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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.

I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!

How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?

This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

At Leeds social at the weekend, Saturday night came on and the youngsters didn't know the dance!

I mean everyone knows that dance.

Definitely old!

Mrs

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

My daughter’s boyfriend. Never heard of Duran Duran!! What!? Get out

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"At Leeds social at the weekend, Saturday night came on and the youngsters didn't know the dance!

I mean everyone knows that dance.

Definitely old!

Mrs "

I don't "know" the dance, since dancing has never been my thing BUT I know of the dance!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"At Leeds social at the weekend, Saturday night came on and the youngsters didn't know the dance!

I mean everyone knows that dance.

Definitely old!

Mrs "

Some of us are too old to know the dance

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I told one of my staff he was like Barbara Woodhouse for fussing dogs, and none of the team had any idea who I meant

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it "

The original Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers to be specific.

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By *igNick1381Man
over a year ago

BRIDGEND

If you walk into a pub or club and think to yourself 'its gone young in here hasn't it', it hasn't. You've got old

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"My daughter’s boyfriend. Never heard of Duran Duran!! What!? Get out "

I hope he is now blacklisted and banned from ever becoming part of the family!

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it "

Come on! Everyone knows the Flintstones...

LvM

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

"My daughter’s boyfriend. Never heard of Duran Duran!! What!? Get out

I hope he is now blacklisted and banned from ever becoming part of the family! "

He’s under the patio with the others

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By *eneralKenobiMan
over a year ago

North Angus

"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it

The original Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers to be specific. "

That’s right in my wheelhouse and Ducktales

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When everything and everyone is too loud.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"When everything and everyone is too loud."

That was me when I was young too though! People have always been too noisy.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"My daughter’s boyfriend. Never heard of Duran Duran!! What!? Get out

I hope he is now blacklisted and banned from ever becoming part of the family!

He’s under the patio with the others "

The correct answer

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By *ilsaGeorgeCouple
over a year ago

kent

When people are horrified that you lost your virginity before you owned a mobile phone.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it

The original Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers to be specific.

That’s right in my wheelhouse and Ducktales"

They sure know the Ducktales theme... Right?

they at least have to know that!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine was during the Summer holidays when my sister said she signed my niece and nephew up to the same Playscheme that I used to go to

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

The first time I realised that people saw me as 'older' was when a young colleague asked me if people in their fifties still had sex...

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By *moothshaftMan
over a year ago

Coventry

"When everything and everyone is too loud."

Oh I know!!

And my tinnitus doesn't help!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There have been so many incidents with 'youngsters' at work, but I am so old that I cannot remember them.

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By *asycouple1971Couple
over a year ago

midlands

Told a girl who ran in front of my car to use the green cross code.

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By *ickie734Man
over a year ago

Brooke

When you can remember where you watched the World Cup Final in 1966

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The first time I realised that people saw me as 'older' was when a young colleague asked me if people in their fifties still had sex...

And your answer was....

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"I told one of my staff he was like Barbara Woodhouse for fussing dogs, and none of the team had any idea who I meant"

I'll admit it took me a minute to think who it was! But I knew the reference eventually, without Google too!

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

"The first time I realised that people saw me as 'older' was when a young colleague asked me if people in their fifties still had sex...

And your answer was...."

I smiled and said "of course, with the aid of pulleys and hoists"

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

When a young secretary attributed Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech to someone on Jeremy Kyle.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My nephew was being a polite young man trying to make conversation with his elderely uncle and he asked me "so when you worked in Cambodia was that when Pol Pot was in charge?"

Excuse me, Pol Pot was in charge from 1976-79 - I was only a teenager then.

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
over a year ago

Glasgow / London

"When everything and everyone is too loud."

Pardon? What? Can you speak up a bit?

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By *zeroMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

A person I worked with didn't know who Kurt Cobain was.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.

I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!

How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?

This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "

Firstly, which cartoon? I bet I'm too old to recognise the names, not too young.

Secondly, they will get their turn. One day they will hear somebody say to them "What the hell is Tiktok?"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it

The original Chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers to be specific. "

Shocking! Even I know who they are

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By *educing_EmCouple
over a year ago

Tipperary

When a girl I work with didn't know what Bebo was.

I heard a conversation between two young people talking about how the pub was full of old people (people in their 30's)

There's loads but that's two examples.

