Old sayings that younger folk won't get any longer

[Loonytoons]

1 hour ago, sophia said:

Head like a thrupenny bit 

 

48 minutes ago, Michael W said:

Even 'heid like a 50p' will go the same way in about 10 years. 

Heid like a ten bob bit was the call back in my day.

[tamthebam]

I'm not sure you can bump start modern cars these days.

I can remember having to push the old man's car to get it to start on wintery days. Fortunately our street was on a hill 

[alta-pete]

*phone rings*

Yer maw:

”Bridge of Weir 167?” 

[johnnydun]

1 hour ago, pozbaird said:

‘Today’s match at Aberdeen / Celtic / Dundee United / St Mirren / St Johnstone / Motherwell / Hibs / Hearts / Rangers / Kilmarnock / Ross County / Livingston will be pay at the gate’.

 

Hi, I'm a Dundee fan, what is this e-ticket thing everyone keeps moaning about?

[tamthebam]

"Gie's a bell later"

Not unless one's mobile ringtone is set to emulate a telephone ringing.

 

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

45 minutes ago, moses1924 said:

I remember this one but what was a choke in the car anyway?

[Eednud]

Eh’ll skelp yir dowp 

[TxRover]

Mixtape, Walkman, Discman, Betamax, and “pump the brakes”

[Newbornbairn]

Sweepin' the lum 

[Soapy FFC]

Double declutching 

[Newbornbairn]

Mangling your words 

[Newbornbairn]

Setting the points 

[TxRover]

1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkay said:

Was it ever a 5 and a quarter?

No. By the time the first general use GUI’s came into use, roughly mid-1980’s, the 3.5” floppy standard had just been adopted and it was thus used for the first GUI save icon. The 5.25” was already on its way out, much like the 8” had all but disappeared by 1982. The reason was size for the 8” disk and capacity for the 5.25” disc. The 5.25” maxed at about 360KB, while the 8” could hold up to 1.2MB, but was too wide for the average desktop case. The 3.25” started with 360KB, quickly jumped to 720KB, and finally topped out at 1.44MB. Also, the advantage of a hard case versus the actually floppy floppy was a winner.

[lichtgilphead]

6 minutes ago, TxRover said:

No. By the time the first general use GUI’s came into use, roughly mid-1980’s, the 3.5” floppy standard had just been adopted and it was thus used for the first GUI save icon. The 5.25” was already on its way out, much like the 8” had all but disappeared by 1982. The reason was size for the 8” disk and capacity for the 5.25” disc. The 5.25” maxed at about 360KB, while the 8” could hold up to 1.2MB, but was too wide for the average desktop case. The 3.25” started with 360KB, quickly jumped to 720KB, and finally topped out at 1.44MB. Also, the advantage of a hard case versus the actually floppy floppy was a winner.

PARKLIFE

[19QOS19]

Enjoy your retirement. 

[HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows]

16 minutes ago, TxRover said:

No. By the time the first general use GUI’s came into use, roughly mid-1980’s, the 3.5” floppy standard had just been adopted and it was thus used for the first GUI save icon. The 5.25” was already on its way out, much like the 8” had all but disappeared by 1982. The reason was size for the 8” disk and capacity for the 5.25” disc. The 5.25” maxed at about 360KB, while the 8” could hold up to 1.2MB, but was too wide for the average desktop case. The 3.25” started with 360KB, quickly jumped to 720KB, and finally topped out at 1.44MB. Also, the advantage of a hard case versus the actually floppy floppy was a winner.

 

[Molotov]

The NHS is the envy of the world 

[greendot]

[Dunfermline Don]

Are you saving up for the Wembley weekend? or even to go to the World Cup Finals.

[coprolite]

2 hours ago, pozbaird said:

I know this isn’t a saying - but do the younger generation know that our school week was Monday - Friday, 9am to 4pm, and we never got zillions of days off for pesky viruses, election days, teachers going on strike, or any number of shite excuses for not putting in a full week.

Not advocating the return of the belt, but a Mitre Mouldmaster square in the haw-maws, on a blaes pitch, in February, in 2c temps and sleet, while wearing black gutties and a wafer-thin gym T Shirt would sort out these soft wee fcukers these days.

Luxury! We used to have to get out of the lake at three o'clock in the morning etc....