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You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, "See if you can blow this out." - Jerry Seinfeld
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you know you're getting old when you realise that a film you thought of as being relatively recent is now almost 20 years old!Originally posted by juststarting View PostYou watch The Dark Knight and try to figure why the heck the Joker is alive since he was killed in the first film ..... and then you read in the newspaper that the Dark Knight is a new incarnation of Batman movies having nothing to do with the ones you watched 20 years ago.
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When you realise that everyone posting on the same bulletin board as you is MUCH younger than you are
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Originally posted by juststarting View PostYou watch The Dark Knight and try to figure why the heck the Joker is alive since he was killed in the first film ..... and then you read in the newspaper that the Dark Knight is a new incarnation of Batman movies having nothing to do with the ones you watched 20 years ago.
I had been quietly wondering about that.. cheers
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You watch The Dark Knight and try to figure why the heck the Joker is alive since he was killed in the first film ..... and then you read in the newspaper that the Dark Knight is a new incarnation of Batman movies having nothing to do with the ones you watched 20 years ago.
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And... you're excited by the Banana Splits coming back on TV, and the fact that you are dancing like your Dad at parties and retro sweets are back, Space Dust (give that to a dog, now that is funny!!), Sherbert Pips, Dib Dabs, Solent, need to get out more.... but Rubhard and Custard are back on Cable TV, umm now I'm old
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When you realize that the English spoken by teens is akin to a foreign language, and you have to ask for a translation
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You find computer kit you have worked on in the Science Musuem
The IT assistant has never heard of Sean Connary
The Guys on the Helpdesk have never head of Xenix, Vax or VMS.
You discuss the merits of 'vi' with the guy at his retirement drink
and this was only last week - oh well
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You know your getting old when....
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