OT - You know you're getting old when...

Used to piss in (the general vicinity of) the grid all the time. Not any more though.

 

Why do you now renege?

 

I'm civilised now.

Plus I don't have a back yard and a grid.

 

Our gramaphone was win-up and had a trumpet

The wash house I was talking about was at Steble Street

Our first washing machine was a Hotpoint and that had a manual mangle on the top. Before that we had a gas heated copper. But me Nan still insisted on going to the wash house.

We had an Ascot water heater in the kitchenette - bloody thing was lethal!

The lav was in the yard - the next door neighbour died when his fell on his head one night

 

Sure about that saint?

 

Deffo.
I know how to use a knife and fork and I change me bills at least once a week.

 

'kin 'ell, the mere fact that you can use the t'interweb is a miracle at the age you must be....

 

His Master's Voice?

I'm actually feeling a bit younger today as I don't even remember some of these things

 

Fuse as gone a couple of times and i've had to re-wire it

 

FFS

 

Check

 

Check

 

My old tape deck had a habit of chewing the cassette tapes good and proper, I was an expert at joining the tape with superglue.

 

I remember superglue being invented

 

Thought that was relatively new jb?

 

No it was a Bush and until stereo became established in the 60s, it was tonally as good as any of its more modern competitiors.

 

Superglues have been around since 1942 [before my time] but the ones we know today were invented to seal wounds in the Vietnam war.

[it was a bit of a joke]

 

I'm only 24... but I started to feel old when I was talking to someone about East 17 and they didn't have a clue who I was on about

Made me feel bloody old