The realisation you're getting old

[Rezillo]

der der der dum (dum dum)
der der der dum (dum dum)
der der der, der der der
der der der dum

All at 11, of course.

If I ever end up in a care home, that will be my tea time music request, not s*dding Perry Como

 

[Chris S]

Charlie Harper, the lead singer from the UK Subs, is now 79.

 

[Jameshow]

When you make sure the cars reversed into the drive and the gates are shut by 9pm!! 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Chris S]

The camera on my cheap phone has a higher resolution than a digital camera that I bought 20 years ago.

 

[gbb]

This weekends car servicing made me realise (as if I didn't know it already)
65, have quite bad osteo arthritis. I have already given up cycling, too painfull. Work was beginning to be a struggle , I'm basically a mechanic, up down, light physical work all the time, bending, walking lifting. My role has changed in the last 3.months and I'm more admin based now and the benefit to me physically has been good.
But, on my knees, under the car, up and down, the light physical work involved on Saturday left me needing Naproxen yesterday and I'm still sore today.

I'm 65 with nearly knackered hips...but I still think like a 40 year old.
It's a slippery slope.
Do the physical stuff and I will suffer.
Don't do the physical stuff and feel better.
But the moment I do physical stuff...its worse.

The joys.

 

[captain nemo1701]

TV from the 1970's you watched avidly as a kid now carries 'attitudes from a different era' warning.
I think that should include dodgy hairstyles & flared trousers .

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The camera on my cheap phone has a higher resolution than a digital camera that I bought 20 years ago.

Not a sign of getting old though, just a sign of how digital cameras have progressed from their 640 x 480 floppy disk beginnings.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

When you’re the only one walking along and not weaving around staring at a phone screen.

 

[gbb]

I still repeat silly catch lines from 70s TV in everyday conversation, like 'yus my dear' (Arthur Mullard) if I am agreeing with someone...or
'Good game, good game' (Bruce Forsyth) if I'm enjoying something.

I long since realised, no one (or very few) know what on earth I'm talking about anymore.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I still repeat silly catch lines from 70s TV in everyday conversation, like 'yus my dear' (Arthur Mullard) if I am agreeing with someone...or
'Good game, good game' (Bruce Forsyth) if I'm enjoying something.

I long since realised, no one (or very few) know what on earth I'm talking about anymore.

That's ok if you think those catch lines, but maybe not so ok if you actually say them to someone. I think similar thoughts, but if I said them to someone they'd probably humour me and think "idiot!".

 

[captain nemo1701]

I still repeat silly catch lines from 70s TV in everyday conversation, like 'yus my dear' (Arthur Mullard) if I am agreeing with someone...or
'Good game, good game' (Bruce Forsyth) if I'm enjoying something.

I long since realised, no one (or very few) know what on earth I'm talking about anymore.

A friend of mine uses 'Right turn Clyde' when given driving directions. It is, of course, from those 80's movies with Clint Eastwood & the Orang-utang.

 

[Chris S]

I still repeat silly catch lines from 70s TV in everyday conversation, like 'yus my dear' (Arthur Mullard) if I am agreeing with someone...or
'Good game, good game' (Bruce Forsyth) if I'm enjoying something.

I long since realised, no one (or very few) know what on earth I'm talking about anymore.

+1 When I say, "Ooh err missus," whenever anyone makes a double entendre I usually get a blank look.

 

[bobzmyunkle]

Charlie Harper, the lead singer from the UK Subs, is now 79.

Reassuringly, he's still quite a bit older than me.
Met him in about 78, seemed like a nice bloke, but really old. He must have been about 34.

 

[simongt]

I long since realised, no one (or very few) know what on earth I'm talking about anymore.

Don't worry, you're not the only one - !
A few years back, a lad I was working with went by the name of Dixon. One day when he gave his name to a courier, I automatically said 'As in Dock Green.'
He and the courier both gave me blank looks - !

 

[Slick]

I was in a meeting yesterday and referred to the cinema as the pictures.