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Things that make you feel old
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Looking at our socials this weekend and seeing miles less engagement for the post about the Greatest Game than the final a few years ago.
Then realised loads of people would have passed over it because they werent even born!0 -
Seeing Alfred Molina mentioned in the TV thread, immediately thinking of El Cid, then finding that was 36 years ago1
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That plot size is deeply suspicious0
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We live on the country with the World’s 6th, sometimes the 5th, largest economy and when we travel abroad on our hols etc to less richer countries and we see air con units littered over most homes and flats; and yet you think somebody with air con in the UK must be rich ?iainment said:
and homes) with air conditioning like we have todayletthegoodtimesroll said:
It’s hotter these days than when it was when you and I were younger. Old people in the UK then didn’t have to cope with heat like this. If they had similar hot days to contend with they would have had cars (and homes) with air conditioning like we have today and we would have had to dash off to Spain for a fortnight of sunshine once a year.Arsenetatters said:I used to wonder what all the fuss was about watching out for old people during heatwaves….. 🥵Who has a home with air conditioning? Only the rich methinks.0 -
Unlikely. That’s the point. It wasn’t as hot when we were younger as it is today - that’s why they keep saying new records are being setCovered End said:
What on earth are you talking about?letthegoodtimesroll said:
It’s hotter these days than when it was when you and I were younger. Old people in the UK then didn’t have to cope with heat like this. If they had similar hot days to contend with they would have had cars (and homes) with air conditioning like we have today and we would have had to dash off to Spain for a fortnight of sunshine once a year.Arsenetatters said:I used to wonder what all the fuss was about watching out for old people during heatwaves….. 🥵
Old people when you were young had cars and homes with air conditioning?0 -
For GDP per capita, the UK ranks around 25th in the world with some of the highest electricity costs in the world, so it's not much of a surprise.letthegoodtimesroll said:
We live on the country with the World’s 6th, sometimes the 5th, largest economy and when we travel abroad on our hols etc to less richer countries and we see air con units littered over most homes and flats; and yet you think somebody with air con in the UK must be rich ?iainment said:
and homes) with air conditioning like we have todayletthegoodtimesroll said:
It’s hotter these days than when it was when you and I were younger. Old people in the UK then didn’t have to cope with heat like this. If they had similar hot days to contend with they would have had cars (and homes) with air conditioning like we have today and we would have had to dash off to Spain for a fortnight of sunshine once a year.Arsenetatters said:I used to wonder what all the fuss was about watching out for old people during heatwaves….. 🥵Who has a home with air conditioning? Only the rich methinks.2 -
I used to be up there with technology, and still am good with computers but I stalled with mobile phones and pretty much use mine for calls and whats app. I took the decision to bow out when I could see people being too wedded to them on the commute to work. I am now a real dinosaur when it comes to using them.1
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Also see the "split economy" for why being a large economy by one flawed measure in GDP will likely not feel like it for the vast majority of people.Stu_of_Kunming said:
For GDP per capita, the UK ranks around 25th in the world with some of the highest electricity costs in the world, so it's not much of a surprise.letthegoodtimesroll said:
We live on the country with the World’s 6th, sometimes the 5th, largest economy and when we travel abroad on our hols etc to less richer countries and we see air con units littered over most homes and flats; and yet you think somebody with air con in the UK must be rich ?iainment said:
and homes) with air conditioning like we have todayletthegoodtimesroll said:
It’s hotter these days than when it was when you and I were younger. Old people in the UK then didn’t have to cope with heat like this. If they had similar hot days to contend with they would have had cars (and homes) with air conditioning like we have today and we would have had to dash off to Spain for a fortnight of sunshine once a year.Arsenetatters said:I used to wonder what all the fuss was about watching out for old people during heatwaves….. 🥵Who has a home with air conditioning? Only the rich methinks.0 -
GDP per capita is a less appropriate measure of likelihood of affordability as it’s easily distorted by small populations and low tax incentives for businessesStu_of_Kunming said:
For GDP per capita, the UK ranks around 25th in the world with some of the highest electricity costs in the world, so it's not much of a surprise.letthegoodtimesroll said:
We live on the country with the World’s 6th, sometimes the 5th, largest economy and when we travel abroad on our hols etc to less richer countries and we see air con units littered over most homes and flats; and yet you think somebody with air con in the UK must be rich ?iainment said:
and homes) with air conditioning like we have todayletthegoodtimesroll said:
It’s hotter these days than when it was when you and I were younger. Old people in the UK then didn’t have to cope with heat like this. If they had similar hot days to contend with they would have had cars (and homes) with air conditioning like we have today and we would have had to dash off to Spain for a fortnight of sunshine once a year.Arsenetatters said:I used to wonder what all the fuss was about watching out for old people during heatwaves….. 🥵Who has a home with air conditioning? Only the rich methinks.
