Do I feel old or what

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Date: 12 April 2005 18:35:02

Now know what it is like to feel like you're life is becoming history. Third Party has just started studying Britain since 1949 and came home from school today describing what life used to be like and asking me questions that made me feel very old.

So you too can feel this here are some of the questions she asked me / Comments made (and the answers I gave in brackets):

They used to put the chairs up at the end of school (yes)
They used to have the cane (phased out whilst I was at school)
They used to have tables in row, so two people sat at each table (yes)
Was I alive when the first home computers were introduced (yes)
Was I alive when they first got colour tv (no :-) )
Did I know who Buddy Holly was (told her to phone the grandparents on that one)

So all in all I figure it's going to be an interesting time when I get to admit to being alive when the following first came into our homes: CD players, MP3 Players, DVD players, Video players (will I have to explain Beta Max?), Walkmans, Arcade games like Space Invaders, Mobile Phones, Microwave Ovens and Channel Four (yes there did really only used to be 3 channels)