Getting all wound up
by youngsters like Sp3cial Person.
(Mabel DelTaco, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 5:08, Reply)

I'm getting wrinkles
,athritis,tired at 7:00 pm and i go to sleep at 8.

i'm 13.and i used to stay up 'till eleven.
edit:i also make the "getting up from/on to chair noises"
(That guy with a hat., Fri 29 Oct 2004, 4:36, Reply)

The Pope
sure looks young these days
(gamera, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 4:05, Reply)

things i say
i noticed i say "whatnot" and "10 years ago" . also for some strange reason i say "the other day" when it was really 5-6 months ago.
(Polkaspots, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 4:03, Reply)

bedtime, grandma!

I passed up an event that I have attended the last 3 years because I decided tramping about in Hollywood until 1am on a work night would leave me absolutely shredded.

I have also recently gone to bed at 8:30 on a saturday night because I genuinely had nothing better to do.

*weeps for her lost youth*
(Girlmitzi, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 4:01, Reply)

Erhm.
"Alice, Alice, who the fuck is Alice?"
( gone, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 3:52, Reply)

well coming from the geek angle
1) I was a geek when it MOST CERTAINLY wasn't cool
2) I used to race to the BBC's at lunch time
3) BASIC
4) Black and white tv
5) Our phone was a 'stick you finger in it and twist' type with an actual ringing bell.
6) Arcades used to be cool, not just fucking driving/dancing games
7) Game and watch was the pinnacle of handhelds.
8) Atari 2600 was the pinnacle of consoles.
9) I remember thinking games like the 'crap 80's game' I made were great. Play SERVANT!

...mind you my Mum remembers not having electricity. /29 (average age of gamers)
(Vectrex, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 3:25, Reply)

I'm old, gimmie gimmie gimmie
Well, I turned 18 a couple Mondays ago. And I find myself picking on freshmen going "hey, gimmie food, I'm a senior". Oh well.
(murphyslaw, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 3:11, Reply)

I think kids these days dress like clowns.
I dislike most popular music.
Hair is always stuck at the drain entrance in my shower.
I get stomach aches from eating much sugary or fatty things.
I like to wear slippers and slowly drink things.


Other than that, everything in life keeps reminding me I'm young, such as endless schoolwork and applications I don't stop asking for. And getting endless rejection notices.

Oh, and my memory fails a lot, but it doesn't tell me I'm old, as I've been this way for yonks.

...I'm fifteen.
(Corn Dog, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 2:43, Reply)

One of my friends has addressed me as "Ancient," though that may have just been an extreme drunk mispronounciation of my real name, Iän.
Among friends I am renowned as a grammar and punctuation Nazi. I know, for example, the difference between hyphens and dashes, diaereses and umlauts, what a ligature is, and how to use the medial s (as in "ſwing ſtates"). Also, I want to murder everyone who pluralizes words with apostrophes, especially "it's."

In a similar vein, I'm also a stickler for valid W3C CSS and XHTML markup (Which b3ta DOES NOT HAVE! Grr!).

At my age, sound financial decisions are completely ricockulous and unheard of, yet I'm about to put a good sum of cash into an IRA (Individual Retirement Account). Retirement!

I am seventeen.
(give to ian, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 2:36, Reply)

My little brother
has decided he likes Good Charlotte and Green Day.

My response was along the lines of "Tsk, pshaw, that's not real music, you should try listening to the Clash or the Ramones, you should. Those were the days."

...And I'm only fucking 21!

Sigh.
(HectorProtector, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 2:34, Reply)

Well.
I regularly trim my nasal hair.
I think kids these days dress like clowns.
I dislike most pop music from beyond the very early 90s.
Many of the kids programs I remember, my 15 year old sister does not know. (Fraggle rock, Portland Bill etc. She actually asked me what a Fraggle is!)
Looking at new versions of kids toys I think "What the hell have they done to Buckaroo? It looks cheap now." "Mr. Frosty used to be a lot more sturdy when I was a lad."
I call Starburst "Opal Fruits" and have even been known to ask for a Marathon bar from the shop if i've had a beer or two.
I don't lie awake at Christmas any more. I really miss that.

Oh. I'm also starting to go bald. What Joy.

