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Old Jan 27th 2018 | 12:28 pm
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That whippersnapper, Mark E. Smith, is dead.
 
Old Jan 27th 2018 | 12:48 pm
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You don't need to be old to feel old.

I well remember revisiting my university town in my late twenties and feeling very old indeed.

It's the young doing those silly things that you once did and now understand how silly they were that make you feel old.
 
Old Jan 27th 2018 | 1:12 pm
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Originally Posted by caretaker
I was 16 years old when this was no.1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aae_RHRptRg
This was #1 when I was 16. Great song...and in the spirit of things that make you feel old this song is much much better than the drivel in the charts these days.

 
Old Jan 27th 2018 | 1:22 pm
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Billy Jean was #1 when I turned 16! Is it really that old??!?!
 
Old Jan 27th 2018 | 1:29 pm
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Billy Jean was #1 when I turned 16! Is it really that old??!?!
The song isn't just you
 
Old Jan 27th 2018 | 1:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Davita
1. Jings...you must be a young-un Dundonian then. When I watched football in inclement weather (silly me) in Dens Park, across the street from United's Tannadice Park... Dundee F.C., not United, was the premier team.
I also used to take the overnight train with Dick McTaggart back to RAF Halton where we both served in the RAF...he washed dishes in the mess and I was an Apprentice.
Remember him....https://www.sports-reference.com/oly...taggart-1.html

2. That is so right...no matter at what age!
At the same time as I was watching Hamish McAlpine from the terraces, my girlfriend was doing ju-jitsu lessons at the Dick McTaggart Sports Centre on South Road I just checked and he's still alive, age 82.
 
Old Jan 27th 2018 | 1:54 pm
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Originally Posted by DandNHill
Billy Jean was #1 when I turned 16! Is it really that old??!?!
Looking at number ones on my 16th birthday - US and UK - and 17th and 18th (desperate to find something half decent) shows why I had little interest in singles.

Albums was where it was at, man.
 
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[QUOTE=Jingsamichty;12428981]At the same time as I was watching Hamish McAlpine from the terraces, my girlfriend was doing ju-jitsu lessons at the Dick McTaggart Sports Centre on South Road I just checked and he's still alive, age 82.

Me too...living in Bali and sometimes Vancouver....pic with wife at my birthday party in Bali June 2017.

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Old Jan 27th 2018 | 2:21 pm
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Originally Posted by BristolUK
Looking at number ones on my 16th birthday - US and UK - and 17th and 18th (desperate to find something half decent) shows why I had little interest in singles.

Albums was where it was at, man.
Just had a look at UK #1 album when I turned 16 and it was Roxy Music - Flesh and Blood which I bought a copy of at the time and then bought again on CD.

Looking through 1980 there was some real dirge on the album chart #1's...Johnny Mathis, Rose Royce,
 
Old Jan 27th 2018 | 3:07 pm
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Originally Posted by Former Lancastrian
The song isn't just you
I see Paul Whiteman was big around your 16th 🤣🤣🤣🤣
 
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Originally Posted by DandNHill
I see Paul Whiteman was big around your 16th 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Try David Bowie or John Denver.
 
Old Jan 27th 2018 | 7:09 pm
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I've just welcomed grandchild #7.

We just celebrated my mother's 93rd birthday.

I qualify for the senior's discount in most of North America.

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Old Jan 27th 2018 | 9:53 pm
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Interesting that many use sports or music as reference points. It's some years ago, but I do remember going into Virgin Records on Oxford Street and seeing Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album being promoted as 25th anniversary! I was like, WTF ! ...and that was a few years ago in itself.

Having said that, I think once you hit mid/late 40's you don't feel like you're getting any older. it becomes just a number.
 
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[QUOTE=Davita;12428984]
Originally Posted by Jingsamichty
At the same time as I was watching Hamish McAlpine from the terraces, my girlfriend was doing ju-jitsu lessons at the Dick McTaggart Sports Centre on South Road I just checked and he's still alive, age 82.

Me too...living in Bali and sometimes Vancouver....pic with wife at my birthday party in Bali June 2017.https://s13.postimg.org/9o3p0cpt3/IM...A0010_2_LI.jpg
Great photo.
 
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People offering me their seat on the tram - bloody cheek!
 


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