Society & Culture Things that Make You Feel Old Part 2, 7 years older

[Pistol Night]

Seen a few FB posts about E bikes and mt bikes with motors etc.

Got me thinking I/we never that those type of things growling up, maybe these kids getting it easier.

I remember riding out to the Otways as kids up those steep hills going down was fun tho.

I got my 9yo an off-road electric scooter for his birthday and he wont let me ride it now because I have more fun on it than him. Amazing things. Get about 40km of range out of a charge now too and they absolutely hammer. Well, when your on one 30-40km/h feels like your on a missile

 

[Gough]

Twenty three years since Joe Strummer died.

 

[rocker_oz33]

I got my 9yo an off-road electric scooter for his birthday and he wont let me ride it now because I have more fun on it than him. Amazing things. Get about 40km of range out of a charge now too and they absolutely hammer. Well, when your on one 30-40km/h feels like your on a missile

Seen a couple kids on one of them flying with no helmet or shoes on .
They do fly.

 

[rocker_oz33]

That reminds me i see this old campaigner on hes 4 wheel scooter driving down the high way in the bike lane.

I can almost here you not taking away my freedom.

 

[Mitcham VIC 3132]

Wonder how big her hand gestures are now?

 

[Frank Bunn]

I got my 9yo an off-road electric scooter for his birthday and he wont let me ride it now because I have more fun on it than him. Amazing things. Get about 40km of range out of a charge now too and they absolutely hammer. Well, when your on one 30-40km/h feels like your on a missile

How do you stop them being stolen when you have to leave it somewhere?

 

[Pistol Night]

How do you stop them being stolen when you have to leave it somewhere?

Dont really take it anywhere where it has to be left alone

 

[No Quarter]

My daughter turned 9 today.

That makes me feel old.

 

[Mitcham VIC 3132]

My daughter turned 9 today.

That makes me feel old.

You missed out the final zero.

 

[GreyCrow]

dogs105 post your birthday quiz question here

 

[Frank Bunn]

Dont really take it anywhere where it has to be left alone

A bloke wheeled his scooter through Coles rather than leave it outside. I wasn't sure if it would be allowed because of some of the dodgy ones setting on fire.

 

[JackOutback]

A bloke wheeled his scooter through Coles rather than leave it outside. I wasn't sure if it would be allowed because of some of the dodgy ones setting on fire.

My kids wanted to ride down to the local shopping centre with their mates, I was speaking to them about making sure they lock them up outside, and they go 'no, we just take them into the centre, and into most shops'. Only one or two have turned them away, apparently. Something for the 'Things You Don't Understand' thread.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Cyberpunk 2077 is 5 years old

 

[rocker_oz33]

Wonder how big her hand gestures are now?

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[Xtreme]

I've been either a) having late evening naps before my usual bed time... or b) I'm flat out just going to sleep for hours while watching my usual late night fair.

I'm hoping that it's just the time of the year and thus heavier workloads etc or I'm officially getting old and my body is saying nooooooooooo.

 

[MarcMaverick]

I've been either a) having late evening naps before my usual bed time... or b) I'm flat out just going to sleep for hours while watching my usual late night fair.

I'm hoping that it's just the time of the year and thus heavier workloads etc or I'm officially getting old and my body is saying nooooooooooo.

Or its just Christmas.

 

[Ghost Patrol]

I've been either a) having late evening naps before my usual bed time... or b) I'm flat out just going to sleep for hours while watching my usual late night fair.

I'm hoping that it's just the time of the year and thus heavier workloads etc or I'm officially getting old and my body is saying nooooooooooo.

Check for worms

 

[MP_]

I've been either a) having late evening naps before my usual bed time... or b) I'm flat out just going to sleep for hours while watching my usual late night fair.

I'm hoping that it's just the time of the year and thus heavier workloads etc or I'm officially getting old and my body is saying nooooooooooo.

Do you snore, that was happening to me and it was because I snored and had sleep apnea so I was never getting proper sleep

 

[Pistol Night]

I've been either a) having late evening naps before my usual bed time... or b) I'm flat out just going to sleep for hours while watching my usual late night fair.

I'm hoping that it's just the time of the year and thus heavier workloads etc or I'm officially getting old and my body is saying nooooooooooo.

Have you got a smart watch? Wear it to bed and see how your sleep patterns are.

 

[MP_]

Have you got a smart watch? Wear it to bed and see how your sleep patterns are.

They don’t tell you if the missus is putting a pillow on your face though

 

[Gough]

They don’t tell you if the missus is putting a pillow on your face though

When he was a kid Richard Manuel used to scream into his pillow to rough up his voice to try to sing Howlin Wolf tunes.

 

[Pistol Night]

They don’t tell you if the missus is putting a pillow on your face though

I knew it!!

 

[Xtreme]

Do you snore, that was happening to me and it was because I snored and had sleep apnea so I was never getting proper sleep

To my knowledge I don't, but my sleep pattern has been off in recent times (will have 1-2 nights a week where I don't sleep all the way through the night, wake up after 2-3 hours to pee).

They don’t tell you if the missus is putting a pillow on your face though

 

[MP_]

To my knowledge I don't, but my sleep pattern has been off in recent times (will have 1-2 nights a week where I don't sleep all the way through the night, wake up after 2-3 hours to pee).

My pay to get a sleep study done if it seems to be a common thing. The clinic I went to hooks you up in the clinic then you go home and sleep and then give the machine back and it tells you what’s happening. Might not be apneas but something else. Not enough deep sleep or rem. Definitely worth pursuing if it becomes consistent.