving them a knock.
Didn't you have MSN?"
We didn't have internet  |
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"My sister scoffing at the fact I didn't have a mobile when I was in school. I said love when I was in school the only way you got hold of your friends was by ringing their house phone or giving them a knock.
Didn't you have MSN?
We didn't have internet "
I suppose I was lucky. One of the first I knew with broadband. 1mb was VERY quick then  |
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"When Grease was realesed 40 years ago and I was in the line to see it first time round
When computer studies was an after school club
When the best toy was a piece of coloured chalk for marking out the hopscotch grid on the floor
When you built dens in the woods with othe kids in the street
When pocket money was 10p a week off my grandad and 50p for a birthday
When my neighbour was the only man in the street with a car
So so many more I could mention but it does make me feel decrepit "
Yes! Lol  |
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"Your 20 year old niece, when asked ‘you know who Michael J Fox is right? Response ‘who?’ My response ‘Back to the future films?’ Never heard of him Auntie and they are very old films’! Gulp.
What has made you feel old recently?
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Our new team member was born the day I left school |
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"Your 20 year old niece, when asked ‘you know who Michael J Fox is right? Response ‘who?’ My response ‘Back to the future films?’ Never heard of him Auntie and they are very old films’! Gulp.
What has made you feel old recently?
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I bet she's heard of Elvis, Bruce Lee and The Beetles though.... probably even Frank Sinatra, Julius Ceasar, and Beethoven.
I would let it make me feel old, just makes her lacking in cultural education. Force her to watch every film that you've ever seen |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Moved house yesterday and had stuff at a storage lock up. Emptied it only to find vinyls. Cassettes and even a 3.5" floppy. Thats not a reference to anything else btw. The kids couldnt believe we listened to music that way. Oh and it was a compilation tape i made as a kid xx |
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When you're filing online stuff in, and have to scroll & scroll & scroll to find your birth year in the drop down box.
When you're best mate from school posts pics on Bookface of us winning the under 11s netball tournament... Only thing was I never looked 11, I was already 5'8" by then! |
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I remember being the 1st in our street to get a satellite dish!!! Watching Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street on a Sunday mmmm
My eldest can start driving lessons soon - I still remember my 1st lesson - not looking forward to sharing my car
B x |
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By *hubaysi OP Woman
over a year ago
Leeds |
"I remember being the 1st in our street to get a satellite dish!!! Watching Johnny Depp in 21 Jump Street on a Sunday mmmm
My eldest can start driving lessons soon - I still remember my 1st lesson - not looking forward to sharing my car
B x"
Lol don’t share it then saying that car insurance for young uns is like having a mortgage |
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"When you're filing online stuff in, and have to scroll & scroll & scroll to find your birth year in the drop down box.
When you're best mate from school posts pics on Bookface of us winning the under 11s netball tournament... Only thing was I never looked 11, I was already 5'8" by then! "
If you were a guy you'd be like 6ft 8 you know! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Has to be when one of the younger guys in our work gang has a birthday and you realise half the gang were born over 5yrs after you left school "
Or when your work colleagues are younger than your children! |
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By *hubaysi OP Woman
over a year ago
Leeds |
"Has to be when one of the younger guys in our work gang has a birthday and you realise half the gang were born over 5yrs after you left school
Or when your work colleagues are younger than your children!"
Or when the Apprentice at work says he has never heard of Elvis, Frankie Valley or Freddie Mercury I blame his dad and told him so! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When your offspring are playing “awesome tracks” their streaming on their phones... and you go rummaging and dhow them the original vinyl album it comes from! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My kids went paint balling today, my middle son said ‘I got shot in the head about 5 times’ so I said ‘you didn’t do a PJ and Duncan then’ they all said ‘what? Who?’ I wouldn’t mind but let’s get ready to rumble is one of our go to songs in the car, me and Ads bust that song out like demons! And my eldest when Patrick Swayze died asked who he was
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I remember as a kid we only had a black and white tv and 3 channels. "
My first TV in my bedroom was black and white with a twisty knob and a round ariel that you had to play around with to get a picture.
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By (user no longer on site)
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Also I always feel old when I look at a picture of me and my family when I was two...Ads likes to remind me he wasn’t even born when I was two and I was married for the first time when he just left school.
I also feel old when I am looking at something and trying to read it and I’m like all the way back or right up close to my face with what ever I’m reading!
Geeky x |
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By *E8374Couple
over a year ago
Tipton |
When I get a confused and strange face from our 9yr old son that when I was his age we had no internet (only at huge corporations or a B.B. system through a 386PC), only 4 TV channels and SKY (or BSkyB as we knew it) had about 10-12 channels !!!!
“You lived with no YouTube?!? That’s mad!”.... ?????? |
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"You feel old when ur asked did they have buses when u went to school or did u go on a horse n cart! "
If I,d asked my dad the same question he could have added to your list and said trams as well.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You feel old when ur asked did they have buses when u went to school or did u go on a horse n cart! If I,d asked my dad the same question he could have added to your list and said trams as well.. "
If you go a few mile up the road to Beeston they still do |
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"You feel old when ur asked did they have buses when u went to school or did u go on a horse n cart! If I,d asked my dad the same question he could have added to your list and said trams as well..
