Signs you're getting old

bagpusscp

Reading the obituary columns in the papers.

Rob Sallnow

McBain_v1 wrote:

- I don't get R&B and all that.

That's because R&B is supposed to stand for Rhythm & Blues, rather than the Rap & Bollox that is pedalled under the name now :evil:

Fear not...R&B still stands for Rhythm & Blues.....what you are refering to is RnB....the stuff chavettes love.

V-twin

Finding a bit of stick in the garage and saying "I'll hang on to that; it'll come in really handy for stirring paint"

Mike Healey

Not being able to remember what it was like to be nostalgic about the last time you had sex

popette

V-twin wrote:

Finding a bit of stick in the garage and saying "I'll hang on to that; it'll come in really handy for stirring paint"

how true

Mike Healey

Only kneeling on the carpet if there's a piece of furniture handy to lever yourself back up

Not jumping down from anything higher than a packet of Rizlas

Oooh, I wonder who was kicked out of the X factor tonight?

Who exactly are the celebrities in "I'm a celeb..."?

Why does anyone think Russell Brand is funny?

Must set the video for 60 Minute Makeover

How do you set the video?

These DVD thingies won't catch on, you know

Mobile phones are the instrument of the devil

dag_on_a_bike

Mike Healey wrote:

Not being able to remember what it was like to be nostalgic about the last time you had sex

Old is not caring what it was like...the last time you had sex.

SteveR_100Milers

hairy earlobes, in an age when baldness is a fashion statement. I seem to be plucking them at an ever increasing frequency...

Mike Willcox1

SteveR_100Milers wrote:

hairy earlobes, in an age when baldness is a fashion statement. I seem to be plucking them at an ever increasing frequency...

My ears seem to be getting bigger.

Everything else is getting smaller except maybe my belly.

mazza

well all my mates say im going bald and my eye brows and ears seem to make up for the lack hair on to top of my head im 36 but feel fitter that when i was twenty and i dont feel like im aproaching 40

HungryCol

Mike Healey wrote:

Only kneeling on the carpet if there's a piece of furniture handy to lever yourself back up

Not quite there yet but I fully understand.

As Billy Connolly once said "A sign of getting old is when you can't get out of a bean-bag"

So ture....

bagpusscp

Wearing the Homer Simpson slippers the MIL bought you 2 Christmases ago.

dunnnooo

Getting out of bed slowly and still feeling every joint click or crack.

Wondering whether your nose will be able to support your specs if they get any thicker.

Looking forward to bed at 9 in the evening.

Deciding that pubs are better than clubs. Or even better, a night in front of the TV.

At the grand old age of 19...

BiggerBoat

You walk into a room and can't remember for the life of you why you went in it.

You answer "yes" to your partner no matter what they say, even if you haven't heard them.

You can "pop" your knees louder than your fingers.

Multiple trips to the bog at night.

You know all about equity, pensions, ISA's and interest rates.

ivancarlos

Inspired from the album of the year thread - you stop buying music and can't be bothered listening to new bands because they sound like a pastiche of what's already been done before.

popette

I'm crap at doing introductions now because I usually have forgotten one or both of the names of the people I'm introducing to each other.

When calling my children, I may call out three or four names of other children/husband etc until I finally settle on the right one.

lateralus

popette wrote:

When calling my children, I may call out three or four names of other children/husband etc until I finally settle on the right one.

snap! I've only got 2, and I still get them mixed up more often than not. :oops:

The scary bit is, I'm turning into my dad. How we used to laugh at him when he did that! :roll:

chrisjsmith

I do that

Another thing - I've started listening to Radio 4 !?

mark 1

Sometimes listening to radio 2 is like being in a time warp, same dj's and music from when I listened to radio 1, :? also I can never remember my passwords etc, must remember to write them on a sticky and put them some where safe. god!! my beards going grey
It dosn't seem that long ago we were jumping off the stage at the Stranglers gigs, ahh those were the days!! wonder if I could get away with a mohican these days?? :P

ricadus

Well a beard's kind of mohican shaped – just upside down and turned through 90 degrees. Try dyeing it bright red and gelling it into spikes.

on the road

I'd forget my own head if it wasn't screwed on :?

Shavedlegs

I went for a hair cut and the barber did my nasal hair.

FatBlokeFromFelixstowe

Going to a garden centre and being able to identify plants without looking at the ticket, watching "grumpy old men" on television and agreeing with every point, telling the kids that all this modern music is rubbish and it was proper music in my day.

shockedsoshocked

I think I must be starting early. I put the tea cosy on the milk and went to put the teapot in the fridge this morning :shock:

magibob

Looking at your CV and seeing something that you did as a full grown adult and father, and realizing it was 20 years ago!

Not being bald, being "Eggshell blonde"

Realizing that if you are a bloke, You do have to get older, you don't have to grow up.

"You don't stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_AYPkAyaDc Good song by a mate of mine about all this. A lot of it is specific to Mallorca, but the sentiment holds true for all.

Cheers

Andy

I'm 48 BTW

SteveR_100Milers

I get me eyebrows trimmed now at the hairdressers, either this is age, or I am now better looking because if it...?

oldnewbikercp

Seeing someone acrossthe room and thinking thats so and so and then realising it cant possibly be them as they havnt aged a day.

DavidBelcher

chrisjsmith wrote:

I do that

Another thing - I've started listening to Radio 4 !?

Nothing wrong with that, as anyone currently tuning in for I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue or Count Arthur Strong will tell you.

David