You know you're old when ....

[drron]

When you realise that the kids entering your profession were not even born when you entered the profession.

I prefer to think of it as being experienced rather than being old though.

For me it was when my registrar was the grandchild of my first registrar.

 

[straitman]

When, as an ex RAAF pilot, there is only one of your former students still in the military, he is CDF and is going to retire soon.

 

[andye]

Some children are taught to give up their seat to any adult.
A bugbear of mine is (healthy-looking) parents keeping a small child on a seat rather than their lap when there are others standing

 

[turtlemichael]

the person who offers you their seat on the tram looks really old to you.

 

[JohnK]

Some children are taught to give up their seat to any adult.
A bugbear of mine is (healthy-looking) parents keeping a small child on a seat rather than their lap when there are others standing

Some children, and young adults, all over the world still have fantastic manners. Absolute pleasure to be around them.

Then there are the bus tour groups. Less said the better....

 

[wandering_fred]

When you ask for the seniors coffee at the fast food joint and they don't ask for ID...

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[Deleted member]

...when viridiane asks if I have a seniors opal card for my visit to the Sydney wine lovers meet in July. .

 

[AnnaB]

My niece told me that: "You would not understand that because people of YOUR GENERATION are obviously......" (this is where she realised what she was saying, and saw the expression on my face... way too late but she still tried to go for a save

Lets just say that she will never hear the end of this one... but people of HER GENERATION can pay for her own pizza next time

 

[cove]

I love using my ear hair trimmer every few days. So much better than using tweezers.
I believe there are food types that can restore hair colour but grey /white is ok.

 

[Simo]

When you talk about a product and someone says yep I have heard about them but never seen them.

 

[drron]

What's this old?
A patient of mine had the best answer.He was asked by a young fellow in the next bed who had been told a complication of his op was impotence-"Tom when do you lose interest in sex."Tom replies-"don't know sonny.You Better ask someone older than me."Tom was 95.

 

[marki]

Scrolling through dob to find your year takes a long long time on the computer now.

 

[Denali]

Scrolling through dob to find your year takes a long long time on the computer now.

Doing your erewards surveys and your age category is closer to death.

 

[coriander]

Nah.They don't do it these days.

Correct! I've never had anyone give up their seat for me on a Melbourne tram, so when we were in Washington DC in March it was a shock that a seat was immediately offered to me whenever I boarded their metro. In Melbourne I'll have (young) people push me out of the way to board the tram first or get to the last seat.

 

[ICUDr]

When you aren't hypochondriac anymore because now you are actually sick

 

[tgh]

Small things amuse.. er anyway..
I aways get a buzz at the Bunnings self serve checkout when some sweet young thing has to certify that I am over 17 to buy my can of spray paint.
Have had a lot of fun conversations and always walk out feeling, if not looking, younger...

 

[Deleted member]

..... when you try to explain to the checkout person how many a dozen is !

 

[Denali]

My husband was teaching underwater photography to a class.

Talked about film and how far technology has come, the various options and possibilities ect.

Him: Any questions?
The teenage kid of one of the other divers raises her hand: Whats film?

 

[Cossie]

A middle aged lady offered me her seat on a tram in Oporto and wouldn't take no for an answer.

 

[AnnaB]

Explaining why you need a library and what you did there while in school
Had to tell the story of how you had to go there for information for essays and look at reference books and write everything down by hand.
Dont miss that at all....