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You know you're getting old when...

06/27/2007 10:24 AM

... that kickin' Van Halen tune you remember from college shows up on the Muzak track at the local supermarket.

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Re: You know you're getting old when...

06/27/2007 10:33 AM

....the tunes that used to be on Radio One are now on Radio Two.

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Re: You know you're getting old when...

06/27/2007 10:37 AM

....one reaches down to tie one's shoelaces, and wonders what else one can do while one is down there.

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06/27/2007 3:02 PM

You look down a cleavage because you feel obliged to .

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06/28/2007 3:18 AM

Les be friends, then...

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06/28/2007 3:38 AM

Shows how old you are 'cos you're going to the supermarket and not ordering online! They deliver now, you know?

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Re: You know you're getting old when...

06/28/2007 3:41 AM

.....Norwich seems awfully familiar.

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06/28/2007 3:51 AM

So you've spent time in a city with more churches then most city's have pubs, and even more pubs?

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06/28/2007 7:46 AM

Beuatiful buildings. Most with electric lighting now, as well.

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06/28/2007 7:51 AM

Norwich is great !

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06/28/2007 7:57 AM

Well every city has a bad period, but on the positive side, the castle dungeons!

http://www.historicalnorwich.co.uk/castle.htm

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06/28/2007 8:05 AM

Those Normans were very hi-tech ! I did think it was the privy at first glance though.

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Re: You know you're getting old when...

06/28/2007 3:42 AM

....Frinton seems awfully attractive.

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Re: You know you're getting old when...

06/28/2007 4:19 AM

...people shouted ' Wally ! ' , Van Halen played support , 'Whispering Bob' was the one true God , you looked like one of the Young Ones , you didn't give a crap about pc ,you probably need a Stana Chair-lift , and you ramble away quite happily.

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06/28/2007 4:22 AM

Yep. Good fit.

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06/28/2007 7:41 AM

Every joint is stiff ...except.............

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Re: You know you're getting old when...

06/28/2007 7:48 AM

....no-one else remembers "Fireball XL5", "Quickdraw McGraw" or "Secret Squirrel".

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06/28/2007 7:55 AM

Now that just ain't true, you Noggin !

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06/28/2007 7:59 AM

Noggin the Nog!

What a guy!

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06/28/2007 8:07 AM

......'Meccano' had red plates, green strips, blue wheels, and no other colour....

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06/28/2007 11:53 AM

One day you look down and you see your father's hand coming out of your sleeve.

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06/29/2007 3:27 AM

.....or your mother's.

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06/28/2007 1:32 PM

........your kids think they've found a new band, you remember all the covers from the first time around and the clothes.

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06/29/2007 2:38 AM

When the kids come home from school with a 'new' joke.........

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06/29/2007 3:26 AM

.....people look amazed when one tells them that one watched the Apollo 11 landing live.

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06/29/2007 4:30 AM

Thats true.

I always use the

'I was there when Mario Andretti drove the JPS Lotus through the streets of Norwich'.

It's only petrol heads who know what JPS is these days!

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06/29/2007 4:50 AM

It's good to see a bit of teamwork on the go to raise the profile of Norwich, a most misunderstood city.

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06/29/2007 4:58 AM

Some good crossbows in the Castle* as I recall.

*For our transatlanic cousins...Castle...sort of very old mall (joke guys...don't sue me)

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06/29/2007 5:45 AM

JPS = fags surely ?

Does the Earth bulge excessively near Norwich , or is the castle taller than shown in the picture. When I watched Armstrong I'm sure there was a time delay.

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06/29/2007 5:52 AM

*For our transatlantic cousins...fags...a slang word for cigarettes.

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06/29/2007 6:26 AM

Illumination is just a click away.

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06/29/2007 7:07 AM

You burk! You've just told them all what NORWICH really means!

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06/29/2007 7:37 AM

**** ! I know these little secrets that even few Brits know. The funny thing is that I cant figure out how to tell all the elderly ladies I know. (It wouldn't surprise me if they were the minority who do know ). Shhhhhhh. he he.

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06/29/2007 9:40 AM

Didn't know you meant Norwich, as in Burma !

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06/29/2007 1:56 PM

I'm not really qualified to arse about , but I do seed confusion sometimes.

SWALK (Not !)

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06/29/2007 6:25 AM

Well done - old git!

Yes, the castle is taller then it looks, it lied about it's height.

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06/29/2007 6:36 AM

I am too tempted. Our American friends must meet..........Kevin !

'If only I'd known , I would have become a eunach '

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06/29/2007 4:32 AM

When you wake up in the morning and if nothing hurts you think you must have died in the night.

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06/29/2007 9:47 AM

Nostalgia is not what it used to be.

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06/29/2007 2:36 PM

LOL . I wish I could have dug a clip of The Goodies - the one where Graham skips along with his beloved Computer. Have this for a giggle instead ;

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06/29/2007 3:52 PM

Hey Kris,

Take a look at this one.

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06/30/2007 2:45 AM

Nice one , I know that feeling ! Prairie-Dogging world has huge potential for idiocy. How about swapping the hand held bit of 2 co-workers phones /Wait till they disappear for a few minutes and plugging in your own mouse/Download Windows RG/....

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Re: You know you're getting old when...

07/04/2007 3:30 AM

...you discover your aim in life but you've run out of ammunition!

...your get up and go has got up and went!

...you never trust a fart and never waste a boner!

...you start playing musical wheelchairs and pin the toupee on the bald guy!

...asked if you want super sex and you say I'll take the soup!

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