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Natural I guess, talking to my wife about this I said don't forget 20 years ago was 2003 not the 80s or even the 90s mind . The look on her face was priceless 😁 Then last night the Killers Mr Bright side came on the telly I was thinking when did this come out ? Turns out they were playing the New Bands tent at the Pilton Pop Festival in 2003 , 20 years ago !!!!
When I was much younger music from 20 years ago was ancient turns out as my forum name suggests so am I ! 😭😭😭
Yup - the Beatles Sgt Pepper was the most ancient of history to anyone listening to Nirvana in the 90s. Like the dinosaurs were listening to Shes leaving home in the Cretaceous period. But Smells like Teen Spirit is actually further in the past to kids now then Sgt Pepper was to us back then.
When the original Top Gun was released the last in service Spitfires were closer to the F-14 in terms of years, than the F14 in Maverick - Top Gun 2 is to the F18s Super Hornets they're all flying..
Yep, I recently got to thinking, as I was born in 1967, that Year 2000 is as far away now as the end WWII was when I was born (ie, 22/23 years in the past). Year 2000 seems minutes ago, but when I was growing up, WWII was ancient history in the olden days.
I booked a subcontractor for a site visit recently and thought that there was a typo with his DOB - 2001 That can’t be correct surely? Oh wait that’s 22 years ago!!
I realised at the weekend I took my GCSE'S 30 years ago 😭
just had our 33rd wedding anniversary. seems much longer..................... ;o)
To add a twist, it felt like we went through a couple of decades of political and economic stability (88 ish to 08 ish) but before that and after that things have been more changing, more so right now with finance, war and climate.
I too have most of these thoughts, as I rapidly approach 52.
Then looking at the ever aging population and medical advances, I think I could only just be over half way.
Not sure if this is a good or terrifying thought but, it has spurned me into looking after myself a bit better
I worked out this weekend that my kids are closer to 30 than I am. 🙁
Ah I thought this thread was about proper old retired folk.. you know - they phone you in a panic that this 'job' needs doing, it's urgent, need it now.
Then you find out that the curtain doesn't quite shut in the spare room, but it needed fixing yesterday. Coming at weekend when you aren't at work isn't good enough !
B52's have been flying for about 60% of the time that we've had powered flight.
Last week my kids were born, in October they're two. Where has the time gone?
Last week my kids were born, in October they’re two. Where has the time gone?
It doesn't get any better. My two cute little giggly toddlers have just turned 14 and we are now starting to think what life is going to look like when they go off to University (or whatever it is they choose to do).
My daughter has her last GCSE today.
It only feels like yesterday that i was walking out of the hospital with her in the baby car seat thinking life is about to really change.
my take: things that seemed ages ago because they happened when you were a kid or shortly before you were born did not actually happen all that long ago. We're mayflies basically, here for the blink of an eye.
Happy Tuesday everyone.
My daughter is 20 and calls pre millennium 'the olden days' though even she was shocked to find out the other day that the original Jurasic Park film is now 30 years old - made 10 years before she was born! Oh and I was told the first VW Golf and Peugeot 205s are now considered 'vintage' cars.
Outandabout ..... F ... you
All the others time refs, I was aware of and had made peace with ... but you one sucks ... LOL
And
In a shorter time span ... already its the longest day of the year tomorrow ... Xmas next week !!
Interesting responses 😁some people still call me postie , I left 14 years ago 🙄Been retired 18 months , feels like days 😔I get up ( which is a bonus 🙄) on a Monday not much of a plan for the week ahead apart from bike riding , swimming, house and garden work and bam before I know it it's the weekend again 😳
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I realised at the weekend I took my GCSE’S 30 years ago
When the HR person checking your exam certificates has to ask a colleague what an O level is....
The one that always hurts my brain is...
- Back to the Future was set in 1985, Marty goes back in time 30 years to 1955.
- If it was set now, he'd go back to 1993!
How are those time periods the same?!?!
Time is speeding up all the time, so it's not a function of age, hope that helps.
If it was set now, he’d go back to 1993!
And it was the year developers of the web at the European Organization for Nuclear Research made it open and free to everyone.
Edit: In fact that could make for a good retake on the original film, using his experience of the internet in 2023 to try to get back by using it in 1993.
The one that bakes my noodle,
The length of time elapsed since we took down the Berlin Wall is longer than the time it was in place for.
Back to the Future was set in 1985, Marty goes back in time 30 years to 1955.
If it was set now, he’d go back to 1993!
And he goes forward in time 30 years also, to 2015.
And he goes forward in time 30 years also, to 2015.
So where's my hoverboard? Are they blaming production issues due to chip shortages?
And he goes forward in time 30 years also, to 2015.
Hey, they weren't entirely off the mark...
The first Jurassic park movie came out in 1993. 30 years ago 😮
If you go back before my birth the same number of years that have passed since my birth, you'll be in the 1890s.
Jaws came out 48 years ago. Star Wars 46, and Alien 44 years ago
Jaws came out 48 years ago.
That sort of shit seems like madness to me. I guess it's all down to only have a single perception of time that doesn't translate between people. We've never been this old before, so we're only just getting used to it before we're older still.
Mum was a big Abba fan when I was a kid, it seemed ancient to me. I'd hear Super Trouper and shudder at it, my Mum and her old-fashioned music, it would have been about as old as 'Look what you made me do' by Taylor Swift or 'shape of you' by Ed Sheeran is now, basically about a fortnight yeah? (6 years).
I remember when Princess Di, died I know it was a long while ago now, but she's been dead 10 years longer than she was alive.
The one that gets me though, I remember the millennium too (let's be honest, it was a bit shit) and it's obviously hard to forget how long ago it was, but the scary thing to me is I was a fully grown adult that night. A grown up with a (rented) home of my own, a job and a suit! I was 23. So, as much time has passed since that night, as had passed in my entire life before it. My entire childhood, adolescence and 5 years of adulthood took me to that point. I think because I have far more memories of the years before, because I was doing a lot more stuff, it seems like a much longer time, even taking into consideration how much I’ve clearly forgotten, the last 23 years seems to have passed a lot, lot quicker.
These days, and I’m only 45, seasons seem to pass in hours, we plan for stuff 6 months ahead of time and it suddenly arrives. I spent most of my childhood waiting impatiently for stuff to happen, like any kid being told Xmas is still 2 weeks away was forever, nowadays I’m lucky if it doesn’t pass when I’m having a nap or taking the bins out.
We have photos outside the church on our wedding day , in some you can clearly see the Jaws poster outside the cinema over the road . Often commented about omens 🤔😁😁😁
We’ve never been this old before, so we’re only just getting used to it before we’re older still.
I had quite a sad, emotional chat with a friend in work yesterday, and later started pondering age, death, illness, etc. This is what I came up with. (which may not be original!)
We are children until about 16 years old, roughly and then are 'young' until when? 30 is seen as a milestone but really is still young. 40 is definitely not young. Shall we settle on roughly 35 as being when you are not 'young' any more? (I'm not counting being a child.)
So, you are 'young' for about 20 years.
I've now been middle aged, old even, for as long as I was young. I'm not sure what this means but it must mean something because I don't even feel old yet. Just achey. And occasionally forgetful. 😀
Yup – the Beatles Sgt Pepper was the most ancient of history to anyone listening to Nirvana in the 90s
I'm not sure about that, didn't Nirvana cover 'Where did you sleep last night'? Must have turned a few people onto Lead Belly who recorded it in 1944. Which was a cover at that time
When you are young the days fly by and the years last forever.
When you are old, the days drag while the years are gone in a flash.
I remember when Princess Di, died I know it was a long while ago now, but she’s been dead 10 years longer than she was alive.
Eh?
