You know you are old when...Y

[PFVA]

When you remember the old Macs when they were new.

[Orava]

When you remember when to first McDonalds opened in Finland, in the early 1990s. Big ques for the big mac. Also side-trivia Finland hosts the most northern McDonalds in the World at Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle.

[skab]

When everyone starts to call you Sir or Madam.

When everyone calls you "cantankerous old cunt".

[MattyP]

Went into the local pub to get a round in and the barmaid said "What will it be love" now I don't know if it was just her way of greeting but made me feel older.... Sigh.

Oh and went along to the GameOn exhibition currently on at Doncaster. Ended up playing mostly the old arcade games R-Type, Hyper Sports,DigDug and Galaga! Love the simplicity of these and just more fun than I've had in a while on games. There was also Gridrunner and Tempest 2000.

Think I'm at the point where I'm getting old enough not to be interested in modern games.

Just picked up Hyper Sports and Galaga '88 on the Nintendo eStore for the Switch.

Yep getting old but you know what it's also about enjoying what you love and ignoring the noise of the current AAA gaming industry.

Old git here is patiently awaiting the Llamasoft collection on the Switch!

[gilesgoat]

.. when your HW and your instruments starts to fail simply cause age as well

All this old stuff made me think at this : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Are_O ... er_William

[KlaxonCow]

...when, statistically, you have less years ahead of you than you've had behind you.

Because it's arithmetic, you just can't deny it.

[zip accident]

Because it's arithmetic, you just can't deny it.

Lies, lies and statistics.

[tufty]

Typically, it's been when, statistically, you have no more years of grafting left in you.

[Orava]

I love the West Country greeting of 'my lover'

[F-ZeroOne]

When you remember when to first McDonalds opened in Finland, in the early 1990s. Big ques for the big mac. Also side-trivia Finland hosts the most northern McDonalds in the World at Rovaniemi on the Arctic Circle.

You remember your parents stopping for food during a road trip in a "Little Chef" [1] and it seemed like the most exotic eatery you'd ever been to.

[1] For non-UK residents - a chain of now extinct roadside eateries, common before gigantic "service areas" took over the same role.

[PFVA]

When you hear everybody talking about Taylor Swift in the last few days and you have no idea why.

I mean I know she is a singer, I have heard her name before but suddenly her name seems to be popping all over the place and I have no idea why.

[KlaxonCow]

but suddenly her name seems to be popping all over the place and I have no idea why.

She's dating an American football player.

Yeah, that's it. I guess, though, this is America's version of Posh Spice and Beckham.

[F-ZeroOne]

Well, that and the fact shes clearly the Liberal AGENT OF SATAN who will gather her Woke Hordes and banish Donald Trump to the Phantom Zone FORVEVER so that Joe Biden can rule the planet with Bill Gates for ETERNITY.

I wish I was joking, but thats pretty much what some of the right supporting media and Republican/MAGA supporters in the US have been getting themslves into a tizzy over for the past couple of weeks.

[PFVA]

Ow... I see...

And I thought our own elections campaign was bad enough...

[tufty]

Also, Taylor Swift deep fake porn because - um - TRUMP MAKE MURCA GRATE AGIN.