You know you're middle aged when

[Cudzoziemiec]

Surely having a CD collection is in itself a sign of middle age? Never mind the Nevermind.

Does having a large rack of "vinyls" and the equipment to play them qualify me as a youthful hipster type ?

No.

Oh.  Another delusion shattered.  *sniff*

Wait a few years and CDs will became hip, but only if you weren't around the first time round.

We've already had cassettes becoming hip, but it didn't last long because, whatever the power of nostalgia and/or retro projected fantasy, they're fundamentally a bit crap.

[Hot Flatus]

Surely having a CD collection is in itself a sign of middle age? Never mind the Nevermind.

Does having a large rack of "vinyls" and the equipment to play them qualify me as a youthful hipster type ?

No.

Oh.  Another delusion shattered.  *sniff*

Wait a few years and CDs will became hip, but only if you weren't around the first time round.

We've already had cassettes becoming hip, but it didn't last long because, whatever the power of nostalgia and/or retro projected fantasy, they're fundamentally a bit crap.

Who can forget those moments of quizzical amusement as your cassette player seemed to take on a life of its own, momentarily possessed, before the horrific realisation that the machine was stretching and chewing up your favourite album

[Cudzoziemiec]

Whereas CDs are basically a pretty decent way of storing recorded music, so although we're probably a way off them becoming hip yet, it will happen and they will stick around. Probably.

[Pingu]

When your hair and beard trimming extends to eyebrows, ears and nostrils.

Is that a hipster?

[robgul]

Surely having a CD collection is in itself a sign of middle age? Never mind the Nevermind.

Does having a large rack of "vinyls" and the equipment to play them qualify me as a youthful hipster type ?

No.

Oh.  Another delusion shattered.  *sniff*

Wait a few years and CDs will became hip, but only if you weren't around the first time round.

We've already had cassettes becoming hip, but it didn't last long because, whatever the power of nostalgia and/or retro projected fantasy, they're fundamentally a bit crap.

Who can forget those moments of quizzical amusement as your cassette player seemed to take on a life of its own, momentarily possessed, before the horrific realisation that the machine was stretching and chewing up your favourite album

. . .  and then sitting in a traffic jam on a dual carriageway with all the discarded cassette tapes littering the central reservation along with Coke cans and fag packets

[Kim]

. . .  and then sitting in a traffic jam on a dual carriageway with all the discarded cassette tapes littering the central reservation along with Coke cans and fag packets

It's been a while since I saw any unspooled tape at the roadside.  And the last time was VHS, from an organised fly-tipping effort.

Roadkill USB cables are now fulfilling the same ecological niche.

You do still get the odd CD from time to time...

[T42]

. . .  and then sitting in a traffic jam on a dual carriageway with all the discarded cassette tapes littering the central reservation...

All of them Queen's Greatest Hits.

[Lightning Phil]

. . .  and then sitting in a traffic jam on a dual carriageway with all the discarded cassette tapes littering the central reservation...

All of them Queen's Greatest Hits.

Is this the reel life …

[Cudzoziemiec]

Geriatric millenial? Dark night of the shed?
Further proof that the Grauniad is written by scanning old YACF threads.

[T42]

Geriatric millenial? Dark night of the shed?
Further proof that the Grauniad is written by scanning old YACF threads.

Dunno about middle-aged, but Madonna has definitely decamped to Uncanny Valley:

[Hot Flatus]

When it gets to about 4 o'clock and you have to go and give it a bit of a wipe

[Ian H]

When it gets to about 4 o'clock and you have to go and give it a bit of a wipe

What?  The clock?  You need one with bigger numerals.

[T42]

When you pick up the milk to make your breakfast cappuccino and just stop short of pouring it into the grinder.

[barakta]

I poured boiled kettle water into my shreddies last week. I am blaming being ill!

[Cudzoziemiec]

I poured boiled kettle water into my shreddies last week. I am blaming being ill!

Boil wash for your undies?

[T42]

I poured boiled kettle water into my shreddies last week. I am blaming being ill!

Aye, but you can get better.  Only one cure for anno domini.

[Kim]

I poured boiled kettle water into my shreddies last week. I am blaming being ill!

At least you remembered to boil the kettle...

[Lightning Phil]

Geriatric millenial? Dark night of the shed?
Further proof that the Grauniad is written by scanning old YACF threads.

Dunno about middle-aged, but Madonna has definitely decamped to Uncanny Valley:

Blimey, can she stretch the rubber mask any tighter?

[Hot Flatus]

She looks better than pretty much any 64 year old man I can think of.

[T42]

Waiting in the LBS yesterday I found myself admiring their rather wonderful Park workstands, one of which appeared to be motorized, doubtless for dealing with eBikes.  The techie using one saw me watching. I wanted to say "great workstand" but I couldn't remember the French expression.

Remembered it once home: "pied d'atelier", which a translation program might well render as "studio foot".  Aargh.

[robgul]

When refitting a bathroom you install a "comfort height" toilet pan.


My excuse is that I'm tall . . .  and only class myself, at 75, as being "late middle-aged"

[T42]

And I class myself as "too-late middle-aged".

Haven't done anything specifically middle-aged today (yet) but I just spent 10 minutes trying to fit a chain with the bike standing on the floor because it was hard to see anything and it was murdering my back.  Ended up moving to the studio foot to finish.

[Beardy]

The think you thought would be good to add to this thread has been forgotten by the time you find your fondleslab

[Canardly]

Eh?

[T42]

Not sure it's a sign of middle age impending senility or not, but I came to "While you were away" this morning after finishing yesterday's cryptic in the Graun and started reading the thread titles as if they were clues.

"Chinese cultural norms for baby care"... OK, how many letters?