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I noticed recently that pfm did this and wondered what the results would be here. I would ask as many members as possible to complete this poll. Cheers! :cool:
Marco.
Stratmangler
11-09-2016, 22:08
I'm 137 years old.
Or at least it feels like it some mornings .....
Ha - and you look it, too! :eyebrows:
Only kidding. Anyway, mate, please vote accordingly :)
Marco.
Stratmangler
11-09-2016, 22:11
Oh my goodness!
A poll thing has appeared where there was once none, or at least a poll thing has appeared where I don't remember there being one.
Is my memory going?
May I be the first of the retired old farts to vote? (57)
My age is coming down as I feel older; its my way of composting
southall-1998
11-09-2016, 22:20
I'll be turning 70 in 2 days :D
S.
walpurgis
11-09-2016, 22:27
May I be the first of the retired old farts to vote? (57)
A mere boy! :D
walpurgis
11-09-2016, 22:29
I'll be turning 70 in 2 days :D
S.
Yes. I know you are considerably older than your dad Shane. ;)
A mere boy! :D
Thanks :) (& 4000 posts :surf:)
southall-1998
11-09-2016, 22:43
Yes. I know you are considerably older than your dad Shane. ;)
Geoff, Go out, and buy an Afro wig :ner:
S.
walpurgis
11-09-2016, 22:49
Geoff, Go out, and buy an Afro wig :ner:
S.
Had one. It didn't really work for me Shane. :D
southall-1998
11-09-2016, 22:53
Had one. It didn't really work for me Shane. :D
Shall I donate, my dark thick curly locks to you? Winter is coming!!
I'll grab my coat :)
S.
Arkless Electronics
11-09-2016, 22:58
I noticed recently that pfm have done this and wondered what the results would be here. I would ask as many members to complete this as possible. Cheers! :cool:
Marco.
So what was the result over there? It's going as I would expect so far here... at a youthful 51 I'm one of the bairns:D
southall-1998
11-09-2016, 22:59
So what was the result over there? It's going as I would expect so far here... at a youthful 51 I'm one of the bairns:D
I thought you was born in the early 70's.
S.
Arkless Electronics
11-09-2016, 23:05
I thought you was born in the early 70's.
S.
Feels like 1870's some mornings:lol: I thought you were one of our youngest members going from the date in your user name!
southall-1998
11-09-2016, 23:08
Feels like 1870's some mornings:lol: I thought you were one of our youngest members going from the date in your user name!
No, nothing to do with my age. I used to reside in Southall, from 1998-2014.
S.
walpurgis
11-09-2016, 23:15
I used to reside in Southall, from 1998-2014.
S.
You won't get a medal for it though. :eek:
Reminds me wayyy Too Much like a friend of the Wife.. who is in late 60's (the friend :-)
But she's currently hunting for a Man.. So her declared age is Fifty-ish.
Interesting so far.... Come on folks, don't be shy - get voting!! :thumbsup:
Marco.
Zoidburg
12-09-2016, 07:39
41 in a couple of weeks, though lately I often feel a lot older!
Simon_LDT
12-09-2016, 07:44
I wonder who is the youngest on here? 28 here but there's gotta be somebody younger...
Sovereign
12-09-2016, 07:52
I'm 40, and feeling amazing. Wish I looked it though :carrot:
The Black Adder
12-09-2016, 08:00
44 ere but I can still throw shapes in the church of dance.
44 ere but I can still throw shapes in the church of dance.
Wotz that then? A
Next January I officially become a pensioner. At what stage will I suddenly get the urge to wear beige slacks and Hush Puppies? Scary...
The results are looking very similar to the pfm poll, which is hardly surprising, given the overlap of membership.
A point made on pfm is that, although it's certainly the case that the majority of those 'into' hifi are middle-aged or older, younger people tend not to bother much with forums such as these, and mostly use social media, so the poll results aren't a wholly reliable indicator.
Next January I officially become a pensioner. At what stage will I suddenly get the urge to wear beige slacks and Hush Puppies? Scary...
I saw an old bloke today wearing a flat cap. I guess the point will come when all the flat cap and beige trouser wearers die, and everyone from 2 to 92 will be wearing denim and trainers.
walpurgis
12-09-2016, 10:10
I saw an old bloke today wearing a flat cap. I guess the point will come when all the flat cap and beige trouser wearers die, and everyone from 2 to 92 will be wearing denim and trainers.
I know a chap who's dressed like his grandad all his life. Brogues, tweed flat cap, (occasional) beige trousers, tweed jacket and knitted waistcoat, check shirt and tie. I've known him since he was in his twenties and he's 68 now. He lived with his mum and dad until they died and they bought his clothes for him.
hifi_dave
12-09-2016, 10:33
Judging by my customers, the average age is likely to be 50 and above.
Ive a knitted waistcoat;). Great for winter funerals
I saw an old bloke today wearing a flat cap. I guess the point will come when all the flat cap and beige trouser wearers die, and everyone from 2 to 92 will be wearing denim and trainers.
In Liverpool it is now a combination with the old boys. Flat cap and overcoat with tracky bottoms and trainers.
Saw a bloke this morning, in tracky bottoms, & white socks in sandals :stalks:
I swear he was younger than me though !!!!
In Liverpool it is now a combination with the old boys. Flat cap and overcoat with tracky bottoms and trainers.
Lol.... Aw gawd. There's simply NO WAY I will *ever* dress like that!! :eek: :nono:
My old man is 83, and he still takes a pride in his appearance and dresses very smartly. My mum was the same. When you start to 'give up' like that (in the way you describe), and consign yourself to being an old man, that's when you go down the slippery slope...
Marco.
Well you need the cap once the hair starts going. The trainers are practical as it's Liverpool and even at 65 plus you never know when you are going to need to have it away on your toes. Not sure why the overcoat/mac instead of something more modern from North Face or similar, need to look into that.
Oh and sandals are just wrong. With or without socks, makes no difference. If you have a pair throw them out now. They are, and always will be, utterly tragic. And no, it is not okay if it is a warm day or you are on holiday. No excuses, people.
Sovereign
12-09-2016, 13:03
I saw an old bloke today wearing a flat cap. I guess the point will come when all the flat cap and beige trouser wearers die, and everyone from 2 to 92 will be wearing denim and trainers.
Then we will look just like the Americans :doh:
Not sure why the overcoat/mac instead of something more modern from North Face or similar, need to look into that.
Park flashing?
:flasher: :flasher:
Marco.
Oh and sandals are just wrong. With or without socks, makes no difference. If you have a pair throw them out now. They are, and always will be, utterly tragic. And no, it is not okay if it is a warm day or you are on holiday. No excuses, people.
Yup, detest such things! :spew:
Marco.
I saw an old bloke today wearing a flat cap. I guess the point will come when all the flat cap and beige trouser wearers die, and everyone from 2 to 92 will be wearing denim and trainers.
What an appalling thought! I just about managed to avoid the excesses and low point of '70s "fashion".
