Getting Old

Soni

OK Guys, i'm beginning to realise that i am getting old, not due to physical changes, i still physically feel 18, however the mind is changing, any of you felt that?

I'm the big 4 0 next year, and these are some of the things that i've noticed annoying me.

1. Deodorant cans. My wife gets me a different can of deodorant to try each time she goes shopping, whatever is on special and for some stupid reason they have invented locks on the cans - why?? I get ready for work in the mornings, normally running a little late after getting off the turbo trainer, and go to spray a can under my arm, only for it not to work, i then have to spend 5 minutes finding out how the thing unlocks......why bother having a lock on a can of deodorant, is it me? Or is this completely unnecessary?

2. The other week my wife went shopping, left my new cans on the side in the bathroom, running late again, i go to spray under my arms and hear a strange quiet noise and my underarms feeling wet, when i check underneath my arm its covered in white foam, its a can of Gillette shaving foam and not deodorant.....is it me??? Why bother having similar looking deodorant cans and shaving foam cans? They look almost identical!

3. Modern Technology. I've always been into technology and computers, however over the last 10 years i've noticed that the new video games require so much skill to play, the joypads have so many buttons on them that i don't know what button does what, or what button to press and when, and to make matters worse, you have to remember which ones do what on which game, as all the games have different moves and use different buttons for those moves which makes the games completely unplayable for me now.......

4. Our SKY remote has been playing up and won't pause, my 7 year old pauses it using the buttons on the box, however when i went to try and find the button last night i couldn't find it, as i was looking on the top near the four button round thingy, she went straight up to it and pressed the button, it was on the front of the unit, not on the top, we've only had the box about 3 years and i didn't know where the buttons were.....

5. Hearing. My Mrs keeps telling me i must be going deaf, as i have the volume on the TV up on around 36 out of 50, and i still have trouble hearing it - the sound sounds muffled, as though its all merging into one.... Went to the doctors the other day, she tested my hearing, knocked a tuning fork on her desk and puts it around my ear, and i have to tell her when the sound stops and i can't hear it anymore, she reckons my hearing appears fine, but why do i need the tv up so loud? This is really annoying, for example this evening i watched a really good thriller i recorded the other night, and i had to keep rewinding it to replay certain sections as i couldn't hear the words properly......

I find learning new things a lot harder than when i was younger......i'm starting to feel like me dad, he used to ask me how to do this and how to do that, and i felt the cleaver one at the time, but not anymore!

Anyway, rant over, i don't suppose i'm the only one that feels this way, although it does feel weird, as inside and outside i still act like a teenager, even my 2 daughters (7 & 11) tell me to grow up, but the brain is really struggling, makes me worried how it will cope in the future!! :shock:

Stone Glider

Yes, you are right, it is all over for you. Can I have your road bike? please!

P S Get a better hearing test than that. IIRC Specsavers now do hearing aids, etc.

EKIMIKE

Soni wrote:

...i felt the cleaver one at the time, but not anymore!

You serious?

MattC59

I was discussing this with my boss this morning, we came to the conclusiion that as you get older, the number of people you would actually punch in a confrontation goes down, but the number of people who you would like to punch increases considerably !!!

I turn 40 in May............

wiffachip

i didn't realise there were so many bairns on here

john-e-big-guns

Your at the big 40....fit some good brake-blocks...co's its all down hill from here :?

random man

I enjoyed the big 4 0, but the 5 0, that's another story

pottssteve

I'm 43. I hate just about everything.

2Phat4Rapha

Well, now you can look forward to 50 because Saga will start sending you junk mail. And at 60 you get poo sticks! (hint: it's to do with screening :oops: )

Which reminds me of a Billy Connoly tale. He says there's three things to remember when you reach 60,

- Never turn down the opportunity for a pee

- Never trust a f@art

- Never waste an erection ................ even if you are on your own :roll:

lemoncurd

2Phat4Rapha wrote:

- Never waste an erection ................ even if you are on your own :roll:

This is not a good idea when you're standing in a queue at the checkout in Sainsburys.

I got some very odd looks.

tlw1

MattC59 wrote:

I was discussing this with my boss this morning, we came to the conclusiion that as you get older, the number of people you would actually punch in a confrontation goes down, but the number of people who you would like to punch increases considerably !!!

Love that - so true

mingmong

Yep 41. Hypertension, myopia, general irritability and a resting pulse in the 50's.

upperoilcan

Pah !!!! you have nothing to worry about as you know when your getting old when you start crying over some demolition work that's being done outside your office window............ :shock:

greasedscotsman

Soni wrote:

5. Hearing. My Mrs keeps telling me i must be going deaf, as i have the volume on the TV up on around 36 out of 50, and i still have trouble hearing it - the sound sounds muffled, as though its all merging into one.... Went to the doctors the other day, she tested my hearing, knocked a tuning fork on her desk and puts it around my ear, and i have to tell her when the sound stops and i can't hear it anymore, she reckons my hearing appears fine, but why do i need the tv up so loud? This is really annoying, for example this evening i watched a really good thriller i recorded the other night, and i had to keep rewinding it to replay certain sections as i couldn't hear the words properly......

Do you have the heating cranked up as well? Just like my parents!

exlaser

random man wrote:

I enjoyed the big 4 0, but the 5 0, that's another story

so so true

bompington

None of the above apply to me at 47, I'm happy to report. But the real symptom of old age is creeping up on me - what are you supposed to do about hairy ears? Do serious roadies shave them?

2Phat4Rapha

what are you supposed to do about hairy ears?

Tweezers :twisted:

And as if nasal hair isn't bad enough, the b*ggers start sprouting out the top of your nose as well. How come it stops growing where you want it to and starts where you don't?

meanredspider

bompington wrote:

None of the above apply to me at 47, I'm happy to report. But the real symptom of old age is creeping up on me - what are you supposed to do about hairy ears? Do serious roadies shave them?

+1 in every way. I think that's what that long-hair trimmer I never used to use on my Braun razor is for...

Soni

MingMong wrote:

Yep 41. Hypertension, myopia, general irritability and a resting pulse in the 50's.

The resting heart rate is good though isn't?

Soni

greasedscotsman wrote:

Soni wrote:

5. Hearing. My Mrs keeps telling me i must be going deaf, as i have the volume on the TV up on around 36 out of 50, and i still have trouble hearing it - the sound sounds muffled, as though its all merging into one.... Went to the doctors the other day, she tested my hearing, knocked a tuning fork on her desk and puts it around my ear, and i have to tell her when the sound stops and i can't hear it anymore, she reckons my hearing appears fine, but why do i need the tv up so loud? This is really annoying, for example this evening i watched a really good thriller i recorded the other night, and i had to keep rewinding it to replay certain sections as i couldn't hear the words properly......

Do you have the heating cranked up as well? Just like my parents!

Luckily I don't feel te cold, don't wear coats often, although this will probably be the next thing that happens!

I remember an old boy (or at least I thought he was at the time) at my first place of work, I was 18 he must have been about 40ish, and I used to run everywhere, even past his office in a corridor, and never wore a coat, and he warned me that one day I will get a bad back when I get older as he used to be like me when he was younger and that's what happened to him....

Soni

Also I forgot another thing, your teeth start to move and you get larger gaps between your teeth and have to keep flossing!!!!

Frank the tank

I hit 5 0 this year, so what.

I prefer getting old to the far less attractive alternative.