You know you're getting old when....

[KS55]

You remember what a valve rubber was.

Crikey, that is OLD. I don’t remember what any rubber is.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Taking of Valves......when the tv repair man came round and you knew he'd say a valve has gone.

 

[ted the grass]

Taking of Valves......when the tv repair man came round and you knew he'd say a valve has gone.

valve going was better news than the 'tube' going...that meant 2 weeks in the repair shop and a crappy loaner.

 

[laserblue]

When you can remember walking up the steps on The kippax

When you can remember the Platt Lane before it had seats.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

When you buy a 3-pack of underpants and throw away the white ones...

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

You bemoan the new cars that kids drive and talk about the rust on your first car and flooding the engine!

 

[Fred_Quimby]

When someone offers you their seat on the tube…..
and you take it.

Happened to me twice yesterday. :(

 

[Bettys Bell]

When someone at work asks when do you get the state pension . And you think you look younger than they do .

 

[andyhinch]

When you can’t remember not having a bus pass

 

[yerwot?]

Half a dollar, threepenny bits were not slang for tits, end of rationing, "MA WANTS A FLATLEY" banner towed by plane over M.R., Virol, approved schools, The easter walks, through town, red white and blue painted kerb-stones celebrating the coronation. rag-bone men swapping donkey-stones for clothing, police on bikes, what's my line, politicians held to account ( no really), having a choice of job as a school-leaver, buying a house was not the "impossible dream" for most of the population. A 12" Murphy was a T.V., not a wife's fantasy, a gadget that was needed to get I.T.V., RADIO LUXEMBURG, 4 gallons of petrol for less than a quid, no MRSA in hospitals pre 1979. holidays abroad being rare. Affordable and convenient bus and train travel. Stuff being made in England, If you lived through that lot then planning for anything in the future is a bit optimistic......