I've just slewed the top end of the age-distribution/poll by a miniscule amount; but still do not dress as befits my age.
Oh and sandals are just wrong. With or without socks, makes no difference. If you have a pair throw them out now. They are, and always will be, utterly tragic. And no, it is not okay if it is a warm day or you are on holiday. No excuses, people.
So what do you wear then - or do you go barefoot? (Please don't say you wear Crocks!)
I pretty much live in trainers, of some sort or the other (or when inside the house, my moccasin slippers).. If I'm going somewhere 'important', I *might* wear some black leather 'dress shoes' - once in a blue moon, though. And it would be under sufferance (in much the same way as a shirt and tie)! :eyebrows:
Marco.
Leather shoes...even to bed lol
dantheman91
12-09-2016, 13:29
I might be the youngest yet 25 in november....
Leather shoes...even to bed lol
Kinky.... :eyebrows:
However, that'll only be when you're not trotting around, dahling, in your Louboutins ;)
Marco.
Arkless Electronics
12-09-2016, 13:34
Jeans and T shirt with safety boots here. Sweat shirt or jumper on top in winter. All the time. Yes even for weddings, funerals, posh does or job interviews.
Kinky.... :eyebrows:
However, that'll only be when you're not trotting around, dahling, in your Louboutins ;)
Marco.
Cant handle those high heels these days ;)
That reminds me, i must clear all the wifes clothes soon... Ive been putting it off for too long ... Wanted to find a good home for them but its not to be so they can go to charity. My knowledge of this stuff is not good enough to sell lol
prestonchipfryer
12-09-2016, 13:49
Just turned 65, in June actually. Many say age is just a number and. of course, that is true. Make the best of what you have and enjoy it, if you can. :)
walpurgis
12-09-2016, 13:54
I might be the youngest yet 25 in november....
Ah. That explains all the rash impulse buying! :lolsign:
jollyfix
12-09-2016, 14:25
I will be 51 in December.
So what do you wear then - or do you go barefoot? (Please don't say you wear Crocks!)
Trainers, like any other normal human being. Unless I'm on a beach or at a pool, in which case it is barefoot. Won't wear flip-flops and crocs are even worse than sandals.
Have to wear shoes for work obviously, but I travel there and back in trainers and change into shoes in the office. Shoes are expensive, I'm not wearing them out walking the streets in them.
Sovereign
12-09-2016, 15:02
Have to wear shoes for work obviously, but I travel there and back in trainers and change into shoes in the office. Shoes are expensive, I'm not wearing them out walking the streets in them.
I wear smart/casual leather boots most of the time, although not when its hot. A bit smarter than trainers. But it's defo trainers all the way when not in boots.
Trainers are bad for your feet.. A good wide leather shoe with ample support.:eyebrows: i here my mum now.
Trouble is, she was right.
walpurgis
12-09-2016, 15:27
I normally favour a gimp suit.
This is me last Thursday, waiting for a bus to Tesco.
http://i64.tinypic.com/103dk06.jpg
Arkless Electronics
12-09-2016, 15:30
I normally favour a gimp suit.
This is me last Thursday, waiting for a bus to Tesco.
http://i64.tinypic.com/103dk06.jpg
Did you get any bogofs?:D
Arkless Electronics
12-09-2016, 15:52
It's a funny blighter this getting old malarky.... Sometimes I think that I've never really changed other than the physical ageing signs.. but then when I think about things I did when much younger, like for example hitch-hiking to Glastonbury festival and climbing over the fence and it taking two days on the road in each direction I think "bugger that for a lark! I must have been mad!":eek:
I normally favour a gimp suit.
This is me last Thursday, waiting for a bus to Tesco.
http://i64.tinypic.com/103dk06.jpg
Cant be you mate... The lamp post and surrounds havent been vandalised . Must be abroad
There's several things I did in my youth where, if I had a time machine, I'd travel back and give myself a good talking to and a slapping and say 'Don't be such a twat!'. Then I get all philosophical and wonder about whether doing so would change the course of history in some weird, unforeseeable way.
Like shunning Shakespeare and studying something more relevant instead? ;)
Marco.
Like shunning Shakespeare and studying something more relevant instead? ;)
Marco.
Hardly that.
The top one is walking back alone and slightly pissed from the ferry terminal at Seacombe to my parents' house about three miles distant, instead of leaving the pub 30 minutes earlier and getting the train to the station just around the corner. The second one is turning down, at age 22, the chance to do an MA, with all tuition fees paid plus a maintenance grant, in the mistaken belief that having a job would be better than studying.
Arkless Electronics
12-09-2016, 16:16
I've always thought it one of the most pernicious of age related aspects of the human condition that it's the same type of drop dead gorgeous 21 year old lases one fancies when one is oneself 21 as when one is 71..... But unless you are Bernie Ecclestone or Mick Jagger you can't pull 'em any more... Apparently greying hair and a beer belly isn't considered sexy by super models unless the wallet is bigger than the belly:lol:
Or something else is bigger.... :eyebrows:
Marco.
Arkless Electronics
12-09-2016, 16:41
Or something else is bigger.... :eyebrows:
Marco.
:eyebrows:
I can't be the only one who, on a Saturday night down the pub and after a bit of Dutch courage (it's similar to lager:lol:) has found oneself going into chat up mode with some beauty with legs up to the armpits and suddenly thought "whoa! Yer probably older than her dad, don't be an idiot":lol:
The lack of 'girth' of one's wallet can be made up with the girth of one's...............Especially if she's a 'size queen' (and I've met a few of those)! :D
Marco.
Stratmangler
12-09-2016, 16:45
Trainers, like any other normal human being. Unless I'm on a beach or at a pool, in which case it is barefoot. Won't wear flip-flops and crocs are even worse than sandals.
Have to wear shoes for work obviously, but I travel there and back in trainers and change into shoes in the office. Shoes are expensive, I'm not wearing them out walking the streets in them.
That's how you can afford tickets to see Steely Dan :)
Rarely in a pub, but if i am then the young ins come and chat me up ;). Had to stop going :trust:
I've always thought it one of the most pernicious of age related aspects of the human condition that it's the same type of drop dead gorgeous 21 year old lases one fancies when one is oneself 21 as when one is 71..... But unless you are Bernie Ecclestone or Mick Jagger you can't pull 'em any more... Apparently greying hair and a beer belly isn't considered sexy by super models unless the wallet is bigger than the belly:lol:
Yep. I forget until I look in the mirror that I am now an old man to anyone under 35 and no matter how good a chat-up artist I am, I've got two hopes and one of them is Bob Hope. The other is...well, you know.
Frazeur1
12-09-2016, 17:02
It's a funny blighter this getting old malarky.... Sometimes I think that I've never really changed other than the physical ageing signs.. but then when I think about things I did when much younger, like for example hitch-hiking to Glastonbury festival and climbing over the fence and it taking two days on the road in each direction I think "bugger that for a lark! I must have been mad!":eek:
Or nothing like going out for a walkabout and not coming back for say 7 years....
