Signs that you're getting old

Mister Vain · 04-07-2021 12:55pm

olestoepoke wrote: »

That could pull a T-Rex out of quicksand:D

That could herd bullock into a shed.

AndrewJRenko · 04-07-2021 12:58pm

New Home wrote: »

Even Frasier would be too much, these days, with Bulldog's behaviour.

There's an hour of Frasier every weekday morning on C4.

the beer revolu · 04-07-2021 1:07pm

To those posters a bit back that feel physically old at 33 -

I was the fittest I've ever been in my life at 45.
Still in reasonable shape @51 but there's a lot of wear and tear, now.
You should have years!

Mad_maxx · 04-07-2021 1:14pm

McGinniesta wrote: »

When you don't wake up every single morning with 6-8 inches of raging blue steel in your cacks that could pulverise reinforced concrete.

Know what you mean

sporina · 04-07-2021 4:11pm

When you prefer to be at home more.. 10 yrs ago I would always have preferred to be out of the house.. whether it was at night and/or stay over at a mates or what ever..

In the last 5 yrs or know i have noticed that I prefer to come home after events rather than go to the pub or what ever (park covid for a while here)..

I prefer to pay for a taxi home rather than stay in a mates (no matter the cost)..

This makes me feel kinda sad and boring but its what I prefer.. love my home comforts..

Definitely a sign for me that I am getting on.. and only 41.5

KKkitty · 04-07-2021 8:22pm

Was drinking wine earlier. Had a shot of whiskey in between. Absolutely fecked now.

Cake Man · 05-07-2021 12:45am

Went through my phone contact list the other day for the first time in actual years. There were names of people in there that I genuinely have no idea who they are. Also a few contacts who aren't even alive including family members and close friends.

partyguinness · 05-07-2021 12:35pm

McGinniesta wrote: »

When you don't wake up every single morning with 6-8 inches of raging blue steel in your cacks that could pulverise reinforced concrete.

I still do but that is only stopping my body from wetting myself during the night. Then trying to get it to go down so I can relieve myself.

Takes some amount of mental concentration.

Raytown Rocks · 05-07-2021 12:38pm

I sneezed getting into my car 2 weeks ago
Have to get physio on my back now:(:(:(

Sgt Hartman · 05-07-2021 12:51pm

KKkitty wrote: »

Was drinking wine earlier. Had a shot of whiskey in between. Absolutely fecked now.

As the old saying goes, never mix the grain and the grape.

My OH was showing me an Instagram video of a Rolo cheesecake. Years ago I would have thought that it looked amazing but now I think to myself "This thing would put you on the road to Type 2 Diabetes"

Also when I was a kid I always thought Snap, Crackle and Pop was associated with Rice Krispies. Now I associate it with joint crepitus.

Feisar · 05-07-2021 12:52pm

olestoepoke wrote: »

That could pull a T-Rex out of quicksand:D

That's a new one on me!

That could beat bad ass out of a field of carrots.

black & white · 05-07-2021 4:22pm

Ardillaun wrote: »

You’re telling a funny story at a family gathering that isn’t getting the attention it clearly deserves, belatedly realize you’ve told it before to them more than once, and press on regardless.

When I do that, the family all say ‘during the war’

partyguinness · 05-07-2021 4:25pm

Lillian Thuram's son is in the French squad at the Euros and Enrico Chiesa's son is in the Italian squad.

branie2 · 05-07-2021 4:48pm

The grey in your hair

gormdubhgorm · 05-07-2021 5:15pm

partyguinness wrote: »

Lillian Thuram's son is in the French squad at the Euros and Enrico Chiesa's son is in the Italian squad.

And in your head you think it was 'not that long ago' when you can remember Luis Enrique, Roberto Mancini and Gareth Southgate playing!

partyguinness · 05-07-2021 5:22pm

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

And in your head you think it was 'not that long ago' when you can remember Luis Enrique, Roberto Mancini and Gareth Southgate playing!

