Signs you're getting old (according to the Daily Rooney)

[vetran]

Not my thing. I can see why your missus would enjoy you dressing like someone else though

strangely in ~30 years she has never suggested that. I bow to your greater experience, hint them asking for two bags is to make you doubly handsome!

[Andy2]

what's wrong with cappucino. I like it and I am 18 only.

[ladymuck]

what's wrong with cappucino. I like it and I am 18 only.

It is a peculiar one. I think maybe because it's assumed that the yoof like de-caff, organic, pumpkin spice lattes made with milk from oats harvested on a full moon or other milky drinks with only a bare hint of coffee sold by conglomerates that like to avoid paying their taxes.

Cappucino is a respectable beverage when compared to those.

[d000hg]

strangely in ~30 years she has never suggested that. I bow to your greater experience, hint them asking for two bags is to make you doubly handsome!

You certainly have far more experience of marriage. I hadn't realised you were so old, that explains the need to try and spice things up I suppose. Just the 15 years here, still the first flush of romance

[vetran]

You certainly have far more experience of marriage. I hadn't realised you were so old, that explains the need to try and spice things up I suppose. Just the 15 years here, still the first flush of romance

Strange I brought My wife underwear on our first holiday decades ago. Maybe you can't stand it spicy?

[OwlHoot]

Signs (more for guys) that you are approaching the big 100:

* You call the radio the "wireless"

* You call jeans "dungarees"

* You call guys "old boy"

* You worry about picking up any dropped coin of denomination less than 50p

* You still wear ties and a jacket outside work

* You still have to wear ties _in_ work (?)

* It takes ten minutes each morning to take all your daily pills

* You smoke a pipe

* You know the words to any popular song written before 1960

* You say "dash it all" instead of "Feck it!" (I know a local old timer who still says "dash it", but he must be one of the last ;-)

* You don't use or own a PC (but pester friends to print things and look them up, like one of my elderly neighbours! )

* You say "I'm off to Bedfordshire" each night without fail when you're going to bed

* You remember old money (LSD - librae, solidi, and denarii, thrupenny bits, farthings, etc)

* You remember rationing

* You remember the Blitz


Um, any others ?

[mallisarealperson]

Bit like those stupid survey questions you used to get in the paper.

Friend of the family once took one supposed to predict how long you could expect to live from lifestyle questions health etc. It reckoned she should have died 5 years ago.

Basically aload of B#####ks

When I used to skydive back in the late 90's, country file weather was always watched by all at the parachute centre as best prediction of the weather for the week.

And sneakers is an americanism.

[ladymuck]

* You say "I'm off to Bedfordshire" each night without fail when you're going to bed

Um, any others ?

The full phrase is "up the apples and pears to Bedfordshire"

[quackhandle]

BBC 6Music for me, it's where all the cool kids hang out.

And Mary Anne Hobbs has a voice like silk.

They played Queen by Perfume Genius the other day, they get my vote.


qh

[xoggoth]

Hmmm. Radio choice number 1 in my recently purchased little van is Gold. Guess that makes me ancient.