Arkless Electronics
12-09-2016, 17:06
Or nothing like going out for a walkabout and not coming back for say 7 years....
I've done just that:eek: Actually got on the back of a mates motorbike to go to an all weekend+ party at the other end of the country and ended up joining the "new age travellers" for couple of years before then working in London for a few years....
Arkless Electronics
12-09-2016, 17:09
Yep. I forget until I look in the mirror that I am now an old man to anyone under 35 and no matter how good a chat-up artist I am, I've got two hopes and one of them is Bob Hope. The other is...well, you know.
Precisely and most eruditely put sir (imagine Jeeves voice)
A couple of years ago now I got asked out by a work colleague, she was quite slim and attractive. I knocked her back because I thought she was way too old for me. Later found out she was actually 5 years my junior. Since then I've tried to come to terms with the fact that I am no longer 25 and re-assessed the situation a little. Not easy, though.
Arkless Electronics
12-09-2016, 17:22
A couple of years ago now I got asked out by a work colleague, she was quite slim and attractive. I knocked her back because I thought she was way too old for me. Later found out she was actually 5 years my junior. Since then I've tried to come to terms with the fact that I am no longer 25 and re-assessed the situation a little. Not easy, though.
Indeed.... and whilst people in glass houses etc, I've often looked around at the ones of similar age to myself and just thought... meh..nah.... Yes yes they're no doubt thinking the same about me! Bloody getting old eh.... "unfortunately" my last girlfriend actually was an ex model and at 48 could pass for 35 easy (yes really) and was still wolf whistled at in the street and so my expectations have been rather inflated :rolleyes:
The AoS age poll is becoming the AoS mid-life crisis-a-thon!
Yep. I forget until I look in the mirror that I am now an old man to anyone under 35 and no matter how good a chat-up artist I am, I've got two hopes and one of them is Bob Hope. The other is...well, you know.
Don't run yourself down, mate. You don't know what's ahead of you in life.... Ask Barry! ;)
Marco.
Ive a fair idea, and it aint pretty.
anyways it aint whats on the outside that counts. dont be so obvious folks.... lots of nice folk dont have the perfect figure etc.
The AoS age poll is becoming the AoS mid-life crisis-a-thon!
Not for me. I've just gone from young lunatic to grumpy old man and missed the middle part out.
First world problems anyway. I have an easy life now compared to when I was younger. And that was easy too compared to how a lot of people have it.
Come on, folks, get voting.... We've only had 111 votes out of nearly 12,500 members!! :)
Marco.
jandl100
13-09-2016, 08:20
Voted.
I think sandals are OK.
I think trainers are naff.
Mostly I just wear cumfy leather shoes, or short boots in winter.
Maybe I need therapy? :scratch:
jandl100
13-09-2016, 08:21
double post.
I think trainers are naff
I should qualify: ones that look good with jeans, which for me rules out the 'white-type' (or brightly coloured), chunky or otherwise trainers, used for playing sports or jogging! The ones I like look just casual shoes, such as these: http://www.wynsors.com/mens/trainers/running/adidas-originals-samba-super-22898?gclid=Cj0KEQjwx96-BRDyzY3GqcqZgcgBEiQANHd-nvT9eepmWc-3jNSUlsRFdqr6mZbl58h_bYk22bxcaGwaApfY8P8HAQ
Perfect for blue jeans, which I wear almost 7 days a week, or the black versions, with black jeans. I can't stand bright white trainers or anything with lurid colours, as it just makes you look like a dork! And I don't 'do' leather dress-type shoes with jeans, as that's even worse (and rather old-fashioned)!! :eek:
I've been wearing various types of Adidas Sambas since the 70s...
Marco.
Come on, folks, get voting.... We've only had 111 votes out of nearly 12,500 members!! :)
Marco.
pfm only managed just over 200 votes out of about 23,000 members, which is about the same proportion; i.e. less than 1% of members. Total membership is meaningless, because it includes many who register but never post, others who used to post but haven't done so for years, and a few who are banned but not listed as such. Others who are active members might be coy about revealing their age or just not interested in the subject. So only a small subset of AoS members will see this thread, and only a small subset of that subset will vote.
Yeah I get that. However, there's no need to be 'coy', as you can vote anonymously. You don't have to announce here how you've voted! ;)
Also, although I take your point and completely agree with it, I also feel that some folks probably haven't seen the thread yet, or have been too lazy/apathetic to bother voting, hence why flagging it up (a bit like bumping a sales thread) can often have the desired effect....
I want to see at least 500 votes posted, by the time this thread dies a death! :exactly:
Marco.
jandl100
13-09-2016, 08:41
Re: trainers
Hmm.
Most folk wearing trainers remind me (as an active mountain hiker) of the women fashionistas seen in Austrian resort towns parading up and down the shopping streets in immaculate mountain boots that will never be used outside town.
Trainers are for training in, for sports.
Wearing them as regular shoeware strikes me as one of the worst Americanisations to hit these shores.
walpurgis
13-09-2016, 08:51
I can't stand bright white trainers or anything with lurid colours, as it just makes you look like a dork!
Marco.
What is this thing with vividly coloured trainers? I see young blokes about wearing flourescent orange or green trainers with what is otherwise 'normal' clothing. It's a bloody stupid look (probably to draw attention away from the dozy looking thick beards I suppose).
jandl100
13-09-2016, 08:51
(probably to draw attention away from the dozy looking thick beards I suppose).
:lol:
Some folk need to have a quick, critical look in the mirror before they go out
jandl100
13-09-2016, 08:57
I love the go-faster stripes. :D
http://www.wynsors.com/bmz_cache/1/1fc843f7e4c59194e8cfec26d460c48c.image.330x206.jpg
jandl100
13-09-2016, 09:02
Some folk need to have a quick, critical look in the mirror before they go out
Nah, that's no use.
What people see in the mirror and what is actually there are usually quite different things! ;)
(I am no exception to that, I am fully aware!!)
I love the go-faster stripes. :D
http://www.wynsors.com/bmz_cache/1/1fc843f7e4c59194e8cfec26d460c48c.image.330x206.jpg
Lol - those are simply part of the Adidas brand logo. I loved their sports/flight bags we used to use as school bags, which are now worn on the shoulders of fashionistas, due to their 'retro coolness'.
Stuff such as is shown here: http://www.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?_oac=1&_sop=19&_nkw=adidas+messenger+bag&_dcat=52357
Timeless classics! :thumbsup:
Marco.
We used army type rucksacks im my day. The less cool, studious types had their oxblood leather satchels... Yuk!
Re: trainers
Hmm.
Most folk wearing trainers remind me (as an active mountain hiker) of the women fashionistas seen in Austrian resort towns parading up and down the shopping streets in immaculate mountain boots that will never be used outside town.
Trainers are for training in, for sports.
Wearing them as regular shoeware strikes me as one of the worst Americanisations to hit these shores.
I agree, but I think I've successfully differentiated between what you're referring to and those that I wear.
