My god I am middle aged!

geordieindevon
geordieindevon Posts: 127
edited March 2010 in The bottom bracket
Just read this and I thought middle age started at 40+!!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... at-58.html

I am sure in my parents day middle aged was much later!! Oh well I am now middle aged...I guess that explains my poor fitness on the bike! :roll:

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  • dg74
    dg74 Posts: 656
    Me and you both then fella.

    36 and on the heap. May as well trade in the Specialized and get a Harley.
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,693
    You're as young as the woman you feel...I must feel 48 then.
  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Splottboy wrote:
    You're as young as the woman you feel...I must feel 48 then.

    If you're as young as the woman you feel, that must make me ageless...
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  • dg74
    dg74 Posts: 656
    deptfordmarmoset wrote:
    Splottboy wrote:
    You're as young as the woman you feel...I must feel 48 then.

    If you're as young as the woman you feel, that must make me ageless...

    spot the singleton
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    I've got the spread, now it seems I am MA'd :(
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • AndyD2574
    AndyD2574 Posts: 1,034
    dg74 wrote:
    Me and you both then fella.

    36 and on the heap. May as well trade in the Specialized and get a Harley.

    I got a Harley then sold it after 6 months...........BUT.............I WAS ONLY 32!!!!!!!!!!!!
    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

    At least I have already had my mid life crisis!!!!!!!
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  • Ginjafro
    Ginjafro Posts: 572
    Just read this and I thought middle age started at 40+!!

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... at-58.html

    What do you expect, its the Daily Telegraph. Mind you if it had been the Daily Mail they'd be claiming Middle Age begins at 25!
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  • dg74
    dg74 Posts: 656
    AndyD2574 wrote:
    dg74 wrote:
    Me and you both then fella.

    36 and on the heap. May as well trade in the Specialized and get a Harley.

    I got a Harley then sold it after 6 months...........BUT.............I WAS ONLY 32!!!!!!!!!!!!
    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

    At least I have already had my mid life crisis!!!!!!!

    I come from a family of motor cyclists. It's coming but I'm resisting so far. Gonna be hard when HD are opening a superstore round the corner from me.
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    AndyD2574 wrote:
    dg74 wrote:
    Me and you both then fella.

    36 and on the heap. May as well trade in the Specialized and get a Harley.

    I got a Harley then sold it after 6 months...........BUT.............I WAS ONLY 32!!!!!!!!!!!!
    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

    At least I have already had my mid life crisis!!!!!!!

    By Christ I hate Harleys, Southpark got it right re Harley riders :lol::wink: . If Im going to be carrying a few extra pounds and wrapped in tight leather (as if lycra isnt bad enough) it will be astride a Ducati 1198. If Im going to have a crisis Im doing in style 8) .
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ginjafro wrote:
    Just read this and I thought middle age started at 40+!!

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... at-58.html

    What do you expect, its the Daily Telegraph. Mind you if it had been the Daily Mail they'd be claiming Middle Age begins at 25!

    All that outrage is bad for your health.

    Reduces your life expectancy.

    Obviously...
    _
  • AndyD2574
    AndyD2574 Posts: 1,034
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    AndyD2574 wrote:
    dg74 wrote:
    Me and you both then fella.

    36 and on the heap. May as well trade in the Specialized and get a Harley.

    I got a Harley then sold it after 6 months...........BUT.............I WAS ONLY 32!!!!!!!!!!!!
    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

    At least I have already had my mid life crisis!!!!!!!

    By Christ I hate Harleys, Southpark got it right re Harley riders :lol::wink: . If Im going to be carrying a few extra pounds and wrapped in tight leather (as if lycra isnt bad enough) it will be astride a Ducati 1198. If Im going to have a crisis Im doing in style 8) .

    Hence the Superduke R!!

    The defining moment was when I was out with a mate.............who WAS overweight and middleaged and he goy of his Harley.........got out a cloth and started to polish it........while wearing a HD leather skull cap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................show me to the blue oyster bar!!!
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  • Ho hum
    Ho hum Posts: 236
    Och, load of bloody pish.

    You are as old as you feel.
  • dg74
    dg74 Posts: 656
    Stewie Griffin wrote:
    AndyD2574 wrote:
    dg74 wrote:
    Me and you both then fella.

    36 and on the heap. May as well trade in the Specialized and get a Harley.

    I got a Harley then sold it after 6 months...........BUT.............I WAS ONLY 32!!!!!!!!!!!!
    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

    At least I have already had my mid life crisis!!!!!!!

    By Christ I hate Harleys, Southpark got it right re Harley riders :lol::wink: . If Im going to be carrying a few extra pounds and wrapped in tight leather (as if lycra isnt bad enough) it will be astride a Ducati 1198. If Im going to have a crisis Im doing in style 8) .

    I bloody love Harleys. Not the new versions though, the old chop style Harleys are cracking. I'd have one of those hands down. Or a Triumph.
  • Stevie2wheels
    Stevie2wheels Posts: 85
    edited March 2010
    You're only as old as you feel! Too true. I'm 41 and feel great, especially since I've taken up cycling again! It makes me feel younger, apart from when my wife laughs at me in lycra! (that's not even when I'm on the bike :oops: )

    I work as a staff nurse in a busy A&E dept and I see many people old and young alike coming through the doors that do not look their age, either looking way to old for their age or fantastic for their age. had a 92 year on Monday that walked into the dept with a broken scaphoid, she was unbelievable for her age. She looked as fit as fiddle and was a sharp as a tack. Yet the same day looked after a chap that was having an MI aged 39!

