You know what makes me feel old......

KungPao · 11-07-2014 12:29PM

chrissb8 wrote: »

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Most of all though I'm just glad I grew up in a time when technology was on the rise but wasn't dominating every day life. I ran and play out in the sun and wasn't concerned about the apps on my phone. I think the days a kid can have an enriching carefree childhood are long gone. I don't think I've seen a game of tip the can or chasing in my estate in at least 6 or 7 years.

This.

I'm 33 and when I was say 13/14 I'd leave the house and head to school and have no phone to be contacted with (I'd say being in contact with nosey/concerned parents all day must be a drag for today's kids). I'd then come home and watch rubbish on TV, get bored and call to me friends...as in actually visit their houses and see if they wanted to do something. If it was decent outside, we'd play football on the streets (if dark) and in the field if it was still bright. Then we'd go to someones place and stick on a bit of FIFA or Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat and have a great laugh.

At this stage, the WWW was but a baby, and nobody had an internet connection.
This came later, around what...98/99 for most people?

Which also reminds me of the thrill of getting your hands on adult materials as a horny adolescent...before the net made it so so easy to get. The ripped mag found in the bushes for some reason, the kid who stole his Da's video of Emmanuelle or the real hard stuff if you were lucky...

A nice balance back then.

I'd hate to be a kid/teen now. Too much focus on "social" media and the terrible music...no Oasis or Nirvana for these poor souls nowadays!

Calibos · 11-07-2014 12:37PM

Pawn wrote: »

What makes me feel old is the music I don't get. Cheap and sh1te. The gay promotion, political correctness, all this bull****
**** over "what dress celebrity1 had on a wedding of celebrity2".
Who sane gives a fcuk?? The world's gone mad.
Boys looking like pretty teenage whores ready to fcuk. New fashion you say. Maybe.
Back then things were simple. More black and white. Today even a cockroach should have a right to vote, his own sexuality, etc..
I'm too tired of all this and I'm really glad I will not live forever, because I couldn't stand the sh1t it all is heading towards.

Thank you,
Pawn.

After reading that insane rant, I'm really glad you wont live forever too.

Welsh Megaman · 11-07-2014 12:40PM

A young guy in our office (early 20's) is a HUGE fan of Star Wars...

...yet he had never heard of 'Spaceballs'.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

Calibos · 11-07-2014 12:41PM

Its said, you know you're getting old when the guards are younger than you.

I recently discovered that you'll know you're getting really old when the Barristers in court look like kids to you.

Luckily for me, I hit the genetics jackpot and at 40yo look about 26-27yo.

Standard Toaster · 11-07-2014 12:59PM

Sodastreams
Zig & Zag
Callcards
DJ Kat Show
Punts
Long Play on VHS cassettes
↑↑↓↓←→←→BA
Yellow Pack Bread
Walkmans
Reebok Pumps
Leaded Petrol
Toys with lead paint on them
Staying up late and watching Prisoner Cell Block-H
Hulkamania
Gameboys
Floppy disks
TV didn't have a remote and 4 stations
Pat Ingoldsby
Knightmare

Am I old?

Grayson · 11-07-2014 01:10PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

Sodastreams
Zig & Zag
Callcards
DJ Kat Show
Punts
Long Play on VHS cassettes
↑↑↓↓←→←→BA
Yellow Pack Bread
Walkmans
Reebok Pumps
Leaded Petrol
Toys with lead paint on them
Staying up late and watching Prisoner Cell Block-H
Hulkamania
Gameboys
Floppy disks
TV didn't have a remote and 4 stations
Pat Ingoldsby
Knightmare

Am I old?

TV with 4 stations? When I was a kid it was 2 stations unless you had a HUGE aerial on the roof.

Besides that, you're pretty close to my childhood

You left out

pajo junkbox

scratch saturday Check out Ryan Tubridy

Number 73 (it was on UTV and had trapdoor on it

),
xtravision stores,
recording music onto a TDK 90 tape from Atlantic 252 (For those that don't know it was a long wave radio station that broadcast from somewhere in meath for two hours every night.

House of Blaze · 11-07-2014 01:14PM

I tend to measure my age by a metric that software developers use when reviewing code called WTF's per minute, except I apply it to celebrities appearances..

So when I see the girl from Jurassic Park

the kid from Phantom Menace

Haley Joel Osment

Steve Buscemi from Reservoir Dogs vs from today

or even Natalie Portman from Leon vs from today

My WTF's per minute goes off the chart!

The one thing they all have in common though, is that they all remind me of one person.

Pawn · 11-07-2014 01:35PM

Calibos wrote: »

After reading that insane rant, I'm really glad you wont live forever too.