For me there are only two considerations: comfort and choosing something that 'goes' with the other clothes I'm wearing, bearing in mind that I'm mainly a blue jeans person - or in the summertime. shorts and t-shirts. I wear different types of trainers with shorts, usually with trainer socks.
I like to look half-decent when I go out, but similarly I refuse to be uncomfortable, simply to look half-decent! ;)
And when you no longer care about such things, you *know* that you're getting old....
Marco.
We used army type rucksacks im my day. The less cool, studious types had their oxblood leather satchels... Yuk!
Lol - they were for TOTAL dorks! :D
Without meaning to blow my own trumpet, I was defo one of the 'cool types', and enjoyed setting trends others would sometimes follow. I was one of the first in our school to wear 24-hole Doc Marten boots with florescent green laces, and a black leather biker's jacket with Gong's 'Flying Teapot' album cover on the back!
Marco.
Some folk need to have a quick, critical look in the mirror before they go out
Yeah, especially a lot of women... Fat arses and skin-tight leggings, simply don't go! :spew: :doh:
Mind you, a lot of men are worse, wearing trousers about three sizes too small at the waist, thus allowing them to 'hang below' protuberant beer bellies, simultaneously causing the arse of their trousers to sit somewhere just north of the backs of their knees, fooling the wearer into believing that their waist is smaller than it actually is - and in the process creating a rather hilarious 'silhouette' of a pregnant whale....!! :D
Wrong, wrong, WRONG.... :nono: :nono:
Marco.
Those heavy,baggy tracksuit bottoms that have no shape are one of the worst imv. Makes you look like a tramp. Dont like tracksuits period, unless your actually training.
You get a lot of folk wearing sleeveless shirts now too, so they can show off their tattoos;often women, and its cold and wet etc... Bloody silly!
Trainers are for training in, for sports.
Wearing them as regular shoeware strikes me as one of the worst Americanisations to hit these shores.
They hit these shores a long time ago. I bought my first pair of trainers in 1972 (a rather fetching pair with red and blue stripes down the side, possibly Adidas, but more likely a knock-off). Back then they were known as 'sneakers'.
Nowadays I wear navy blue canvas shoes by the likes of Vans, Converse and Spring Court, and walking boots when I'm walking a long distance in muddy weather. I do have one pair of sandals, but only wear them on overseas holidays.
Nah, that's no use.
What people see in the mirror and what is actually there are usually quite different things! ;)
(I am no exception to that, I am fully aware!!)
Indeed. A photo is less likely to mislead, and the excuses about 'the camera adds several pounds' are feeble in the extreme.
Those heavy,baggy tracksuit bottoms that have no shape are one of the worst imv. Makes you look like a tramp. Dont like tracksuits period, unless your actually training.
100% agree! At one time, women used to look like women, and men looked like men. Now half of the time you can't tell the difference! :doh:
Also, a lot of women these days seem to have lost what one could call their 'alluring femininity', which for me is what is physically attractive about a woman in the first place, and also seem to suffer from various 'insecurity issues', making them disinclined from showing off their legs in a nice dress or skirt, which compliments their figure. I've always hated the trouser-wearing 'tomboy/lesbo look'...
Nowadays, many women (and young girls, too) are gruff, tattooed pint-swilling, legging-wearing 'ladettes', with about as much 'alluring femininity' as South Walian miner!! :rolleyes:
What's happened to all the politely spoken, self-assured and confident, well-dressed women, who once took a pride in showcasing their femininity? In that respect, bring back the 60s and 70s! :exactly:
Marco.
jandl100
13-09-2016, 10:14
I was in a charity shop a week or so back when a middle aged woman customer inadvertently glimpsed herself in a mirror - "Oh! - that's me! - is that mirror OK?"
:D
It was simply 'badly adjusted' :eyebrows:
Marco.
You should have whispered in her ear..."yup! Scarey , isnt it!":eyebrows:
Reminds me of a joke...
Wife is getting ready for a night out, looking at herself in the mirror before getting dressed, so she says to her husband: "My eyes are baggy, I've got more facial hair than Desperate Dan, a double-chin and saggy boobs... Pay me a compliment to cheer me up!"
Husband stops and thinks for a minute, not wanting to put his foot in it: "Well, there's fuck all wrong with your eyesight!!" :D
Marco.
jandl100
13-09-2016, 11:50
:lolsign:
Just hit 34 here. Suppose I'm old-school in many ways, age is just a frame of mind etc. etc.
Indeed. A photo is less likely to mislead, and the excuses about 'the camera adds several pounds' are feeble in the extreme.
Indeed, although TV has a tendency to do that. I've seen a number of 'celebrities' in the flesh, who look considerably thinner in real life than they do on a TV screen. All that make-up too, ages you, which is one of the reasons I hate seeing young women plastered with it, seemingly applied with a trowel, (along with wearing stupidly long and thickly-mascara'd false eyelashes, nails, etc).
Whoever started that fashion should be shot! Quite often, it can take 10 years (or more) off of you, if you wear less make-up, or preferably use none at all. It's also really bad for your skin and gives you wrinkles (or rather the continual applying and removing of it does).
I think some girls/women use make-up as a form of 'mask' to hide behind.... Plus that continual 'orange look' is not a good one! :doh:
Marco.
They hit these shores a long time ago. I bought my first pair of trainers in 1972 (a rather fetching pair with red and blue stripes down the side, possibly Adidas, but more likely a knock-off). Back then they were known as 'sneakers'.
.
They were never known as 'sneakers'. Not this side of the Atlantic.
Ideally you want some Adidas 'Ivan Lendl' from 1984 or so. not had a look to see how much old ones are selling for but I guess it is quite a lot.
Used to wear jeans but gave up when Calvin Klein started to be hard to get round here. Levis are a bit too heavy duty for comfort. Tracky bottoms much more comfortable and expand in and out with the waistline. Okay so I look like a chav or a tramp (or a chavvy tramp) but frankly I'm past caring.
Never give up Martin...there is always hope.
Nah, it's bollocks. As Colonel Kurtz says, You have to consider the real freedoms: freedom from the opinions of others. Freedom from the opinions of yourself.
I still have to look smart for work so that's enough as far as I'm concerned. It is funny how much better they treat you in shops and banks and such when you're suited and booted, though.
Indeed, although if you speak politely and behave properly, the same can happen when you look like a tramp! ;)
Much of what you describe is about how you conduct yourself, as well as how you're dressed: essentially it's about how one 'carries' oneself.
The country gentry, for example, are renowned for often looking like they've been dragged through a hedge backwards, wearing old worn clothes, and sometimes haven't had a wash for days, yet that doesn't stop then from being respected wherever they go....
The fact is that money/accent and education give you a natural 'air of confidence'/sophistication, and people pick up on that. Clothes only superficially provide an insight into the true person.
Marco.
Same if you go around with a smile on your face intead of a scowl or even a blank expression. People say hello and smile back... Ask if you need help etc.... Well most do. A smile etc costs nothing but means so much.
Dressing like a tramp, means you get treated as such, so its a no-no.
