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This is how you know you're getting old
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weeksy
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KungFooBob
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
When you watched Niall Mackenzie riding a Boost Yamaha in BSB and now you watch Tarran Mackenzie ride a McAms Yamaha in BSB.
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Yorick
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
I beat Niall McKenzie once. Carnaby 1982KungFooBob wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 7:28 pm When you watched Niall Mackenzie riding a Boost Yamaha in BSB and now you watch Tarran Mackenzie ride a McAms Yamaha in BSB.
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weeksy
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Damn, we're all proper old.
I hope shakeys kid never makes it big!
I hope shakeys kid never makes it big!
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Dodgy69
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
When you become invisible to the young ladies. 
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
I used to marshal at Carnaby I might have picked you up. I remember once at the bottom hairpin a rider fell off, the bike righted itself, continued down towards the industrial buildings arcing gently to the righ,t made it up the slip road to the roundabout where the entrance to the circuit was.
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
When you tell people your first bike was a KR1-S 2 stroke.
Having to explain to Jamie the new apprentice, why the whole depot erupted into a magnificent rendition of Jamie and the Magic Torch when he was asked what his name was.
One of my apprentices asked me what sci-fi series I'd recommend, so said Babylon 5. I sent him a picture of an Earth Force Cruiser and he asked what computer game it was from......
Having to explain to Jamie the new apprentice, why the whole depot erupted into a magnificent rendition of Jamie and the Magic Torch when he was asked what his name was.
One of my apprentices asked me what sci-fi series I'd recommend, so said Babylon 5. I sent him a picture of an Earth Force Cruiser and he asked what computer game it was from......
"Of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?"
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
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Bigjawa
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
When you drive the bus you used to get to school.
"Does this bus go to the Titanic?"
"No missus, It's a submarine you need....."
"No missus, It's a submarine you need....."
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eccless291
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
When you have to explain to your kids what one of these is... 
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
When you call the Gendarmes (police) and when they turn up you look at them and think "You're not old enough to be in the police" !
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
As you age your legs keep growing, making it more difficult to get those socks on in a morning. 
Yamaha rocket 3
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WelshDragon
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
When you have reached the point where you have to take your glasses on and off every few seconds to look at things that were not a problem to focus on a few years ago! 
No I absolutely refuse to have bifocals. I am not that old yet.....! 
No I absolutely refuse to have bifocals. I am not that old yet.....! Life’s for living, so let’s get on with it! 
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Trogladyte
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
I groan when I get up out of a chair. I remember being irritated when my granddad did that!
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Not with those colourful shirts you used to wear.
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Re: This is how you know you're getting old
When this is on your playlist..........
Plenty of drama , sex and violence but ..........
Plenty of drama , sex and violence but ..........