Em x

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By *has12Man
over a year ago

Plymouth

"When a young secretary attributed Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech to someone on Jeremy Kyle."

That's made my day!

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By *erlins5Man
over a year ago

South Fife

"At Leeds social at the weekend, Saturday night came on and the youngsters didn't know the dance!

I mean everyone knows that dance.

Definitely old!

Mrs "

I used to do it with my kids.... Now that's old

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By *mf123Man
over a year ago

with one foot out the door

Have em daily

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

*waits for Steve to come and start throwing shade at us oldies*

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By *panksspankedMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I recently got a funny look saying that's 10/6 in old money. And I know what an eight track cartridge was

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's when my child says 'wow you have to scroll for ages' when I'm finding my year of birth that I feel old!

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

A twenty something asked a friend recently if she could remember where she was when the Titanic sank.To be fair he didn't know it was 1912.

Got a new mobile in May,turns out I've had a contract with O2 longer than any of the shop staff have been alive.

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By *aomilatteCouple
over a year ago

Midlands

"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.

I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!

How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?

This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "

You're 39! You probably don't remember when home phones were corded and you had to sit next to the phone to use it? Or the first dial up Internet? You could use your home phone or home Internet, but not at the same time.

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

A lady I met a few months ago who was in her late 60s had never heard of Buddy Holly and the Crickets or Bill Haley and the Comets

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.

I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!

How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?

This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective.

The screaming modem

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By *assy69Man
over a year ago

West Sussex and Wales

"My daughter’s boyfriend. Never heard of Duran Duran!! What!? Get out "

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.

I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!

How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?

This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "

Every time I talk to my damned PT! Last night it was the fact he was still at primary school while I was at uni

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Haha not me but I was on the other end of the conversation with someone a bit older and our jobs came up, he said he was practicing medicine since 1981. I told him he's been practicing medicine longer than my parents have been alive. Haha we had a great banter after that. But yeah I can be evil sometimes.

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By *arriedcoupleNECouple
over a year ago

Newcastle upon Tyne

I've had the cartoon discussion recently as well. But it's mainly the fact the fashions and bands of my youth are now back in vogue.

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By *tanley FunseekerMan
over a year ago

stanley

I’ve had the flu jab for the last few years. Went to boots for it last year and mentioned to the pharmacist that I hadn’t paid yet ( I paid when booking the previous years) . She asked me my birth year I told her and she said “ oh it’s free for people your age”

That was my “ I’m old “ moment

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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Wells

"Haha not me but I was on the other end of the conversation with someone a bit older and our jobs came up, he said he was practicing medicine since 1981. I told him he's been practicing medicine longer than my parents have been alive. Haha we had a great banter after that. But yeah I can be evil sometimes. "

I have to be honest, I haven't a clue what your status is about. Sorry

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By *ealMissShadyWoman
over a year ago

St Albans/ Welsh Borders

"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.

I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!

How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?

This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "

Ooh and so it starts!

I noticed when I spotted my soon to he 30 year old son's bald patch....

Then the next time I saw him he was wearing his 'comfy slippers' complaining of a bad back

Talk about feeling like a fossil.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kids at work asking me what a USB stick was and where it goes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh it happens a lot, I’ll be talking about childhood shows or snacks and my nieces will reply with “what’s that”. Age hits you like a truck.

I remember when I was a kid wishing I was grown up and now I’m grown up wishing I was a kid lol.

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By *eliciousDiva69Woman
over a year ago

Schitts Creek

Literally just today OP when I was in a team meeting and a colleague was talking about Strictly and said Jade Goody’s son was in it and another person in the team asked who Jade Goody was

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

Chesterfield

The release of Donkey Kong was midway between the start of WW2 and now.

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By *ostosaCouple
over a year ago

North of England

It happened to us both last Saturday night at Liberty Elite. We attended the Naughties party there and we felt we were in an episode of Love Island! Full of younger sexy people which was fantastic. It just made us comment that we must have been one of the oldest couples in there!

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By *ostosaCouple
over a year ago

North of England

Another time was talking to one of the lads at work and he’d never heard of Take That!!! I was depressed all day after that conversation.

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

Just taken another box of obsolete coins and a bit of current into the bank.The Shillings and Florins I can understand,the Cashier seemed bewildered by the large size 50p's and 10p',even the 1996 £2 coin.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"Literally just today OP when I was in a team meeting and a colleague was talking about Strictly and said Jade Goody’s son was in it and another person in the team asked who Jade Goody was

See! It's these things. It's quite funny too when you think about it.

