What makes you feel old?

woohoo_postingid

you'd reach into a muddy gutter for 10p.

I quite happily do this now, it goes in the jar :rotfl:

FrugalJo

Most of the England football team are nearer your childrens age than yours, Radio 2 convert - because Steve Wright is still on in the afternoon :)swooning over James Bond, using words like swooning...

Storm

Getting invited to your school's ten-year reunion (this was quite a few years ago now) and realising that most people were married/had kids/had high flying career/had travelled around the world etc whilst I was still trying to make my mind up about what I wanted to do when I 'grew up'!

Toto

Oh now I feel REALLY old, I can only relate to about 1/2 of Heather's post, the rest was a bit after my time:eek:

VickyM_2

Realising that my first job was 20 years ago...

To deal with anyone overseas, we sent telexes - there were about 6 of them in the postroom. We didn't quite trust the fax machine (nasty newfangled thing). My boss had a computer on his desk, which was very novel. I used a golf-ball typewriter which was regarded as very modern (anyone else remember them?) and there was one wordprocessor between 20 secretaries, and you had to book time on it. I used to take dictation from my boss, or do audio-typing. Email didn't exist and neither did mobile phones.

I went and travelled round the world and rang my family about 4 times in a year, but everyone wrote me lots of airmail letters.

I'm only 41 but thinking about this I feel like a wizened old crone!!

MinnieSpender

I was chatting to a lad at work about the Morrissey gig he recently went to. I told him I saw The Smiths back in the day.

Cue blank look from said youth...

Chrismojam

GirlRacer wrote:

The corona man! Nobody has ever done cherryade like corona. 10p back on the bottles aswell ......

OMG yes....I forgot about the money back!! (maybe cos I never got any:mad: ..brothers generally got there first.....:rolleyes: )

Chrismojam

LookingAhead wrote:

Who remembers one pound notes??

ME:D I remember thinking I was rich when I got 6!!! for my birthday..one of each of my cousins and my uncle....back in ...mmbmcs...:p aound 1984/85 I think...I was 10/11 ish...and I made it last....knowing me I would have saved it to by Christmas pressies (from the 50p shop:rolleyes: ) for the family....

Chrismojam

GirlRacer wrote:

I've got a vague recollection of the rag and bone man. When I told my kids about him they thought he was employed by e-bay!

I still had that until about 7/8 years ago.....it was the 'any old iron' durge at some ridiculous hour of the morning..........I may not have been terribly tollerant:o .....I am sure that on more than one occasion...I may have shouted...loudly though open windows........f**k off, people are trying to sleep!!!!!!!!!:mad:

Chrismojam

All the posts are from me...it looks a bit sad:o

I could get offended that no-one else is posting you know:rolleyes: