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Guess my age?

283 replies

shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 08:26

I really enjoyed the thread started by @openthefrontdoorthe other week which was a different take on those boring threads where someone posted a photo.

So I thought I’d start one myself. Not sure I’ll be quite as eloquent but I’ll give it my best shot to drop some random facts

  1. Growing up, my dad was clean shaven but for a most fantastic bushy moustache which he took great pride in.

  2. Our 1 tv in the house through most of my early years was rented from Radio Rentals and had a wire on the tv remote connecting it.

  3. My most treasured Christmas present ever was a Tiny Tears doll that could cry and wet herself

OP posts:
Floatlikeafeather2 · 28/06/2026 09:34

64 - 70

Coconutter24 · 28/06/2026 09:33

76

MabelAnderson · 28/06/2026 09:33

The house price has made me think you are younger than me, I thought we were roughly the same age, born in the mid sixties. Now I think you might have been born in the early 70s, so I think you are around 55.

laughingnow · 28/06/2026 09:32

65

Sandiedoors · 28/06/2026 09:28

60

RunningJo · 28/06/2026 09:28

58

Highlights12 · 28/06/2026 09:28

65

nonevernotever · 28/06/2026 09:23

I think you're probably about my age so 58

icannotlivelaughloveintheseconditions · 28/06/2026 09:22

I think you are slightly older than me so I will say 51
but i want to ask who was your favourite singer / band in your teens

Cuppachuchu · 28/06/2026 09:22
  1. Definitely.
tonsattingforbjudes · 28/06/2026 09:21

How old were you when your parents bought the house for £37,000?

user1471464167 · 28/06/2026 09:20

60

shutthefrontdooor · 28/06/2026 09:19

Muffsies · 28/06/2026 09:14

Did your school calculators have the red backlit numbers, or an LCD display?

Was a Casio watch the coolest tech you'd ever seen?

Were TVs and fairy lights still burning people's houses down, or had Lynne Faulds Wood started warning us about them?

Were picknic blankets still ALL tartan?

Probably unhelpful as I used both calculators. Tartan blankets were (and still are?) everywhere! My dad was very excited to wear a Casio watch that was digital but I also remember them being peak cool!
House fires from consumer electrics were common and I absolutely remember Lynne Faulds Wood and various Watchdog campaigns for safer household electrics

OP posts:
WhatATimeToBeAlive · 28/06/2026 09:18

62

fishonabicycle · 28/06/2026 09:17

61

daffydreams · 28/06/2026 09:17

55 to 60

wetwiped · 28/06/2026 09:17

58

McSpoot · 28/06/2026 09:16

64

Muffsies · 28/06/2026 09:14

Did your school calculators have the red backlit numbers, or an LCD display?

Was a Casio watch the coolest tech you'd ever seen?

Were TVs and fairy lights still burning people's houses down, or had Lynne Faulds Wood started warning us about them?

Were picknic blankets still ALL tartan?

newfriend05 · 28/06/2026 09:13

56

Didimum · 28/06/2026 09:13

51

ainsleysanob · 28/06/2026 09:13

44

RaininSummer · 28/06/2026 09:12

63

Quartzfairy · 28/06/2026 09:12

57

smelps · 28/06/2026 09:12

60

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