You know you are getting old when.........

[Roses]

……..you realise you were born closer to the First World War than to now!

(I pinched this from the other forum)

[ekim]

........... when your mind makes dates your body can't keep.

[Roses]

…...when the years to your 100th birthday are less than the ages of your children!

[Nearly Sane]

……..you realise you were born closer to the First World War than to now!

(I pinched this from the other forum)

That makes everyone who is 52 old. So no don't think that one works

[Roses]

That makes everyone who is 52 old. So no don't think that one works

I was born in 1950, 70 years ago, WW1 started 36 years before I was born.

[Nearly Sane]

I was born in 1950, 70 years ago, WW1 started 36 years before I was born.

And? Anyone who is 52 was born closer to the Great War than to today. Is 52 old?

[Roses]

And? Anyone who is 52 was born closer to the Great War than to today. Is 52 old?

Yep according to my grandchildren who think their parents, who are in their 40s, are on a par with Methuselah!

[Nearly Sane]

Yep according to my grandchildren who think their parents, who are in their 40s, are on a par with Methuselah!

I asked what you think not what kids think. Your example  is badly thought out.

[Roses]

I asked what you think not what kids think. Your example  is badly thought out.

I didn't actually think that particular one out, as I said I pinched it from the other forum, it made sense to me.

[SteveH]

… you can remember:
black-and-white TV
spangles
President Kennedy's assassination
Yuri Gagarin and John Glenn
when there were no home computers, let alone the internet
Seeing the first episode of Doctor Who
MacMillan as Prime Minister
Churchill's funeral

[Gordon]

To which I'd add:

Crackerjack.

Rosehip Syrup (regularly administered to me by my grandmother, whether I wanted it or not).

Tramcars and Trolleybuses (in 1950's Glasgow).

The Beezer and Topper comics.

Meccano (when all the bits were made of metal and not plastic).

Steam trains.

Roller skates that you strapped on over your shoes (and eventually the leather straps disintegrated).

[SteveH]

Indeed - I remember trolleybuses well, though not trams - they'd gone from Manchester and Stockport by the time I was old enough to remember (although Manchester now has modern trams again). Also Crackerjack, and not rosehip syrup, but haliborange tablets, which fortunately I liked. Also, all the others, especially proper metal Meccano and steam trains.

[jeremyp]

You know you are old when you start a sentence of one subject, but by the middle you have forgotten my bag, I left it on the train.

[SteveH]

 

[Harrowby Hall]

 … you remember the bonfire built in the street carrying an effigy of Adolf Hitler and the accompanying street party.
 … And the day that a big crane carrying a huge ball smashed up the air raid shelters in the street.

Some other things are relatively recent

Hearing of the death of George VI - I was in school and the head teacher came into the classroom and tried to turn on the radio.
Winston Churchill's funeral
The first episode of Doctor Who
The dying Malcolm Sargent's farewell speech to the promenaders.

[SteveH]

… you remember the bonfire built in the street carrying an effigy of Adolf Hitler and the accompanying street party.
 … And the day that a big crane carrying a huge ball smashed up the air raid shelters in the street.

Some other things are relatively recent

Hearing of the death of George VI - I was in school and the head teacher came into the classroom and tried to turn on the radio.
Winston Churchill's funeral
The first episode of Doctor Who
The dying Malcolm Sargent's farewell speech to the promenaders.

Remember the last three. I was too young to remember George VI snuffing it, though I was extant (69, and still only on my second monarch!).

[ad_orientem]

When you getvout of your seat and you walk with a bent back for the first five yards or so.

[Nearly Sane]

When you getvout of your seat and you walk with a bent back for the first five yards or so.

It's the wee odd involuntary noises that you make as well

[Roses]

You are thinking about something, but then can't for the life of you remember what it was.

[ad_orientem]

It's the wee odd involuntary noises that you make as well

Definitely!

[ad_orientem]

You are thinking about something, but then can't for the life of you remember what it was.

Yeah, but I'm not sure if it's middle-age or the mid-ninties that did it for me. LOL!

[ekim]

You know you are getting old when......... you can't open your medicine bottle which has a child proof cap.

[Owlswing]

You know you are getting old when......... you can't open your medicine bottle which has a childproof cap.

I know that feeling all too well!

Thanks to my kids for their assistance!

[SteveH]

You're older than the Prime Minister (happened to me in May 1997, by 23 months, stopped again when GB took over - he's four months older than me - and since 2010 I've been much older than the PM).

[SteveH]

You need the help of a 10-year-old grandchild to operate your computer or smartphone.