    Stevie.[/img]
  • claash
    claash Posts: 145
    Linked to this take a look at the 33 reasons for cycling on this site :lol:
    I am sure it said somewhere that cycling keeps you looking young :lol:
    So even with my 3* years I can't be looking too bad! 8) And a girl has to do what a girl has to do-So ride like crazy it is!

    :wink:
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    This line: "The news that 58 is "over the hill" may come as a surprise to anyone who has passed the milestone and feels they are not yet in the twilight of their lives"

    What's the average life exxpectancy - it's about 70 isn't it? So after 58 you have probably expectation of less than 12 years. I'd say that was twilight and to think anything else is sheer delusion.
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Stevie2wheels wrote:
    You're only as old as you feel! Too true. I'm 41 and feel great, especially since I've taken up cycling again! It makes me feel younger, apart from when my wife laughs at me in lycra! (that's not even when I'm on the bike :oops: )
    .

    My wife laughs at me in lycra too - i think it's their job.
  • Muddybill
    Muddybill Posts: 10
    Ha Ha oldies.

    I'm only 32 so still got 3 years of life left! Hang on, it's quarter to 9. Time to get the Ovaltine on and go to bed! :D
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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    Porgy wrote:
    This line: "The news that 58 is "over the hill" may come as a surprise to anyone who has passed the milestone and feels they are not yet in the twilight of their lives"

    What's the average life exxpectancy - it's about 70 isn't it? So after 58 you have probably expectation of less than 12 years. I'd say that was twilight and to think anything else is sheer delusion.

    Can anyone recommend what lights to use in the twilight years? I may need to get some soon.
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  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    Porgy wrote:
    This line: "The news that 58 is "over the hill" may come as a surprise to anyone who has passed the milestone and feels they are not yet in the twilight of their lives"

    What's the average life exxpectancy - it's about 70 isn't it? So after 58 you have probably expectation of less than 12 years. I'd say that was twilight and to think anything else is sheer delusion.

    For someone of 58 life expectancy is about another 25 years - so on the home stretch but not about to keel over.
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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    Porgy wrote:
    Stevie2wheels wrote:
    You're only as old as you feel! Too true. I'm 41 and feel great, especially since I've taken up cycling again! It makes me feel younger, apart from when my wife laughs at me in lycra! (that's not even when I'm on the bike :oops: )
    .

    My wife laughs at me in lycra too - i think it's their job.

    I laugh at Jake when he's in lycra, compulsory you know.

    The irony of it is the first time I met him he was in the lycra :shock:
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  • markyboy2005
    markyboy2005 Posts: 465
    Ginjafro wrote:
    Just read this and I thought middle age started at 40+!!

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healt ... at-58.html

    What do you expect, its the Daily Telegraph. Mind you if it had been the Daily Mail they'd be claiming Middle Age begins at 25!

    Surely they would be claiming Middle Age can be blamed on the Middle East (same first name) and Islam and asylum seekers and single mums other very un-British stuff...... :roll:
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Tom Butcher wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    This line: "The news that 58 is "over the hill" may come as a surprise to anyone who has passed the milestone and feels they are not yet in the twilight of their lives"

    What's the average life exxpectancy - it's about 70 isn't it? So after 58 you have probably expectation of less than 12 years. I'd say that was twilight and to think anything else is sheer delusion.

    For someone of 58 life expectancy is about another 25 years - so on the home stretch but not about to keel over.

    When I hit 60 is when I start living life like everyday might be my last - and pi55ing away my child's inheritance. :lol:
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,702
    Woohoo, at 37 I can now have a mid life crisis. Would explain my sudden interest in young Lost in Thought and splashing out far too much money on a carbon bike. :lol:
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    I had a bit of a mid life crisis when i reached 22. Since then I've been pretty much OK - but I think I might be heading into one now though I'm not sure. How can you tell if you're not into motorbikes, fast cars or getting off with girls half your age?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    *confused*

    LIFE BEGINS at 40, doesn't it??

    I confess that until I was 40, my kids and a decent career were signs I'd done something, but I can't say I had been hugely happy for a lot of it.

    Met my partner at 41 and haven't looked back since. Life still throws a lot of sh*t at me, but at least I have a life I am content with and someone who makes me really happy around. Am sure it was maturity, the confidence that comes with experience and the serenity of knowing I've survived thus far that enabled me to 'start over' when I was obviously well into middle age!! :lol:

    The cycling brought us together and it's still a passion for us both...
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,702
    Porgy wrote:
    I had a bit of a mid life crisis when i reached 22. Since then I've been pretty much OK - but I think I might be heading into one now though I'm not sure. How can you tell if you're not into motorbikes, fast cars or getting off with girls half your age?

    If you aren't into at least one of those you aren't having a mid life crisis :lol:
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Pross wrote:
    Porgy wrote:
    I had a bit of a mid life crisis when i reached 22. Since then I've been pretty much OK - but I think I might be heading into one now though I'm not sure. How can you tell if you're not into motorbikes, fast cars or getting off with girls half your age?

    If you aren't into at least one of those you aren't having a mid life crisis :lol:

    But I think mine is manifesting through my cycling - I've done more cycling in the past 10 months than in the rest of my life put together....or is that just SCS?

    And I am getting panic attacks when I try to work out how much time I've got left to do everything I want to do before I die.

    last year I spent nearly *hmmmf* quid getting my hair cut and coloured so that I looked younger.

    I've become very interested in women 2/3 of age.

    Thin end of the wedge I reckon. :? it'll be the gym next...

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