You know you're getting old when...

[haddonsman]

... you buy a 1TB drive.

FFS, I used to work with punch cards.

[Deep Black]

... an 18 year old * asks "if you're going out tonight" (Friday night), & you answer, "nah, it's my turn to get the baby up in the morning".

* Nothing exciting, just someone I'm teaching to drive**
** I'm a driving instructor

[198505]

the people asking if you want fires with look like they should be in class not behind the counter.

when you are listening to tune on the radio and they say that that was from 1980 something and you realise that that was nearly or is over 20 years ago

[haddonsman]

.. there are 25th anniversary editions of the books you enjoyed reading whilst at school...

[rac]

When you realise your first part time job was 25 years ago...

[Hagbard Celine]

When you've been married twice.

[Champagne Socialist]

Most of your friends are maried and with at least 1 child.
Your Nephew and Niece are now sledging down the same hill you did when you were their age.

[Chiaroscuro]

When younger person looks surprised when you mention a 'with it' comedian/band.

[Deep Black]

I used to be with-it, then they changed what it was.

[rac]

You're pleased about the cardigan you got for Christmas.

[boberick2]

You Know You're Getting Old When...
You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead.

You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

You can live without sex, but not without glasses.

Your back goes out more than you do.

You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

You are proud of your lawn mower.

Your best friend is dating someone half their age... And isn't breaking any laws.

Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

You sing along with the elevator music.

You would rather go to work than stay home sick.

You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

People call at 9 pm. And ask, "Did I wake you?"

You answer a question with "Because I said so!"

You send money to PBS.

The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.

You take a metal detector to the beach.

You wear black socks with sandals.

You know what the word equity means.

You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.

Your ears are hairier than your head.

You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn.

You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

You got cable for the weather channel.

You can go bowling without drinking.

[RedKing]

When you have to explain what a 'b-side' is / was.

[jag]

When they start making re-makes of films you remember the first time round.

[jag]

The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.
:D:D:D.
How I howled at that.

[Adamus]

...when you hear a song on the radio that's a cover of a song that's also a cover of an original song that you owned on vinyl.

[Luseferous]

You catch yourself saying '' Tuck yourself in, you'll be much warmer''.

[edash]

You go to a metal gig and look for the seating area.

[Conscious Bob]

When you find album cassettes in the loft.

[Deep Black]

Loft? I've got loads in a bedroom draw :)

[198505]

When the clerks carrying files round at court look young enough to still be at school

[jag]

My calendar 20 years ago had things like 'Party', 'Disco', 'Meet Jane', 'London trip', 'Gig' etc now it has things like 'Doctor', 'Physio', 'Dentist', 'Clinic', 'Haircut' etc.

[scooterman]

you remember that just before you left your secondary school it got its 1st computer

[198505]

you remember that just before you left your primary school it got its 1st computer

[Deep Black]

Computers at Primary school? It never happened

[Champagne Socialist]

aaaah, the BBC micro.
Those were the days

[Conscious Bob]

Went through school and college without seeing a computer, my first full time job was operating a computer.

Fortunately for me I grew up during the home computer revolution and even though I cut my teeth on a humble Sinclair Spectrum, I has enough of a rudimentary skill level to survive my first day.

[RedKing]

I was part of the first 'Computer Studies' class in my secondary school in 1977 - we had a single Commodore PET machine, the only computer in the whole school. The teacher who was responsible for 'Computer Studies' was one chapter ahead in the book. Though not for long and we ended up teaching ourselves and her at a much quicker pace.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Commodore_4032.jpg

[scooterman]

*this really happened*( a few years ago)
You get slippers (baffies) as a present and think "great! just what I needed!

[Chiaroscuro]

Nothing wrong with wanting warm feet, scoot. ;)

[Attitude Adjuster]

You cough like crazy when lighting up your first ciggy

[haddonsman]

*this really happened*( a few years ago)
You get slippers (baffies) as a present and think "great! just what I needed!

When you get a £10 M&S voucher- sorry, 'gift card' - and think - great! I can go buy slippers that don't smell of used cabbage!

Rather than spending it on a half-decent bottle of wine / agreeable cheeses / floss-thin underwear for your little nest of vipers.

(hint: figleaves.com is better for floss-thin underwear)

[BeckyH]

You go to a concert and find yourself thinking
"This is nice, but it's a bit loud."
When you realize that you just don't have a clue what the generation coming up is talking about.

