The realisation you're getting old

[oldwheels]

In Aldi yesterday somebody asked if they could assist getting my shopping from trolley to conveyor belt.
I replied yes but only if they were prepared to pay for it as well.
They were not amused.

 

[Chris S]

 

[Chris S]

If you can remember getting chips wrapped in newspaper.

 

[Gunk]

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I missed all of that, Nintendo was released in 1983 and I was already 18 and out at work, my main leisure pursuits were drinking, girls, and motorbikes by then.

 

[Chris S]

Whenever a newsreader says, "The Foreign Secretary Lord Ca..." I automatically finish it as 'Carrington' and not 'Cameron'.

 

[Chris S]

 

[derrick]

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Never had a phone as a child, did not realise we had youngsters on here,

 

[Alex321]

Never had a phone as a child, did not realise we had youngsters on here,

We had one when I was in my teens,in the 1970's. I know because when we had been out late (usually playing water polo for the school), we would ring home, just let it ring three times, then my parents would know to come and pick us up

Don't have a clue what the number was though.

 

[mistyoptic]

Don't have a clue what the number was though.

I can remember mine but I’m not telling you because I use it as a PIN

 

[rockyroller]

I seem to care less about everything

 

[rockyroller]

This is an eye opener.

www.outlived.org

a lot of ppl I don't know

 

[rockyroller]

Cigarette smoke used to be everywhere when I was a child. I hardly ever smell it these days.

had a girlfriend that smoked. she got me started & when we kissed I could smell & taste it. I grew to like it. it just got mixed in w/ everything else & I associated it with passion & love. Wifey doesn't smoke & I don't miss it. I guess it was a phase

 

[rockyroller]

My swmbo and I were talking about underwear last night as you do.

And I commented that none of my boxers have labels on them so when it's dark and I am getting dressed it's not always obvious if I have them on the right way round 😀

Her reply was you need some old man pants then as they have a label rather than have size info etc etc printed on the inside.

So I guess I am getting old

or maybe some w/ a fly on both sides?

 

[rockyroller]

when this is the most amusing forum thread I'll see all day

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I remember when we got our phone installed in the mid 70s. My mum made me run to the nearest payphone with 2p so she could hear it ring. We'd waited 3 months for it to be installed and it came in a beige brown, not the avocado green she'd ordered.


ETA - a few years later we upgraded to a trimphone. Looked great but we had to sit it on a tin tray so we could hear it.