If you go a few mile up the road to Beeston they still do"
Horse and carts to... you only need the cobble stones then.. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When I get a confused and strange face from our 9yr old son that when I was his age we had no internet (only at huge corporations or a B.B. system through a 386PC), only 4 TV channels and SKY (or BSkyB as we knew it) had about 10-12 channels !!!!
“You lived with no YouTube?!? That’s mad!”.... ??????"
I explained to a young person who was bitching about homework and research on the internet, about having to go to a library to look information up. She looked at me like I was making it up. |
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"You feel old when ur asked did they have buses when u went to school or did u go on a horse n cart! If I,d asked my dad the same question he could have added to your list and said trams as well..
If you go a few mile up the road to Beeston they still do Horse and carts to... you only need the cobble stones then.. "
Just up to Belper for that |
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By *hubaysi OP Woman
over a year ago
Leeds |
"When I get a confused and strange face from our 9yr old son that when I was his age we had no internet (only at huge corporations or a B.B. system through a 386PC), only 4 TV channels and SKY (or BSkyB as we knew it) had about 10-12 channels !!!!
“You lived with no YouTube?!? That’s mad!”.... ??????
I explained to a young person who was bitching about homework and research on the internet, about having to go to a library to look information up. She looked at me like I was making it up. "
I remember going to my local library to check the reference books which were massive, I had to be accompanied by a librarian! Like as if I was going to steal one of those big books lol. |
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"You feel old when ur asked did they have buses when u went to school or did u go on a horse n cart! If I,d asked my dad the same question he could have added to your list and said trams as well..
If you go a few mile up the road to Beeston they still do Horse and carts to... you only need the cobble stones then..
Just up to Belper for that "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The other day an old old friend told me that a girl we went to school with is now a grandmother. Then I saw that girl out shopping with my mum. With her daughter and grandchild. I don't even have my own kids yet. My mates kids are toddlers.
I can't believe I'm old enough to have a teenage nephew let alone be a grandmother. I'm 35 |
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Card machine is the local shop crashed yesterday, while awaiting for it to decide what it was doing I said to the shop assistant, this is as bad as dial up internet. I got a complete look of puzzlement and found myself explaining dial up internet.... Surly it was not that long ago?? |
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While traveling along the motorway and seeing cars mainly consisting of Morris Minors ,travellers, Ford Anglias, Austin Mini,s, Vauxhall Victors, Cresta,s, Bedford Dormobiles, Austin Healey Sprites, along with alvis,s and others of that period, often older ones on the main road and avenue back to the 1920,s like the T ford and Austin 7 ... |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
Newbury |
"I'm not at all old, but one of the boys in the Saturday team I run and play for is half my age. "
That reminds me of when the captain of our Rugby team told me that my game was improving and that the winger for the first XV was getting on a bit in age, and if I kept it up, I could challenge his place.....
I then pointed out that I was six years older than the winger for the first XV.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When you renew your passport and compare the two photos
Ouch I will need my fourth one in 2yrs time 
If I compared my new passport photo to first one . Let's just say it was blue with a hard cover "
I remember well my first was black hard back, if I searched hard enough I might find my first which was a brown which only lasted a month used to just get from the post office |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When you see pictures or film from the mid 90’s and they have cars in that at the time you thought looked really nice but actually look like they should be in the 70’s or 80’s, films too I think ‘they aren’t that old’ but they are 20 plus years old now and they look it!!
When your eldest turns 17 and you think ‘I’m going to own an adult this time next year’ a fucking adult, I remember my 17 and 18 birthdays rather well and they don’t seem that long ago!
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Mt 5 year old grandaughter sd to her mum Nana won't live much longer will she mum.
Wouldn't be so bad but the day b4 she saw my wedding foto from 30 years ago and said uv still got the same face on nana x |
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By *ay-89Woman
over a year ago
Norwich |
Ok I'm only 28 but the realisation that we will now have 18 year olds born in 2000 is kinda scary.
In the office I work in we have several young staff, several of which havent seen top gun, the rocky horror picture show, dirty dancing, grease among other classic films. Trying to explain rocky horror and the look on some of their faces was priceless! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"While traveling along the motorway and seeing cars mainly consisting of Morris Minors ,travellers, Ford Anglias, Austin Mini,s, Vauxhall Victors, Cresta,s, Bedford Dormobiles, Austin Healey Sprites, along with alvis,s and others of that period, often older ones on the main road and avenue back to the 1920,s like the T ford and Austin 7 ... "
I still have my Ford Anglia |
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"While traveling along the motorway and seeing cars mainly consisting of Morris Minors ,travellers, Ford Anglias, Austin Mini,s, Vauxhall Victors, Cresta,s, Bedford Dormobiles, Austin Healey Sprites, along with alvis,s and others of that period, often older ones on the main road and avenue back to the 1920,s like the T ford and Austin 7 ...
