You know you are old when...Y

[KlaxonCow]

"You know you are old when .. " ..

You perfectly know that "Can't hurry love" it's NOT an original by Phil Collins ..

... likewise you know that "Can't touch this" music is NOT an original by MC Hammer !

No, you really know you're old, when you say this to young folk and they have no idea who Phil Collins or MC Hammer even are.

Like, when you point out to youngsters, that this Sugarbabes hit was really Gary Numan...



...and they stare blankly at you, because that was 15 years ago. They were only 6 years old back then and don't remember any of this, old man.

When youngsters talk about stuff from 5 years ago, as if it's "classic" and are all nostalgic about it. What are you guys on about? That feels like last week to me.

(Yeah, there's a bunch of youngsters at work and conversations usually involve me not giving away just how old I actually am, while they wax lyrical about the PS3 being "classic" or something. Dude, my first computer was a ZX81.)

[Kelloggs]

I literally had cause a couple of weeks ago to pop the message in chat "You know that grey hair and beard I'm rocking? It's actually not a disguise"

The response was two "Laugh" emojis from two guys of a similar age to me... and two "Shocked" emojis from two of my younger colleagues. I think emojis might need sarcasm tags, but I honestly couldn't say whether they would have been used here...

[MattyP]

Just had early onset cataracts removed from my right eye. Next up left one on Monday.

Feeling old right now. My body is breaking down. At least I can see Lllamasoft games in high intensity technicolour again. Those lights are so bright

[venusian]

Hope that works out for you.

At least the rest of you is still young enough that they're early onset.

[MattyP]

Hope that works out for you.

At least the rest of you is still young enough that they're early onset.

Thanks and appreciated! Op went well the recovery now begins. Early indications are good and my specs prescription is likely to be lowered. I can already see huge improvements in my far sight in that I could drive without specs now.

Onwards and upwards!

[Ratsoap]

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

My old man said getting cataracts was the best thing that ever happened to him, as after being operated on, his eyesight was better than it had ever been!

[MattyP]

Hope you have a speedy recovery.

My old man said getting cataracts was the best thing that ever happened to him, as after being operated on, his eyesight was better than it had ever been!

Thanks! Same experience so far!

Always had issues with my eyes from birth. Had a squint corrected when early on (under 2 years old). Have astigmatism in both eyes. So any improvement is most welcome. The surgeon put additional in to hopefully at least reduce the astigmatism.

Watched a video of the procedure after the first eye was done. Glad I did quite involved and well not for the squeamish!

[PFVA]

Yeahp, I'm too old

I watched Gremlins in the movie theatre not long after it came out. Actually I watched in London in 1985.
(First movie I ever watched without Portuguese subtitles).

[grue]

Yeahp, I'm too old

I watched Gremlins in the movie theatre not long after it came out. Actually I watched in London in 1985.
(First movie I ever watched without Portuguese subtitles).

I watched it 2 years later, I was 10. At the end where Stripe melts I got so scared I covered my eyes.

[F-ZeroOne]

"Raiders of the Lost Ark", if not on original release then whilst it was still on its initial cinema run. I often wonder what the "Parental Advisory" for that one would have looked like if they'd had that sort of thing back then... ("Warning: Contains Melting Face Nazis"... ).

Something else you may recall is that sometimes short films or cartoons would be played before the main feature...

For those of us UK cinema goers of a certain vintage:

[tufty]

Friday, five to five...

[gilesgoat]

When I was a child ( 6 .. 10 ) it still was around "beginning of trasmissions" ..

[PFVA]

I watched 'Trinita' (They call me Trinity) in the movie theatre when it reached my part of the world, 1972 I think.

Funny, all my generation remembers that movie with fondness.

[F-ZeroOne]

As part of my semi-ongoing recounting of how British TVs sole purpose during the 70s and 80s was to scar that generations children for life, we had this:

[PFVA]

I'm old enough to remember 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' and to have watched the movie in the theatre probably a couple of years after it came out in the US. In those times movies took a while to get to different countries.
It was one of the first movies I watched.