When you remember buying monthly hobby magazines for 60p and today;s price for Model Engineer's Workshop in WHSmith is £3-95p.
Bought my once-per-year issues of ME / EIM / MEW & PW and got knocked back for £13-50p.
Once-per-year could become biennial at those prices with so little editorial content and too many articles along the lines of, " ...continued from page xyz in the July issue"!
Zero editorial in August MEW, just an advert for a speed controller 'manufacturer'!
Outrageous! I made the mistake of not cancelling the direct debit last month so I'm in for another year of CNC and (ex)Myford. :(
Getting old when:- You reach to pull down your magnifier visor, when reading the newspaper at breakfast. You drop a small nut, and just get a new one from the packet, because bending down to find it is hard work.
When: (1) You'd rather walk around your trailer instead of stepping over the A frame.
(b) You start looking at advertisements for electric start kits for your MAC Velocette.
JW²
When: a) Need to keep within reach of the loo. b) Forget to zip-up after using the loo. c) Forget to unzip before using the loo.
You know when your getting old when you come in from the garage and ask your wife if she has seen the screw driver your waving in front of her face as you cant find it.
Martin P
I must be getting old then ... I've just been looking for the screwdriver that I was holding and getting annoyed I could not find it :)
I must be getting old then ... I've just been looking for the screwdriver that I was holding and getting annoyed I could not find it :)
You know you're getting old when you wash your face in the bath and realise you've still got your specs on.
Allan
Well when I look at my Zeus Book ... and see that it was bought pre-decimalization,
my 'new one' was 0.80p and I see current price on Amazon is £7.95
The lasting legacy from the years of Labour mis-rule is that a Pound Sterling is now only worth a shilling.
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