I still have my Ford Anglia "
There was a period only for a short time mind, that when out on the road or motorway I could recognise and name most vehicles on the road in the early to mid 1970,s If anyone can do the same now they deserve a medal they seem to bring out a new kind every month now days..  |
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When you go clothes shopping with your baby and it's not for new school uniform but a wedding dress.
When the "mummy and..." day is not McDonald's, pic n mix at Woolies and a new outfit for Barbie but lunch at TGI Friday and shopping for baby clothes in Baby Gap! |
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"When you renew your passport and compare the two photos "
I was surprised at renewing my passport last year that I didn’t need my new photograph verified. When I asked why she said it was because i was still recognisable from the one ten years ago..... happy as Larry I skipped out of the post office and sure enough a few days later my passport arrived.
Now on retrospection was it that I looked older than my years ten years ago or was it that I’ve not aged in 10 years?? I’m a little insecure  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I remember when Channel 5 was launched properly (1997) and someone had to come round to my parents' house to do something to the TV so that we could receive the channel signal. Great excitement!
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"I remember when Channel 5 was launched properly (1997) and someone had to come round to my parents' house to do something to the TV so that we could receive the channel signal. Great excitement!
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I wouldn't have bothered |
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over a year ago
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"When you crave to watch a crime drama without mobiles or computers in it.
How the hell did they used to catch criminals back then?!"
Unless the caught you with your hand in the cookie jar they didn't. A lot more crimes went unsolved and people were wrongfully convicted I think. Finger prints, cctv, DNA testing have helped lots. I can't imagine you would have more than an eye witness before. |
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over a year ago
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My daughter went for a college interview recently. When she came out she said "I had to fill in a form and it had this, like, magic paper that copied what I wrote on to the page underneath!" |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When people I looked up to as a kid started dying
When I worked out that I've got tools older than the apprentice at work
When my kids found my old pager and didn't know what it was |
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By *unguya2zMan
over a year ago
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"When you crave to watch a crime drama without mobiles or computers in it.
How the hell did they used to catch criminals back then?!
Unless the caught you with your hand in the cookie jar they didn't. A lot more crimes went unsolved and people were wrongfully convicted I think. Finger prints, cctv, DNA testing have helped lots. I can't imagine you would have more than an eye witness before. "
I'm talking about the plots in TV crime drama. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Your 20 year old niece, when asked ‘you know who Michael J Fox is right? Response ‘who?’ My response ‘Back to the future films?’ Never heard of him Auntie and they are very old films’! Gulp.
What has made you feel old recently?
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well the drill sarge just passed away (full metal jacket) and have a look at DiCaprio |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When you wait til midnight to see if your age immediately, magically goes up a year on your fab profile. And it does *crybaby face* "
Happy birthday
Still think you're secretly in your 20's |
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By *ky19Man
over a year ago
Plymouth |
"When you're filing online stuff in, and have to scroll & scroll & scroll to find your birth year in the drop down box.
When you're best mate from school posts pics on Bookface of us winning the under 11s netball tournament... Only thing was I never looked 11, I was already 5'8" by then!
If you were a guy you'd be like 6ft 8 you know! "
Lol I am 6'8" and I was 5'4" when I was 11. |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
Hull |
My modern young colleagues who cannot fathom how I survived my first job on £5 per week?
I saw an Austin 1300 the other day - the Black & White version, which was all the rage back in 1969!
I could get into a London Night Club in 1975 with my first 2 drinks included for £2.
I recall the first "Mobile" phones were the size of a house brick with a pull out aerial about a foot long.
Supermarkets in the 1960's & early 70's closed at 5.30pm on a Saturday & reopened at 9am Monday!
Nowadays, I get offered seats on buses.
Ten days ago, I was admitted to A&E but my condition was deemed so acute, I was taken in for treatment within 30 minutes!
As I was wheeled in, I heard a teenage Couple complain how it was I was getting in ahead of them when they'd been there first??
As a nurse explained the how's & why's, the female was heard to say, "I'm not surprised, he's f****** Ancient!"
I suddenly felt very old! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"When you wait til midnight to see if your age immediately, magically goes up a year on your fab profile. And it does *crybaby face*
Happy birthday
Still think you're secretly in your 20's "
Thanks, yes in my head I AM
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"When 30 year olds are posting in a thread about feeling old."
 My middle daughter was complaining about being an old mum at the mother and toddler group she attends with her one year old son: she's 30! |
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By *hubaysi OP Woman
over a year ago
Leeds |
"I've not only got socks older than police officers. . I've got holes in socks older than them. ... maybe i just need new socks. ..xx"
I’ve noticed how young Police Officers are and very wet behind the ears too!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I’m organising a 1980s charity night. My workmates are having to google the 80s
Some have never heard of bros, erasure, banana clips, ra-ra skirts, jelly shoes. Makes me feel old |
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"I’m organising a 1980s charity night. My workmates are having to google the 80s
Some have never heard of bros, erasure, banana clips, ra-ra skirts, jelly shoes. Makes me feel old"
Ra ra skirts. Phwooor. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I feel old when dealing with people of my own age at work and seeing how old they look. I tend to ask me 'am I really that old?', and I think those old people went to the same grade as me at school at the same time.
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