Society & Culture Things that Make You Feel Old

[Pakenhamsaint]

You stopped before midnight?

I did.

Only had 5 cans left and there's **** all chance I'm opening the good wine

 

[Chicago1]

This year is the 50th reunion of my university graduation class. Late August is also the 50th anniversary of my arrival in Australia.

I found out over the weekend that 18 of my high school graduating class of about 190 are known to have died, including one of my best friends who died five years ago. I've not kept up with any of the class since I went to my 30th class reunion in 2000 after I had moved back to the US. I realised then that I had little in common with them after living in Australia for 25 years. Most who attended that evening still lived in the Chicago area and few had been overseas.

On SM-A135F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Billy ray]

I remember 2024 like it was yesterday

 

[JackOutback]

Invited to a colleague and mate’s 60th bday.

 

[troybe]

Watching a movie and they guy runs past a servo the price of petrol 67.9c in 1993

 

[GreyCrow]

While I dont think its exclusive to the old but I am finding it difficult to keep track what day it is over this holiday period

I am using my pill box to remind me what day it is

 

[Xtreme]

While I dont think its exclusive to the old but I am finding it difficult to keep track what day it is over this holiday period

I am using my pill box to remind me what day it is

I'm having one of those weeks where I'm a day ahead. Tuesday felt like it waxs Wednesday, Wednesday feels like Thuraday, Thursday felt like Friday. Today feels like Saturday.

 

[Mofra]

In the car:
Why do we say "wind up the window"?

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

In the car:
Why do we say "wind up the window"?

Left over from when cars had a winding handle? “Close the window” doesn’t seem quite the same in a car.

 

[raskolnikov]

I say "put up" or "put down" the window.

 

[Mofra]

Left over from when cars had a winding handle? “Close the window” doesn’t seem quite the same in a car.

That's the point - it was asked by someone too young to remember anything other than electric windows

 

[raskolnikov]

I remember 2024 like it was yesterday

I remember one night when I was little I said goodnight to my dad and he said something like, "I'm not going to see you til next year now". I got upset asking why. He then told me that tomorrow was a new year.

 

[Gough]

That's the point - it was asked by someone too young to remember anything other than electric windows

Part of owning your first shit box was learning to hot wire it otherwise you couldn't start it. These arts are dying now.

 

[Ivelisse]

Year I turned 34 (2021) noticed 18-to-early 20s girls who are thin and have a face with everything where it should be had become automatically attractive. When I was 18-to-early 20s and beyond it wasn't like that and I remember nitpicking.

 

[Father Jack]

In April it will be 10 years since Richie died. There's at least one Australian test cricketer who will have no real memory of his commentary.

 

[Gough]

I was behind an Great Wall Motors car earlier today and I'm old enough to remember when GWM was an acronym for gay white male in the personals ads of the old Pink Pages and Gay Times.

 

[Billy ray]

I was behind an Great Wall Motors car earlier today and I'm old enough to remember when GWM was an acronym for gay white male in the personals ads of the old Pink Pages and Gay Times.

Im Lana. I like my name backwards

 

[Norwegian Blue]

Drive Ins - who has never been to one?

Back in the day one of my sisters was having a slumber birthday party. Dad decided that us blokes needed to GTFO of the house, so he took me to the drive-in.

We saw "Life of Brian". I doubt I've laughed harder at anything before or since. Telling Mum the next day about Biggus Dickus was pretty funny too.

 

[GreyCrow]

Back in the day one of my sisters was having a slumber birthday party. Dad decided that us blokes needed to GTFO of the house, so he took me to the drive-in.

We saw "Life of Brian". I doubt I've laughed harder at anything before or since. Telling Mum the next day about Biggus Dickus was pretty funny too.

I brought it up because around the poker table there is a wide range of ages and someone mentioned seeing something at the drive in and someone else said (younger) '' never been to one ''

And it got me thinking there will now be generations who will never experience it


Without looking it up I think - and I'm not entirely sure - there might be 1 left in Adelaide - maybe

 

[nobbyiscool]

Without looking it up I think - and I'm not entirely sure - there might be 1 left in Adelaide - maybe

There's one about 10 minutes from me in Melbourne, I've never ever been.

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

 

[GreyCrow]

There's one about 10 minutes from me in Melbourne, I've never ever been.

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

Yeah I think the whole experience has changed

I know as a kid it was exciting to see not only 2 movies but the snack bar the playground before the movie started

And being able to kick the seat in front of you except dad would belt you quicker than the random person in front of you

Then as I got older it was a convenient place to find out about the opposite sex when convention at the time frowned at '' sleepovers''

All the time forgetting the uncomfortable seats , the tinny speakers and the clowns high-beaming whenever **** came on the screen

It will always remain a summer memory

 

[Norwegian Blue]

I brought it up because around the poker table there is a wide range of ages and someone mentioned seeing something at the drive in and someone else said (younger) '' never been to one ''

And it got me thinking there will now be generations who will never experience it


Without looking it up I think - and I'm not entirely sure - there might be 1 left in Adelaide - maybe

Blimey, there's a wikipedia page for everything! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drive-in_theatres_in_Australia

Nope, nothing left in Adelaide. I think the one I saw Life Of Brian at was the Starlight in Canberra. Closed 1993 for medium density housing. Makes sense, drive-ins took up an awful lot of space.

 

[Macca180]

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

-Dutch Oven

-Sex

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

There's one about 10 minutes from me in Melbourne, I've never ever been.

I don't quite understand the appeal of sitting in one's car to watch a movie, especially considering how premium cinema experiences have gone.

Yeah, same - I've always known they're around, but never really felt the urge to go. Guessing it may have been a rite of passage thing for people after they'd gotten their driver's licence, maybe for those who turned 18 in the 60s/70s/80s? It feels like in old Australian TV shows and movies from when I was a kid, people would always be going on dates to the drive-in, but that would have seemed a bit seedy to me for a date by the time I was 18.

I've done the movies at the botanical gardens thing a few times, not sure if they still do it? It's ok - a pretty cool idea if you're looking for something to do for a date, but as far as the actual movie experience: the cinemas or even the couch at home is way better than a picnic rug on the grass as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Ivelisse]

In April it will be 10 years since Richie died. There's at least one Australian test cricketer who will have no real memory of his commentary.

When Shane Warne died some were gutted. My reaction was along the lines of "We've just been spared another 20+ years of his commentary".