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You know you're getting old when...

I know I'm old.
And my best mate is both a father and a Nirvana fan.
And he gets really ****** off when I follow him round theme parks shouting "Daddy, wait for me..."
His kids love it though,
as I'm the loony "uncle" who takes them on the coasters.
 
The trick is to be of advanced age and not move house in years.
As soon as you move,
you have to get a new licence.
And have your photo card bit.
 
So I've reached that age, where whenever I see a trailer for Virtually Famous (or anything of that ilk), I think,
"Oh god, not another obnoxious technicolor celebration of twattery from Channel 4, where worthless twenty year old nobodies shout at the camera about things I will never understand. THIS OFFENDS MY SOUL IN EVERY WAY AND SHOULD BE BANNED!"

.... And I grew up watching the likes of TFI Friday and The Big Breakfast.
 
Muffin the Mule and Andy Pandy for me I'm afraid, with 3 tv channels, BBC1, the "new" BBC2, and ITV, on a black and white tv with lovely valves that went off with a bang when you smashed them.
I was lucky to be growing up when all the big old tv's were getting chucked out, played "Armies" with valves as hand grenades, and all those big free magnets.
...and a thruppeny bit on a weekend if you were lucky.
 
Muffin the Mule and Andy Pandy for me I'm afraid, with 3 tv channels, BBC1, the "new" BBC2, and ITV, on a black and white tv with lovely valves that went off with a bang when you smashed them.
I was lucky to be growing up when all the big old tv's were getting chucked out, played "Armies" with valves as hand grenades, and all those big free magnets.
...and a thruppeny bit on a weekend if you were lucky.

At least you could afford to buy a house for £2.50 though. Swings and roundabouts really ;)
 
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