[scooterman]

You go to a concert and find yourself thinking
"This is nice, but it's a bit loud."
When you realize that you just don't have a clue what the generation coming up is talking about.

you get Valentines messages on interweb forums from weird guys

[Champagne Socialist]

Happy Valentines Scoot

[RedKing]

Forum <3 Scoot.

[Chiaroscuro]

Forum <3 Scoot.

Oh, it's a heart. I always thought it looked like a bum.

[Champagne Socialist]

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[198505]

An odd shaped naked lady indeed!

[scooterman]

An odd shaped naked lady indeed!


I've seen odder.............

[Chiaroscuro]

Looks like an owl to me.

[Champagne Socialist]

The formating is annoying, completely messing with my marain sig as well :-P

http://213.253.134.7/banks/forum2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1810&SearchTerms=marain

[RedKing]

I had the same problem in the old forum when I tried to use the "dots in a three by three grid" style - monospace fonts are the answer.

[Conscious Bob]

The formating is annoying, completely messing with my marain sig as well


I had the same problem in the old forum when I tried to use the "dots in a three by three grid" style - monospace fonts are the answer.

Of course guys, you could always incorporate your marain sig in your avatar, that would be novel wouldn't it?

[Deep Black]

What does it say on your Drone there?

[boberick2]

The formating is annoying, completely messing with my marain sig as well :-P

http://213.253.134.7/banks/forum2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1810&SearchTerms=marain

i want to see the marian but it says i need an account and i'm not allowed to register

Also domain name registration only costs like £3 a year

[Champagne Socialist]

Yeah, the old forum was locked due to badness

[Conscious Bob]

What does it say on your Drone there?

konshus bob which is about as close as I could get.

[Conscious Bob]

i want to see the marian but it says i need an account and i'm not allowed to register

One of us will post you a link later on I'm sure.

[Deep Black]

I looked on the Fastness site, but couldn't find any marain

[Deep Black]

How about:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/marain.htm

[boberick2]

How about:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/marain.htm

Black you're the most useful person in the world

thanks ;)

[Champagne Socialist]

I think I still have the spreadsheet for converting to marain, I'll have a dig about, anyone want it, or can host it let me know and I'll mail it.

[Deep Black]

Black you're the most useful person in the world

thanks ;)
Your welcome;)

[pittance]

I looked on the Fastness site, but couldn't find any marain

I put it here (http://www.fastness.co.uk/content/marain.TTF)

[RedKing]

I think I still have the spreadsheet for converting to marain, I'll have a dig about, anyone want it, or can host it let me know and I'll mail it.

Make it into a Google document and then we can all access it.

[disrepdog]

Swinging back to topic, you know you're getting old(er) when your post is all birthday cards. The cake was good :)

[Deep Black]

Well a hip, hip, happy bidet:D

[Champagne Socialist]

when you break bones falling over?

[Chiaroscuro]

Swinging back to topic, you know you're getting old(er) when your post is all birthday cards. The cake was good :)
Happy birthday for yesterday!


when you break bones falling over?

Well that's a cheerful one. ;)

[jag]

I accidentally drooled whilst reading the newspaper today:o.

[edash]

Swinging back to topic, you know you're getting old(er) when your post is all birthday cards. The cake was good :)

Was there room for all 22 candles ;)

[ROU Read After Burning]

I accidentally drooled whilst reading the newspaper today:o.

Page 3? Tut tut

[disrepdog]

Thanks people, esp Ed for being a gent ;)

[jag]

I got a fright when a pheasant guflapped out in front of me today.

[Champagne Socialist]

When you're playing 'I see ewe' (a childrens shape/colour/sound matching game) with your Godson on your iPhone, and realise that these devices (mobile phones in general) that have radically altered how we're able to live, and have advanced so much already, will be completely passe for this generation.

[Conscious Bob]

It's the old song of technology Champagne Socialist.

My sister was talking to me about her sons, I remembered my mum having a similar conversation about me and my sister. We're programmed I tell you.

[rac]

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=11710

[Conscious Bob]

So true.

Web comics, love them.

[Champagne Socialist]

It's the old song of technology Champagne Socialist.

My sister was talking to me about her sons, I remembered my mum having a similar conversation about me and my sister. We're programmed I tell you.

True, it's just the first time it's happened to me :-/

[Conscious Bob]

True, it's just the first time it's happened to me

Me and my nephew were mucking about with a cassette recorder and my brother-in-law asked me if I'd obtained said device from a museum.

