Signs that you're getting old

riclad · 22-01-2021 10:37pm

You have a box full of lp,s, vinyl, audio cassettes , vhs tapes, even though you do not have a vcr, or a audio cassette player.
you have a box full of all phones, and 10 power supplys from the time when every single phone had a slightly different charger, with random connectors which are slightly different.and random old tv remotes .
if you are a pc gamer you have a few games which came in giant box,s
like 4 disk cdrom games which are worth nothing and just take up space.

Strumms · 22-01-2021 11:37pm

At last inventory I own about 900 Cd’s and records..About 70 dvds including boxsets..... all that time wasted in shops, all that money spent... then some pair of smart genius cuntybollocks invents Spotify and Netflix within a couple of years... so for about 30 quid a month, I can listen to whatever song, album or watch practically any film committed to celluloid....

ohnonotgmail · 22-01-2021 11:39pm

BBC4 have a night of neil diamond scheduled and you think to yourself "that is my night sorted"

jelem · 22-01-2021 11:44pm

Its "all" been done in some manner or form before - so 99% is rehash
and very little new and interesting.

riclad · 22-01-2021 11:56pm

If i had 100 dvds i,d watch the best ones and just give em to a charity shop.
i,d rip the cds to a laptop and upload the mp3,s to an online drive.
Cds suffer from cdrot, in 10 years time they will be unplayable .
i prefer mp3 files to spotify, you own them, you can put them on a phone
or a tablet and play them anywhere .without having a connection to the internet.
films are only on netflix for a limited time .

Irish_rat · 23-01-2021 12:07am

Eyebags in the morning

khalessi · 23-01-2021 12:08am

Falling asleep in afternoon

dublin49 · 23-01-2021 12:22am

explaining to your kids how brillant .best. cryuff ,higgins.etc were

Wilhelm III · 23-01-2021 1:18am

Seeing comments on YouTube that were posted THIRTEEN F***ING YEARS AGO!

waxmelts2000 · 23-01-2021 1:37am

Making noises getting up from the couch and hearing things crack! Not fun

Nigel Fairservice · 23-01-2021 2:00am

Wilhelm III wrote: »

Seeing comments on YouTube that were posted THIRTEEN F***ING YEARS AGO!

Or noticing the video upload date was 15 years ago!

Red Silurian · 23-01-2021 2:13am

Birthday candles don't fit on the cake anymore

Struggling to stay awake after 12am

Strumms · 23-01-2021 2:34am

riclad wrote: »

If i had 100 dvds i,d watch the best ones and just give em to a charity shop.
i,d rip the cds to a laptop and upload the mp3,s to an online drive.
Cds suffer from cdrot, in 10 years time they will be unplayable .
i prefer mp3 files to spotify, you own them, you can put them on a phone
or a tablet and play them anywhere .without having a connection to the internet.
films are only on netflix for a limited time .

Prior to the health shîtstorm I got rid of a good few dvds. They take up a bit of space,....CDs I’m keeping, just so many that I can’t face going through deciding what to keep and what not to...

Just counted 13 and a half shelves full of CDs... from memory I’ve got two more boxes in storage.

dublin49 · 23-01-2021 12:09pm

scrolling down on a drop down box for a long time to get to the year you were born

AndrewJRenko · 23-01-2021 12:13pm

Strumms wrote: »

At last inventory I own about 900 Cd’s and records..About 70 dvds including boxsets..... all that time wasted in shops, all that money spent... then some pair of smart genius cuntybollocks invents Spotify and Netflix within a couple of years... so for about 30 quid a month, I can listen to whatever song, album or watch practically any film committed to celluloid....

Strumms wrote: »

Prior to the health shîtstorm I got rid of a good few dvds. They take up a bit of space,....CDs I’m keeping, just so many that I can’t face going through deciding what to keep and what not to...

Just counted 13 and a half shelves full of CDs... from memory I’ve got two more boxes in storage.

I was never able to find a decent way to get rid of CDs or DVDs. You can recycle the cases and the paper inserts, but the yokes themselves have to go in the bin, which isn't very friendly at all.

Has anyone found a better way?

the purple tin · 23-01-2021 1:01pm

The tough-guy actors and athletes that you grew up with now look like they couldn't climb a set of stairs without taking a funny turn.

eviltwin · 23-01-2021 1:02pm

When you fall over and instead of laughing everyone comes over to see if you’re hurt.

Mimon · 23-01-2021 1:02pm

jelem wrote: »

Its "all" been done in some manner or form before - so 99% is rehash
and very little new and interesting.

Well come up with something original instead of complaining.

Mimon · 23-01-2021 1:06pm

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

Or noticing the video upload date was 15 years ago!

Hard to believe, remember it was such a novelty and we would all take turns and pick a couple of songs on it to play at a party.

The lad into death metal was banned from picking after a couple of outings though.

Ted_YNWA · 23-01-2021 1:08pm

Mimon wrote: »

Well come up with something original instead of complaining.

To be fair, becoming more Victor Meldrew-esque is a sign of getting older.

