You know you're getting old when...

osarusan

...you start to make sounds of caution (a kind of eeeehjaysus sound whistled through slightly gritted teeth) when you go to lower yourself into a chair.

What other signs are there?

mannika

'the music is very loud' - everywhere
i actually called it 'the twitter' which I'm pretty sure makes me old.

Suffocate

This is gonna be one depressing thread

shedweller

All the mad tunes you listened to (and still do!) are now being called golden oldies.
Ah feck, how or when did that happen?

Moose9999

You don't have to up till 7:30 and for no good reason you get up at 6am

MadsL

You excitedly grab a ticket go see one of your favourite bands play one of your favourite albums in its entirety; then realise they are doing it because of the 20 year anniversary of the album release.

You know when there's good drying out.

Ted_YNWA

when you've seen 4/5 of these threads before.

Balmed Out

You start growing hair from your nose and ears and stop from your head.

Op is either very young or senile not to remember previous threads on this subject.

_Redzer_

You start seeng this thread pop up every few months

MadsL

_Redzer_ wrote: »

You start seeng this thread pop up every few months

*narrows eyes*

Join date Sept 2013 eh?

Sarn

MadsL wrote: »

*narrows eyes*

Join date Sept 2013 eh?

The youth of today are so cheeky. Wasn't like that in my day.

sunflower27

You end up in a nightclub and every time a new song starts and the crowd goes 'yeeeeeeaaaaah', you ask someone 'sorry, what is this song'?

ROCKMAN

When gravity and body parts become mortal enemies .....

Juniorhurler

When you stop giving a sh*te. I often go to Tesco in my slippers. Actually having slippers was probably the turning point now that I think about it.

Sunnyisland

You start to enjoy Christmas again...

AnonoBoy

WHO SAID THAT????????

preston johnny

You know you're getting old when...

All the noises I used to make during sex, I now make getting out of bed.

Daveysil15

I'm watching Terminator 2 at the moment. I can't believe its over 20 years old. It makes me feel old.

Mrs Garth Brooks

Daveysil15 wrote: »

I'm watching Terminator 2 at the moment. I can't believe its over 20 years old. It makes me feel old.

What channel is this on?

Sunnyisland

:DYour sweetie says
'Let's go upstairs and make love'
And you answer:
'Pick one, I can't do both!'

'OLD' IS WHEN...
Your friends compliment you
On your new alligator shoes
And you're barefoot!

'OLD' IS WHEN...
A sexy babe or hunk catches your fancy ...
And your pacemaker opens the garage door!

'OLD' IS WHEN...
Going braless pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.

'OLD' IS WHEN....
You don't care where your spouse goes
... Just as long as you don't have to go along.

'OLD' IS WHEN...
You are cautioned to slow down
By the doctor instead of by the police

'OLD' IS WHEN..
'Getting a little action'
Means you don't need to take any fibre today

'OLD' IS WHEN...
'Getting lucky' means you find your car
... In the parking lot.

'OLD' IS WHEN...
An 'all nighter' means not getting up
To use the bathroom.

AND
'OLD' IS WHEN.....
You are not sure these are jokes!
Have a good day!

"Young at heart"
(slightly older in other places!)
:P

The Backwards Man

You attend the 21st birthday of a classmate's son.

pajor

You sit down and instantly can feel a draught.

MJ23

When you call the internet "the google"

Mint Sauce

When you bump into people in the pub/nightclubs that you used to baby sit.

HardLuckWoman wrote: »

What channel is this on?

Film4

NuckingFacker

When you start planning journeys on the basis of where there's a jax so you can take a pis5.

rwg

When you have to explain to someone what things such as Napster, 56k modem and BBS are

RikkFlair

...you can't trust a fart.

Kintarō Hattori

You remember when electric windows in a car was something upmarket.

malibu4u

when all the gardai look so young

Stained Class

When your car tax becomes more expensive than your insurance.

AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH:mad:

donegal__road

when you mention the program The Waltons, and no-one knows what your talking about.

Mint Aero

MadsL wrote: »

*narrows eyes*

Join date Sept 2013 eh?

Right because you can't read boards unless you join :rolleyes:

Meangadh

When the students you taught are now teachers themselves.

When your students' parents are getting closer to your own age.

When your friends are more interested in tea parties than house parties.

Son Of A Vidic

osarusan wrote: »

You know you're getting old when...

You can't remember why you joined Boards.ie

humbert

Does remembering a time before the internet make you old yet? Not just dial-up but having to consult Encyclopaedia Britannica (and I don't mean on a CD but actually pulling out the index, finding the right volume and leafing through an actual book) if you wanted to know about something or someone.

Obligatory Ernie Cline reference.

Mint Aero

humbert wrote: »

Does remembering a time before the internet make you old yet? Not just dial-up but having to consult Encyclopaedia Britannica (and I don't mean on a CD but actually pulling out the index, finding the right volume and leafing through an actual book) if you wanted to know about something or someone.

Obligatory Ernie Cline reference.

I was still doing this in 2002 so not yet i'd say

K.Flyer

Your getting old when you clearly remember...

A pint was less than 50p.
A gallon of petrol was less than 80p.
You could drive down Grafton St.
The traffic on Dublin Quays went the other way.
Black and White TV with only 2 or 3 stations.
Reading through your kids school History Book and you remember when it happened.

Sunglasses Ron

K.Flyer wrote: »

Y.
Reading through your kids school History Book and you remember when it happened.

Question for the parents- do current school history books/ the LC course cover the likes of 9/11 and the start of the Iraq invasion? I'm trying hard to remember if even the end of the USSR was covered in my day (we definitely had Vietnam and the Cold War, but I can't recall if we actually finished the CW, and I don't think the textbooks covred the likes of the Good Friday Agreement, it was still just about current affairs by then). The current LC'ers are likely the first modern year who recall either barely or completely nothing about the biggest world event since WWII. It sill staggers me to imagine we could see something bigger in our current lifetime. Barring an asteroid strike, to me it just seems impossible.

OldGoat

Àhhhh bollix, I've forgotten what I was going to say.

Green Giant

songs I can remember being in the charts are being covered by current chart artists

football clubs are fielding teams with an average age younger than my own

Hoop66

ROCKMAN wrote: »

When gravity and body parts become mortal enemies .....

I was going to say "when your balls hang down lower than your cóck", but yours is more sophisticated.

OldNotWIse

A night out on Saturday floors you for all of Sunday and Monday, and the depressive episode lasts until Tuesday.

dr strangelove

When the girl you went out with at school now has a four year old grand daughter.

Pumpkinseeds

When you can forecast cold/wet weather based on how your body aches. Winter is not my friend, then again neither is Summer.

Duggy747

I fix computers and some young people, who are in college, have their birthday as part of their password.

It's bizarre when 1995 is in it, they weren't even born when I watched Demolition Man for the first time

therealme

When you can't do the annual 12 pubs because the hangover from Thursday night was still SO bad......damn old age :-(

keano_afc

When you bend over to pick something up and think "what else can I do while I'm down here"

[-0-]

You wake up at 6am on weekends.
You're in bed before the 9 o'clock news.
People start calling you sir.

unichick

Teddy Sheringham's son is doing the FA Cup draw with him and not a little boy anymore but quite a handsome young man!

You hear Ian Dempsey wishing someone happy birthday and playing East 17's 'Stay Another Day' because it was no1 when she was born. Then he says she's 19