I'm only a pup though at 23.
(Xybex, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 2:11, Reply)

Youngsters today scare me.
I wrote this a while ago. I think it sums it up and may entertain a few.

Rap Crap

I see those Hondas goin' down my street
Cranked to the max - an annoyin' beat.
There is no music, it's jus' some rhymes.
Give it a melody, it ain't no crime!

Yo - wassup - with that rap, ccccrap

Bad Company's blarin' in my 'hood
But not '10 From 6' like a homeboy should.
A rapper ain't dope - there's no contenders.
He'd better watch out, where he Ventures.
(twang from 'Apache')

My hubby's downstairs with our Beatles and our Stones
Alice lives here and David Jones.
Turn off that trash before I kill a cop.
Just Gimme Shelter in my classic rock!

Q107 in Toronto.
The only station on my radio-radioooo.
I gotta get outa here and crank a tune,
Movin' to Montana soooooon.

I choose my weapon, it's a mean guitar,
I'll beat your garbage in a stereo WAAAAAR!!!
Good God.......
What is it good for?!!!
(OGH, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 2:03, Reply)

Im old
Im 21
I drink bitter and have slippers!
(JK5150, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:54, Reply)

Going senile at 28...
Managed to leave the freezer door open the other night, woke up the next morning and had to dispose of the entire contents. Don't even remember opening the door.

And that's just for starters....
(squirrelysquirrel, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:51, Reply)

Evidence?
I turn 40 in December. I don't NEED no stinkin' evidence.
( Shiksa, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:46, Reply)

I had a training course this week
and part of the presentation was on a slide projector. I don't think half the people in the room have ever seen one before...
(Primeight, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:29, Reply)

And another thing
I have a notorious hatred of kids (read: anyone younger than me.)

Little bastards...
(Mr Slippyfist, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:26, Reply)

sports.. music... crime.
the only athletes that still look like "men" to me play baseball. or curling.

i'll be hanging out in the greenroom with bands they send to open for mine (or, on occasion, bands my band gets sent to open for), unsure if i should be offering the members beers or chocolate milk.

people being arrested are frequently younger than myself... it's so wierd to hear "a 20 year old man was involved in a fatal stabbing", and realize the dude is younger than my kid sister, despite the fact i still can't shake the mentality that she's my KID sister.
(raggedy anarchist, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:26, Reply)

Oh god
I spent a worrying amount of time over the summer sitting in the garden reading, smoking cigars and drinking ALE of all things.

Also, I have the same experience as Mr Moose below with parents at my workplace (Scummerfield) referring to me as "the man." Even more worryingly, someone referred to me as "the lady" the other day, before looking up and correcting herself in a rather embarrased manner. I just pretended not to hear.

The worst part is; I'm only 18 and I feel old already!

*sob*
(Mr Slippyfist, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:25, Reply)

it took a long time to get used to
being in work when a kid's acting up and hearing their mum say "now stop that or the man will tell you off"... I'm 22 now, but make an effort to keep hold of at least some childish ways, why else would we be on b3ta :-D

oh and when the "baby" next door I had to keep quiet for after 8pm (as a kid) because she would be sleeping passed her driving test
( NomDePlume fo shizzle my nizzle old bean, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:12, Reply)

I'm 25
I get a weird creepy feeling about "adults" whose date of birth is in the 1980s. It can't possibly be! Grown adults who can smoke drugs and have sexual intercocks... who were born in 1985! Illogical.

I become dismayed when I find out that rich successful celebrities are my age or younger. Partly it's because everyone is younger in the media now -- in the past TV presenters had to be in their 30s or 40s, but now they're *supposed* to be about 20. It makes me go, "Jeez, they're a few years younger than me and look at what they've achieved. Was I supposed to be fighting for a 50k media career when I was 20??"

MTV became an irritating noise. That's not worrying - that's just pop music turning to dance/R&B shite, and I'd feel the same if I was a kid. What *is* worrying is that MTV2 is unwatchable too... it's too cool for me. It always has that Australian guy on a couch with some band, and they NEVER SAY WHO THE OBSCURE NEW BAND IS, BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO KNOW. And it annoys me that the bands always look bored and stoned, and they slouch and mutter. I want to say to them, "Come on guys, make an effort, you're on TV."

