Things that make you feel old

supernova1965 (Warren) · #1 12-02-2011, 06:39 PM

I was just watching TV and an add for Everyone Loves Raymond and the promo said lets go RETRO 90's AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHH

way to make me feel old

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #2 12-02-2011, 07:26 PM

hahahaha, that's funny coz i am watching 'Everyone loves Raymond right now

Robert is playing ventriloquist cop

Yeahhh, the 90's aren't Retro!!! They were just a few weeks ago weren't they?

supernova1965 (Warren) · #3 12-02-2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

hahahaha, that's funny coz i am watching 'Everyone loves Raymond right now

Robert is playing ventriloquist cop

Yeahhh, the 90's aren't Retro!!! They were just a few weeks ago weren't they?

Yeah if the 90's are Retro what do you call Space Invaders now

Astroman (Andrew Wall) · #4 12-02-2011, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by supernova1965

Yeah if the 90's are Retro what do you call Space Invaders now

The best game ever made!

Terry B · #5 12-02-2011, 08:31 PM

The fact that I have never watched Everyone Loves Raymond makes me seem even older.
My son doing the HSC this year is a much bigger prompt that I'm gettingold.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #6 12-02-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by supernova1965

Yeah if the 90's are Retro what do you call Space Invaders now

Dunno, coz I've never actually played it.
Never been a video game person.

Wasn't Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon just a couple of years ago?

Suzy · #7 12-02-2011, 09:43 PM

I admit it..

I was and still am a space invaders geek. I have it on my phone, I have on my playstation, and heaven help a machine at the shops that has it.

$1 a game too- are they serious?

I remember when they used to be 20 cents. If seen in public with this said machine, one must always be seen comfortable and well relaxed whilst shooting, as one must always appear to be the best space invaders player ever.

Actually.. this gives me a great idea for a thread

90's was only yesterday, I don't see how it can be "retro" already. Fashion does 20 year circles, not 10. Oh, I just realised, that is 20. Yes, Warren, am feeling old now, I think I want to hurt you.

supernova1965 (Warren) · #8 12-02-2011, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Suzy

I admit it..

I was and still am a space invaders geek. I have it on my phone, I have on my playstation, and heaven help a machine at the shops that has it.

$1 a game too- are they serious?

I remember when they used to be 20 cents. If seen in public with this said machine, one must always be seen comfortable and well relaxed whilst shooting, as one must always appear to be the best space invaders player ever.

Actually.. this gives me a great idea for a thread

90's was only yesterday, I don't see how it can be "retro" already. Fashion does 20 year circles, not 10. Oh, I just realised, that is 20. Yes, Warren, am feeling old now, I think I want to hurt you.

All the Space Invader machines around Wynnum had WAR for all the high scores being the first 3 letters of my name.

astroron (Ron) · #9 12-02-2011, 10:16 PM

You guys and Girl are only spring chickens

You don't know what old is

that_guy (Tony) · #10 12-02-2011, 10:39 PM

Yeah, IIS makes me feel so young

Waxing_Gibbous (Peter) · #11 13-02-2011, 01:01 AM

Girls I snogged in High School that now have daughters old enough for me to snog!

rcheshire (Rowland) · #12 13-02-2011, 09:04 AM

When I could fill up my Mini for $2.00 - gallons in those days. No! Becoming a Grandfather.

AdrianF (Adrian) · #13 13-02-2011, 11:47 AM

Yeah becoming a grandfather for the second time made me feel old.
But what makes me feel really old is having to push a mower around 1.5 acres of grass so old in fact I went out and bought a rideon mower to save my poor old body.

Hmmmm space invaders.........

Adrian

mithrandir (Andrew) · #14 13-02-2011, 12:26 PM

Most of you lot don't know what retro means.

Retro
Dollars and cents had just driven out L, S and D.
Petrol was 38c/gal. Ciggies about the same for a pack of 20.
Parking at Macq Uni was free.
Still had conscription.
Skirts were **that** short. (Maybe that's back.)
Striped flairs.

15 years since the Macq Uni 25th anniversary dinner.

Today.
Grandson is nearly 5.
Just had 40th anniversary school reunion.
Self propelled mower since pushing one up the banks is too much work on hot days.

Andrew

Suzy · #15 13-02-2011, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by supernova1965

All the Space Invader machines around Wynnum had WAR for all the high scores being the first 3 letters of my name.

1981 - I ruled the Albion fish & chip shop machine with my top scores, daily

Errr, was on my college lunchbreak - one game would last me most of my lunch hour.

All done while dipping hot chips into coleslaw and into my mouth. Multi tasking.

Let's take a moment and salute our icon (who by the way, gave us no life and sent us broke.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...ders+song&aq=1

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Girls I snogged in High School that now have daughters old enough for me to snog!

Peter

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You guys and Girl are only spring chickens http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/..../winking70.gif
You don't know what old is http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....estionicon.gif

Ron, well... from what I understand ....
Back in your day you had to use ice boxes to keep meat, when silent movies were your big Saturday night entertainment, when you had to make the flour so you could make the bread, and when it was bath time, you had a basin and a sponge as there were no showers or bath tubs.

Ooooops. .

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #16 13-02-2011, 03:38 PM

Old schmold.
I still feel 18 inside.

astroron (Ron) · #17 13-02-2011, 03:50 PM

Ron, well... from what I understand ....
Back in your day you had to use ice boxes to keep meat, when silent movies were your big Saturday night entertainment, when you had to make the flour so you could make the bread, and when it was bath time, you had a basin and a sponge as there were no showers or bath tubs.

Ooooops. . http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/scared15.gif http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....ilies/face.gif

Suzy Most of what you say is true

In the UK when I was a kid, we had a bath in front of the fire and all five boys and two girls shared the water

We had to buy meat daily as there were no fridges.

Mum made the bread, and yes we went down the road and watched Charllie Chaplin Silent movie at the Sally Army Hall

So you see you where not far off the mark

PS
Food such as Meat, Butter, Sugar and even lollies was on Ration till 1952
and TV did not come in till about that time as well

Suzy · #18 13-02-2011, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by astroron

Ron, well... from what I understand ....
Back in your day you had to use ice boxes to keep meat, when silent movies were your big Saturday night entertainment, when you had to make the flour so you could make the bread, and when it was bath time, you had a basin and a sponge as there were no showers or bath tubs.

Ooooops. . http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....s/scared15.gif http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....ilies/face.gif

Suzy Most of what you say is true

In the UK when I was a kid, we had a bath in front of the fire and all five boys and two girls shared the water

We had to buy meat daily as there were no fridges.

Mum made the bread, and yes we went down the road and watched Charllie Chaplin Silent movie at the Sally Army Hall

So you see you where not far off the mark

PS
Food such as Meat, Butter, Sugar and even lollies was on Ration till 1952
and TV did not come in till about that time as well

.... and I thought I was having a dig at him and went too far back.

Crikey, I'm not sure about that bath water, Ron.

astroron (Ron) · #19 13-02-2011, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Suzy

.... and I thought I was having a dig at him and went too far back.

Crikey, I'm not sure about that bath water, Ron.

Suzy there was always a fight to see who had the first bath

Which by the way was only once a week unless we where really dirty

Cheers

Suzy · #20 13-02-2011, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by astroron

Which by the way was only once a week unless we where really dirty

Cheers

I wanted to mention that (as I hear that's the way it was in England back then), but I thought I'd better better not.

From what I understand is, that over there, it's so cold that you'll don't sweat. And apparently it was the US that invented the daily bathing routine.