I’m an old fogey . Are you ?

Fogies or potholes?

I am a 'young' old fogey as I like everything on the OP's list, plus I avoid situations or places where they may be loads of screaming, or uncontrolled kids, so that rules out after school, weekends or holidays in some cases

But, on the otherhand, I love technology, love having new gadgets, modern music , hate buses crammed with 'oldies'

Lots of the above, but I also occasionally can’t stop myself reverting back to ‘old money,’ i.e. looking at a bag of mixed nuts for £5 in Waitrose and realising that was a weeks wages when I started work. I didn’t buy them!

I do podcasts which my son says are very modern. I also do audiobooks but to be honest that's about eyestrain. Someone lent me a Kindle to see what I thought but I hated it. It gave me a headache too but my computer doesn't. Must be something to do with the light I think.

"I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine." Oliver Goldsmith, 'She Stoops to Conquer'.

The above quotation tells us there is nothing new under the sun. Older people like the good things of their youths and are releuctant to let them go in favour of things they do not understand and of which they are apt to disapprove.

I think that most of the items on Hardcastle's list improve with age so the thing to do is to cling to that which is positive but to be open to new technology and discoveries.

Who could resist the internet whichs bring us Gransnet, smartphones which bring our families and the world closer, labour saving devices (my Dyson V10 has cut my vacuuming time in half), online shopping which saves us time, trouble and effort and so on?

Older age has many disadvantages but at least it brings us the wisdom to enjoy the best of the old and the best of the new.

Yes, I'm in this club.
My mobile phone isn't smart, is over 15 years old and still working so see no reason to change it.
Wear my very comfortable clothes and shoes for years until they are demoted to gardening.
Now grow runner beans, tomatoes and raspberries. To think that when I was younger my parents would bring me runner beans from their garden and I'd think "On no, now I'll have to de-string and prepare them"
But at least my spectacles aren't held together with plasters as my Dads' were.

I loathe when people say me& Jamie, so called celebs worst offenders, the world celebs makes my skin crawl, what makes me happy comfy shoes, nightwear any time from 4.30 pm, my I pad actually 2 iPads in case battery runs out, 1 small whiskey origin at night having radio from all over the world, and being able to watch football on sky, very easily pleased me

I think I've always been an Old Fogey. When I was 20 my mother told me I had ruined my feet by wearing "comfortable shoes" She always wore high heels!!

sorry that should be(grin) (confused)

Am I an old fogey. What does anyone think of the recycle bags at Sainsburys, 30p each to put your veg or fruit in, a different bag for each item, me thinks are unhygienic. customers handling them, coughing over them, can't be helped of course, any thoughts, is it just me? grin

I’m not an old fogey. I love fashion, but I’m not mutton dressed as lamb. I love makeup and have my brows tattooed which look amazingly subtle. I love the latest technology. I’m currently doing my first Dan black belt in martial arts. I might consider being a fogey in ten years when I’m 80.

Comfy clothes and footwear..Regular baking day..Enjoy the countryside...Watch TV without guilt..Wetwipes in my handbag..love a good read..Suck on the occasional sweetie found in the bottom of my bag..Yes I celebrate my fogeyness every minute of the day.

Oh yes, those funeral plan ads.

I've had to retire due to illness and do get out and about but I also watch a fair bit of daytime TV.

They make me feel like a real old fogey and likely to pop my clogs at any minute.

I watch them with utter disbelief. They have a couple meeting up in a shop and he asks how she is and she says she's fine and just back from a funeral. Chap asks how it went and women starts babbling on about the brilliant funeral plan she'd had in place. You just wouldn't would you?

Then the grandma with daughter and grandchild. Having a lovely afternoon and suddenly Gran starts to talk about her imminent death.

And the man with his nosey neighbour. Parsnips anyone?

I think we all know we're not going to live forever but a few days viewing daytime TV makes you realise it lots more!

I might be an old fogey, I love peace and quiet, having an afternoon snooze, wearing comfortable clothes and flat shoes..like being warm n cosy, especially my feet.

I can now see what all the older folk were about when I was a young adult.

I hate rudeness. I try to keep a lid on my complaining to this council or that...

Love cake...never go out after dark, prefer not to, hate rowdy behaviour ??

Some days I am and some days I’m not. Today I feel quite young and looking forward to our break away for our golden wedding.

I hate driving myself in the dark but don’t mind if someone else drives at night.

I like slippers and elastic waists. I like trendy ankle boots and knee length flat boots. I love summer shift dresses, so flattering when you have a bit of a tummy. I still have a funky not frumpy hair style. Although I have gone au natural which is a steel colour and some white so fifty shades really!!. I always used to colour it but it is such high maintenance and I was getting itchy scalp when colouring so time to stop!

Last week my back went and had to see a chiropractor so got a stick out and felt about 90 until the nice man fixed it!

Still sometimes eat of an evening but if we have a meal out it’s usually lunch time ish!

Best nightspot in town is my own bed and I know my daughter feels this way too, not necessarily and old person trait, at least I don’t have afternoon naps yet!

Hate the funeral plan ads (Now where is that Mary) and so we too mute the tv during ads or record and skip past them. Love Netflix, go to the movies occasionally.

You get old when you think you are old, it’s all in the mind!

Well yes I'm an old to get but can still give my gran kids a challenge

Brilliant thread! I don't want to be an old fogey. I hope I'm not. I still like going out in the evening and am not bad with technology. I still like high heels on occasions but.. (whispers) pants are getting a little larger and I have a secret yearning to try non-wired bras.

Hehehe, sue01. Made me chortle.

Haha.

GrannyGravy... when you say you took pictures of really bad ones and sent them to the Council... do you mean Old Fogeys or Potholes ??

Well I wear vests but call them camisoles! And they are in all sorts of colours.

Thankfully not!!!!!

Im not thank goodness! ( even though ive got creaky knees already at 56!

By the way that doesn’t make you an old fogey either.

I am, and I'm not.
I like to be warm, but don't like slippers - or shoes, come to that. I like jumpers but not vests, every TV programme is recorded so we fast forward through the ads, but I like Netflix. I don't like going out in the evenings. I wear elastic waists but trousers, not skirts and they have to be bootleg cut, I like fountain pens but I'm good with technology, I like soft ballads, but I like loud rock as well. I like to go to the theatre (even if it's in the evening) but I enjoy rock music gigs. I could go on ...

Well done you MissAdventure, I trippped in a pothole 10 weeks ago, ended up in hospital for 4 days with broken wrist, so bad had to have a plate put in and still cannot put any pressure on my wrist. So you keep writing to the councils re the potholes. Here’s one person grateful for your efforts.