I have started using semi-colons in sentences; and I almost know how to use them.

I have become a volunteer member of the Apostrophe Police. The internet is under arrest.

And don't get me started on "loose/lose".

I'm really excited about Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, but on message boards for the game there are lots of people writing: "omg my mom won't buy teh game 4 me cuz im still grounded :( :( :( "
( SqueakyG, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:07, Reply)

I'm soooo old...
Reasons for my assumption (I'm 24 BTW...):
1) I've got a pension, life insurance and a medical plan.
2) I prefer 'VH1 Classic' and 'Discovery Home and Leisure' to any other channel on Sky.
3) My CD collection does not include any tracks that have made the top ten in the last two years.
4) I've got a step-daughter who is 9 in two weeks time.
5) I've met someone who truely doesn't know who U2 are.

My only saving grace is that I'm more upset by number 5, rather than any other reason....
( HSDriver was probably still at work on, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 1:04, Reply)

For me knowing that I am getting old is...
1:Remembering obscure TV adverts that no-one else does.
2:Using outdated phrases.
3:I say things like "I hope you're not going to leave that in that state!" and "Bloody kids!"
4:Listening to a piece of music and being able to say, "This takes me back".

My God I'm old
(Melmite This is a MUMORPUGUH!, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 0:59, Reply)

For my hen night last Saturday (getting married on Saturday)
my girlfriends asked me where I wanted to go.
Dinner, says I - although we ended up in a club.
My fiance and I like to go out for dinner and have a glass of wine.
My girlfriends and I's ideas of a good day is lunch with a bottle of wine between four of us.
I'm taking an interest in the upcoming election. I read the New York Times.
I call anyone under the age of 25 a baby!
( Batshitmentalist is sane for once, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 0:51, Reply)

I'm not old and nor do I feel it but....
I read Russian literature (small ammounts of) and enjoy it.
I listen to classical music and really enjoy it.
I incessantly talk about politics.
Including our economy.
And find it fascinating.
I haven't ever listened to Radio 1 by choice.
I've listened to Gardener's Question Time and been vaguely intrigued.
I have actually been known to say 'When we were young, kids had the fear of God for thier elders. Now, they're just cheeky bastards!'

On the plus side, I'm young and healthy and so forth, so have no concerns about actually feeling old. And I still laugh at people who do foolish adult things such as taxes and working for a living.
(The Mysterious ., Fri 29 Oct 2004, 0:25, Reply)

I turned 20 during the summer
I was working at a summer camp and all the kids said 20 was really old, I disagreed until I started looking at my life.

I had no idea what music they were listening to.
They were playing a game with cards(uhgioh or something) and I couldn't understand the rules, yet they knew them off by heart.
Their fashion looked stupid.
I kept yelling things like get down from there or something as sensible.
I prefere tea to beer.
I've sat in a pub on a friday night drinking tea.
I need a bit of time to get used to electronic gadgets such as a dvd player.
Tonight I spent a lot of time talking about how good school was.
It's been ages since I've been out on a friday night.
I find myself planning nights in around the TV watching shows and get really dissapointed when the history of Britan and grand designs are on at the same time.
I have no idea who the characters in Byker Grove are nower days.
I don't like comedy like Bo selecta, Little britan.

I'm only 20 for christ sake, I'm not old, honest! I should be out all night partying and getting off with loose women.

At least I'm not as bad as my flatmate, he hasn't seen midnight since I moved in. It was an achievement when he made it to 11pm the other night.
( bobzarkoff, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 0:21, Reply)

You know you're old when....
- you get pissed off reading about people complaining about getting old, yet they are 15 yrs younger than you
- you make groaning noises when you sit down or stand up



Oddly enuf, my taste in music has changed from Queen/Rolling Stones/Billy Joel to hiphop/Marilyn Manson/Powderfinger/Spiderbait. Also, I don't let the extended hangover bit worry me anymore.



And the answer to everyone's question is ..... 38
(Barry Dangerous, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 0:18, Reply)

Being a 25 year-old that still gets refused entry into clubs without ID...
I don't get too many reminders, except when I am going through the personel records for my staff, and I realise that there are people on my team who were born in 1986. Brings a tear to my eye.
( gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Fri 29 Oct 2004, 0:17, Reply)