You know you are old......
Feb 18th 2019, 11:15 pm
#16
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Re: You know you are old......
Hang on, did you say she and he? Twins? Congratulations!!
Feb 19th 2019, 12:06 am
#17
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Re: You know you are old......
...when you no longer know how to 'do maths' the right way.
Feb 19th 2019, 12:11 am
#18
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Re: You know you are old......
....when you start calling supermarket check-out girls 'love'. Might just be an Australian thing.
Feb 19th 2019, 1:37 am
#20
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Re: You know you are old......
Math...not maths..
Feb 19th 2019, 2:29 am
#22
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Re: You know you are old......
I was referencing in the U.S.
Feb 19th 2019, 7:20 am
#23
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Re: You know you are old......
I'm teasing Markonline here (post #9 above - and no offence, Mark: I know it was a typo), but one way of knowing when you're old is that you can recall being taught in Grade One or Two the difference between "principle" and "principal"!
Feb 19th 2019, 7:27 am
#24
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Re: You know you are old......
A sign of getting old is when you can't recall stuff from 5 minutes ago, let alone when you were in school.
Feb 19th 2019, 9:43 am
#25
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Re: You know you are old......
You walk from one room to another and forget what you went there for..
Last edited by Hotscot; Feb 19th 2019 at 10:07 am.
Feb 19th 2019, 10:27 am
#26
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Re: You know you are old......
Nope, wasn’t a typo LOL. I’m old though, so he is in fact a headmaster!
Feb 19th 2019, 10:52 am
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Feb 19th 2019, 1:33 pm
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Feb 20th 2019, 2:40 am
#30
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Re: You know you are old......
You know you're old when they call you m'am and you look the part.
