"I'm too old for this sh" -- What made you really feel that?

Graces7 · 22-07-2018 10:21AM

Malayalam wrote: »

Jesus Christ! This is news to me! Do the hairs on our arms go grey too?? :eek: Feeeeeecccccckkkkkk.

Mine haven;t and headwise pure snow..Worry not until and unless it happens..

Actually just checked and I no longer have any hairs on my arms at all

Owl. · 22-07-2018 10:33AM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Did anyone start playing the banjo?

Will mandolin do?

Malayalam · 22-07-2018 11:08AM

Graces7 wrote: »

Mine haven;t and headwise pure snow..Worry not until and unless it happens..

Actually just checked and I no longer have any hairs on my arms at all

Well, that'll be handy if it happens to leg hairs too. #AgePrivilege :pac:

Chaos Tourist · 22-07-2018 11:24AM

This thread is like American Beauty - boards.ie style. Would you pay to see that movie?

SimpleDimples · 22-07-2018 11:30AM

SeaFields wrote: »

Got roped into playing a junior b hurling match at home recently. The guy I had to mark was doing his leaving cert. I'd mine done before he was born.

I love this. It's the typical story of an Irish man realising he's getting old. Out played by a junior B/C hurler half his age! Other versions include that fact the son was also on the same team etc.

august12 · 22-07-2018 11:34AM

Joining work colleagues for tea/lunch break and listening to an hour of ****e, I'm too old for this.

SeaFields · 22-07-2018 12:18PM

SimpleDimples wrote: »

I love this. It's the typical story of an Irish man realising he's getting old. Out played by a junior B/C hurler half his age! Other versions include that fact the son was also on the same team etc.

Who said I was outplayed?

Cushtie · 22-07-2018 12:37PM

SeaFields wrote: »

SimpleDimples wrote: »

I love this. It's the typical story of an Irish man realising he's getting old. Out played by a junior B/C hurler half his age! Other versions include that fact the son was also on the same team etc.

Who said I was outplayed?

Once saw a sticker on a car..."old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill"

Bredabe · 22-07-2018 12:48PM

Sameness/whinging/'meism'

I can feel my hair turning when I hear things like, 'That's not acceptable'/its legal tender(when it comes to money obv)/'I have rights. Over and over when there is no alternative for the issue and if/why these happen to anyone but them 'Suck it up/That's life' is the reply. The endless arguments when ppl don't see each other's side of a conflict and neither side will listen to a 3rd party.

Rubberlegs · 22-07-2018 12:50PM

Boards is the only social media I engage in. Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook I just don't get despite trying. They just seem to be a young wans thing to me and I appreciate that as that is what they have grown up with. But when I see people of my age constantly checking their Facebook, making Snapchat stories, constantly photographing their poor children or what they are about to eat it makes me feel so out of touch. I just don't get it

Ger Roe · 22-07-2018 12:53PM

'Social Media'.....

I can't think of anything more anti-social and life is too short to deal with the total nonsense that it generates and circulates daily on a world wide basis. I can live very happily without it and without knowing about whatever nonsense tops the trending lists.

When I express my view on the subject, people sometimes try to convince me that I don't understand how it works. The truth is, I was an early adopter, and understood very quickly what it was all about and where it was heading.

I just don't want to be part of it.

Cleopatra_ · 22-07-2018 12:55PM

I've never grasped the concept of Instagram or Snapchat. Really though, most days I feel too old for this sh1t. I turned 30 yesterday and I went to a concert and by the time I crawled into bed at 2am my whole body was aching....and I had a seat at the concert

then again my lungs are the age of a 60 year old so maybe I should cut my old body some slack.

SimpleDimples · 22-07-2018 01:41PM

SeaFields wrote: »

Who said I was outplayed?

Let me guess....the old dog taught the young pup a thing or two! ;-)

JustAThought · 22-07-2018 08:04PM

Shopping,and cooking for dinner.

Theres a shop up the road - buy a roll and put it on a plate. Who needs a fancy meal every night - too much drama.

Rubberlegs · 22-07-2018 08:12PM

Tinned pineapple all the way, too old for the tedious peeling and slicing of a fresh one

22-07-2018 08:44PM

People taking photos every 5 minutes.