Here is the place for your "wish-to-be witty" comment: https://twitter.com/talktojoe1850

Start with: "Joe, this is terrible! So I read that insane rant on the internet..."

:rolleyes:

IrishAlice · 11-07-2014 01:46PM

Stopped at a supermarket near the gym that I hadn't been to before and while walking around thought to myself "this is a lovely supermarket, I must come here again".

Then I officially felt old!

11-07-2014 01:48PM

Calibos wrote: »

Its said, you know you're getting old when the guards are younger than you.

I recently discovered that you'll know you're getting really old when the Barristers in court look like kids to you.

Luckily for me, I hit the genetics jackpot and at 40yo look about 26-27yo.

Pics, or GTFO

:P

Skerries · 11-07-2014 02:01PM

Gremlinertia wrote: »

internet unheard of..

in our day it was Ceefax/Aertel

House of Blaze · 11-07-2014 02:05PM

Oh god, why did I open this can of worms..

The baby from the cover of Nirvana's Nevermind album

Short Round from Indiana Jones / Goonies

And one other thought...

John Candy has been dead for 20 years........

Skerries · 11-07-2014 02:12PM

this is relevant for here

van_beano · 11-07-2014 02:16PM

Degag wrote: »

Seeing cartoons on tv. They are piss poor compared to when I was younger.

Animaniacs, James Bond Jr etc etc.

Ahh stop, "Mysterious cities of gold" and "Jason and The Wheel Warriors" was where it was at! :cool:

harry Bailey esq · 11-07-2014 02:18PM

i was around when the millennium 50p coming into circulation,remember it well,also can recall watching 40coats as a kid

cantdecide · 11-07-2014 02:21PM

The Land Before Time was set 65m years ago I was reminded recently

fatherted1969 · 11-07-2014 02:25PM

90% of what i watch on tv is with subtitles on......... I don't know why

Stereomaniac · 11-07-2014 02:26PM

I feel old when I think that I was roughly half of the age that I am now when 9/11 happened.

Shakespeare's Sister · 11-07-2014 02:27PM

35cent wrote: »

I'm 24 and I don't feel old.

Rightly so. I'm 36 and didn't start feeling old until recent years.

I'm glad there are mobile phones too. It was crap when meeting someone years ago and they were delayed/didn't turn up, or if you got unexpectedly delayed yourself.

sebcity · 11-07-2014 02:28PM

I noticed myself appreciating hanging baskets the other day

Grayson · 11-07-2014 02:31PM

van_beano wrote: »

Ahh stop, "Mysterious cities of gold" and "Jason and The Wheel Warriors" was where it was at! :cool:

Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds

Shakespeare's Sister · 11-07-2014 02:31PM

sebcity wrote: »

I noticed myself appreciating hanging baskets the other day

Now this sh-t is what I'm talking about. :pac:
Lots of stuff on this thread isn't "old" at all.

Housekeeping sh-t is seriously exciting for me nowadays. Great drying? Orgasmville.

11-07-2014 02:34PM

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

i was around when the millennium 50p coming into circulation,remember it well,also can recall watching 40coats as a kid

remember the millenium milk bottles...:pac:

kylith · 11-07-2014 02:34PM

My niece is the same age now as I was when she was born. The other week I caught myself trying to talk her into not skipping transition year and saying things like "You're in a rush to get out of school now, but you don't know you're born".

Boom_Bap · 11-07-2014 02:35PM

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_Redzer_ · 11-07-2014 02:35PM

I remember when I was really young my mom shouting at me to get off the internet cos she needed to use the phone. I also kinda liked the noise while connecting to the internet. It felt like you achieved something, because it was seriously hit and miss in our house before broadband came in.

Now nobody can feel old if I remember all that at 20.

LenaClaire · 11-07-2014 02:40PM

One of my friends from secondary school, now has a daughter who just finished secondary school and is heading off to university

MRnotlob606 · 11-07-2014 02:43PM

Adamantium wrote: »

There are teenagers that were barely toddlers when 9/11 happened. Almost nobody in 1st year of 2nd level edu was born after the attacks.

I'm 23 btw. This gets worse doesn't it?

(Ageing, not those escalating attacks from Al-Qaeda of course )

The only way you could be old at 23 would be if you had the severe aging disorder Progeria.

No Pants · 11-07-2014 02:48PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

Italia '90 was amazing, wasn't it?

The '82 World Cup. :P

Still referring to Xtravision etc. as the video shop. Not so much anymore though.

House of Blaze · 11-07-2014 02:55PM

Jake1 wrote: »

remember the millenium milk bottles...:pac:

Remember milk bottles in general?!

You know what makes me feel old......

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