Things that make you feel old...
Discussion
Having to have reading glasses and constantly misplacing them
Going shopping and being totally unable to read the small print on food labels as a result
Groaning every time I get out of a comfy chair
My knees
Reconstructive underwear
Letching at fit 50 year olds, realising they're now age appropriate rather than being old enough to be my father
Going back to places and realising it's been perhaps 25 years since the last time
Missing DOS shell
My eldest niece turning 21
Remembering being staggered when petrol passed the 50p mark
Going to gigs and being grateful to see at least one other old git in the sea of children's faces
Getting joint pain every time I drink
My natural hair colour is now piebald
Going shopping and being totally unable to read the small print on food labels as a result
Groaning every time I get out of a comfy chair
My knees
Reconstructive underwear
Letching at fit 50 year olds, realising they're now age appropriate rather than being old enough to be my father
Going back to places and realising it's been perhaps 25 years since the last time
Missing DOS shell
My eldest niece turning 21
Remembering being staggered when petrol passed the 50p mark
Going to gigs and being grateful to see at least one other old git in the sea of children's faces
Getting joint pain every time I drink
My natural hair colour is now piebald
Edited by oldbanger on Saturday 2nd April 09:30
Going to the doctors a few years ago and him saying 'Well at your age (about 40) things will begin to go wrong'.
Looking at fit young girls and thinking, 'I'm effectively just an old perv now.'
Perving over some fit female singer on TV and my wife saying, 'Nice, she's the same age as your daughter.'
My favourite phrase related to all of this "I'm 40 but feel like a 20 year old. Then I went out with 20 year olds and now I feel like I'm 40."
Looking at fit young girls and thinking, 'I'm effectively just an old perv now.'
Perving over some fit female singer on TV and my wife saying, 'Nice, she's the same age as your daughter.'
My favourite phrase related to all of this "I'm 40 but feel like a 20 year old. Then I went out with 20 year olds and now I feel like I'm 40."
Got false teeth. Have 2 sets of specs - one for driving and one for reading. Get up 3 times during the night to pee, and have to stand for ages waiting for it to drip out. Have arthritis. And I struggle to use things like tablets and smartphones. But never mind, my 9 year old grand-daughter comes to the rescue!
Worse though is remembering Andy Pandy was shown in black and white, and remember Listen with Mother on the afternoon radio!
And remembering buying my first pocket calculator for £12 in the late 70s, and playing Chuckie Egg on the BBC Model B.
Worse though is remembering Andy Pandy was shown in black and white, and remember Listen with Mother on the afternoon radio!
And remembering buying my first pocket calculator for £12 in the late 70s, and playing Chuckie Egg on the BBC Model B.
grumpyscot said:
Got false teeth. Have 2 sets of specs - one for driving and one for reading. Get up 3 times during the night to pee, and have to stand for ages waiting for it to drip out. Have arthritis. And I struggle to use things like tablets and smartphones. But never mind, my 9 year old grand-daughter comes to the rescue!
Worse though is remembering Andy Pandy was shown in black and white, and remember Listen with Mother on the afternoon radio!
And remembering buying my first pocket calculator for £12 in the late 70s, and playing Chuckie Egg on the BBC Model B.
Thank f*** it's not just me........Worse though is remembering Andy Pandy was shown in black and white, and remember Listen with Mother on the afternoon radio!
And remembering buying my first pocket calculator for £12 in the late 70s, and playing Chuckie Egg on the BBC Model B.
vournikas said:
The age of the music isn't that important. Perhaps more scary is that lots of the younger end can't see beyond Justin Bell-end and the X-Factor. The Stones, Beatles, many Motown acts and so on were making blinding music well before I was born, yet I still listen to, appreciate and love it, as I did in my late teens, early 20's and beyond.Today's kids =
It is scary though!
That I dated my first girl 51 years ago, that the E type Jag is 54 years old, and the people who made the music i listened to as a young man are now geriatrics..Bob Dylan is 74.
Yet, when I was 15, WW.2 had only finished 18 years before and seemed like ancient history.
Actually I know my age (67) and have no medications or arthritis, still go to track days and so on, so it could be a lot worse.
Yet, when I was 15, WW.2 had only finished 18 years before and seemed like ancient history.
Actually I know my age (67) and have no medications or arthritis, still go to track days and so on, so it could be a lot worse.
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