Gettin Older......

GuanYin

Over the past couple of years I've noticed that I'm not as up for going out as I used to be and I can't drink a quater of what I used to.

I still like going out to gigs/clubs, but I find it less appealing durng the week and many nights I actually look forward to just doing nothing and going to bed early, mainly coz I don' like being tired or hungover in work.

Coz I have a very varied social group age wise, most of my friends find this hard to understand, but does/did anyone else find priorities changing as they reached mid-late twenties or am I just turning into a workaholic as some of my friends suggest.

Dustaz

Why do you think pubs and nightclubs are full of young uns?:)


Yeh, happens to the best of us (well me anyway;) ). Youve been there, done that and dont need to drink 150 pints every night and quite enjoy a night in.


However, when you eschew a night on the tiles to stay in and watch Pat Kenny.... THATS when you need to start worrying.

Mossy Monk

i feel like that and i am only 23. when i was 17 i could drink a lot more than what i can do now. not that i'm complaining. it costs less to go out

Vlad_Tepes

I think it has nothing to do with you age. It's merely the effect of working-life. I am 25 and I can still take a lot...on holidays. My job is hard and I am happy when I can stretch my legs out in front of a dumb film, at home.
I might ne a little advantaged though. I have to work with teen between 13 and 18 years, and believe me, they keep you young. Since they seem to like me pretty much, they take me out with them and I manage, while partying with them, to feel like an 18 years old madman.
Age is relative, and it's not because you can't swallow huge amounts of alcohol that you are old. You're tired, that's all.

solice

im 19 and it only takes 3 pints of murphys before im merry.

Stark

I'm 21 and I've no stamina left these days. Was always a light-drinker from the point of view of getting drunk, but the lethargic side-effects seem to have quadrupled for me not the mention the effects on my mental stability (talking to myself when hungover etc.) I really should give it up, but it's really hard when people see you not drinking and just won't let it drop.

solice

age is really a mental thing. my neighbour is well over 80, and he cycled to fermoy the other day, thats about 30 miles in both directions

Sposs

feel the same,im starting to enjoy a pizza and dvd on a saturday night now instead of going out.............how sad .

Agree with earlier post,it really pisses me off when people see your not drinking in a pub and just won't let it rest and actually buy you a pint to make you drink

the fnj

I decided about two weeks ago that I'm going to try and grow old as ungracefully as possible, so hopefully I'll never fall into that Sunday golf routine, I want to be accused of having a mid life crisis for the next sixty years.

At mid twenties I don’t think you should be starting to feel old, you don’t reach you physical peak till your twenty-eight. Feeling old, and being tired of the same nights out are different things.

patch

......at 28!!?? Fup...I suppose i've a half year left till I hang up my guns then.....

Tellox

I'm 15 and have my best years ahead of me

solice

i think it might be unfair to show off the fact that we are still in our teens, but heh. nanananananananananananana

Beëlzebooze

no point in laughing Solice, WE know what's ahead of you, WE'VE allready been there, done it and got the STD to prove it.

solice

i dont mind growing old as long as i have done everything that i want to do when im still young first. growing old is something that happens to everyone, dont much see the point in getting down or upset about it

Tusky

age is really a mental thing. my neighbour is well over 80, and he cycled to fermoy the other day, thats about 30 miles in both directions

not really true...he could cycle that far because im sure he keeps fit, not ebcause he doesnt let his age get to his head...

solice

thats true but i couldnt do it, not because im not fit enough but because i cant think that i could. he is strong and fit but mentally very astute and aware, he believes he is young, and he thinks he can do anything because of that

Hairy Homer

Nothing you can do about the aging process bubba. Can't turn the clock back. Just have to live with it.