Audio Al
13-09-2016, 12:27
:eek:
I'm a member of a ageist web site
:doh:......................:)
100% agree! At one time, women used to look like women, and men looked like men. Now half of the time you can't tell the difference! :doh:
Ha! You sound just like my dad, who was making the same complaint back in the 60s/70s!
Same if you go around with a smile on your face intead of a scowl or even a blank expression. People say hello and smile back... Ask if you need help etc.... Well most do. A smile etc costs nothing but means so much.
Indeed! I've never understood why some folk scowl so much, or are continually in a bad mood.... SMILE, cheer up folks, and BE HAPPY. There's always someone else out there worse off than you!! :exactly:
Marco [hates po-faced depressing bastards].
Ha! You sound just like my dad, who was making the same complaint back in the 60s/70s!
Lol... Well, women back then generally looked much more like women than they do now. I'd love to have been around as an adult in the mini-skirts and stockings era of the 60s! ;)
Marco (who would ban women wearing leggings and trousers, if he was made PM).
Firebottle
13-09-2016, 12:43
......... the real freedoms: freedom from the opinions of others. Freedom from the opinions of yourself.
:exactly:
I must have been old forever, picking up on a comment from Marco> I was never bothered about what I looked like, unlike the first wife 'what about what so and so thinks... '
:finger: to that. Live the life that you want.
They were never known as 'sneakers'. Not this side of the Atlantic.
Yes they were, and indeed the OED has several examples of UK usage of the word, including this 1967 quotation from an Adrian Henri poem:
'The daughters of Albion..lacing up blue sneakers over brown ankles.'
Na.. You owe it to the world to be all you can be, but in relative comfort. I rarely get smartened up these days but i try to look decent lol. In fact ive been wearing same trousers for 20 years:eyebrows: Well same kind as they are comforable yet can pass for smartish and casual plus working in garden etc. Moleskins are the berries
Lol - I don't give a flying fuck what folk think (and rarely have done, even as a teenager), but I do care about looking clean and presentable, when I'm in the company of others. For me, if you're not bothered about that, and continually go about in public like a tramp, it smacks of a serious lack of self-esteem.
Marco.
Lol... Well, women back then generally looked much more like women than they do now. I'd love to have been around as an adult in the mini-skirts and stockings era of the 60s! ;)
Marco (who would ban women wearing leggings and trousers, if he was made PM).
There were some horrific sights around. Not everyone was slim enough to get away with mini-skirts, but women of all ages and shapes wore them.
Lol... Well, women back then generally looked much more like women than they do now. I'd love to have been around as an adult in the mini-skirts and stockings era of the 60s! ;)
Marco (who would ban women wearing leggings and trousers, if he was made PM).
Those skirts are like belts :stalks: my mum was disgustipated :eek: and said it wont end well. The ends looked fine to me
In fact ive been wearing same trousers for 20 years:eyebrows:
Ha - I thought the pish stains looked rather, erm, 'well-established'! :D
Marco.
I mostly don't mind what other people look like, but I saw a bloke today whose face was covered in tattoos. That made me feel a bit queasy.
Those skirts are like belts :stalks: my mum was disgustipated :eek: and said it wont end well. The ends looked fine to me
Hehe... Luckily, I don't have to force Del to wear skirts or dresses; she chooses to naturally, and always dresses and acts femininely. When she was younger, she had a penchant for wearing little pleated tartan mini-kilts ;)
Marco.
paulf-2007
13-09-2016, 12:58
Men with flip flops and sunglasses on the top of their heads are not men in my view. Laughable.
I mostly don't mind what other people look like, but I saw a bloke today whose face was covered in tattoos. That made me feel a bit queasy.
I rather enjoy 'people watching', actually, hence why I notice and comment on appearances. It's one of my favourite activities on holidays abroad, sat sipping a cold beer at a nice pavement cafe, whilst Del does some of the 'touristy stuff' that bores me to tears!
Marco.
walpurgis
13-09-2016, 12:59
Indeed, although if you speak politely and behave properly, the same can happen when you look like a tramp! ;)
Marco.
That's true. I'm a jeans 'n teeshirt scruff most of the time, but I've noticed that because I always say hello or good morning etc., and speak properly, I get decent service from people.
There's an awful lot of fashion fascism going on here!
Yes they were, and indeed the OED has several examples of UK usage of the word, including this 1967 quotation from an Adrian Henri poem:
'The daughters of Albion..lacing up blue sneakers over brown ankles.'
Man I don't know how to break this to you but poetry isn't the real world. When I was at school if you'd referred to your trainers (or 'trainees' as it is in Scouse) as 'sneakers' you would have been ridiculed or punched. Or ridiculed and punched.
Man I don't know how to break this to you but poetry isn't the real world. When I was at school if you'd referred to your trainers (or 'trainees' as it is in Scouse) as 'sneakers' you would have been ridiculed or punched. Or ridiculed and punched.
We generally called them 'pumps'.
That's true. I'm a jeans 'n teeshirt scruff most of the time, but I've noticed that because I always say hello or good morning etc., and speak properly, I get decent service from people.
It's defo the case, mate. When I really can't be arsed, or have had a heavy night before, I'll walk down to the corner shop for some milk with about 5 days worth of growth, still wearing my slippers and jogging bottoms! :D
It's mostly about attitude. Plus, if you're the self-assured confident type [count me in], you don't give a toss what anyone thinks of you.
Marco.
Man I don't know how to break this to you but poetry isn't the real world. When I was at school if you'd referred to your trainers (or 'trainees' as it is in Scouse) as 'sneakers' you would have been ridiculed or punched. Or ridiculed and punched.
Yup, it was the same up in Glasgow - you'd have been called a 'poof', and likely got a good doing!
'Excuse me, chaps, I'm just off to change into my pumps'... Naw, I don't think so!! :eyebrows::nono:
Must be a southern thing, Joe?
Marco.
walpurgis
13-09-2016, 13:13
There were some horrific sights around.
There still are mate. A young feller I know has a girlfriend that's a right big old lump and she insists on wearing very short dresses. The bloated flabby thighs and cellulite are enough to make a hard man want to throw up :spew:.
Stratmangler
13-09-2016, 13:13
I want to see at least 500 votes posted, by the time this thread dies a death! :exactly:
I'd be surprised if you had that many active members.
Lol - trust me, there are. I have access to the stats ;)
Marco.
There still are mate. A young feller I know has a girlfriend that's a right big old lump and she insists on wearing very short dresses. The bloated flabby thighs and cellulite are enough to make a hard man want to throw up :spew:.
Lol - I know exactly what you mean. I wonder if she looks in the mirror before going out?
Unfortunately, there are plenty around like her, especially where I live. In some instances, I think it's a case of desperation, in that they think by showing off all that flesh, and looking like a tart, it's the only way they'll get a man! :rolleyes:
Marco.
walpurgis
13-09-2016, 13:21
Men with flip flops and sunglasses on the top of their heads are not men in my view. Laughable.
