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Things you can't do at 40

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    #32
    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    eviltimeban wrote: »
    Understand Care about millennials.

    Fixed.


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    #33
    [Deleted User]
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    Laphroaig52 wrote: »
    Can you still say 'mate' in your 40s?
    I'm not so sure....


    your Ma can:D, and regularly does...quick put on your clothes mate, the other half will be home in five mins!


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    #34
    RobertKK
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    As a 40 year I look much younger than my age and I live like that too. 40 is a great age to enjoy life if you have not burdened yourself... :P


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    #35
    mahoganygas
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    Tick the "Age: 30 - 39" box on market surveys.


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    #36
    Ted111
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    You won't be able to recapture an unrecapturable moment when infinite, incandescent, potential shattered into the black spiral of endless shattered dreams.

    And you won't be able to join the army.


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    #37
    munster87
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    Marry your great great grandmother


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    #38
    Koptain Liverpool
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    harr wrote: »
    Drink...bloody 2-3 days hangovers ��

    I still do it though :o

    I'm 36 now but feel like I'm 26.
    When I stop and think sometimes that I'll be 40 in 4 years I can't believe it.
    When I was younger 40 seemed ancient!


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    #39
    Big Wex fan
    Registered Users Posts: 351 ✭✭Big Wex fan


    You're too old to use Snapchat.


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    #40
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Things you can't do at 40

    Go back in time.

    You need to be doing 88 mph.


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    #41
    [Deleted User]
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    Be a dickhead and blame it on drink.
    Be as oblivious to how short life is, or to how many more people you know are getting ill/dying/having negative life changes, or how the career things you battled for in your 20s and 30s aren't as important in the big scheme of things now.

    It's a nicer, calmer, more meaningful place, frankly.


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    #42
    5rtytry56
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Things you can't do at 40

    Go back in time.

    You need to be doing 88 mph.

    and a DeLorean sports car available to convert with a flux capacitor.


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    #43
    RiderOnTheStorm
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    Cant wear jeans.
    Cant drive a convertible without looking like a d1ck
    Cant put up with idiots ....


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    #44
    Galwayguy35
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    Comb my hair.

    Because it's gone.

    Or cope with hangovers, in my 20s I could stagger in the door at 4am and be up for work at 7.


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    #45
    Grandeeod
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    As a 40 year I look much younger than my age and I live like that too. 40 is a great age to enjoy life if you have not burdened yourself... :P

    45! Unburdened myself to a certain degree and life is great. I too look younger than my years. I have less money, but I still managed to keep my missus.:D No more rat race! I see couples in the early 30s looking like they are in their 60s.


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    #46
    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    johnty56 wrote: »
    Will be forty soon.. got me thinking about things that I can't do anymore- not physically, but legally for example..

    - can't join the army
    -can't join the guards-
    -probably can't get a mortgage

    anyone got any others?

    And yes, I can still get it up:)

    You'll get a mortgage at any age (below 70) but many banks state the max age for paying it back is 70 so you could effectively get a mortgage at 69 for one year so long as you can show you have the means to pay it back within that year.


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    #47
    monkeysnapper
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    Its just a number!!! You can do anything and more.

    I'm 41 and fitter now than at any point in my life so far.

    Don't sit around believing its to late or not right time .


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    #48
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Grandeeod wrote: »
    45! Unburdened myself to a certain degree and life is great. I too look younger than my years. I have less money, but I still managed to keep my missus.:D No more rat race! I see couples in the early 30s looking like they are in their 60s.
    Never forget.

    If you win the rat race you're still a rat.


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    #49
    Grandeeod
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Never forget.

    If you win the rat race you're still a rat.

    Thanks for that. Still happy and content within myself.

    Care to explain what you meant??


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    #50
    ThisRegard
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    Captain Chaos wrote: »
    Not for a typical house in Dublin you can't over 35, banks will just laugh at you unless you have around a 50% deposit.

    You can.


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    #51
    The flying mouse
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    Age is just a number, I only started growing up when I hit 46 :-)


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    #52
    dd972
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    Grow a hipster beard, a proper one without looking like Lee Marvin in Paint your wagon, the skinny jeans would be a definite no-go unless you have an Iggy Pop physique.


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    #53
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Jack Nicklaus won the US Masters, his final Major at 46.

    There's still hope after 40, please don't give up.


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    #54
    Olishi4
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    Op, you will start to become increasingly flattered by any kind of mistaken identity that might imply that you are younger.

    I went on a family sun holiday when I was about 18 and my dad must have been about 43/44. My dad and I went out earlier than the rest and ended up in this disco bar playing Connect Four at a bar table. One of the bar staff came over, lit a candle and we were thinking "okay whatever". Then later the bar guy said something that implied that we were actually together...ewww! Ha! Seriously though, that was weird but my dad was still delighted that anyone would think he was young enough to go out with me ha! :)

    Also happened my brother one night when he was out with my mam! :/:)


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    #55
    B.A._Baracus
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    I too feel like I'm getting on a bit. Not near the 40 mark but still.

    Ahh you know what? I'd rather be old than dead tho.


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    #56
    whatawaster81
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    monkeysnapper wrote: »
    Its just a number!!! You can do anything and more.

    I'm 41 and fitter now than at any point in my life so far.

    Don't sit around believing its to late or not right time .

    Me too man, 35 and only getting going. Did 5k fun run in 26 minutes recently.
    Couldn't have done that at 25.


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    #57
    JustAThought
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    Meet up with your mates in Odessa for Sunday post hangover brunch & pitchers of cocktails - because they're all tied down with partners & babies :(


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    #58
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Jack Nicklaus won the US Masters, his final Major at 46.

    I won the Irish (Judo) Masters at 50 [+100kgs] ~ Nicklaus won a game of golf and a few quid :rolleyes:


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    #59
    RayCon
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    .....give a fcuk about most things that seem to "news"


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    #60
    Arghus
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    Take some yokes and go stone mad.


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    #61
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Connor Howling Risk wrote: »
    I won the Irish (Judo) Masters at 50 [+100kgs] ~ Nicklaus won a game of golf and a few quid :rolleyes:

    4 rounds of strokeplay against the best in the world of professional golf. Most of whom were in their prime.

    It was a magnificent achievement.

    Congratulations to you too for your victory in the Irish Judo Masters.

    I was only trying to make the point that age doesn't always matter, the will, the dedication, determination and drive can carry many sportsmen past the prime ages of youth.


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