There is a generation that will have forgotten who Jade was/is.

A generation that will know I him as nothing but Jade's son.

And then those that will know only him for his current stuff.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

I have to be honest, I haven't a clue what your status is about. Sorry

To be fair it's more of a tech thing than just generation.

4090 graphics card or Virtual Reality trackers.

Of course this is where the old age kicks in and shows its neither of those things and I got it wrong!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Probs in my 30s when I went to a night club and folk I used to babysit were there.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"Probs in my 30s when I went to a night club and folk I used to babysit were there.

We have to be wary for our students when we're out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Every time I've looked in a mirror for the last 10 years.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"Every time I've looked in a mirror for the last 10 years."

So you stopped looking?

That explains a lot actually.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When you get excited about going to the tip or cooking an entire meal in the air fryer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Every time I've looked in a mirror for the last 10 years.

So you stopped looking?

That explains a lot actually. "

Denial is a wonderful thing.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"Every time I've looked in a mirror for the last 10 years.

So you stopped looking?

That explains a lot actually.

Denial is a wonderful thing."

It is also a river in Egypt!

(that joke never works in text!

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By *ecretsinnersCouple
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Walkies!

"I told one of my staff he was like Barbara Woodhouse for fussing dogs, and none of the team had any idea who I meant"

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By *ecretsinnersCouple
over a year ago

Yorkshire

10 years ago on a trip to Ibiza. In Pacha, felt like we were there to pick the kids up. But we looked so cooooool!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Suzi Quatro was on our local news last night. It occurred to me at the time that anyone under 50 wouldn’t know who she was.

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By *adMerWoman
over a year ago

Sandwich

I have had so many moments! The joys of being in my late 50’s.

The latest one was noticing that my toes are becoming slightly arthritic.

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I can’t see to pluck my eyebrows in the mirror without wearing glasses.

In fact I can’t read anything close up without my glasses. It was quite the “I’m old!!” moment.

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By *r TriomanMan
over a year ago

Chippenham Malmesbury area

"At Leeds social at the weekend, Saturday night came on and the youngsters didn't know the dance!

I mean everyone knows that dance.

Definitely old!

Mrs "

There's a dance???

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By *adyinred696969Couple
over a year ago

Brecon

When our kids found my vinyl collection, pulled out a single and asked me what it was.

I explained it was how we played music back in my day.....they looked and said. " what, so like a cd then?"

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998

The £2 coin was launched in 1986 with a reverse design for the 13th Commonwealth Games,held in Scotland.1989(X2) tercentenary of the Bill of Rights and tercentenary of the Claim of Right,1994 tercentenary of the Bank of England,1995(X2) 50th anniversary of the end of WW2,50th anniversary of the establishment of the UN,1996 Euro '96,1997 the first Bimetallic issue.

But don't let that stop you.As you were.

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By *ornyguyMan
over a year ago

Hillsborough, NI

It's generally at work I have felt old..

People not having heard of the following:

-Roxette

-Mary Poppins

-The song Basket Case, even though they claim to be Green Day fans.

-Good Morning Vietnam

-The Italian Job, old and new versions.

And at football, having what I think was an attempt at a compliment:

"I hope I can run around the same as you when I'm your age"; thanks I think.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I noticed the majority of cops look like kids.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

I was first called an old soul when I was a toddler. I've got nothing here

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By *ittlemissTinselTitsCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it "

I loved that show

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By *ittlemissTinselTitsCouple
over a year ago

Southampton

When I realised I'd been in my career longer than a number of my colleagues have been born!! Fml lol

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

When people who were in years below me at school had kids who were starting secondary school. And my reaction was "what the actual fuck... how rude!".

One of these children has now got two kids of her own and I cannot approve at all.

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By *nFairnessMan
over a year ago

The Four Corners

"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.

I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!

How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?

This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "

Yesterday when I realised how long I had been on fab.

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By *panksspankedMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Another time was talking to one of the lads at work and he’d never heard of Take That!!! I was depressed all day after that conversation."

That actually cheers me up

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

My recent reminder of my age when I was logged on to this thread and remembered I'm really not that old.

Thank you Kai.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"My recent reminder of my age when I was logged on to this thread and remembered I'm really not that old.

Thank you Kai.

You are over 30. You are old.

You are welcome Mels!

