Signs that you're getting old

firstlight

When your on the toilet and need to wipe 6 or 7 times because your hole has more hair than your head

Gervais08

You have a bad hip and tell people it’s worse when it rains!

Ten years ago I’d have said it was a sports injury. Nah am just old!!

Atlantic Dawn

When because of Brexit you have stockpilled more beer than your local off-licence has for sale.

El_Duderino 09

dinorebel wrote: »

Took 2 40 kg bags of coal to the bunker tonight am medicating with Jim Beam since back is *****d


Should add to the above 5 years ago I was deadlifting 250kg for fun

Can’t help thinking that’s a young man’s injury. An old (wise) man would have figured a way to transport 80kg of coal without lifting in in two bags. Wheelbarrow, knife, shovel for example.

dinorebel

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Can’t help thinking that’s a young man’s injury. An old (wise) man would have figured a way to transport 80kg of coal without lifting in in two bags. Wheelbarrow, knife, shovel for example.

My ego may of got in the way of doing it sensibly:cool:

khalessi

Socks, when people start wearing them pulled up high

gogo

When you instantly turn off 2fm in the car saying it ‘just gives me a headache’
It dawned on me that I’ve slipped right out of their demographic age group

KathleenGrant

First time i started to feel old was when i noticed men were checking my daughter out and not me. That daughter now has the odd grey hair so i feel ancient.

riggerman

As I'm lying here in bed on a Sunday morning and not feeling the urge to have a lie in. 7 hours sleep and thinking of the little jobs I have to do around the house really makes me feel old.

Mister Vain

gogo wrote: »

When you instantly turn off 2fm in the car saying it ‘just gives me a headache’
It dawned on me that I’ve slipped right out of their demographic age group

2FM is dreadful in fairness. Doireann Garrihy and Eoghan McDermott are two of the most annoying people in the world. Or maybe I'm just a contrary old man.

silverharp

putting your hands on you knees to get off the sofa or the bed

Sardonicat

silverharp wrote: »

putting your hands on you knees to get off the sofa or the bed

When I noticed I was using my hands for leverage I made a concerted effort to stop doing that. Can get up and down without them again now. Occasionally takes a while to bend my knees if I've had them stretched out for a while though. Creaky, stiff joints. Jaysus, when did that happen!

the_pen_turner

gogo wrote: »

When you instantly turn off 2fm in the car saying it ‘just gives me a headache’
It dawned on me that I’ve slipped right out of their demographic age group

what ever about turning it off. your old if you turn it on.

utyh2ikcq9z76b

When the only consistent Xmas tradition I have now is complaining about tubs of Roses & Quality street.

heldel00

When you're delighted because you're back home from Dunnes at 9am on a Sunday morn and have a good clear run at the day.

Gervais08

Marvin Fluffy Sportswear wrote: »

When the only consistent Xmas tradition I have now is complaining about tubs of Roses & Quality street.

They’re smaller now and I’ll fight any man who disagree!!!!

AutoTuning

Marvin Fluffy Sportswear wrote: »

When the only consistent Xmas tradition I have now is complaining about tubs of Roses & Quality street.

To be fair that’s genuine observation. Cadbury’s is just a brand now. It was taken over by Kraft / Mondelez and it’s never been the same since. Roses used to be nice. They’re awful now and they look cheap due to those flow pack wrappers.

Mimon

Happy to have more quiet time. For example want to sit in the winter evenings and watch a good series/movie without any chat with the family.

Son talks incessantly during these times and feel bad telling him to just watch as I am missing loads of the viewing.

In the past would have viewed social interaction as the priority and would have been the one rabbiting on. Maybe a descent beginning into being a grumpy old man :pac:

silverharp

Sardonicat wrote: »

When I noticed I was using my hands for leverage I made a concerted effort to stop doing that. Can get up and down without them again now. Occasionally takes a while to bend my knees if I've had them stretched out for a while though. Creaky, stiff joints. Jaysus, when did that happen!

you certainly need a "no surrender" policy

Mimon

AutoTuning wrote: »

To be fair that’s genuine observation. Cadbury’s is just a brand now. It was taken over by Kraft / Mondelez and it’s never been the same since. Roses used to be nice. They’re awful now and they look cheap due to those flow pack wrappers. Cream Eggs no longer taste like cream eggs - just sugar. Dairymilk doesn’t taste anything like it used to.

Probably good for the waistline, but I no longer eat as much chocolate.

Totally agree, cadbury's is sickly sweet muck now. I've literally gone over to the darkside and will eat generally darker good quality chocolate.

This one is a milk chocolate but no sickly sweet taste.

El_Duderino 09

Gervais08 wrote: »

They’re smaller now and I’ll fight any man who disagree!!!!

Malcolm Tucker would agree...

https://youtu.be/Byk6KNC9nvc

alias no.9

gogo wrote: »

When you instantly turn off 2fm in the car saying it ‘just gives me a headache’
It dawned on me that I’ve slipped right out of their demographic age group

There is no demographic for 2fm, the people it's aimed at don't listen to radio

When I was talking to a colleague and told him I moved to Cork in 98. He said "Just after me". I said when did you move here? And he said "I was born here in 97"

super_furry

You still post to boards.ie

Gregor Samsa

Suckit wrote: »

That 'old people' on the TV when you were growing up, don't actually seem that old in the reruns...

I was shocked to recently learn that actor Richard Wilson was only 6 years older than I am now when he first played Victor Meldrew. (He was 53 then, although the character was supposed to be 60).

SineadSpears

khalessi wrote: »

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Are there people who wear their socks scrunched down?

Sardonicat

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I was shocked to recently learn that actor Richard Wilson was only 6 years older than I am now when he first played Victor Meldrew. (He was 53 then, although the character was supposed to be 60).

I dont believe it! No, really I don't. That means that Eric Idle song will apply time in a few short years. Noooooo!

BrianD3

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I was shocked to recently learn that actor Richard Wilson was only 6 years older than I am now when he first played Victor Meldrew. (He was 53 then, although the character was supposed to be 60).

You're also now about the same age as Christopher Lloyd was in the first Back to the Future. Born 1938, filmed 1984/1985.

The Crazy Cat Lady

when you don't know what you want for Christmas

When I was younger, I was always excited about seeing the Eurovision, The Rose of Tralee, and the Toy Show at Christmas time, but these days I'm not bothered/interested in seeing them

Mister Vain

Home Alone is 30 years old. :eek: