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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago
Away for Christmas |
It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.
I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!
How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?
This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. |
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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago
Away for Christmas |
"At Leeds social at the weekend, Saturday night came on and the youngsters didn't know the dance!
I mean everyone knows that dance.
Definitely old!
Mrs "
I don't "know" the dance, since dancing has never been my thing BUT I know of the dance! |
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over a year ago
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"At Leeds social at the weekend, Saturday night came on and the youngsters didn't know the dance!
I mean everyone knows that dance.
Definitely old!
Mrs "
Some of us are too old to know the dance |
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"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it
The original Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers to be specific. "
That’s right in my wheelhouse and Ducktales |
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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago
Away for Christmas |
"My daughter’s boyfriend. Never heard of Duran Duran!! What!? Get out
I hope he is now blacklisted and banned from ever becoming part of the family!
He’s under the patio with the others "
The correct answer |
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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago
Away for Christmas |
"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it
The original Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers to be specific.
That’s right in my wheelhouse and Ducktales"
They sure know the Ducktales theme... Right?  they at least have to know that! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The first time I realised that people saw me as 'older' was when a young colleague asked me if people in their fifties still had sex... "
And your answer was.... |
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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago
Away for Christmas |
"I told one of my staff he was like Barbara Woodhouse for fussing dogs, and none of the team had any idea who I meant"
I'll admit it took me a minute to think who it was! But I knew the reference eventually, without Google too! |
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"The first time I realised that people saw me as 'older' was when a young colleague asked me if people in their fifties still had sex...
And your answer was...."
I smiled and said "of course, with the aid of pulleys and hoists"  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My nephew was being a polite young man trying to make conversation with his elderely uncle and he asked me "so when you worked in Cambodia was that when Pol Pot was in charge?"
Excuse me, Pol Pot was in charge from 1976-79 - I was only a teenager then. |
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"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.
I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!
How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?
This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "
Firstly, which cartoon? I bet I'm too old to recognise the names, not too young.
Secondly, they will get their turn. One day they will hear somebody say to them "What the hell is Tiktok?" |
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over a year ago
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"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it
The original Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers to be specific. "
Shocking! Even I know who they are  |
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When a girl I work with didn't know what Bebo was.
I heard a conversation between two young people talking about how the pub was full of old people (people in their 30's)
There's loads but that's two examples.
Em x |
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By *erlins5Man
over a year ago
South Fife |
"At Leeds social at the weekend, Saturday night came on and the youngsters didn't know the dance!
I mean everyone knows that dance.
Definitely old!
Mrs "
I used to do it with my kids.... Now that's old  |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
A twenty something asked a friend recently if she could remember where she was when the Titanic sank.To be fair he didn't know it was 1912.
Got a new mobile in May,turns out I've had a contract with O2 longer than any of the shop staff have been alive. |
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"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.
I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!
How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?
This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "
You're 39! You probably don't remember when home phones were corded and you had to sit next to the phone to use it? Or the first dial up Internet? You could use your home phone or home Internet, but not at the same time. |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.
I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!
How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?
This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective.
You're 39! You probably don't remember when home phones were corded and you had to sit next to the phone to use it? Or the first dial up Internet? You could use your home phone or home Internet, but not at the same time."
The screaming modem |
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"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.
I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!
How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?
This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "
Every time I talk to my damned PT! Last night it was the fact he was still at primary school while I was at uni |
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over a year ago
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Haha not me but I was on the other end of the conversation with someone a bit older and our jobs came up, he said he was practicing medicine since 1981. I told him he's been practicing medicine longer than my parents have been alive. Haha we had a great banter after that. But yeah I can be evil sometimes. |
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I’ve had the flu jab for the last few years. Went to boots for it last year and mentioned to the pharmacist that I hadn’t paid yet ( I paid when booking the previous years) . She asked me my birth year I told her and she said “ oh it’s free for people your age”
That was my “ I’m old “ moment  |
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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago
Near Wells |
"Haha not me but I was on the other end of the conversation with someone a bit older and our jobs came up, he said he was practicing medicine since 1981. I told him he's been practicing medicine longer than my parents have been alive. Haha we had a great banter after that. But yeah I can be evil sometimes. "
I have to be honest, I haven't a clue what your status is about. Sorry |
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"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.
I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!
How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?
This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "
Ooh and so it starts!
I noticed when I spotted my soon to he 30 year old son's bald patch....
Then the next time I saw him he was wearing his 'comfy slippers' complaining of a bad back
Talk about feeling like a fossil. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Oh it happens a lot, I’ll be talking about childhood shows or snacks and my nieces will reply with “what’s that”. Age hits you like a truck.