I have a rucksack that I use for work sometimes. It’s older than two people that work with me and I’m only 46. How is that possible? Listening to QOTSA new album yesterday and it dawned on me that they’d be on those god awful Father’s Day Classic Rock double CD things if they still made them. Just not right
I realised at the weekend I took my GCSE’S 30 years ago 😭
I realised last week that I can’t actually remember what I took and the exact grades for my CV 🙂
Jaws came out 48 years ago. Star Wars 46, and Alien 44 years ago
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek
When I was young I thought we'd all be going on holiday on the moon by 2001.
- @siscott85 Princess Diana died 26 years ago at the age of 36.
- @matt_outandabout My kids are closer to 40 than I am.
I have often found myself checking the release dates of films on the telebox just to see how old they are.
The one that gets me the most is what feels like a recent cultural event still, Harry Potter & the philosophers Stone (film) was released in 2001, so 22 years old. Half my age...
I worked out this weekend that my kids are closer to 30 than I am. 🙁
Pah! That weekend was 15 years ago for me!
Feels like I was a 16 year old student in college a few years ago. Now I'm older than most my student's parents.
I worry that I may have accidently built a time machine.
I go in to the shed for 10 minutes,but when I come out . . . hours have passed.
Need to find where the reverse switch is 🙃😉🤣
Do you remember 1970? 1970 is closer to the first world war than we are now to 1970
When I was young I thought we’d all be going on holiday on the moon by 2001.
Tomorrows world promissed me silver suits, hover cars, holidays to the moon, and more days free time than work time. The bastards were selling a lie.
I have often found myself checking the release dates of films on the telebox just to see how old they are.
There are quite a few films I have memories of discussing with my mates at school, only to discover when I look up the release date that they were released after I left school, old age has brought on some false memorries.
When I was young I thought we’d all be going on holiday on the moon by 2001.
Tomorrows world promissed me silver suits, hover cars, holidays to the moon, and more days free time than work time. The bastards were selling a lie.
Do you remember those Star Trek communicators, in the original series? They have less power in them than the phone in your pocket, which nobody predicted back in the day. Unfortunately, we do nothing useful with that power, just moan about how old we are, how many days are in a fortnight or how long socks ae allowed to be this year.
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Some things stick in the memory, some don't. Some phases of my life were clearly uneventful as I look back and can't remember any events at all. I was just doing stuff. Probably.
Lots of " universal communicators" in science fiction going back way pre internet. So mobile phones were predicted.😎
Lots of ” universal communicators” in science fiction going back way pre internet. So mobile phones were predicted.😎
You missed the point, TJ. What we carry are far more powerful than was ever predicted.
You missed the point, TJ. What we carry are far more powerful than was ever predicted.
We're essentially carrying the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
You missed the point, TJ. What we carry are far more powerful than was ever predicted.
We’re essentially carrying the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
More powerful than that. Don't forget that the Guide only had room for 'Mostly harmless', whereas we have the cloud to fall back on, the best cameras and camcorders that casual users are ever likely to need, trackers, accelerometers, mobile mapping, books, magazines, music, weather forecasting, shopping....
The bit we haven't got is a teleportation device. 😀
It'd be interesting to rewatch Tomorrow's World with the benefit of hindsight.
Do you remember those Star Trek communicators, in the original series? They have less power in them than the phone in your pocket, which nobody predicted back in the day.
Star Trek was remarkably prescient with a lot of things. The communicator is the obvious one. Sliding doors that open by proximity, used today in practically every supermarket in the world? A concept actually invented on Star Trek. The revolutionary iPad? The Next Generation was using PADDs in the early 1990s. Remember scoffing at Picard going "Computer..." because that's not how computers work? Alexa, turn on the lights and add toothpaste to my shopping list. OK Google, navigate to Alpha Centauri.
And of course the classic one, every time my computer crashes the keyboard explodes in a shower of sparks, throwing me across the room.
Some of you guys have not read enough sf. The universal communicator in many stories had wireless access to all the available knowledge in tbe world. Arthur C Clarke and Asimov amongst othets. Loads of examples of this. Peter Hamiltons Cybofax was another very like a smart phone.