My age begins with a four so let me share some experiences with you:

Top Ten Things about Being 40+

1 You've passed your driving test
2 You never feel intimidated any more by beautiful young women in your presence
3 Fully comp car insurance costs less than 500 YoYo
4 You were at school with a music star you're not ashamed to tell your friends about
5 You can wear whatever the fuck you like without wondering what other insecure geeks think of it.
6 When Ireland beat England at football, you were there
7 You lived through a time when the music of the moment was actually worth listening to
8 You save a fortune on Clearasil
9 You've passed the age of military service so if that gob****e Bush really does spark off world war three you can stay at home and comfort all the young widows.
10 Unlike body piercings or tattoos, the things that made you a fashion victim have long been dumped, burned or swept off barber's floors leaving no trace of your folly.

Bottom Ten things about being 40 +

1 Fat
2 Bald
3 Breath smells funny
4 All your money goes on your kids' fashions and foibles
5 The only women who look at you twice have aged even worse than you have
6 Nothing on the radio worth listening to
7 Bouncers look askance at you as you make your way into trendy pubs. (Their day will come though, in a few year's time you'll be able to do them for genuine ageism)
8 You spent a fortune going to Ireland rugby matches in the 1990s when they never won anything, and now that they're good again you can't get a ticket for love nor money
9 Just lately you've been hesitating before deleting that spam offer for cheap Viagra
10 Someone somewhere has a picture of you with a mullet haircut

Dustaz

Homer, thats the funniest original post ive read in ages.

POTM without a doubt. Im going to email that to all those people 10 years older than me

BoobeR

im 19 and it only takes 3 pints of murphys before im merry.

.. You must gulp them down pretty quickly then, that isnt quite right, unless you barely ever drink

As for me i'm the same as Tellox, got the rest of my life to look forward to!

BoobeR

and Hairy Homer, you rule!
Yeah has to be POTM! hahah Could be on HUmour if you liked good job!

Stark

as regards that 80 year old cyclist, regular excercise is known to slow the ageing process signifigantly and you get much better quality of life during those years. Plenty of 80 year olds who did excercise throughout their lives and still run races. Saw one guy on the Late late show before, was 75 and apart from the grey hair and wrinkles around the eyes, you'd swear he was 30 from all the fitness training he did.

Hairy Homer

Originally posted by k.oriordan
as regards that 80 year old cyclist, regular excercise is known to slow the ageing process signifigantly and you get much better quality of life during those years. Plenty of 80 year olds who did excercise throughout their lives and still run races. Saw one guy on the Late late show before, was 75 and apart from the grey hair and wrinkles around the eyes, you'd swear he was 30 from all the fitness training he did.

Saw some interesting stats for the participants in the London Marathon some time back. Apparently the most common age group for male participants is 30-39 and the second most common is 40-49. Only then do the 20-somethings come in.

So the message is, as you get older you slow down but you can keep going at that pace for longer.

tomcosgrave

So the message is, as you get older you slow down but you can keep going at that pace for longer.

Not at everything, Homer, not at everything, or so I'm led to believe...at least, not without the assistance of the substances offered in those spam mails you hesitate in deleting :-)

The Corinthian

Originally posted by tomcosgrave
Not at everything, Homer, not at everything, or so I'm led to believe...at least, not without the assistance of the substances offered in those spam mails you hesitate in deleting :-)

No, he's right, you last a lot longer, the older you get. But that's more to do with experience and knowing how to pace yourself than physical aging.

Hairy Homer

I was only talking about Marathons mate;-).

What were you thinking about?

And what sort of diseased cretin would pop a Viagra before running a Marathon? It's bad enough having to cover your crotch and nipples with vaseline to prevent friction burns without having to worry about an artificially inflated tumescence being worn down by your shorts over a distance of 26 + miles.

Yurrgh!! That's obscene. Now look what you've made me go and do.

The Corinthian

Originally posted by Hairy Homer
I was only talking about Marathons mate;-).

Errr... So was I... Yes, Marathons...

Hairy Homer

Originally posted by The Corinthian
Errr... So was I... Yes, Marathons...

Sorry Corinthian. I was slapping down the previous poster, not your good self.

tomcosgrave

I was slapping down

Ewww ;-)