I remember when I was a kid wishing I was grown up and now I’m grown up wishing I was a kid lol.   |
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By *ostosaCouple
over a year ago
North of England |
It happened to us both last Saturday night at Liberty Elite. We attended the Naughties party there and we felt we were in an episode of Love Island! Full of younger sexy people which was fantastic. It just made us comment that we must have been one of the oldest couples in there! |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
Just taken another box of obsolete coins and a bit of current into the bank.The Shillings and Florins I can understand,the Cashier seemed bewildered by the large size 50p's and 10p',even the 1996 £2 coin. |
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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago
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"Literally just today OP when I was in a team meeting and a colleague was talking about Strictly and said Jade Goody’s son was in it and another person in the team asked who Jade Goody was  "
See! It's these things. It's quite funny too when you think about it.
There is a generation that will have forgotten who Jade was/is.
A generation that will know I him as nothing but Jade's son.
And then those that will know only him for his current stuff. |
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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago
Away for Christmas |
"Haha not me but I was on the other end of the conversation with someone a bit older and our jobs came up, he said he was practicing medicine since 1981. I told him he's been practicing medicine longer than my parents have been alive. Haha we had a great banter after that. But yeah I can be evil sometimes.
I have to be honest, I haven't a clue what your status is about. Sorry "
To be fair it's more of a tech thing than just generation.
4090 graphics card or Virtual Reality trackers.
Of course this is where the old age kicks in and shows its neither of those things and I got it wrong!  |
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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago
Away for Christmas |
"Every time I've looked in a mirror for the last 10 years.
So you stopped looking?
That explains a lot actually.
Denial is a wonderful thing."
It is also a river in Egypt!
(that joke never works in text! ) |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
"The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998  "
The £2 coin was launched in 1986 with a reverse design for the 13th Commonwealth Games,held in Scotland.1989(X2) tercentenary of the Bill of Rights and tercentenary of the Claim of Right,1994 tercentenary of the Bank of England,1995(X2) 50th anniversary of the end of WW2,50th anniversary of the establishment of the UN,1996 Euro '96,1997 the first Bimetallic issue.
But don't let that stop you.As you were. |
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By *ornyguyMan
over a year ago
Hillsborough, NI |
It's generally at work I have felt old..
People not having heard of the following:
-Roxette
-Mary Poppins
-The song Basket Case, even though they claim to be Green Day fans.
-Good Morning Vietnam
-The Italian Job, old and new versions.
And at football, having what I think was an attempt at a compliment:
"I hope I can run around the same as you when I'm your age"; thanks I think. |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
When people who were in years below me at school had kids who were starting secondary school. And my reaction was "what the actual fuck... how rude!".
One of these children has now got two kids of her own and I cannot approve at all. |
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"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.
I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!
How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?
This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "
Yesterday when I realised how long I had been on fab. |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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"My recent reminder of my age when I was logged on to this thread and remembered I'm really not that old.
Thank you Kai. 
You are over 30. You are old.
You are welcome Mels! "
Not old until I'm middle aged. You've got a year or less left. Best make the most of it. |
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"The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998
The £2 coin was launched in 1986 with a reverse design for the 13th Commonwealth Games,held in Scotland.1989(X2) tercentenary of the Bill of Rights and tercentenary of the Claim of Right,1994 tercentenary of the Bank of England,1995(X2) 50th anniversary of the end of WW2,50th anniversary of the establishment of the UN,1996 Euro '96,1997 the first Bimetallic issue.
But don't let that stop you.As you were."
Those were commemorative double sovereigns, with a nominal value of £2, not. They didn't mint £2 for coinage to be used in circulation until 1998.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)#:~:text=The%20coin%20was%20introduced%20on,1996%20to%20celebrate%20special%20occasions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_sovereign |
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By *lofeldMan
over a year ago
Redhill |
I was watching a girl walking past whilst sat outside having a tea one time, whose boobs were bouncing pretty spectacularly up and down.
Instead of thinking 'wow' my first thought was 'she has the wrong size bra on' |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
"The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998
The £2 coin was launched in 1986 with a reverse design for the 13th Commonwealth Games,held in Scotland.1989(X2) tercentenary of the Bill of Rights and tercentenary of the Claim of Right,1994 tercentenary of the Bank of England,1995(X2) 50th anniversary of the end of WW2,50th anniversary of the establishment of the UN,1996 Euro '96,1997 the first Bimetallic issue.
But don't let that stop you.As you were.
Those were commemorative double sovereigns, with a nominal value of £2, not. They didn't mint £2 for coinage to be used in circulation until 1998.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)#:~:text=The%20coin%20was%20introduced%20on,1996%20to%20celebrate%20special%20occasions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_sovereign"
The £2 was launched in 1986 not 1998,the status of any coin commemorative or bullion is irrelevant if they have a face value.They have an actual face value which is honoured by the bank of issue,in this case BoE.They are not Double Sovereigns.Double Sovereigns are 15.8 grams of 22ct gold.I was talking about the 1996 issue.Try reading properly instead of trying to be clever. |
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"The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998
The £2 coin was launched in 1986 with a reverse design for the 13th Commonwealth Games,held in Scotland.1989(X2) tercentenary of the Bill of Rights and tercentenary of the Claim of Right,1994 tercentenary of the Bank of England,1995(X2) 50th anniversary of the end of WW2,50th anniversary of the establishment of the UN,1996 Euro '96,1997 the first Bimetallic issue.