McGinniesta · 23-01-2021 2:37pm

"If You Are Not a Liberal at 25, You Have No Heart. If You Are Not a Conservative at 35 You Have No Brain"

There are many versions of this quote and it has been attributed to several different people but I've noticed that it has started to apply to me in some ways.

23-01-2021 4:29pm

When an age gap is something worth noting. The next rung on getting old is when the same age gap is fine.

Montage of Feck · 23-01-2021 4:58pm

What's the story morning glory?

iamstop · 25-01-2021 11:06pm

bullpost wrote: »

When you find records in your sons collection from your era that were totally naff back then, but now are as cool as f**k

Examples?

Strumms · 26-01-2021 2:38am

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

I was never able to find a decent way to get rid of CDs or DVDs. You can recycle the cases and the paper inserts, but the yokes themselves have to go in the bin, which isn't very friendly at all.

Has anyone found a better way?

Nope...

I’ve got a PC with a big load of memory and ripped pretty much everything to my PC.

I’ve decided courtesy of this thread to get a few more storage boxes and load them all up , going to put everything into storage....In my parents attic...CDs are taking up a LOT of room, I literally haven’t opened a cd case in 3 years... spotify and my pc have everything... place would look aesthetically better without just oceans of CDs

2lazytogetup · 26-01-2021 10:13am

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

I was never able to find a decent way to get rid of CDs or DVDs. You can recycle the cases and the paper inserts, but the yokes themselves have to go in the bin, which isn't very friendly at all.

Has anyone found a better way?

charity shops still take them. even if you got rid of the boxes and only have them in CD wallets.

WrenBoy · 26-01-2021 10:16am

When I saw Crime Call was on last night, I was excited to watch it.... help....

johndaman66 · 26-01-2021 12:13pm

^^^ Is that possibly a sign your a bit wierd rather than a sign you're getting old?

WrenBoy · 26-01-2021 12:33pm

johndaman66 wrote: »

^^^ Is that possibly a sign your a bit wierd rather than a sign you're getting old?

no

CruelCoin · 26-01-2021 12:35pm

I've always loved backpacking. I go to Asia almost every year for a few weeks.

When I was younger I would see this one dude in the hostel, with grey in his hair, and I'd think "go to a hotel dude, you're too old for here".

Last time, I looked around the hostel bar, and had that moment "****, I'M that guy!"

That was a real "bruh" moment for me.

Supercell · 26-01-2021 12:37pm

Looking forward to retirement because you couldn't give a crap about climbing the corporate ladder any more.

freshpopcorn · 26-01-2021 1:04pm

WrenBoy wrote: »

When I saw Crime Call was on last night, I was excited to watch it.... help....

johndaman66 wrote: »

^^^ Is that possibly a sign your a bit wierd rather than a sign you're getting old?

I watch old episodes on Crimewatch UK on Youtube.

Never miss Crime Call either.

ablelocks · 26-01-2021 3:13pm

Strumms wrote: »

so for about 30 quid a month, I can listen to whatever song, album or watch practically any film committed to celluloid....

you need to get over to the BA forum and see how to get Netflix/Tidal/YouTube premium for about €10-12 a month all in (family accounts, cheaper again if you go individual).

kildare lad · 26-01-2021 3:20pm

It hit me a few years ago when I was in town and all the junkies you see are all younger than you .

Strumms · 27-01-2021 1:43pm

ablelocks wrote: »

you need to get over to the BA forum and see how to get Netflix/Tidal/YouTube premium for about €10-12 a month all in (family accounts, cheaper again if you go individual).

Thanks for the tip, didn’t know about that thanks...

Jay Dee · 27-01-2021 1:47pm

Your birthday card says " Happy 70th "

Esho · 27-01-2021 2:01pm

Dub Ste wrote: »

Last time I was in the barbers, after asking if I wanted my eyebrows trimmed, he said, "I'll just give the hair in you ears a little trim while we're at it".......:eek:

Yes I go to a Turkish barber now so they can "flame the ears"!

Esho · 27-01-2021 2:05pm

Montage of Feck wrote: »

The retirement age will be over seventy by the time I get to retirement. Just inject me and sent my remains to the soylent factory when I'm longer economicaly viable.

Getting the reference to soylent!

WildWater · 27-01-2021 3:10pm

Strumms wrote: »

Thanks for the tip, didn’t know about that thanks...

The poster is advising you to get over to the Bargain Alerts forum.

See, I’m young enough to be in on the cool lingo. Not old at all!

dublin49 · 28-01-2021 1:11am

when you havent played a game of football since the mid 90's

Hector Savage · 04-02-2021 10:07am

Russel Crowe looks like a man approaching 90 ....

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-dorset-55916630

Tzardine · 04-02-2021 10:08am

I would love a Volvo estate in brown.

That has to be a sign.

everlast75 · 04-02-2021 10:09am

Your dentist is younger than you

Rega · 04-02-2021 10:11am

You have to scroll down for ages to select your year of birth when filling out a form online

RandRuns · 04-02-2021 10:14am

Your priority when buying a car goes from "how fast can it go, and how cool does it look" to "what mileage does it do, and how easy is it to get in and out of"