You know you're getting old when.....

[Wereongunoil]

You have to scroll back miles on a date of birth form to find your year of birth🤪

When you hear Bye Bye Baby on the radio and say 'aw I used to love the Bay City Rollers' and people around you say 'WHO?!'

I feel everyone looks younger than me! I thought the plumber was younger and he was the same age. I guess old hag is a state of mind.

There is (or was pre-covid) a shop in London that sells it and I demonstrated to a friend using actual coins how it worked. 'This is a sixpence, two of them in a shilling. This is a shilling, two of them in a florin. This is a florin....'

I can still add up in it, as well. Subtraction's a bit more iffy.

Making an "ooff " sound when getting up from the sofa .
That and enjoying the comfort of a nice pair of slippers.

You need (English) subtitles to watch South Park (in English)

I believe it does, these days!

I started watching Rush Hour the other night. Had to stop because could not understand A WORD Chris Tucker was saying.

You turn slightly whilst cleaning your teeth, and put your back out so badly that you are still in pain nearly three weeks later.

Also - you don’t just trip over, you ‘have a fall’.

Looking in the mirror and "seeing" your mum looking back at you.

When you pull out a library card and the librarian tells you it was issued before he was born and he's in his late 30's!

I'm only 36. But I have a 22-year old personal trainer and he makes me feel ancient.

We once had a whole conversation about the music of "Aitch" which I, naturally, thought meant H from Steps. When it became clear that we weren't talked about the same person, I said that I meant H from Steps. He said "Who's Steps?". I felt about 100 years old.

The skin on the back of your hands flaps about under a hot air drier.

You probably have to be old to have a landline at all!

You remember how much it hurt to get your fingers wedged between the keys on a typewriter... 😬

Oh Lordy- pretty much ALL of those! I can't see if anyone's mentioned the "magic" of telex, or being exhausted by using manual typewriters (especially when the boss asked for "original plus six carbon copies") I read that manual typewriters needed you to type at 13lbs per square inch to get proper even transfer from keys to paper.

I was useless at the carbons as I couldn't pound the keys hard enough and the carbon copies after the second one was almost too light to read so I was grateful when electric typewriters came in (remember those?). I also remember the putty/plasticine substances used to clean the keys from ink from the typewriter ribbon....

My - now I'm feeling really old! 🌹

When you got for a dog walk, look at the beautiful views and say to yourself (and the dog) isn't this glorious....about a million times. I have turned into my mum but my mum was awesome so it's not all bad.

Felt old today when I had to take my car back to the mechanic as I couldn't get the DAB radio to work.....I said to him old people and technology hey....and he didn't correct me 😂

@Newestname002 Me too.

My mother had to type invoices on a manual. She was ecstatic when her company gave her an electric typewriter.

I remember 10 shilling notes & farthings 😱

When evening arrangements with girlfriends start getting earlier and earlier so everyone can be home in their PJs by 10. A few years ago the thought of booking a 6.30 table for dinner would have horrified me - now I’m just bloody grateful we’re all equally knackered and no one would ever suggest we ‘go on’ anywhere!

You remember using a phone box!

When Lakeland is my favourite shop! I love a new gadget!

And the smell of them 🤮

I went to a festival last summer that my favourite band were playing at. I do have some mobility problems following an injury, and need a stick when my leg gets tired, or I will stumble, trip and fall flat on my face.

The terrain from our caravan (we were staying the weekend) to the stage was rather uneven and hard going. I was so, so glad that my band were on and finished their set before it turned 4. I'd have dreaded having to make my way back to our van in the dark!

Fax machines. I have an assistant that doesn't know what they are.

My ds16 didn't know what. A cheque was.

I feel really old when I have to hold something out in front of me and move it around to try and read it. Or worse still it's just too small and I have to ask kids what it says.

You mean you're not at the 'where are my reading glasses?' stage yet? (Pair in most rooms, handbag, cars....)