You know you've reached a certain age when...

Nikko

When you look out of your kitchen window at the garden and think 'that rain weve had recently has really helped my lawn. It looks great now'...

This also may or may not have happened recently...

Reverend

When I was a kid it seemed a truism that every generation though the next's music to just be noise and too extreme. 
WE now have a reached a point where my generation thinks the metal of teens is too commercial and pop-sounding. 

boogieman

Reverend said:

When I was a kid it seemed a truism that every generation though the next's music to just be noise and too extreme. 
WE now have a reached a point where my generation thinks the metal of teens is too commercial and pop-sounding. 

True. I love telling my kids that when I was their age I saw much better bands than they ever will. 

fretmeister

It's like trying to play pool with a piece of rope

breakstuff

boogieman said:

Reverend said:

When I was a kid it seemed a truism that every generation though the next's music to just be noise and too extreme. 
WE now have a reached a point where my generation thinks the metal of teens is too commercial and pop-sounding. 

True. I love telling my kids that when I was their age I saw much better bands than they ever will. 

I was going to write a facetious post about seeing Transvision Vamp when I was eighteen but then realised they still crapped on most stuff around today.


Caveat...(Wendy James may have played a big part in that.......Fowaaaaarrrr those thighs!!!)

Jalapeno

axisus said:

Nope, that's never gonna be a thing for me. One of the great pleasures in life is appreciating a shapely female ass. 

Don't think that's a age thing, it's a whole different problem .....

richardhomer

ourmaninthenorth said:

ESBlonde said:

There are major events that happened - SS Torry canyon, England winning the world Cup, the seekers splitting up, the falklands War, etc.

The Seekers have split up...for fooks sake...

You know The Beatles? Oh never mind - it's not important right now....

mattdavis

your students wear Nirvana T shirts as vintage clothing. Fuck me that was a depressing day..

mattdavis

proggy said:

You read the Obituary section in the local paper to see if anyone you know has copped it.

And to make sure you've not copped it :-)

mike_l

You bump into an old rugby mate and he says "fuck me, it's Mike, I heard you died".........

Not that this has happened at all ever...........

markv

When you hear the word "lubrication", and you don't think "KY", you think "WD".