The "things that make you realise you're getting older" thread

[easytoslip]

2 hours ago, Champ said:

It’s 30 years ago

Yes, it's mad. In the last century makes it sound even more mad. As the song said Where Did It Go?. 

[mars]

Guess people have a different understanding of the word "retro" - to me it's 1950s or earlier (yeah, that is before I was born).

 

But then thinking about it, if I was 25 then the 90s would be before....shit. Might as well get the Werther's Originals out and sit with a blanket over my knees.

[Bobby Hundreds]

I was alive with Walkmans id consider them retro. Im genuinely glad I had my childhood pre Internet regardless of the cool shit that exists today.

[easytoslip]

19 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

I was alive with Walkmans id consider them retro. Im genuinely glad I had my childhood pre Internet regardless of the cool shit that exists today.

Me too, no bullying on social media just hanging around. 

Someone posted a while back on how you could find your mates without mobiles, where they might be, where they were last seen. 

Even the 80s seem like a lifetime away, well half of one it is. 

[dandyman]

Kylie’s new album topping the charts and finding out that she’s released albums over 5 decades!!

 

Still remember her in that boiler suit as Charleen in Neighbours as if it were only a few years ago

[suzy]

1 hour ago, easytoslip said:

Me too, no bullying on social media just hanging around. 

Someone posted a while back on how you could find your mates without mobiles, where they might be, where they were last seen. 

Even the 80s seem like a lifetime away, well half of one it is. 

I had a conversation with a friend recently, both of our Dad’s had (separately) taken us for a job interview bless them, this was in the 1980’s. I genuinely have no recollection how I met up with my Dad afterwards without mobiles, but it was obviously not traumatic or I would have remembered! It was at the Head Office so not a town we knew well at all.

[easytoslip]

1 hour ago, suzy said:

I had a conversation with a friend recently, both of our Dad’s had (separately) taken us for a job interview bless them, this was in the 1980’s. I genuinely have no recollection how I met up with my Dad afterwards without mobiles, but it was obviously not traumatic or I would have remembered! It was at the Head Office so not a town we knew well at all.

Yes it seems inconceivable how we all got by like that, if you wanted to contact your bird or something when you were out, it would have to be a pay phone, assuming they were at home, or a pub phone. Could you imagine that now   the queue to use the phone as everyone is in or needs to be in constant contact with someone or other for some reason, it's mad how different it was, definitely no worse though. 

The one thing I do miss though, is a hand written letter especially writing one yourself, a much more nicer way of communication, maybe that's a bit of a too older memory. 

I know what you mean though about arrangements to meet and things, how did we do it? 

It's traumatising leaving your phone at home now. 

Much better for safety purposes though. 

[Guest]

11 hours ago, Champ said:

Showing off alert

I booked one of those gym assessments today.

It started with standing on a machine that measured your weight and all kinds of other things.

My metabolic age came out at 42! I couldn’t be happier!!
I’ll probably get run over by a bus tomorrow 

Anyone who has metal bollocks is not to be messed with.

[suzy]

9 hours ago, easytoslip said:

Yes it seems inconceivable how we all got by like that, if you wanted to contact your bird or something when you were out, it would have to be a pay phone, assuming they were at home, or a pub phone. Could you imagine that now   the queue to use the phone as everyone is in or needs to be in constant contact with someone or other for some reason, it's mad how different it was, definitely no worse though. 

The one thing I do miss though, is a hand written letter especially writing one yourself, a much more nicer way of communication, maybe that's a bit of a too older memory. 

I know what you mean though about arrangements to meet and things, how did we do it? 

It's traumatising leaving your phone at home now. 

Much better for safety purposes though. 

I’m with you in letters! Used to love getting (and writing ) them. Also agree I’d hate to leave home now without my phone! 

[VladimirIlyich]

26 minutes ago, suzy said:

I’m with you in letters! Used to love getting (and writing ) them. Also agree I’d hate to leave home now without my phone! 

My Mum's only surviving sibling of nine of them,still regularly writes her letters despite phoning her almost every day.

[Champ]

22 hours ago, Champ said:

Showing off alert

I booked one of those gym assessments today.

It started with standing on a machine that measured your weight and all kinds of other things.

My metabolic age came out at 42! I couldn’t be happier!!
I’ll probably get run over by a bus tomorrow 

Make it stop!

[Mook]

1 hour ago, Champ said:

Make it stop!

The bus?