Sure Luis Enrique played against Ireland at the 2002 WC and that was only a few years ago...no wait...

gormdubhgorm · 05-07-2021 5:34pm

partyguinness wrote: »

Sure Luis Enrique played against Ireland at the 2002 WC and that was only a few years ago...no wait...

Yeah I remember I did that exact thing when England were in the Rugby WC final 2019. I said 'ah sure England won it a few years ago.'

When do you think that was?

Me: 2003?

How long ago was that?

Me: Jayus...

sporina · 05-07-2021 5:39pm

Cake Man wrote: »

Went through my phone contact list the other day for the first time in actual years. There were names of people in there that I genuinely have no idea who they are. Also a few contacts who aren't even alive including family members and close friends.

v sad discovery but a sure sign of ageing

partyguinness · 05-07-2021 5:41pm

I can no longer remember all the women (one night stands) I slept with over the decades. Married 11 years now and all those women are fading into memory and the ones I can remember I cannot recall their names.

pgj2015 · 05-07-2021 6:19pm

These days I prefer to buy a plain black/grey t shirt over one of say the wu tang clan or some film I like.

pgj2015 · 05-07-2021 6:20pm

partyguinness wrote: »

I can no longer remember all the women (one night stands) I slept with over the decades. Married 11 years now and all those women are fading into memory and the ones I can remember I cannot recall their names.

names? id say I never knew 90% of their names.

Mister Vain · 05-07-2021 6:27pm

My ex put up a post wishing her son a happy 18th birthday. Jaysis.

fryup · 05-07-2021 7:42pm

when you pile on the pounds, and you can't get rid of it

rn · 05-07-2021 8:14pm

Went "sprinting" up the driveway earlier... All my inside bits jiggled. That used not happen in my 30s!

Fils · 05-07-2021 8:22pm

When you start buying your graveyard plot and pick out coffin.

Purple Mountain · 05-07-2021 8:51pm

Fils wrote: »

When you start buying your graveyard plot and pick out coffin.

My uncle and aunt in law went one further by erecting their headstone and having 'In living memory' engraved on it years and years before they actually died.

ollaetta · 05-07-2021 8:57pm

partyguinness wrote: »

Lillian Thuram's son is in the French squad at the Euros and Enrico Chiesa's son is in the Italian squad.

Ian Wright's grandson is 19 and has just signed for Stoke.

peasant · 05-07-2021 9:31pm

branie2 wrote: »

The grey in your hair

...is no longer grey.
turns out it's white now :eek:

olestoepoke · 05-07-2021 10:38pm

peasant wrote: »

...is no longer grey.
turns out it's white now :eek:

Hair? You lucky bastards:D

New Home · 05-07-2021 11:45pm

olestoepoke wrote: »

Hair? You lucky bastards:D

Maybe it's hairs...

06-07-2021 2:37am

fryup wrote: »

when you pile on the pounds, and you can't get rid of it

Then it's official for me,
relevant username

Atlantic Dawn · 06-07-2021 2:52am

When the grey in your hair came out in a good tight hair cut for the last 5 years but no longer does.

Mister Vain · 06-07-2021 7:52am

ollaetta wrote: »

Ian Wright's grandson is 19 and has just signed for Stoke.

I had to double check that. I assumed you meant son. Jesus. Ian could be a great grandfather before he's 60 at this rate.

honeyjo · 23-07-2021 10:30am

As woman I knew I was old when I started buying sandals with a good sole

smillingsam · 23-07-2021 11:02am

When an "all-nighter" means you didn't have to get up during the night to use the toilet :)

riclad · 23-07-2021 10:13pm

when you buy clothes that are comfortable and cheap,no point in trying to keep up with fashion, it changes every year. you use coupons or buy special offers 2 for one,every time you go to the supermarket.

when the pubs were open ,you thought the music was too loud.you have a drawer full of old chargers ,old phones,old pc cables ,you will never use again.you buy christmas presents months in advance. you have friends that are divorced and on their second marriage.