:lolsign:
And they're also wearing those long baggy shorts with the loops on the side and a fancy Lycra football shirt styled top. Bunch of dicks!
If I've offended anybody here, well you've only yourself to blame! ;)
Men with flip flops and sunglasses on the top of their heads are not men in my view. Laughable.
Indeed, and chances are they'll be wearing their wife's knickers underneath, too.
Marco.
There were some horrific sights around. Not everyone was slim enough to get away with mini-skirts, but women of all ages and shapes wore them.
That's the problem with fashions: every brainless, peer-pressured tit wants to be 'fashionable', whether they suit whatever fashion is 'in' or not! :mental:
I never subscribed to that mentality, and only wore what suited me, regardless of whether it was fashionable or not. Indeed, I often created my own 'fashion'.
No way was I walking about, looking like a roaster, just to follow the sheep and be 'fashionable'.... I shunned wearing many popular fashions of the 70s and 80s, for that very reason, some of which were ridiculous. Fortunately, I had reasonably good judgment of which clothes suited me, and which didn't!
Marco.
Men with flip flops and sunglasses on the top of their heads are not men in my view. Laughable.
son in law probably does that on hols... I wouldnt laugh at him, as he is much bigger than me and as strong as an ox...lol
but i kinow the type of thing
jandl100
13-09-2016, 13:59
Just hit 34 here.
Well, I'm 30 :thumbsup: .... for the 2nd time. :lol:
Just hit 34 here.
What, stone? :D
Marco.
What, stone? :D
Marco.
:D :D
...I was "beer belly ready" for my recent holiday.
Over half the voters won't see 45 again. Me included. Good to see a fair chunk of relative youngsters, though.
Over half the voters won't see 45 again. Me included. Good to see a fair chunk of relative youngsters, though.
:wheniwasaboy:
Indeed so... Even at this stage, we appear to have a younger overall membership than that of pfm. That's what I was curious about. Plenty of old duffers here too, though! :eyebrows:;)
Marco.
Firebottle
13-09-2016, 17:24
When she was younger, she had a penchant for wearing little pleated tartan mini-kilts
:worthless:
http://previews.123rf.com/images/whiteboxmedia/whiteboxmedia1401/whiteboxmedia140100069/25176716-Attractive-Young-Pin-Up-Model-Tartan-Mini-Skirt-Stock-Photo-bending.jpg :eyebrows:
Haha - that's not too far off it! Unfortunately though, she wore them with black opaque tights... ;)
Marco.
<BUMP>
Keep voting folks, unless you want to receive a PM reminding you of such! :ner:;)
Marco.
Itchy&Scratchy
13-09-2016, 23:30
Have voted, adding to the most popular age group- albeit at the lower end of the band lol
<BUMP>
Keep voting folks, unless you want to receive a PM reminding you of such! :ner:;)
Marco.
I thought you could only vote once? :eyebrows:
Indeed... This is a call for all the daftees who haven't voted yet, to get their arses in gear and do so! ;)
Thank you, Dean :thumbsup:
Marco.
Yup, it was the same up in Glasgow - you'd have been called a 'poof', and likely got a good doing!
'Excuse me, chaps, I'm just off to change into my pumps'... Naw, I don't think so!! :eyebrows::nono:
Must be a southern thing, Joe?
Marco.
No. I lived up north till I was 19. Always known as pumps or gym shoes when I were a lad. In the south-east they were called 'plimsolls' (which is odd, because the company which plimsolls are named after was based in Liverpool), while in the south west they were known as 'daps'. They weren't widely known as 'trainers' until later.
The OED, quoting a trade journal:
'For rubber-soled canvas shoes we have pumps, plimsolls, gym-shoes and squeakers.'
A sign of aging is when they deliver your medications in a dump truck;)
Yes, pumps occasionally, but mostly gym shoes or plimsoles were the usual names by proper spoken folk.. Otherwise they,d be called guttys
brian2957
14-09-2016, 09:50
Aye , I had a pair of gutties and later on a pair of baseball boots which were nicknamed '' bakies '' :)
I just Knew you were posh Grant :ner:
"Gutties" or just plain 'trainers', is what we called them up in Scotland. "Pumps" is defo an English thing, although according to Macca, not in Liverpool. Mind you, I don't consider Scousers and Geordies as 'proper English', anyway! ;)
Marco.
Brian, have you voted on the poll? :)
Marco.
Aye , I had a pair of gutties and later on a pair of baseball boots which were nicknamed '' bakies '' :)
I just Knew you were posh Grant :ner:
Vforgot about baseball boots..i had a few pairs of them. Probably the first trainers really, as guttys were really only worn in gym. There were the plastic Woolies shoes too that mostly the very poor wore to school. My mum called them plimsoles, and dad called them guttys ... I generally didnt do gym as i was always in the pool swimming so was usually excused.
"Gutties" or just plain 'trainers', is what we called them up in Scotland. "Pumps" is defo an English thing, although according to Macca, not in Liverpool. Mind you, I don't consider Scousers and Geordies as 'proper English', anyway! ;)
Marco.
'Pumps' were what my mother called them, and she was Liverpool born and bred, so maybe it's a generational as much as a regional thing. Sadly she's not around to ask.
Interestingly, here's what someone on another forum wrote when the question of what to call gym shoes was asked:
'Since moving to Yorkshire, I have discovered that plimsolls are called pumps here'
And here's what Wikipedia says:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimsoll_shoe
'In the UK plimsolls are commonly worn for schools' indoor physical education lessons. Regional terms are common: in Northern Ireland and central Scotland they are sometimes known as gutties; "sannies" (from 'sand shoe') is also used in Scotland.[2] In parts of the West Country and Wales they are known as "daps" or "dappers". In London, the home counties, much of the West Midlands,the West Riding of Yorkshire and north west of England they are known as "pumps".[3] There is a widespread belief that "daps" is taken from a factory sign – "Dunlop Athletic Plimsoles" which was called "the DAP factory". However, this seems unlikely as the first citation in the Oxford English Dictionary of "dap" for a rubber soled shoe is a March 1924 use in the Western Daily Press newspaper; Dunlop did not acquire the Liverpool Rubber Company (as part of the merger with the Macintosh group of companies) until 1925. Plimsolls where issued to the British military until replaced by trainers in the mid-80's. The where often known as 'road slappers'. If white they required hours of application of shoe whitener and if black they needed to be polished until they gleamed.
There were two definite signs of poverty when I was a lad; one was wearing black rather than white gym shoes, the other was having one of those belts with a 'snake' fastening to hold up your trousers (or 'keks' as we called them).
Radford Revival
14-09-2016, 11:20
29 here.
'Pumps' were what my mother called them, and she was Liverpool born and bred, so maybe it's a generational as much as a regional thing. Sadly she's not around to ask.
