dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 271 of 284 Wed 19th Oct 2016 12:40am Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:3011 I remember Helen Shapiro appearing at the Belgrade at the height of her popularity and hoping to get a glimpse of her at one of the windows behind the theatre. I never did but what puzzles me is that I had already left Bond Street by 1961 although it's possible I was visiting a friend who still lived there I suppose. |
dutchman Spon End All posts by this member | 272 of 284 Wed 2nd Nov 2016 10:20pm Member: Joined Mar 2010 Total posts:3011 You know you have got old when...
Someone tells you they have Bluetooth and you suggest they visit their dentist.
You can remember when there was only one type of battery to choose from. |
pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 273 of 284 Wed 3rd May 2017 1:39pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1004 A 75 year old friend of mine in New Zealand was called to the local doctor's surgery to have his flu jab. After letting the receptionist know he was there he sat down to wait. 20 minutes later he got up and left. He went back home. A few minutes later his phone rang. It was the surgery wanting to know where he was. "Well, as I am talking to you at the number you rang I thought you might guess I am at home."
"Why didn't you wait for your flu jab."
"I did. But after 20 minutes it came to me that you all have more opportunities to waste 20 minutes in your futures than I have in my own future." He put the phone down.
He got on with his business of the day. An hour later the nurse from the surgery drew up in her car and, with a very broad smile, gave him his flu jab. |
Last of the Inkers Windsor All posts by this member | 274 of 284 Fri 30th Jun 2017 6:32pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:205 The following is only for a bit of amusement, but perhaps contains a degree of truth!
The young desire change. The old desire continuity.
The young desire novelty. The old desire familiarity.
The young desire adventure. The old desire serenity.
The young desire technology. The old desire greenery.
The young desire celebrity. The old desire affinity.
The young desire success. The old desire participation.
The young desire victory. The old desire the game itself.
The young desire accumulation. The old desire retention.
The young desire alcohol. The old desire cake.
The young desire each other. The old desire cats and dogs.
I did subsequently add "The young desire Facebook. The old desire a good book." which provided me with some low level mirth, but now I have decided against it, because it detracts from what I believe to be the broader and more significant observation.
Which is that our values change as we age. Thus, the 20 year old who currently values many of the elements contained in column one will, by the time they reach 60 plus, have gradually switched to more of the elements contained in column two. Of course, these are not necessarily 'either - or' but this presentation serves to highlight the sorts of choices we find ourselves making which seem to be influenced by age. Again, not to be taken too seriously, but it is interesting to me how this has played out in my own life.
It is not a groundbreaking revelation but it does, I feel, tend to get overlooked in the inter-generational differences of viewpoint that sporadically burst forth. I don't have children, so maybe this is stating the obvious to those that do.
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 275 of 284 Tue 4th Jul 2017 10:27am Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:4827 'Tainted Love' by Soft Cell was released nearer to the end of the Second World War than to today. ![]() |
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 276 of 284 Thu 6th Jul 2017 11:25am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2984 It has finally caught up with me - Oh heavens above, I am getting just like my Mum ![]() |
Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 277 of 284 Tue 7th Nov 2017 7:42pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:4827 Yesterday I took the train to Clapham Junction. Shortly before arriving, I noticed that across the other side of the carriage was a "little old lady" preparing to leave the train. She had a carrier bag, which I presume contained a handbag, and a small suitcase.
Knowing that we would be at platform 17 - because it's on a curve, there's a big gap between the train and the platform edge - I suggested to her that, if she got herself off and onto the platform, I'd take her case off for her. She thanked me, and, with the doors now open, she moved forward and alighted the train.
As we were using the central door of the carriage, a couple of passengers from the other end then moved off behind her - then it was my turn.
I stooped to lift the lady's suitcase, and as I did so, a male passenger, aged about 30, said to me "I'll give you a hand with that".
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 278 of 284 Wed 8th Nov 2017 6:12am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2984 Oh, that was a classic MR - thanks. I consider myself still very spritely for an 'oldie' but have had a few considerations shown to me whilst out and about. I think it must be the platinum hair that does it (note I didn't say grey/silver) ![]() |
Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 279 of 284 Mon 1st Jan 2018 3:38am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2984 ![]() ![]() |
Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 280 of 284 Mon 1st Jan 2018 10:18am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:1984 You know when you're old when you pay for your funeral. |
NormK bulkington All posts by this member | 281 of 284 Mon 1st Jan 2018 1:55pm Member: Joined Jan 2012 Total posts:855 Wound the cat up and kicked the clock out. Milly rules |
Osmiroid UK All posts by this member | 282 of 284 Mon 1st Jan 2018 6:18pm Member: Joined Aug 2013 Total posts:293 When you go out on New Year's Eve and drink as little as possible instead of as much as possible. |
NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 283 of 284 Tue 2nd Jan 2018 1:38pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:1704 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 284 of 284 Tue 2nd Jan 2018 1:52pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:4827 ![]() ![]() |