I'm just not much of a photo taker, and when you're on a night out that no one is particularly enjoying (esp. me), and someone (who's spent longer than everyone else on their make-up) pulls out their phone and utters the magic words 'Group Selfie!' and everyone gurns in unison as though they're having an absolute ball...that's the point where I wish I was at home in my flipflops drinking Ovaltine and discussing strategies for surviving the zombie apocalypse with those closest to me, or other vitally important activities like watching the cats try to kill each other.

I like much quieter nights out these days.

5rtytry56 · 22-07-2018 08:55PM

Owl. wrote: »

Will mandolin do?

will a uklele suffice??

22-07-2018 09:02PM

Ger Roe wrote: »

'Social Media'.....

I can't think of anything more anti-social and life is too short to deal with the total nonsense that it generates and circulates daily on a world wide basis. I can live very happily without it and without knowing about whatever nonsense tops the trending lists.

When I express my view on the subject, people sometimes try to convince me that I don't understand how it works. The truth is, I was an early adopter, and understood very quickly what it was all about and where it was heading.

I just don't want to be part of it.

I'm not a big user either, and the more breaches of privacy and data that are exposed, the less inclined I am to change that. Years ago my Grandfather warned me that people were going to regret putting their whole lives online but by then it would be too late to claw back. I think he was on to something.

For Forks Sake · 22-07-2018 09:16PM

When I recently had to show someone this goal (we'd be talking about Bales goal in the CL final) because he'd never seen/heard of it :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFfomw-Z4uE

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 22-07-2018 09:16PM

Today I actually said "I'm too old for this sh**" when somebody on another thread asked a question but refuses to accept the answer because it pre dates online links and he won't accept anything without a link to it. So, if books and newspaper archives or memory of events no longer hold any sway I just despair.

Heckler · 22-07-2018 09:21PM

Probably music for me (45).

I looked at either the Irish or English top 20 a while back and barely recognised one name. I'm sure I know a few of the songs from flicking through the stations on the way to work but couldn't put a name or face to 99 % of them. Now I've started playing documentaries while driving.

And social media. Apart from boards and a website and facebook page because of a band I'm in its beyond me. I've always hated having my photo taken so doing recent band photo and video shoots made me break out in a sweat. Why people willingly snap every moment of their day and put it on the internet is baffling to me.

22-07-2018 09:26PM

Heckler wrote: »

Probably music for me (45).

I looked at either the Irish or English top 20 a while back and barely recognised one name. I'm sure I know a few of the songs from flicking through the stations on the way to work but couldn't put a name or face to 99 % of them. Now I've started playing documentaries while driving.

And social media. Apart from boards and a website and facebook page because of a band I'm in its beyond me. I've always hated having my photo taken so doing recent band photo and video shoots made me break out in a sweat. Why people willingly snap every moment of their day and put it on the internet is baffling to me.

I'm similar with music and I'm 31!

Father Hernandez · 22-07-2018 09:31PM

Heckler wrote: »

Probably music for me (45).

I looked at either the Irish or English top 20 a while back and barely recognised one name. I'm sure I know a few of the songs from flicking through the stations on the way to work but couldn't put a name or face to 99 % of them. Now I've started playing documentaries while driving.

And social media. Apart from boards and a website and facebook page because of a band I'm in its beyond me. I've always hated having my photo taken so doing recent band photo and video shoots made me break out in a sweat. Why people willingly snap every moment of their day and put it on the internet is baffling to me.

I'm still in my 20s and the exact same. Wouldn't say it's an age thing, reason being is new music ain't what it used to be chart wise.

Bredabe · 22-07-2018 09:33PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

Dealing with not yet mature adults is something I can't be doing anymore.
It's hard enough to deal with my own kids without having to deal with adults who act like kids.

*

The endless freaking dramas that go along with that, my patience for that left the station a loooooong time ago.

*What I tried to say before but better put.

GoneHome · 22-07-2018 11:03PM

As a very shy child/teenager/20's I find that since my 30's and now in my 40's I have actually grown out of it at last, now I won't put up with someone talking bulls*it or if someone is annoying/boring me I'll just walk away and not sit there and nod politely, life is too short