Interestingly, here's what someone on another forum wrote when the question of what to call gym shoes was asked:
'Since moving to Yorkshire, I have discovered that plimsolls are called pumps here'
And here's what Wikipedia says:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plimsoll_shoe
'In the UK plimsolls are commonly worn for schools' indoor physical education lessons. Regional terms are common: in Northern Ireland and central Scotland they are sometimes known as gutties; "sannies" (from 'sand shoe') is also used in Scotland.[2] In parts of the West Country and Wales they are known as "daps" or "dappers". In London, the home counties, much of the West Midlands,the West Riding of Yorkshire and north west of England they are known as "pumps".[3] There is a widespread belief that "daps" is taken from a factory sign – "Dunlop Athletic Plimsoles" which was called "the DAP factory". However, this seems unlikely as the first citation in the Oxford English Dictionary of "dap" for a rubber soled shoe is a March 1924 use in the Western Daily Press newspaper; Dunlop did not acquire the Liverpool Rubber Company (as part of the merger with the Macintosh group of companies) until 1925. Plimsolls where issued to the British military until replaced by trainers in the mid-80's. The where often known as 'road slappers'. If white they required hours of application of shoe whitener and if black they needed to be polished until they gleamed.
There were two definite signs of poverty when I was a lad; one was wearing black rather than white gym shoes, the other was having one of those belts with a 'snake' fastening to hold up your trousers (or 'keks' as we called them).
Some confusion here thanks to Marco. I was stating that no-one ever called trainers, gym shoes, pumps etc 'sneakers' on this side of the Atlantic and had they done so they would have been rightly ridiculed or worse.
Trainers, pumps, plimsoles and gym shoes were all terms in common use in my youth. 'Sneakers' was not. It is way too American.
I did have the belt with the 's' shaped fastening and black pumps/gym shoes. In fact I believe the pumps were hand-me-downs from the next-door neighbour so as well as being the 'pov' version they wern't even new. Happy days.
Some confusion here thanks to Marco. I was stating that no-one ever called trainers, gym shoes, pumps etc 'sneakers' on this side of the Atlantic and had they done so they would have been rightly ridiculed or worse.
Thinking about it a bit more, I think it was my Uncle Joe who called them 'sneakers'; he'd spent some years in the US during and just after WW2 and used several US terms, such as 'sidewalk' for pavement and 'trashcan' for rubbish bin. He also called beige slacks 'KDs', which baffled me completely until someone explained that KDs = khaki drill trousers.
My father came to the UK aged 15 and was called 'yank' at school due to his accent and got a bit of grief as I understand it. So he eventually had it beat out of him but his brother was 10 years older so did not go to school here and has kept his Amercan accent, with its odd pronuciations, completely intact to this day.
Growing up in Manchester during the early mid sixties they were always know as pumps (canvas body with rubber trims and sole). Trainers were a more substantial shoe that came along later. If I remember correctly the canvas and rubber baseball shoes were colloquially known as "bumpers"?
Growing up in Manchester during the early mid sixties they were always know as pumps (canvas body with rubber trims and sole). Trainers were a more substantial shoe that came along later. If I remember correctly the canvas and rubber baseball shoes were colloquially known as "bumpers"?
Yes, things like Converse All-Stars were 'bumpers', Dunlop Green Flash and the like were plimsoles or pumps. Trainers are a different thing entirely.
I did have the belt with the 's' shaped fastening
They were called snake belts, a quick google reveals you can still get them.
Yeh snake belts I had one too. God I am getting old ha ha
They were called snake belts, a quick google reveals you can still get them.
They were just belts to us. It was all we knew.
Thinking back when I went up to secondary school almost my whole kit was second hand. Blazer, bag, football boots, gym shoes, PE kit, tie. Think my shirts and keks might have been new but starting to wonder about that now. You hear so much nowdays about how expensive it is to have children. Wasn't the case for my mam and dad. At least not until they sent my brothers to private school.
Our two had 'hand-me-downs' right through till they started buying their own clothes. As a nipper I myself was mostly clothed via jumble sales and stuff my cousin had grown out of, but my secondary school uniform was new, with a blazer several sizes too big that I could 'grow into'.
Yep. the sleeves on mine were down over my hands when I started. Only got a replacement when I actually split the back seam putting it on. Clothes were hand-me-down or from Ethel Austin or C&A. Designer gear was out of the question. 'A waste of money'.
Pretty much everything was a 'waste of money' to my parents. Even years later when they did have money they carried on driving knackered cars and wearing the cheapest clothes. Nowt wrong with being thrifty but they took it too far.
We used army type rucksacks im my day. The less cool, studious types had their oxblood leather satchels... Yuk!
I had one of those - but then I did go to a private school. :o If it was good enough for Ford Prefect, then it was good enough for me. :lol:
In the sixth form I think I did use a canvas army rucksack; they were all the rage then. But it was a very long time ago.
Those skirts are like belts :stalks: my mum was disgustipated :eek: and said it wont end well. The ends looked fine to me
They're not called "pussy pelmets" for nothing! I once had a girlfriend whose skirts were so short (only an inch or two below 'sea'-level), she would wear knickers having the same colour and pattern to preserve her modesty! Fortunately she was blessed with an attractive pair of legs, so could get away with it.
walpurgis
14-09-2016, 22:14
If it was good enough for Ford Prefect, then it was good enough for me. :lol:
Now you're definitely giving your age away Barry! :D
They're not called "pussy pelmets" for nothing! I once had a girlfriend whose skirts were so short (only an inch or two below 'sea'-level), she would wear knickers having the same colour and pattern to preserve her modesty! Fortunately she was blessed with an attractive pair of legs, so could get away with it.
lol.. aye, you need good pins to wear those successfully. Good old days at times ....all that bra burning :mad:
Now you're definitely giving your age away Barry! :D
Ford Prefect was the name of the field agent for the Hitchiker's Guide to The Galaxy, sent to Earth to up-grade the guide's entry. What did you think I was referring to - the car?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Ford_Classic_four_door_registered_May_1962_1498_cc .JPG/280px-Ford_Classic_four_door_registered_May_1962_1498_cc .JPG
Brother had one of these.. it was his 2nd car I think.
Ford Prefect was the name of the field agent for the Hitchiker's Guide to The Galaxy, sent to Earth to up-grade the guide's entry. What did you think I was referring to - the car?
i got it ....but only just.
walpurgis
14-09-2016, 22:25
Ford Prefect was the name of the field agent for the Hitchiker's Guide to The Galaxy, sent to Earth to up-grade the guide's entry. What did you think I was referring to - the car?
I knew exactly Barry. That's why I said you were giving your age away mate. It came out in 1978. Thirty eight years ago. :)
I knew exactly Barry. That's why I said you were giving your age away mate. It came out in 1978. Thirty eight years ago. :)
Yes, I was only 28 at the time.
walpurgis
14-09-2016, 22:49
Yes, I was only 28 at the time.
I was thirty. Still am actually, I decided it was a good place to settle.:D
Some confusion here thanks to Marco. I was stating that no-one ever called trainers, gym shoes, pumps etc 'sneakers' on this side of the Atlantic and had they done so they would have been rightly ridiculed or worse.
