You know you are old when...Y

[Orava]

When Saturday afternoon ads are all about reclining chairs or motorised beds.

[Orava]

The older I get, the more I miss Sunday trading laws

You are allowed to sell any alcohol in my state, on Sundays, past 1 pm. Apparently there are different levels of permits that range from our watery beer to rum and vodka. We do sell beers and other spirits that have a "beer" base, such as Whiteclaw, but we still do not sell rum and vodka till Monday at 6am. My store must be too cheap to get the special liquor license.

Everything is OK here after 9am Sundays or 7am other days to get your morning vodka.

[gilesgoat]

You have to be careful when you do "this" or "that" or move something as "you don't want to get hurt" ..

[Orava]

You only sleep 2 to 4 hours at night but then have an afternoon nap.

[Mat]

I know you've mentioned you have type 2 diabetes as well Orava, and I was struggling with getting enough sleep at night too.

I wear my smart watch to bed and I've got a bedside Google assistant that checks how you sleep too, and these in combination with diet have really improved how I sleep recently. They gently nudge you into changing your habits, and you get pretty immediate results.

Before, I was prone to nodding off at my desk, particularly after lunch, and I couldn't do anything to stop it.

I still occasionally get drowsy midday, but things are a lot better now, and my sleep is getting better too. I'm a fairly mobile sleeper, so it always says that my sleep was "restless", but I'm getting a lot more sleep now. Before, I was averaging 1-3 hours a night despite going to bed between 11:00 and 06:00. Now, it's more like 4-6 hours.
And that in turn makes me feel better during the day.

I did think it was caffeine that was disrupting my sleep, but as long as I stop drinking tea at around 15:00, that really has no bearing on how I sleep.

[PFVA]

I learned how to use road atlas and paper street maps and I still like them.

[gilesgoat]

I learned how to use road atlas and paper street maps and I still like them.

I remember times when you had to do all your math exercises by yourself with pen and paper and the use of a pocket calculator was STRICTLY PROHIBITED ! .. not that it would have made huge difference because almost NO ONE had one !

I remember time when you had to carry all books in a big bag ( no backpacks yet in those times ) and one of the biggest/heaviest books was "the Italian anthology" ( poems and literature ).

[Orava]

Learning to use paper maps and a compass to lnavigate

I learned how to use road atlas and paper street maps and I still like them.

I remember times when you had to do all your math exercises by yourself with pen and paper and the use of a pocket calculator was STRICTLY PROHIBITED ! .. not that it would have made huge difference because almost NO ONE had one !

I remember time when you had to carry all books in a big bag ( no backpacks yet in those times ) and one of the biggest/heaviest books was "the Italian anthology" ( poems and literature ).

[rowan]

When you need 2 different pairs of specs.
Obviously "the wrong ones" are on x amount of times each day.

[PFVA]

I'm old enough to remember Abba winning the Eurovision 50 years ago and I was just reminded of it by our TV news.

[PFVA]

Old enough to remember OJ Simpson being chased by LAPD and the never ending trial that followed.

More than that, old enough to have seen him in a comedy movie, 'Naked Gun 33 1/3" at the cinema, not on TV but in the cinema when it was first released.

[PFVA]

...when your country is commemorating 50 years of the revolution that ended the dictatorship and brought democracy, and you are old enough to remember it well.

[Orava]

To remember when your country finished paying ww2 war repatriation.

[Orava]

To remember when your country finished paying ww2 war repatriation.

[Orava]

To remember when your country finished paying ww2 war repatriation.