[ZonkoVille77]

15 hours ago, easytoslip said:

Me too, no bullying on social media just hanging around. 

Someone posted a while back on how you could find your mates without mobiles, where they might be, where they were last seen. 

Even the 80s seem like a lifetime away, well half of one it is. 

 

I wouldn't have heard over half the albums or read half the books I've read if I was able to find my mates easily back in the day. If I didn't find my mates I went home and listened to music or read. Especially listening to the folks old records. Kids have to be missing out somewhere along the way. 

[VladimirIlyich]

2 minutes ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

 

I wouldn't have heard over half the albums or read half the books I've read if I was able to find my mates easily back in the day. If I didn't find my mates I went home and listened to music or read. Especially listening to the folks old records. Kids have to be missing out somewhere along the way. 

Lack of face to face social interaction and the means to conduct conversations seem to be lacking in my opinion. I don't think you can gauge somebody without an actual meeting.

[manwiththestick]

12 hours ago, easytoslip said:

Yes it seems inconceivable how we all got by like that, if you wanted to contact your bird or something when you were out, it would have to be a pay phone, assuming they were at home, or a pub phone. Could you imagine that now   the queue to use the phone as everyone is in or needs to be in constant contact with someone or other for some reason, it's mad how different it was, definitely no worse though. 

The one thing I do miss though, is a hand written letter especially writing one yourself, a much more nicer way of communication, maybe that's a bit of a too older memory. 

I know what you mean though about arrangements to meet and things, how did we do it? 

It's traumatising leaving your phone at home now. 

Much better for safety purposes though. 

I remember in my local in the mid to late nineties the payphone would always ring, often Saturday afternoon/evenings it would always be someone's bird or wife calling to get them home. Whoever would pick up the phone would go "just check for you love" and shout across the pub "is John in here" whilst looking directly at John who's shaking his head. "No love, not here, think he was in earlier but must have left"

 

Simpler times.

[Champ]

31 minutes ago, Mook said:

The bus?

Nah. All the rep. I’m embarrassed now

[easytoslip]

37 minutes ago, ZonkoVille77 said:

 

I wouldn't have heard over half the albums or read half the books I've read if I was able to find my mates easily back in the day. If I didn't find my mates I went home and listened to music or read. Especially listening to the folks old records. Kids have to be missing out somewhere along the way. 

I used to listen to their records, a lot were C&W but some good singles, I still like some now. 

Usually out all day though, jump on the back of a bin wagon as they slowed down outside the Allisons and ride all the way to Sefton church, providing the driver never spotted us, then walk for miles

 

[easytoslip]

33 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

I remember in my local in the mid to late nineties the payphone would always ring, often Saturday afternoon/evenings it would always be someone's bird or wife calling to get them home. Whoever would pick up the phone would go "just check for you love" and shout across the pub "is John in here" whilst looking directly at John who's shaking his head. "No love, not here, think he was in earlier but must have left"

 

Simpler times.

I remember that going on, they were simpler times. 

[Mudface]

Spotify have 'dropped' (grr) details of the most streamed artists and albums this year. I've heard of most of them, but have no idea about any of the albums or songs as I've actively listened to none of them, ever.

 

 

 

[Mudface]

Just listened to 2 minutes of Blinding Lights. It sounds like an auto-tuned Aha B-side, and it's had nearly 1.7 billion listens. Bizarre.

[VladimirIlyich]

1 minute ago, Mudface said:

Spotify have 'dropped' (grr) details of the most streamed artists and albums this year. I've heard of most of them, but have no idea about any of the albums or songs as I've actively listened to none of them, ever.

 

 

 

I've heard of 3 or 4 of the top artists of 2020. Of course that means nothing in real terms as I am far from their demographic,but there seems little chance of longevity for many of these artists as I dont see many of them inspiring others in the future in the way artists of the past have. 

[Section_31]

I no longer say thank you, I say 'lovely'.

[Rico1304]

When I went to give blood last week they gave a form to volunteer to donate platelets. I filled it in only to be told I’m too old.  How do they know I don’t have the platelets of a man 15 years younger?! 

[sir roger]

I do like a lady with a nicely turned platelet.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

30 minutes ago, Rico1304 said:

When I went to give blood last week they gave a form to volunteer to donate platelets. I filled it in only to be told I’m too old.  How do they know I don’t have the platelets of a man 15 years younger?! 

 

Its PC gone MAD!