Officially old

bainbridge said:
Just increased the font size on my phone as I can no longer make do reading it without glasses when out and about.

What things have other forum members had to do that make them feel old?
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Got prescribed reading glasses in addition to my normal ones.

Next time I'm going to try for some cheap varifocals as I only really need them for reading tiny print and doing things like soldering (realising that I couldn't couldn't make out where the solder was easily was my clue).
 
danoliver1 said:
My son asked me if colour was invented when I was a lad.
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My son quite recently told me that when he was younger, he thought the world used to be in black and white in the 'olden times'.

For me, I'd say:
  • Scrolling down for flipping ages when choosing my birth year on websites.
  • Ear / Nostril hair growth (nobody warned me about this!)
  • Graduates who were born in a different millennium to me (after I graduated in some cases).
  • Footballers retiring whom I regard as 'new' young prodigies (Rooney etc)
  • Finding out that fresh young trendy radio presenters now have a daytime show on Radio 2.
  • Being older than the majority of work peers, for quite a while I was the 'young protege'
  • Hearing younger people talk about the absolute madness of 4% interest rates and how they HAVE to come back down... scratch that just stated with absolute confidence that they WOULD definitely fall soon (before they rose still further).
  • Wine being my primary alcoholic drink
 
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Top tip listen to Radio X and its like time never happend, its brilliant :) much happier & nicer place with people that actually have a IQ.
 
My back in the morning is a constant reminder that time is marching on, leaving me to hobble downstairs and turn the kettle on.

Normally fine after a cuppa though, so not so bad I guess.
 
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