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By *ersiantugMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

How old are you OP? I can't see your vitals. pt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm ancient....shag a pensioner!!

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

"My recent reminder of my age when I was logged on to this thread and remembered I'm really not that old.

Thank you Kai.

You are over 30. You are old.

You are welcome Mels! "

Not old until I'm middle aged. You've got a year or less left. Best make the most of it.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998

But don't let that stop you.As you were."

Those were commemorative double sovereigns, with a nominal value of £2, not. They didn't mint £2 for coinage to be used in circulation until 1998.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)#:~:text=The%20coin%20was%20introduced%20on,1996%20to%20celebrate%20special%20occasions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_sovereign

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My recent reminder of my age when I was logged on to this thread and remembered I'm really not that old.

Thank you Kai.

Yes you are

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By *ruceyyMan
over a year ago

London

A 20 something didn't know who the wild thornberries were!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A 20 something didn't know who the wild thornberries were!"

who tf are they

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By *lofeldMan
over a year ago

Redhill

I was watching a girl walking past whilst sat outside having a tea one time, whose boobs were bouncing pretty spectacularly up and down.

Instead of thinking 'wow' my first thought was 'she has the wrong size bra on'

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998

But don't let that stop you.As you were.

Those were commemorative double sovereigns, with a nominal value of £2, not. They didn't mint £2 for coinage to be used in circulation until 1998.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)#:~:text=The%20coin%20was%20introduced%20on,1996%20to%20celebrate%20special%20occasions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_sovereign"

The £2 was launched in 1986 not 1998,the status of any coin commemorative or bullion is irrelevant if they have a face value.They have an actual face value which is honoured by the bank of issue,in this case BoE.They are not Double Sovereigns.Double Sovereigns are 15.8 grams of 22ct gold.I was talking about the 1996 issue.Try reading properly instead of trying to be clever.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"The £2 coin was launched on 15 June 1998

But don't let that stop you.As you were.

Those were commemorative double sovereigns, with a nominal value of £2, not. They didn't mint £2 for coinage to be used in circulation until 1998.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_pounds_(British_coin)#:~:text=The%20coin%20was%20introduced%20on,1996%20to%20celebrate%20special%20occasions.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_sovereign

Oki-doki

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

"My recent reminder of my age when I was logged on to this thread and remembered I'm really not that old.

Thank you Kai.

Yes you are

Silver lining. One step closer to being a cougar.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing to do with age. Its a decade thing.

Most people do not know what era is. Ask them about 80s..my era my decade.. What they say.. 43 years ago means nothing to many born 90s Upward

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When some snot nosed little cunt said I'm in good nick for 33

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By *ambertMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

When I realised come 2030, the 1980s will have been 50 years ago.

Half a century.

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"When some snot nosed little cunt said I'm in good nick for 33 "

Your wife certainly has a way with words

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"When some snot nosed little cunt said I'm in good nick for 33

Your wife certainly has a way with words "

It wasn't her, she just calls me old man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Looking at my hands, they have had a hard outdoor life and are reminders of the need to moisturise.

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By *ersiantugMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Looking at my hands, they have had a hard outdoor life and are reminders of the need to moisturise.

I really don't want to see your inbox right now lol

I've started to cover my hands when I'm dressing (fishnet sleeves and the like), the backs are probably he hardest thing to hide in terms of age I think. pt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Looking at my hands, they have had a hard outdoor life and are reminders of the need to moisturise.

I really don't want to see your inbox right now lol

I've started to cover my hands when I'm dressing (fishnet sleeves and the like), the backs are probably he hardest thing to hide in terms of age I think. pt"

Yes, If I take a pic with my hands resting say on my belly or thighs which have barely seen the harsh rays of the sun in 47 years, it looks like two different people

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By *ersiantugMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Looking at my hands, they have had a hard outdoor life and are reminders of the need to moisturise.

I really don't want to see your inbox right now lol

I've started to cover my hands when I'm dressing (fishnet sleeves and the like), the backs are probably he hardest thing to hide in terms of age I think. pt

Yes, If I take a pic with my hands resting say on my belly or thighs which have barely seen the harsh rays of the sun in 47 years, it looks like two different people

Me too lol, I always think if my darker older hands werent so slender I could make up all kinds of kinky scenarios to create dodgy pictures from! pt

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

6 years ago when I reached 60 and went to collect my prescription! The young lady said now your 60 your prescription is free! Happy days! Every cloud! X

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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago

In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon

"When I realised come 2030, the 1980s will have been 50 years ago.

