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What makes you feel old?
Mu Beta Posted Oct 6, 2002
Before you clear off, I'd like to reassure you that they are of your age.
A girl I went out with a few years ago had just graduated from your school, and had never even kissed a fella before.
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What makes you feel old?
Emily 'Twa Bui' Ultramarine Posted Oct 6, 2002
Aha... ah well. I haven't got any for ages, it must be said... 
How do you know what school I went to? People round here seem to know far too much about me... 
What makes you feel old?
Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Oct 6, 2002
I'm feeling old contemplating the fact that the big hulking chap helping my new next door neighbours dig up their drains with a pneumatic drill today is the lad I used to babysit when he and his twin were 7.
Incog.
What makes you feel old?
Mu Beta Posted Oct 7, 2002
Orcus told me about your school. We were going to invite you to the Brum meet-up, but then you cleared off to Uni 
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What makes you feel old?
Cheerful Dragon Posted Oct 7, 2002
A Brum meet-up! When? Have I missed it? Will there be another? I can't afford to go to the London meets, but a meet in Birmingham *might* be a different matter!
What makes you feel old?
Mu Beta Posted Oct 7, 2002
Currently being planned for Christmas at F25868?thread=174265
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What makes you feel old?
catfish Posted Dec 7, 2002
When the new Archbishop Of Canterbury is younger than I am
What makes you feel old?
Steve K. Posted Dec 8, 2002
Be glad its not the Pope, who's been technically dead for years.
What makes you feel old?
Gubernatrix Posted Dec 8, 2002
The fact that I've stopped wishing I was older.
What makes you feel old?
Stealth "Jack" Azathoth Posted Dec 8, 2002
Strange things like having birthday in a different Milennium... Feeling nostalgic about the 80's... Not knowing what friends at secondary school are saying when they use jargon and to a lesser extent slang... Paying Council Tax and calling Poll Tax by mistake...
What makes you feel old?
Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Dec 8, 2002
When crawling out of bed on a Sunday morning to go to the bathroom and finding the reason you can't stand up has nothing to do with a hangover but is down to a stressed back due entirely to old age and not fast living.
Incog.
What makes you feel old?
Teasswill Posted Dec 8, 2002
At barn dances, having to sit out at least every other one.
What makes you feel old?
Ancient Brit Posted Dec 8, 2002
When you find the St.Bernards Waltz too strenuous
What makes you feel old?
Mu Beta Posted Dec 9, 2002
Why are you dancing with mountain rescue dogs, anyway?
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What makes you feel old?
puzzlella (playing word games, solving puzzles) Posted Dec 9, 2002
When people my age and younger have grandchildren.
What makes you feel old?
sdotyam Posted Jan 2, 2003
When i meet my cousins after many years without seeing them and find they look like one of their parents. Especially when they say i look like my father!
What makes you feel old?
PeterK Posted Jan 2, 2003
Simply looking in the mirror.
Mirror Mirror on the wall
Who s The Oldest of us All
PeterK
What makes you feel old?
Tabitca Posted Jan 2, 2003
watching top of the pops 2 and seeing yourself on a really old 70's show dancing in the audience.....my daughter hasn't stopped laughing..
What makes you feel old?
AEndr, The Mad Hatter Posted Jan 3, 2003
At the start of the academic year, Freshers, and in the last few weeks, interview candiates. I'm in my 8th year at University!
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What makes you feel old?
- 341: Mu Beta (Oct 6, 2002)
- 342: Emily 'Twa Bui' Ultramarine (Oct 6, 2002)
- 343: Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 (Oct 6, 2002)
- 344: Mu Beta (Oct 7, 2002)
- 345: Cheerful Dragon (Oct 7, 2002)
- 346: Mu Beta (Oct 7, 2002)
- 347: catfish (Dec 7, 2002)
- 348: Steve K. (Dec 8, 2002)
- 349: Gubernatrix (Dec 8, 2002)
- 350: Stealth "Jack" Azathoth (Dec 8, 2002)
- 351: Ancient Brit (Dec 8, 2002)
- 352: Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 (Dec 8, 2002)
- 353: Teasswill (Dec 8, 2002)
- 354: Ancient Brit (Dec 8, 2002)
- 355: Mu Beta (Dec 9, 2002)
- 356: puzzlella (playing word games, solving puzzles) (Dec 9, 2002)
- 357: sdotyam (Jan 2, 2003)
- 358: PeterK (Jan 2, 2003)
- 359: Tabitca (Jan 2, 2003)
- 360: AEndr, The Mad Hatter (Jan 3, 2003)
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