You know you're getting old, when....................


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I call this ageism!! Getting old, sure, but a few months ago, by chance, I got back together with my first love who was at BGS, we hadn't seen each other for 45 years. We've both had incredi

You know your getting old when your son's got a bus pass!

You know you're getting old when you can't find your way around the new version of Nottstalgia.

Here's a list I posted previously in the Jokes thread

YOU KNOW YOU’RE OLD WHEN
Caution is the only thing you exercise

Everything hurts and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work

Most of your clothes have elasticated waists

It takes twice as long to look half as good

It’s hard to feel as fit as a fiddle when you’re shaped like a cello

You realise life begins at 40 but so do aches and pains

People offer you their seat on a bus

Someone recommends an anti wrinkle cream

The first page you look at in the “Post” is “Bereavements”

The only thing that stays in your head for more than a few hours is a cold

The only thing that whistles at you is the kettle

You realise that time is a healer not a beauty specialist

You’re like a baby, dribble and regularly wet yourself

You can pinch an inch – on your forehead

You don’t comb your hair you rearrange it

You don’t have wrinkles – just pleats

You don’t leave home without painkillers

You feel like it’s the morning after but there wasn’t a night before

You have a hangover all the time – over the top of your pants

You have everything you had 20 years ago but it’s lower

You only get one candle on your birthday cake

Your back goes out more than you do

You’ve got a reserved seat at the doctor’s surgery

You remember the latest styles from the first time around

You say “they don’t make things like they used to”

You regularly take naps

Your medicine chest is better stocked than your drinks cabinet

Your fingers are so fat you can’t pick your nose

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Hippo Girl, can you explain what you are (or aren't) seeing on your iPad.

I've just looked at the new site for the first time on my FIRE tablet, and that was a bit confusing until I worked out what to do. 

I think your iPad will be ok, but maybe you aren't looking in the right place ;)

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Hang in there, Hippo.  So far I've used it on my Ipad and laptop.  Works fine on both it will take a while to learn all of my way around.

I also found I needed to make a new bookmark for the site.  I suppose the old one takes you to the old address and that caused login issues.  Delete your old NS bookmark if you have one.

Haven't found the smilies yet, and I wish there were post numbers so we can avoid too much quoting.  Other than that it will be o-k. And I'm not some kind of techie. Just average.

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Thanks Jill and Loppy for your reassurance and support ......it is deffo me getting older not the iPad !!!!!

 

Kev.....has the new content title gone ? 

Why do I see vertical lettering at the start of each topic, when I only had one glass of merlot last eve ?

 

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I see browse and activity,

When I click on browse I get the vertical lettering 

When I click on activity it just brings up the last post on the thread ....

So how will radfordred ressurect posts from 2006 ? LOL

Dont worry will try again later .....just wondered what the vertical lettering was doing 

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You know you're getting old when your 40/50 year old offspring tell you you're slowing down.

After a working lifetime dashing around the U.K. at 80+mph I decided that when I retired I would slow down and stick to speed limits when driving, managed this for past 12 years but the 'kids' take the mick call me Miss Daisy, they normally travel at speeds approaching warp 6. 

I had been thinking about their comments and decided to speed up a bit making driving enjoyable again and even resulted in a nice letter on behalf of the Chief Constable she has made a conditional offer of a £100 fixed penalty and 3 points.

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1 hour ago, hippo girl said:

When I click on browse I get the vertical lettering 

When I click on activity it just brings up the last post on the thread ....

DAVIDW has also mentioned the vertical text in another thread https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/15797-now-upgrading-nottstalgia-to-latest-forum-software/?page=3

When you click on Activity, do you get then options within Activity ?

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My Daughter and her family have just spent a week in Kent near Orpington.....and I casually remarked about the famous Orpington by-election......''what you on about Dad ?................'.tell her' I says to her mam.....to which I got the same reaction......I was then going to mention the  'Aldermaston march' but decided against it.

                             At the weekend I was talking to a young chap in his 20s,who told me he was going to Pryzm or somewhere,only after a long conversation did it turn out that's what the Palais' is called now days.........the only sensible conversations I seem to get nowadays are with people my age and a few on here...lol.

                             I'm sure they keep changing things just to confuse some of us older un's

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I am getting old,thought i'd started a new Topic...............sorry Katyjay.....and you only started it a couple of weeks ago.............:Fool:

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