[rac]

My teenage niece didn't know what a vinyl record was...

[Chiaroscuro]

God, those last two really have made me feel old. :)

Being slightly more serious for a moment, there was a discussion on the radio the other day about some organisation in California that has said the word 'elderly' is offensive and shouldn't be used. Instead they want the term 'older adults'.

I think it's a shame that words like 'old' and 'elderly' are seen as insulting. I know it's because they've become interchangeable with words like 'decrepit' and 'infirm', but we do seem to be more and more frightened to accept the ageing process.

[Deep Black]

Pretty ridiculous.

Speaking of old music systems. My dad still has & uses a reel to reel player :)

[Champagne Socialist]

I had a friend visit the other evening who suggested watching a film, then produced a VHS tape.
I don't even have a DVD player any more, having gone completely digital.
suppose it could have been worse, it could have been betamax.

[rac]

I had a friend visit the other evening who suggested watching a film, then produced a VHS tape.
I don't even have a DVD player any more, having gone completely digital.
suppose it could have been worse, it could have been betamax.

You do know that, in the event of an EMP, you're buggered...

[Conscious Bob]

You do know that, in the event of an EMP, you're buggered...

They should put that on the box.

[Champagne Socialist]

You do know that, in the event of an EMP, you're buggered...

I'll try to avoid any nuclear wars then

[claverhouse]

The realisation that the friends you made at university , when you thought you were all grown up having left home at 18 , have now been friends for substantially more than 18 years!

[Champagne Socialist]

The realisation that the friends you made at university , when you thought you were all grown up having left home at 18 , have now been friends for substantially more than 18 years!

ooooooh, yes.
Didn't we just know it all back then! HA!

Now 18-24 year olds are so tiresome.

[RedKing]

Me and my nephew were mucking about with a cassette recorder and my brother-in-law asked me if I'd obtained said device from a museum.

Whilst on a trip to the Science Museum I saw that they had several things in the 'Museum of Computing' that I still have in my house... :eek:

[Deep Black]

I recorded our bands most recent demo on an Atari ST ;)

[BeckyH]

You can remember punch cards as the height of computing technology!

[198505]

You find yourself on the floor and have no memeory of how you got and you can't get bet back up.



Or is that drunk?

[edash]

Sometimes the symptoms are interchangable.

[Thomas87]

You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's garden

[jag]

My Mortality was revealed.

[Conscious Bob]

My Mortality was revealed.

That's a shocker, here was me thinking you were immortal.

[Champagne Socialist]

It's 9 o.clock, you've had a nice meal, the wine was good, feeling slightly to full for dessert anyway... if we go now we can get home in time to curl up in front of the news with a cup of tea.

[RedKing]

That's a shocker, here was me thinking you were immortal.

That's immoral you were thinking of there, Bob. :D

[Conscious Bob]

When you turn forty five... RedKing.

Happy Birthday.

[RedKing]

Why thank you, Bob. I assume the prezzie and card are in the post? :)

[Big Orange]

When you find out the original actress who played Rita Repulsa from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers has passed away years ago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiko_Soga).

[Conscious Bob]

Why thank you, Bob. I assume the prezzie and card are in the post? :)

You may assume...

[Champagne Socialist]

it's a competition between the grey hairs and the wrinkles.

[Deep Black]

I have a few greys comming now. No prob, I quite fancy looking like Gandalf :cool:

[Champagne Socialist]

I have white streaks along each side of my head, making me look like a particularly dashing ginger badger.

[Conscious Bob]

I'm just glad to have hair (on my head).

[Champagne Socialist]

with elbow patches?

[Conscious Bob]

with elbow patches?

Not too familar with that euphemism, something like penalty spot or extreme parting?

[Champagne Socialist]

was actually replying to the cardigan post.
simple bad timing on my part

[Conscious Bob]

was actually replying to the cardigan post.
simple bad timing on my part

You could try quoting...

[Deep Black]

"Now is the winter of our discontent..."

[Conscious Bob]

"Now is the winter of our discontent..."

Yeah, a Deep Black winter.

[Deep Black]

http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/DeepBlack23/deepblackwinter.jpg?t=1260460215

[Champagne Socialist]

nicely photoshopped

[Deep Black]

Thanks :) but I'm not sophisticated enought for photoshop, that was done in "paint"