I never thought I'd say this

You were once young and stupid and thought you would remain that way forever.

You are now old and wise - doomed, like Cassandra, to bleat the truth, while sounding entirely like an old fart.

Welcome to senility.

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Originally posted by Deane F:
But I can't believe what young people are wearing these days. It's worse than what passes for a flash car with them.

What have I become? Youth is a foreign country.

Thats a sign your getting old

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Originally posted by Adam Meredith:
You were once young and stupid and thought you would remain that way forever.

You are now old and wise - doomed, like Cassandra, to bleat the truth, while sounding entirely like an old fart.

Welcome to senility.

Thank you Adam. I can't say that I'm not a little disappointed though; I rather thought that along with senility came a decent preamplifier.

Wait till you start shiting yourself.

Does that come with a decent pre?

Only some youth clothes show ones age.

Many support my fashion choices as a young teenager.

In fact what i wear is in fashion for some of todays youth.

Fashion goes full circle.

So here we go.

Spotty pubescent male with unwholesome desires for the female of the species.

So Levi's shrunk fit by sitting in a bath of cold water.

Dilute bleach solution to put wear marks into knees backside and crotch.

Large American Cow Boy belt.

Tie dyed tee shirt which is too tight. To show off.

A variety of cool boots baseball boots etc.

Lumberjack shirts only lower 4 buttons done up.

I look around town today and many 13-17 year olds are wearing the above,

Except they buy pre distressed jeans and pre dyed t shirts.

In my era we did it ourselves.

In fact when i did my A level chemistry i used fluorescent dyes . So white T shirts fluoresced pink green or yellow. Cool under UV light at school discos.

I will invariably with J Clarkson go unfashionable again only in 10 years to become fashionable again.

Such is life.

regards David

Youth is wasted on the young.

B

The sad fact is at some point we will all start buying that shit in the back of the daily mail, beige trousers and comfy shoes.

If one thinks long and hard there are plenty of people hitting old age who were part of the flower power thing, but yet here we are with a startling fact old people are wearing the same things thwy wore fifty years ago.

The only logical conclusion therefore is at some stage we begin to think like Deanne. From there its a slow downward spiral to millets and Ks catalouge.

*if it's too loud, you are too old*

In the spirit of this thread I went into the loft and got out my 'gear' of choice from the early seventies to try on.

flared, hipster loon pants bought from an ad in Melody Maker (I kid you not)
scoop neck T shirt with flared sleeves
army great coat
white plimsolls (for that is what they were)
If they had fit me I would have looked so f***ing ridiculous I would have qualified for immediate sectioning.
I probably did then also.

I think the modern young male looks far cooler than I did.

Bob

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Originally posted by garyi:
The sad fact is at some point we will all start buying that shit in the back of the daily mail, beige trousers and comfy shoes.

where's Mick when you need him?

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Originally posted by John Sheridan:

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Originally posted by garyi:
The sad fact is at some point we will all start buying that shit in the back of the daily mail, beige trousers and comfy shoes.

where's Mick when you need him?

Making coffee or whisky-flavoured porridge?

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Originally posted by John Sheridan:
where's Mick when you need him?

You need Mick ?

I still wear the same as 40+ years ago, check Ben Shermans , Levi 501s and Doc Martin shoes. Only the sizes have changed in the intervening years. We had the advantage of following on from the Rocker/Teddy Boy look almost every thing was new.This meant to be really different did not mean a massive shift into the ridiculous. I've told the missus if I start to look at "oldie" uniforms to shoot me.

Howard

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Originally posted by long-time-dead:
You need Mick ?

who else can tell us the secrets of buying beige trousers and comfy shoes?

Another case for "Polyester Man"?

I have to say that part of the problem may be living in New Zealand. A beautiful place, but NO fashion sense, and even if there were, nowhere to buy decent clothes.

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Originally posted by Rockingdoc:
I have to say that part of the problem may be living in New Zealand. A beautiful place, but NO fashion sense, and even if there were, nowhere to buy decent clothes.

Well I guess WE don't need so much to cover up our pasty white skin.

So where are the "decent" places in Kent?

Hey Deane from where I sit I think it's good to question our beliefs, far better than becoming a cynical old git....

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A beautiful place, but NO fashion sense, and even if there were, nowhere to buy decent clothes.

Deane,

I saw that documentary on New Zealand - something to do with Lords and rings and things. Some wicked looks but none you would call casual day wear.

Brad

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Originally posted by BigH47:
I still wear the same as 40+ years ago, check Ben Shermans , Levi 501s and Doc Martin shoes. Only the sizes have changed in the intervening years.
Howard

How much have your feet grown? In the last ten years I have progressed from a ballerina's 8 to a canoe sized 12? Is this normal?

I must be careful with this sort of post, don't want to end up Fritz'd. With that in mind ...

What is the condiment dispenser of choice for the well heeled Naim owner?

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What is the condiment dispenser of choice for the well heeled Naim owner?

A chrome bumpered cruet set?

small glass bowls with the silver spoons removed from mouths at birth.

Bob

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Originally posted by reductionist:
How much have your feet grown? In the last ten years I have progressed from a ballerina's 8 to a canoe sized 12? Is this normal?

That's weird... I know your body never 100% stops changing shape over your life (you shrink in height as you get older, for example) but I've never heard of feet growing after age 18-or so.

Mind you, my size has gone from a default 12 down to a usual 11 now - still need 12s in boots and work/smart shoes though ).

Mind you, I'm just weird physically anyway. Almost 3 full sets of permanent teeth (I've had 28 permanent teeth removed due to my Nance-Horan syndrome, and still have a full set (minus one - which went nasty). I also have one final tooth growing to fill the gap in the front of my gob - only about 20 years late!

As for clothes? What's fashion. I can't be bothered with that - I *do* buy 501s if I'm lazy, as I know they fit, and I sometimes wear Cat/Doc boots, but that's it.

Can you still buy fluro dye btw???

Deane you're far too young to be coming away with crap like that. Most folk have looked pretty daft at one time or another. Better being young and fashionable than old and wearing a crimplene safari suit.

As a side note I remember a couple of years ago walking alongside my son, a few feet behind a lad of similar age wearing a black hoodie, baggy jeans, and Vans. On the back of his hoodie was "You mock me because I'm different but I pity you because you're all the same." I turned round and looked at my son, also dressed in black hoodie, baggy jeans, and Vans. I knew from the smile on his face I didn't need to say anything.

Let them enjoy their freedom to be daft and youthfully wise. Life will kick the joy out of them soon enough.