mc5 - You know you're getting old when.......

As life moves on there are signs which tell us, without any chance of doubt, that we are getting older, going downhill, coming off the final bend or generally ready to turn off the lights, lock the door and depart gracefully. What is/are your particular tell-tale symptoms?

You still refer to Coca-Cola as "that Yankee drink"

You still refer to coke as "that Yankee drink"

You have a 17-inch TV and need to squint to see it properly

You can remember when you needed to squint at the TV because the screen was smaller than the average matchbox

Snodgrass

You can actually remember watching the 1966 World Cup - as it happened

Snodgrass

You think O and A levels as an educational qualification not a service

Rosie

The Bypass means something rather more than the road that avoids the town centre.

Dujon

The ties hanging in your wardrobe are fashionable.

You remember at least ten of the fashions currently in vogue from the first time round....and the celebrities who started them look like your grandmother

Raak

People never speak up properly.

Tuj

You can remember when The Long Game started.