Coldgunner Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Bah humbug! Trying to keep this cheery and fun rather than a moanathon about 'young' people or 'things were better in my day' lol. I came to the realisation that I might not be in the young category any more when it came up on Twitter today that Robin Hood Prince of Thieves was released 30 years ago. A film I very much remember going to the cinema to enjoy. Other little things I remember is the daft things like the zany clothing styles and being able to get lost for the whole day and parents didn't worry too much. We could pretty much leave the house at 9am and not come home till 7/8/9pm at night. Safety was in numbers, and a big group of kids going on an adventure kept us all safe. Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see kids having 30 a-side football matches on the big field or building dens. Does this not happen any more, what am I missing exactly? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didcot Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I know the feeling. Our eldest is 17 on Saturday. Waiting on his provisional licence and has been holding down two jobs for some time. Totally independent, apart from the Taxi of Mum and Dad. His taste in music is dubious. My parents winced when I bought a Guns n Roses album with an advisory lyrics label, but all his have them. Def Leppard it ain't. I worry for both the boys, what with stabbings, crime and the like. My childhood seems so much more gentle. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Jonboy Posted June 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2021 For me it was round at a friends house recently explaining to his 17 year old about using Encarta “Before Google”… 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 My 10 year old nephew watching other people play computer games online when he's got the same games and hardly ever plays them.... No idea what that is all about. It's not like he's watching it for tips or as a walkthrough as he's stuck at a certain point. It's like he's watching a football match. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, didcot said: I know the feeling. Our eldest is 17 on Saturday. Waiting on his provisional licence and has been holding down two jobs for some time. Totally independent, apart from the Taxi of Mum and Dad. His taste in music is dubious. My parents winced when I bought a Guns n Roses album with an advisory lyrics label, but all his have them. Def Leppard it ain't. I worry for both the boys, what with stabbings, crime and the like. My childhood seems so much more gentle. I'm very lucky , my 18yr old son loves Kiss, Van Halen and Motorhead and says today's music is cack. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platform 1 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 When the hair under the barber's chair is all grey... 3 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 People dont use the hand gesture of a fist with thumb and pinky sticking out for being on the phone anymore. They just hold a flat hand to their head like a mobile... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Coldgunner said: Trying to keep this cheery and fun rather than a moanathon about 'young' people or 'things were better in my day' Best of luck with that! Given Wheeltappers' norms it shouldn't take too long. I'm confident we can make it through the first page though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 To have birthday cards with 86 printed prominently! Brian. 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Coldgunner said: I don't see kids building dens. I'll try to remember to photograph a rustic, makeshift, creekside shelter made of branches alongside the trail I walk on everyday for you. It looks like it was built by children at play. Edited June 14, 2021 by Ozexpatriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: It's like he's watching a football match. eSports is now a thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I think that my depression on the day my eldest son reached 40 years of age was worse that I experienced on my own 40th birthday. 4 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) Since 1998, the Beloit College has prepared their "mindet list" to remind faculty what the incoming class of freshmen sees as "normal" for their cohort. From the class of 2021* mindset list: They have always been searching for Pokemon There have always been emojis There has always been a London Eye on the Thames Dusty Springfield has never been alive in their lifetime Paleontologists have always imagined dinosaurs with colorful plumage * Last of the Millennials Edited June 15, 2021 by Ozexpatriate 3 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 12 minutes ago, jonny777 said: I think that my depression on the day my eldest son reached 40 years of age was worse that I experienced on my own 40th birthday. How about your youngest reaching that age? 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 19 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: I'll try to remember to photograph a rustic, makeshift, creekside shelter made of branches alongside the trail I walk on everyday for you. It looks like it was built by children at play. Possibly a homeless person’s shelter? That’s more likely than a kids’ “den” around here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 3 minutes ago, pH said: How about your youngest reaching that age? Another 2 years to go for him. My daughter will be 40 later this year. I think she will take it badly. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 1 minute ago, pH said: Possibly a homeless person’s shelter? No, this is all scavenged natural materials. A homeless shelter would involve a tarp and loads of litter with a shopping cart (trolley) or two, not to mention the inhabitant. We have more than our share in Portland. In the little (entitled) suburban town where I live they are made unwelcome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 32 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said: eSports is now a thing. I know that. But this is just lads playing games on YouTube or whatever, not in a competitive environment. It's more things like these. He's supervised so he's not watching anything unsuitable for his age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 What makes me feel old? Celebrating my mothers 100th birthday last year. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platform 1 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Realising Triang's R.128 Helicopter Car is 58 years old! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted June 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2021 Feeling old, never but there are some reminders. When the lady you think is a "bit of alright" introduces you to her grown up attractive granddaughter. 1 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Realising that you are older than the majority of senior ministers and shadow ministers in government. And considerably better equipped to run the country, obviously . Seeing vehicles you still think of as impossibly modern advertised for sale as "nice old classics". 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Overhearing millennials talking about the (possible) upcoming Tokyo Olympics and saying they don't remember Sydney in 2000 because they were too young. I remember watching Montreal on TV in 1976. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2021 Well someone did call me a grumpy old man once when I was about 11 or 12, so I've got a head start on this one! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2021 I am actually old, 70 next year. Feeling old began for me about 30 years ago when the trees I remember being planted in the early 60s to screen the view of the Spencer Steelworks at Llanwern at the time that it was built from the South Wales Main Line had grown into a fully mature woodland and were performing their intended function. A whole forest grew up and I was still alive... the forest is still there but of course most of the steelworks isn't. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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