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When your Old Man's Bladder* is the leading contributor to your physical fitness, because you're up and down the stairs all day.
*For the avoidance of any doubt, in this instance the phrase "Old Man's Bladder" refers to my bladder which is rather old because so am I. It's not a reference to the bladder of my dad, my husband (not that I have one) or anyone else with a chronologically disparaging nickname.2 -
Realising it was 50 years ago almost to the day you hit your maiden 50 in men’s cricket and then got engaged (been married nearly 48 years)1
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Hit 50 and bowled your maiden over.CharltonKerry said:Realising it was 50 years ago almost to the day you hit your maiden 50 in men’s cricket and then got engaged (been married nearly 48 years)9 -
How long did you occupy the crease?4
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Only about an hour 😀, mind you my memory not so good these days, might even be prone to exaggeration.iaitch said:How long did you occupy the crease?1 -
My PB for "crease time occupation" was an outstanding 30 seconds.
On the subject of this thread - that makes me feel very old!0 -
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must be time to get the Stannah representative round with his brochures?Stig said:When your Old Man's Bladder* is the leading contributor to your physical fitness, because you're up and down the stairs all day.
*For the avoidance of any doubt, in this instance the phrase "Old Man's Bladder" refers to my bladder which is rather old because so am I. It's not a reference to the bladder of my dad, my husband (not that I have one) or anyone else with a chronologically disparaging nickname.1 -
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Spent a bit of time in the corridor of uncertainty.DaveMehmet said:0 -
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More about my good lady yesterday……
on her way home after her daily walk following a knee replacement she bought a bottle of drink, seeing she was using a stick the guy put it into a small bag to make it easier.
A couple of doors from home she dropped the bag, a kind gentleman who saw her struggling to pick it up crossed over and picked it up and knowing our house offered to drop it home.
I saw the guy at the gate and assumed it was a delivery and thanked him and took in the bag, then my missus appeared at the gate, so I waited at the door as they spoke at the gate.
Seeing the bag contained a bottle of drink and not anything we might have ordered she told me the story then added, he told her as she thanked him………….” Your son opened the door just as I came through the gate”
Needless to say, I mentioned this several times that day and reminded her again this morning 💪😂
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Just got back from Lakeside. First visit in ages, really didn't like it - not that I ever did. An hour of visiting shitty shops, selling overpriced junk under horrible LED lighting with zero customer service. A vast complex of soulless commercialism with nothing at all to redeem it. That really was enough to bring out my inner Meldrew. Is this what the human race has come to? I don't believe it!4
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On the plus side, my journey there and back took me on not one but two roads that had recently been resurfaced. Oh joy it was like I'd been transported back to a time when things worked in this country, and that seems like a very long time ago.4
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they will dig it up next week, to install a cable and do a bodge patch up repair.Stig said:On the plus side, my journey there and back took me on not one but two roads that had recently been resurfaced. Oh joy it was like I'd been transported back to a time when things worked in this country, and that seems like a very long time ago.2 -
Wanting to book a cruise excursion on line, couldn’t understand why it wouldn’t go through, I missed the age exclusion was for people over 70.0
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It was 30 years of hurt at Euro 96, now we are 30 years past Euro 96.
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Dan Burn saying his first England memory was the Beckham free kick against Greece.5
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Not knowing who Dan Burn is.stackitsteve said:Dan Burn saying his first England memory was the Beckham free kick against Greece.6 -
Blimey never realised that happened, was there a mountain to climb or something?CharltonKerry said:Wanting to book a cruise excursion on line, couldn’t understand why it wouldn’t go through, I missed the age exclusion was for people over 70.0 -
Think the problem is you had to fit enough to climb out of a boat onto a sandbar to feed / play with stingrays and the operators of the your out a random age limit on it. I was surprised as there was an almost identical tour at a different port with no restrictions. Mind you I think age restrictions are creeping in as there was another which meant you had to climb to an altitude of 7,000 feet which again had age restrictions, which I didn’t mind as I couldn’t have done it.Raith_C_Chattonell said:
Blimey never realised that happened, was there a mountain to climb or something?CharltonKerry said:Wanting to book a cruise excursion on line, couldn’t understand why it wouldn’t go through, I missed the age exclusion was for people over 70.1