Trainers, pumps, plimsoles and gym shoes were all terms in common use in my youth. 'Sneakers' was not. It is way too American.
Yes, sorry about that. Got mixed up between pumps and sneakers! However, you're definitely right about sneakers. That word was never used anywhere I've been in the UK.
Also, up in Glasgow where I was growing up, the words plimsoles or pumps were never used either. Back then, both would've sounded too 'gay', and you'd have been seriously ridiculed for it. Gym shoes, yes, but only if you spoke poshly, otherwise it was trainers (the word I used) or 'gutties'.
Marco.
I had one of those - but then I did go to a private school. :o
So did I, but would've only had a satchel when I was very young (say 5-8 years old), after that I wouldn't have been seen dead with one, as they were way too nerdy! So it was sports bags all the way, up until I left school at 17.
In fact, after 3rd year in secondary school, we used to 'modify' our school uniform as much as possible, in order to make it more trendy, so we stared wearing black Wrangler jeans with 'drainpipes', instead of regulation school trousers, and as I mentioned earlier 24-hole black Doc Marten boots, where we'd all try and outdo each other with the most garish coloured laces possible, and many of would wear black leather bikers jackets (I had that Gong logo on mine), instead of blazers, and we'd scrunch up our ties, so they were super-short with a big fat knot - all just to look different.
We'd sometimes get pulled up for it and told to change, which we did temporarily, but then later reverted back to what we wanted to wear. Luckily, after 4th year, the dress code was fairly relaxed in our school, so we played on that, and in 5th and 6th year, I used to come into school with my motorbike, so the bikers jacket was appropriate... And I can tell you, girls loved the bike! ;)
The nerds/geeks, however, all stuck to wearing the regulation school uniform, and we used to take the piss out of them, such as it was back in those days, as there was always a divide between the 'cool guys' and them. School could be a cruel place sometimes. I had a great time, however, and some of my happiest memories are of the escapades we used to get up to in the latter years of secondary school! :eyebrows:
Marco.
the words plimsoles or pumps were never used either.
Gym shoes, yes, but only if you spoke poshly, otherwise it was trainers (the word I used) or 'gutties'.
Marco.
In my world, what are now plimsolls were "sannies". they were alright, but didnt give me the vibe !!
But my favourites were my "Bassers" ( excuse my spelling ). I could do anything in those, from cycling, footy, tree climbing, running, conquering the world etc etc
my daughter has a pair now. she calls them "Converse" and they cost about 50 times what mine used to cost .
Yeah, "sannies" was defo another one. Thanks for reminding me of that :)
"Bassers" I've never heard of, other than perhaps an insulting term for folk you don't like... ;)
However, coming yourself from Scotland, can you imagine anyone back in your schooldays coming out with something along the lines of: "I've just got a new pair of plimsoles, with which to play PE. Do you like them?", without them getting a boot in the boz for 'talking like a poof'? :eyebrows:
Marco.
"Bassers" I've never heard of, other than perhaps an insulting term for folk you don't like... ;)
Marco.
well, it may be "Basers".
Officially called "Baseball Boots", no-one ever called them that.
back then it was black in colour, or nothing.
now you can have every colour known to man, and then some.
PS " new " yeah, right !! "haund me doons" was the way forward.
<BUMPY-BUMP>
Those of you who haven't voted so far, please do so, or you're in line to be ass-whipped! :spank: :whippin:
;)
Marco.
jandl100
15-09-2016, 16:10
<BUMPY-BUMP>
Those of you who haven't voted so far, please do so, or you're in line to be ass-whipped! :spank: :whippin:
;)
Marco.
Damn :( - can I cancel my vote?
:lol:
You can vote and have your ass whipped too, I'm sure Marco will oblige. :)
Indeed - all part of the service! :thumbsup:
Marco.
<BUMP>
Those who haven't voted yet on this poll, please get voting! :cool:
Mar o.
Voted, I can make time ANY day for the whipping :eek:
Cheers, Mike :thumbsup:
We can still get more votes in. Come on, guys!
Marco.
337alant
17-09-2016, 17:25
Just voted sorry missed this thread
Anyway another old fart to the list
Alan
Thanks, Alan :)
Let's get the vote total up to at least 200, folks!
Marco.
Theadmans
17-09-2016, 19:01
I am 50 next birthday. I work from home so rarely wear anything formal. Today is the first day for about 4 months that I have worn long trousers (on account of it being slightly chillier).
Work days I wear an old duffers Regatta check t-shirt with collar and cargo shorts with Brasher sandals. Weekends I wear exactly the same except switch the check t-shirt for an Art of Football Leicester 5000-1 t-shirt.
If it rains I wear a Helly Hansen baseball cap to keep the water off my lenses. However, I have been giving serious thought to a Harris Tweed Cap as something more becoming my age.
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Come on folks, let's get the total votes up to 200! :)
Marco.
Considering there must be a few thousand members on AOS there does not seem to be much interest in these polls?
Some folk are shy.
198 votes cast
200 now, which forms a reasonable indication of the average age group of our members, which I have to say is a little younger than I thought, although unsurprisingly, the majority are in the 46-55 age group.
Thanks to all who contributed! :thumbsup:
Marco.
HackneyRF
21-09-2016, 09:04
As you say Marco, not surprisingly a middle aged majority. I do wonder what some of the other demographics might be? How many male/female members, how many Dinkies with no little fingers poking the tweeters and woofers, professional backgrounds etc. Not that I'm into stats or anything mind!
technobear
23-10-2016, 22:04
All the "yoof" are on Head-Fi these days ;)
It's not just the yoof though. Plenty of us older (56) audiofools are over there to correct them on their technological misunderstandings :D
I mainly listen to headphones for serious music enjoyment these days and only use speakers (Rogers LS4a) for the TV.
I just bought a Cowon Plenue D for out and about use with my Sony EX650 IEM's and I have to say that if this combo had been available in my teens, I would probably never have seen any need to get into hifi. Manufacturers take note.
09mike69
26-10-2016, 20:26
As you say Marco, not surprisingly a middle aged majority. I do wonder what some of the other demographics might be? How many male/female members, how many Dinkies with no little fingers poking the tweeters and woofers, professional backgrounds etc. Not that I'm into stats or anything mind!
tis the law of the universe...childrens fingers must poke speaker cones,,, think its the amount of iron they have in their blood and the speaker magnet... try it at home, put an old speaker unit, or.... heaven forfend, remove the grille cloth from your speakers, and watch, they're like the zombies on dawn of the dead.
tis the law of the universe...childrens fingers must poke speaker cones,,, think its the amount of iron they have in their blood and the speaker magnet... try it at home, put an old speaker unit, or.... heaven forfend, remove the grille cloth from your speakers, and watch, they're like the zombies on dawn of the dead.
You can cure that easily if you cut their hands off! ;)
Marco.
You can cure that easily if you cut their hands off! ;)
Marco.
No! No! No!
Just the offending finger, otherwise how will you get any work out of them...:doh:
Yes. on reflection, I was being rather wasteful :eyebrows:
Marco.
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