You know you're getting old when..

[mossieman]

You can actually remember seeing England do well at a major tournament

[Silent Ninja]

You remember white dog poo.

[[Martin]]

Originally Posted by PurpleStorm

You'd rather watch 24 Hours in A and E than have an early night

My mum loves that show!

[pheys]

you make an audible "ahhhh" when you sit down and an audible "ugfh" when getting up lol I so do this

[[Martin]]

Originally Posted by PurpleStorm

^Do you not watch it or is it just for the oldies?

I've watched a little of it and it's not really my thing I'm hardly one to talk about oldies viewing though - I was watching a Jimmy Edwards film last night!

[mossieman]

Originally Posted by pheys

you make an audible "ahhhh" when you sit down and an audible "ugfh" when getting up lol I so do this

I do that to but only to cover up the sound of my creaking bones

[Pink*Lady]

You watched Prisoner Cell Block H in the early hours of the morning in the 80s.
You own a pair of slippers and pipe.

[pheys]

Your beard has connectors...
your connector are grey

[mossieman]

Englands world cup win was actually in your life time

Oh hold on... no this should really be in "you know you've got old when...

[timmyb]

I even have a half memory of it. I'm not 100% certain if it's false or not, but I can vaguely recall everybody going mental and it had something to do with the tele. My family are usually very restrained so that sort of commotion would have made an impression.

[redcard]

When you think the last decade was the 90s

[mossieman]

When it suddenly dawns on you that blondie's long awaited comeback single maria is now thought of as an old record.

[Mortigantoj]

I'm always careful on ladders ... but I'm generally reckless on stairs

[les]

I have emails from saga in my in box (I am not yet bloody old enough )

[les]

Originally Posted by PurpleStorm

You remember watching Neighbours when Kylie was in it and Home and Away when Dannii Minogue was in it.

I remember Kylie in the Ausie soap The Sullivan's

[les]

You sit down to put your socks on

[shygirl40]

When you read this thread, laugh hard, and then realise you can relate to far too many of these posts *sigh*

[thaigreen]

When you put the kettle on and make a cup of tea to sit down and read this thread with

[catlover]

When you discover, in your closet, an item of clothing that is older than some of your co-workers.

(And of course, you can't fit into that item of clothing and never will, but you keep it around "just in case".)

[mossieman]

All your favorite childhood TV shows have now been made into major movies and all your favorite movies have been remade but only worse.

[db838]

You're older than the greatest footballer of all time

[Azalea]

You remember petrol rationing.

[mossieman]

You can remember music and movies being stored on tapes

[mossieman]

^ It is me mind you it was the late 80's and i did have my hair half way down my back in a pony tail

[Azalea]

You remember Francis Rossi having hair.

[-Simon-]

You read the nutritional information on food packaging to see how much fibre it contains.

[ZooWeeMama]

When every photo now is a bad photo. It's just a bad photo, I don't look like that through the mirror!

[Neil]

When you watch a professional sports person and then depressingly remember you had also watched their parents a few years earlier.

[Princess39]

You get a grey/white hair.
You get a grey/white pube.
You have to slap on anti-wrinkle cream.All over.
You go for soft biscuits instead of hard ones.
You can't drink much anymore and prefer a hot chocolate instead.
You need to go to the toilet more.
Your bones start cracking for no reason.
You need help getting up from sitting on the floor too long.
You start looking at potential partners your own age instead of the younger ones.

Or is that just me?!

[Mikei]

Originally Posted by Rocket Spud

..When a cup of tea is a highlight of your day.

I love a good cup of tea.

Originally Posted by T

When you want your bed at about 9pm on a friday!

That's me!

Originally Posted by Miss_Scarlett

Not having a clue who's no.1 in the music charts , in fact not knowing ANY of the artists in the music charts

I had to Google Taylor Swift today after hearing something about her on the radio, allegedly she has the best selling female solo album to date. I've never heard any of her music though.

Originally Posted by Azalea

You remember petrol rationing.

I remember 3 day weeks and power cuts and coal rationing