But don't let that stop you.As you were.
Those were commemorative double sovereigns, with a nominal value of £2, not. They didn't mint £2 for coinage to be used in circulation until 1998.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)#:~:text=The%20coin%20was%20introduced%20on,1996%20to%20celebrate%20special%20occasions.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_sovereign
The £2 was launched in 1986 not 1998,the status of any coin commemorative or bullion is irrelevant if they have a face value.They have an actual face value which is honoured by the bank of issue,in this case BoE.They are not Double Sovereigns.Double Sovereigns are 15.8 grams of 22ct gold.I was talking about the 1996 issue.Try reading properly instead of trying to be clever."
Oki-doki  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nothing to do with age. Its a decade thing.
Most people do not know what era is. Ask them about 80s..my era my decade.. What they say.. 43 years ago means nothing to many born 90s Upward |
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"Looking at my hands, they have had a hard outdoor life and are reminders of the need to moisturise.
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I really don't want to see your inbox right now lol
I've started to cover my hands when I'm dressing (fishnet sleeves and the like), the backs are probably he hardest thing to hide in terms of age I think. pt |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Looking at my hands, they have had a hard outdoor life and are reminders of the need to moisturise.
I really don't want to see your inbox right now lol
I've started to cover my hands when I'm dressing (fishnet sleeves and the like), the backs are probably he hardest thing to hide in terms of age I think. pt"
Yes, If I take a pic with my hands resting say on my belly or thighs which have barely seen the harsh rays of the sun in 47 years, it looks like two different people |
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"Looking at my hands, they have had a hard outdoor life and are reminders of the need to moisturise.
I really don't want to see your inbox right now lol
I've started to cover my hands when I'm dressing (fishnet sleeves and the like), the backs are probably he hardest thing to hide in terms of age I think. pt
Yes, If I take a pic with my hands resting say on my belly or thighs which have barely seen the harsh rays of the sun in 47 years, it looks like two different people
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Me too lol, I always think if my darker older hands werent so slender I could make up all kinds of kinky scenarios to create dodgy pictures from! pt |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"When I realised come 2030, the 1980s will have been 50 years ago.
Half a century. "
I can't approve of this kind of nonsense either. The 80s were and always will be 20 years ago. Ish. |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up. "
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small" |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small""
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket! |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket! "
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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When the music I like and clothes I still wear came “BACK” into fashion and were classed as retro for the 2nd time! 
Not old just a fine vintage 
Parting x |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him."
Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand. |
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"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him.
Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand. "
Modern tech is in your hand, surely?! |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him.
Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.
Modern tech is in your hand, surely?! "
Yes but I only have a phone, iPad and earbuds. I've heard of others who have some handy devices!!! |
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By *mber81Woman
over a year ago
Lives in Preston, Eng |
So many things but on here the messages saying that I look good... FOR MY AGE or that they would like to be with an older lady. Wait, are you referring to me?
Also when I realised that you can be a fully grown adult and been through uni and everything but have been born in the 2000s or be a fully grown adult and be half my age. That really hurt.  |
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"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him.
Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.
Modern tech is in your hand, surely?!
Yes but I only have a phone, iPad and earbuds. I've heard of others who have some handy devices!!! "
Earbuds are out of your hands, certainly |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him.
Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.
Modern tech is in your hand, surely?!
Yes but I only have a phone, iPad and earbuds. I've heard of others who have some handy devices!!!
Earbuds are out of your hands, certainly "
They need to get in my ears and one doesn't have people to do it for one.  |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him.
Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand. "
He had another farmhouse three fields away.No mains.No road to it.The last people to live there were an evacuee family from the London Blitz.They couldn't handle the quiet,solitude or lack of mains facilities,so after two months they went back to the bombing.I cleared it of furniture for him because it would bring the rates (pre council tax) down from £11 per year to £7. |
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By *avie65Man
over a year ago
In the west. |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him.
Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.
He had another farmhouse three fields away.No mains.No road to it.The last people to live there were an evacuee family from the London Blitz.They couldn't handle the quiet,solitude or lack of mains facilities,so after two months they went back to the bombing.I cleared it of furniture for him because it would bring the rates (pre council tax) down from £11 per year to £7."
A real farmer then. Lol |
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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago
Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton, |
"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.
An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"
What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!
He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him.
Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.
He had another farmhouse three fields away.No mains.No road to it.The last people to live there were an evacuee family from the London Blitz.They couldn't handle the quiet,solitude or lack of mains facilities,so after two months they went back to the bombing.I cleared it of furniture for him because it would bring the rates (pre council tax) down from £11 per year to £7.
A real farmer then. Lol"
Absolutely.I swear he lived on fresh air.Actually he only buttered one slice of a sandwich. |
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"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.
I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!
How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?
This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "
Finding all the presenters on radio2 really irritating and too much |
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I got hit on by a beautiful young blonde lady a few weeks back in a pub one night in town, I asked how old she was and she said she was 19. I felt obliged to explain to her I was old enough to be her dad and walk away. Never felt so old in my life. |
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where did you find it?