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This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:23 pm
by weeksy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52796014
When the sons of football great players are now current players
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:28 pm
by KungFooBob
When you watched Niall Mackenzie riding a Boost Yamaha in BSB and now you watch Tarran Mackenzie ride a McAms Yamaha in BSB.
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:30 pm
by Yorick
KungFooBob 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.
I beat Niall McKenzie once. Carnaby 1982
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 7:38 pm
by weeksy
Damn, we're all proper old.
I hope shakeys kid never makes it big!
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 8:15 am
by Dodgy69
When you become invisible to the young ladies.
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 8:22 am
by weeksy
Dodgy knees wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 8:15 am
When you become invisible to the young ladies.
I was invisible to them even when i wasn't old....
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 10:21 am
by Nidge
weeksy wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 8:22 am
Dodgy knees wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 8:15 am
When you become invisible to the young ladies.
I was invisible to them even when i wasn't old....
Elizabeth Duke begs to differ
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 10:21 am
by GuzziPaul
Yorick wrote: Wed May 27, 2020 7:30 pm
I beat Niall McKenzie once. Carnaby 1982
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.
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:09 pm
by MingtheMerciless
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......
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:25 pm
by Bigjawa
When you drive the bus you used to get to school.
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 9:15 pm
by Taipan
Aye, I remember the day well...
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 10:30 pm
by eccless291
When you have to explain to your kids what one of these is...
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2020 11:31 pm
by Gimlet
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:51 am
by Jody
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" !
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 9:40 am
by Dodgy69
As you age your legs keep growing, making it more difficult to get those socks on in a morning.
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:37 am
by WelshDragon
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.....!
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2020 12:19 pm
by Trogladyte
I groan when I get up out of a chair. I remember being irritated when my granddad did that!
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:57 am
by Bike Breaker
weeksy wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 8:22 am
Dodgy knees wrote: Thu May 28, 2020 8:15 am
When you become invisible to the young ladies.
I was invisible to them even when i wasn't old....
Not with those colourful shirts you used to wear.
Re: This is how you know you're getting old
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2020 9:48 pm
by Treadeager
When this is on your playlist..........
Plenty of drama , sex and violence but ..........
