Signs that you're getting old

Aglomerado

Mister Vain wrote: »

As the saying goes, if its too loud you're too old.

I like to turn Chemical Brothers and choral music up to 11 though

Plus I'll be down the front being battered by the amps at gigs!

tscul32

Myself and a couple of friends went to the pub midweek after a dinner out. Think we increased the average age by 10 years. They were all babies.

Sgt Hartman

Nurofen Express is my best friend. It helps to dull all the aches and pains

sporina

Mister Vain wrote: »

As the saying goes, if its too loud you're too old.

never knew it was an actual saying but yup - i can relate to it

silliussoddius

Aglomerado wrote: »

Went to a beer garden for a couple yesterday and the music they had playing was too loud. And it was sh!t - It was all chart stuff and some hip hop with swearing in it. I didn't know a single tune! Like Wibbs, I think my capacity switched off overnight.

On the topic of music I like the reruns of Top of the Pops 1991 on BBC4 on Friday nights. I know THOSE songs.

Do they still show Top of The Pops 2? Was good for the oldies.

Joe_ Public

When i sometimes here people making quips or comments about how old they are getting and reference some 1990s cultural event or incident (it'll be noughties soon enough, i suppose) as evidence, it does make me chuckle a little. For me anyway, though, the surest sign that you really are getting old is when you pretty much stop worrying about the fact that you are getting old.

danpatjoe

I remember the joy in my first full time job in Galway at getting an Apple Mac LCIII with an amazing 256 colour monitor, black and white up until then. Used to fit loads of jobs on a 1mb floppy disc.You could make a cup of coffee while waiting for a job to save, pints at work, ciggies at the desk etc., fond memories.

sporina

being happy that you got all the washing dried outside on the line woo hoo

riclad

You have a few old 3.5 inch pc disks, you bought a few games on cdrom before dvd drives were in every pc.
You bought a pentium 2 pc. You bought a few dos pcgames
You had a pc with windows xp on it
You used Bebo or MySpace
You rented VHS videos from a local video shop before extravision existed

3.5 in floppy discs? Luxury! :pac:

Try audio cassette tapes and a thundering 48K of memory to play with (ZX Spectrum)

Sgt Hartman

I can remember Laser Disks. They looked like a CD but were the size of a vinyl record. I remember Leo Shine doing karaoke events in various pubs in Limerick, he had all his karaoke lyric videos on laser disk. I think they finally died out in the late 90's.

CelticRambler

Wibbs wrote: »

Though to be fair I'm a night creature so would rarely hit the hay before midnight, if not one.

Midnight? :eek:

One in the morning? :eek: :eek:

That's not night-creature time! I'm in the process of working up to a week's depression on account of my favourite festival week of the year being coronafied for the second year running. The headline act (neo trad dance) doesn't start until midnight, plays for two hours, then gives way to the second group. After that, a few more hours improv' before breakfast, then the younglings go home to their tents while we old folk get ready to do a days' work! :pac:

Would be the same most non-festival days, too, if I'm not forced to work during the hours of sunlight.

I don't do any kind of formal "fitness" routines, but have noticed that my age group (probably very close to yours, Wibbs) seem to have more real-world stamina than the 20-30 year olds.

madmaggie

riclad, you've brought back memories of my first computer. Dell desktop, the excitement when it was delivered. Windows xp and Microsoft word works. It got even better when I got a dongle for internet connection that only worked when hung out the upstairs window. Took an hour and a half one day to do the Tesco online shopping.

Strumms

When you take a viagra, just to stop yourself pissing on your slippers.

riclad

I think they show top of the pops Thursday, Friday on BBC 4
TV 8 to 9pm
Every week , they are up to 1990 at the moment

When you just want to buy a car thats low maintenance good mpg doesn't really matter how it looks

sporina

with age, I seem to have less tolerance for heat.. anyone else notice this?

CelticRambler

sporina wrote: »

with age, I seem to have less tolerance for heat.. anyone else notice this?

The opposite. Much better able to cope with heat, but possibly because I've learnt to not try doing certain activities at certain times in certain ways. Or because I now live in a slightly hotter country than Ireland. Or because I've taken to sharing my life with reptiles and amphibians ...

Tend to feel the damp more than before, though. Have just been outside labouring in whatever full-sun temperature makes it 28°C in the shade, and come inside for lunch. "Janey, it's cold in here today," I thought. 19°C. :pac:

DarkJager21

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

I can remember Laser Disks. They looked like a CD but were the size of a vinyl record. I remember Leo Shine doing karaoke events in various pubs in Limerick, he had all his karaoke lyric videos on laser disk. I think they finally died out in the late 90's.

Jaysus the name Leo Shine takes me back, I remember a childs birthday party he did karaoke at and the X-rated "one liners" he decided to sprinkle between songs. He nearly got knocked the **** out by a concerned father who'd had enough of it

Mister Vain

sporina wrote: »

with age, I seem to have less tolerance for heat.. anyone else notice this?

Yes but then again I'm a heavier fúcker these days. All muscle of course, except for the belly.

Purple Mountain

When you're secretly delighted to see a drop of rain because it means you don't have to water the flowers yourself.

Yesterday the barber trimmed my eyebrows

griffin100

My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum ZX81, souped up with an extra 16k of RAM via a plug in ram pack inserted at the back. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_pack

joeguevara

When you get excited going to Argos to pick up a Hoover, albeit the first hoover you ever purchased. It’s at this stage at the age of 42 you realise you’d never ride through Paris in a sports car with warm wind through my hair.

https://youtu.be/d0NxhFn0szc

You start to have to try very very hard not to be cynical

You see a potential argument and you avoid it

You start to like things like gardening.

You go to a late bar/night club from your teens/early 20s and get ptsd

griffin100

griffin100 wrote: »

My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum ZX81, souped up with an extra 16k of RAM via a plug in ram pack inserted at the back. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM_pack

Posh fecker! You had the RAM pack?! What would anyone need that much computing power for unless they up to no good? :pac:

Olivia2

Olivia2 wrote: »

You start to like things like gardening.

I've only just began to appreciate flowers coming into bloom....mrs Mc Carthy loves her gardening/ potted flowers....last couple of weeks is 1st time I've really paid attention & enjoyed as buds start blooming/ flowering.
As someone said at start of thread.....lyricfm is now my 'goto' radio station

I enjoy this thread far too much for someone in their 40s :pac:

EDIT: had a bit of whiskey last night. Maybe 5 shots worth, heavily mixed w/ ginger ale. First bit of drink in months, but I had a guest, so you know, it's their fault :pac: throwing back the water now in a race against a potential three day hangover.