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You know you're getting old when...

When you can stumble upon an episode of Red Dwarf on "Dave" (or whatever they are called this week) and instantly identify it from a single frame, based solely on Cat's outfit.

Double points for what I just did, the only time he wore the same outfit twice, and I still nailed it precisely because of that. (Knew it from the camera angle alone)
Gunmen of the Apocalypse.
 
Its strange how you can do this. I can ID the episode of Dad's Army from a single frame.

A mate of mine could give the diagnosis of a patient in House, just by an image of said patient.
 
When you can stumble upon an episode of Red Dwarf on "Dave" (or whatever they are called this week) and instantly identify it from a single frame, based solely on Cat's outfit.

Double points for what I just did, the only time he wore the same outfit twice, and I still nailed it precisely because of that. (Knew it from the camera angle alone)
Gunmen of the Apocalypse.

Ah Red Dwarf …. What a truly excellent piece of comedy. Still watch it to this day when the wife ****** off out or falls asleep. She just doesn’t get the humour
 
...two major banks having internet "issues" over the last few days amuses me no end.
I thought online banking was secure???

The only times my cold hard cash was "declined"...
Right here, Courtyard Tavern.

Oh, and the ****** Beach.
Crevettes still takes cash of course.
 
On the subject of ID, I start to feel very old when I remember that I can legally buy alcohol, cigarettes, scratch cards and such. I know very well that I’ve been legally able to buy alcohol for almost 4 years, but I still feel like a little bit of a rebel every time I do it in our local Tesco…

As I don’t drink, I can quite possibly count on one hand the total number of times I’ve used my ID to procure alcohol since turning 18 (it’s usually me buying a birthday or Christmas gift for someone) but it always feels like I’m being so rebellious whenever they ask me to show my ID!

Today, I went in to buy birthday presents for a relative, and I bought a 4-pack of beer and two £2 scratch cards in one purchase, so I felt doubly rebellious today!

Is it only me?
 
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I'm 40 and still have that. I would love to ID'd now.

I haven't been to school for 23 years. Yet I still get a panic about homework.
 
We need to have words about upping your gift giving game.
That wasn’t all I bought, to be fair.

But nonetheless, I admit I’m not a very good present buyer, so I tend to stick to something I know the person likes if they haven’t asked me for anything specific.
 
How times change.
At my school the "correct" pub selection advice was given to the fifth formers (ok, Year 11), to make sure you didn't bump into the school staff at lunch.
I was never asked my age at the bar until things started tightening up, around the late eighties.
So the first time I was asked my age for service at the bar, I was 25.
Before that, nobody seemed to care.
Poor kids of today.
How are schoolkids meant to enjoy a pub crawl at the end of term?
Who will think of the children?
 
How times change.
At my school the "correct" pub selection advice was given to the fifth formers (ok, Year 11), to make sure you didn't bump into the school staff at lunch.
I was never asked my age at the bar until things started tightening up, around the late eighties.
So the first time I was asked my age for service at the bar, I was 25.
Before that, nobody seemed to care.
Poor kids of today.
How are schoolkids meant to enjoy a pub crawl at the end of term?
Who will think of the children?


Pubs our way in the early 2000's didn't seem to care much. Only when on a big night like New Years Eve.

I think it's harder now for the young uns because pubs are quieter and the clientele on them are over 30. So the spotty face stands out more. When I started going out, you went out with folk a couple of years older, bar was rammed with those of a similar age. As would those behind the bar. I don't think that's the case now.
 
When I was 16/17 (2004ish) most pubs turned a blind eye. As long as you sent up the tallest stubbliest guy to the bar to get everyone's drinks, no one cared.

Think it helped that we lived in a university city so could probably have passed as first year students - or the bar staff could tell themselves that anyway.

Even clubs turned a blind eye to the odd 17-year old with their older mates who'd conveniently "forgotten" their ID.

It really tightened up a few years later, now we would have never got in anywhere. Not really sure what 17 year olds do for fun any more actually...
 
A couple of questions.

Did the viewers vote for the name Diogoj42. Or did they vote for something else but the producers thought of something better?

Have you ever been snorted by Richard Bacon?

Do you get into London zoo for free?
 
Old *** calling.
I remember Blue Peter in black and white, and the fuss they made over colour...
Then back to mainly black and white for a few years.
 
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