Times change, things go obsolete, and you will turn old. How old are you? Perhaps these are things you used to say, but sound like complete nonsense to your nephews and nieces:

1. "Please write a testimonial on my Friendster!"

Friendster was the rage before people even knew what Facebook or social media was. Testimonials were the grandfather of wall posts.

2. "Page me when you reached the meeting point, ok?"

There was a time in Singapore's history where people were actually on time because they couldn't WhatsApp/SMS their friends and lie that they are on the way when they are actually still at home.

3. "I'll see you on IRC tonight! You tried this new thing called ICQ?"

We also take it for granted that our friends are now just a WhatsApp/Facebook message away on our phones. Back in the day, we had to sit at the computer and chat with our friends - if we can identify them by their nicks.

Before there was Tinder, IRC was the de facto way to hook up with strangers online sans profile pictures. 'Hi, intro? ASL? 15/m/Woodlands'.

4. "Go flip the LD to side B, I'm too lazy to get up."

This is one technology that is not going to come back like the vinyl record. Who likes to get up from their seats halfway through the movie just to change from Side A to Side B?

5. "Lend me a pencil, the tape came out of the cassette again."

We used to fix things that were spoilt. Now we just buy replacements when something goes out of order - like mobile phones.

6. "The game is not working? Blow in the cartridge."

There were two methods: the 'blow and smack the cartridge on the lap', or the 'blow with saliva'. If all else fails, blow into the game console.

7. "Let's go to Fantasy Island and take the Subarashi!"

Probably the most fun theme park of the 90s. Dubious safety records though, quite a few had been hurt seriously on the Subarashi ride.

8. "Remember to tape the 9pm drama, make sure you don't tape over last night's episode!"

Your worst nightmare is when you mis-timed the record timing and you miss the last 5 minutes of each show. The worst thing is when you didn't know that the news was extended 15 minutes because of Parliament coverage so you had 15 minutes of boring politicians instead of X-files.

9. "All the happening kids hang out at Centrepoint."

You'd think classic hangout spots would be timeless right? Wrong. Centrepoint used to be the place to be. Now ask anyone born after 1995 and they would have no idea what you're talking about. Even 'newer' buildings like Heeren which used to be happening is no longer a hangout for youths.

10. "Eh what's the teletext page number for plane arrivals?"

The ol' trusty Teletext that gave us plane arrival/departure information, stocks prices, lottery results and even television programme timings. Too bad things like Google has killed it off.

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