Half a century. "

I can't approve of this kind of nonsense either. The 80s were and always will be 20 years ago. Ish.

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

When I found my first grey pube last year

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By *ersiantugMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"When I found my first grey pube last year

where did you find it?

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By *aitonel OP Man
over a year ago

Away for Christmas

"When I found my first grey pube last year

where did you find it?"

In his teeth. It's okay, it's not his! Rejoice!

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up. "

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small""

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

He just about got his head around it.He died in 2010.All his life there was no mains electric,gas or water at his farmhouse.Springwater from his well,cooking on a huge cast iron range,oil lamps for lighting.No tractor,everything by hand,bit of help from neighbouring farmers.Never ill a day in his life,just old age got him.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When the music I like and clothes I still wear came “BACK” into fashion and were classed as retro for the 2nd time!

Not old just a fine vintage

Parting x

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"When I found my first grey pube last year

where did you find it?

In his teeth. It's okay, it's not his! Rejoice! "

If only

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand. "

Modern tech is in your hand, surely?!

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.

Modern tech is in your hand, surely?!

Yes but I only have a phone, iPad and earbuds. I've heard of others who have some handy devices!!!

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By *mber81Woman
over a year ago

Lives in Preston, Eng

So many things but on here the messages saying that I look good... FOR MY AGE

or that they would like to be with an older lady. Wait, are you referring to me?

Also when I realised that you can be a fully grown adult and been through uni and everything but have been born in the 2000s or be a fully grown adult and be half my age. That really hurt.

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By *adlyDeeplyCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

When you jump into a thread about age and see that some people thinking they are old are 20 years your junior!

Hey it’s just a number!

By the way, you all look great..

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.

Modern tech is in your hand, surely?!

Yes but I only have a phone, iPad and earbuds. I've heard of others who have some handy devices!!!

Earbuds are out of your hands, certainly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I started going grey at 21.

I'm 40 now and it's basically white. But I still look somewhat youthful. It's conflicting

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.

Modern tech is in your hand, surely?!

Yes but I only have a phone, iPad and earbuds. I've heard of others who have some handy devices!!!

Earbuds are out of your hands, certainly

They need to get in my ears and one doesn't have people to do it for one.

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand. "

He had another farmhouse three fields away.No mains.No road to it.The last people to live there were an evacuee family from the London Blitz.They couldn't handle the quiet,solitude or lack of mains facilities,so after two months they went back to the bombing.I cleared it of furniture for him because it would bring the rates (pre council tax) down from £11 per year to £7.

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By *avie65Man
over a year ago

In the west.

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.

A real farmer then. Lol

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By *ndycoinsMan
over a year ago

Whaley Bridge,Nr Buxton,

"I got my son in law a manual watch, and I had to show him how to wind it up.

An old farmer in the mid eighties asked how often I had to wind up a quartz Seiko I had.He refused to believe it had a battery,"they can't make batteries that small"

What would he have made of phones that work off a battery and fits in your pocket!

Wow. There may be something it that. Tech is getting out of hand.

A real farmer then. Lol"

Absolutely.I swear he lived on fresh air.Actually he only buttered one slice of a sandwich.

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By *KTim61Man
over a year ago

Tipton

Now I go to bed at 10.00 instead of stopping up till 11.00 - 11.30 & later at the weekend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It finally happened. I had my first real big "oh shit I'm old" moment last night.

I was talking to somebody younger and I named characters from a well known cartoon from my childhood. The person had no idea of who these characters were!

How about you lot, when was your first or most recent reminder?

This applies to the younger generation too! As you guys will still have reached a milestone or two that puts your age in to perspective. "
Finding all the presenters on radio2 really irritating and too much

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By *ontWannaMissASwingCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

At a local sports club social when they played hit me baby one more time and realising that a lot of the people dancing weren't even born when it came out.

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By *ontWannaMissASwingCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

"Much the same, I’d asked someone in their late twenties about the Dinosaurs Tv show and they had never heard of it "

I remember this!

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By *dareyoutoMan
over a year ago

Hull

I got hit on by a beautiful young blonde lady a few weeks back in a pub one night in town, I asked how old she was and she said she was 19. I felt obliged to explain to her I was old enough to be her dad and walk away. Never felt so old in my life.

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