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Ever measure your future age by Olympics and World Cups and get freaked out?

  • 06-04-2011 02:52PM
    #1
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭


    Was talking about this with friends today. I do this a lot and always get freaked out. The Olympics and the World Cup come around so quickly, it always just serves as a reminder that time's a-marching on!

    When London 2012 was announced in 2005, I was 21. I remember thinking "I'll be 28 then but that's AGES away". Well, now it's next year. Fúck!

    And when the next World Cup rolls around I'll be 30!

    Same kind of deal when considering what age you'll be when your passport expires!

    Goddamn major sporting events/passport confronting me with my own mortality!

    *shakes fist*


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  • #2
    haydar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭haydar


    Ye when the Qatar world cup is on, Il nearly be 40!!!!


  • #3
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Nah I usually measure mine in years.


  • #4
    Faith+1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭Faith+1


    USA '94 was probley the first world cup I truely remember. Was 9 at the time and can still remember Haughton scoring that cracker against Italy in the Giants Statium. That was 17 years ago now!! Holy crap I'm getting old :eek:


  • #5
    Gunsfortoys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭Gunsfortoys


    I get freaked out every time I am reminded I am turning 25.:eek:


  • #6
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    Insurgent wrote: »
    Nah I usually measure mine in years.

    Yeah, I know, but nobody really thinks about their age until their birthday rolls around, whereas if you consider the stuff in the OP for a sec it can be a bit :eek:.


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  • #7
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    Yeah, I know, but nobody really thinks about their age until their birthday rolls around, whereas if you consider the stuff in the OP for a sec it can be a bit :eek:.


    Maybe so, my birthday was on Monday gone so it's still fresh in my mind!


  • #8
    Wazdakka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    Ok..
    Well you're only as old as the woman you feel.. right?

    So then right now,
    I don't exist....

    Oh Shi...

    * Disappears in a puff of blue balled smoke*


  • #9
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭policarp


    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    Was talking about this with friends today. I do this a lot and always get freaked out. The Olympics and the World Cup come around so quickly, it always just serves as a reminder that times a-marching on!

    When London 2012 was announced in 2005, I was 21. I remember thinking "I'll be 28 then but that's AGES away". Well, now it's next year. Fúck!

    And when the next World Cup rolls around I'll be 30!

    Same kind of deal when considering what age you'll be when your passport expires!

    Goddamn major sporting events/passport confronting me with my own mortality!

    *shakes fist*

    That's kinda like having your birthday on Feb. 29th.


  • #10
    maximoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,220 ✭✭✭maximoose


    policarp wrote: »
    That's kinda like having your birthday on Feb. 29th.

    except, not at all really?


  • #11
    no1beemerfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    Gunsfortoys wrote: »
    I get freaked out every time I am reminded I am turning 25.:eek:

    I can hardly remember being 25. But my missus isn't even 25 yet. So she helps keep me in with the "young" crowd :)


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  • #12
    Sea Sharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    I think of it by the name of the decade.
    I'll finish the teenies in my 30s.
    The 20s in my 40s
    The 30s in my 50s
    It doesn't seem as bad.


  • #13
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    no1beemerfan wrote: »
    I can hardly remember being 25. But my missus isn't even 25 yet. So she helps keep me in with the "young" crowd :)

    Heh, nice way to subtly brag about your wife being much younger than you! ;) :P


  • #14
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    no1beemerfan wrote: »
    I can hardly remember being 25. But my missus isn't even 25 yet. So she helps keep me in with the "young" crowd :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEl5RvbGdik


  • #15
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    Nope but increasingly I do get freaked out when each World Cup begins and I think "how the fúck did the last four years go by so quick?" :confused:


  • #16
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    bonerm wrote: »
    Nope but increasingly I do get freaked out when each World Cup beings and I think "how the fúck did the last four years go by so quick?" :confused:

    Yeah, even the census is freaking me out a bit. Where did those last five years go?


  • #17
    Bottle_of_Smoke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,769 ✭✭✭Bottle_of_Smoke


    Faith+1 wrote: »
    USA '94 was probley the first world cup I truely remember. Was 9 at the time and can still remember Haughton scoring that cracker against Italy in the Giants Statium. That was 17 years ago now!! Holy crap I'm getting old :eek:

    Was 9 myself and same. Got shivers from reading your post (the good type from remembering the goal)

    Unfortunately I can still also just about remember losing to Italy in 1990:(


  • #18
    Luxie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭Luxie


    ronkorp wrote: »
    Ye when the Qatar world cup is on, Il nearly be 40!!!!

    I'll be pushing on for 50 myself. Ah well.


  • #19
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Poor Craythur wrote: »
    Ever measure your future age by Olympics and World Cups and get freaked out?

    No, once I got over the first one, the rest was all down hill, easy sailing.


  • #20
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,227 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Faith+1 wrote: »
    USA '94 was probley the first world cup I truely remember. Was 9 at the time and can still remember Haughton scoring that cracker against Italy in the Giants Statium. That was 17 years ago now!! Holy crap I'm getting old :eek:

    I was at Euro 88 when I was 7. :eek:

    I went to the Holland game.


  • #21
    prinz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,598 ✭✭✭✭prinz


    Yes. Since I've been about 12/13 every World Cup that comes around I say to myself, the next World Cup I'll be x, I'll definitely go to it, I'll be able to take time off then, better start saving now. Every time it actually comes around I haven't saved, and I seem to be in a rut of doing exams every time there is a World Cup or Euros on. Definitely next time I'll go*






    *I know I won't though :(


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  • #22
    Poor Craythur
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    Faith+1 wrote: »
    USA '94 was probley the first world cup I truely remember. Was 9 at the time and can still remember Haughton scoring that cracker against Italy in the Giants Statium. That was 17 years ago now!! Holy crap I'm getting old :eek:

    That goal is one of those "I remember what I was doing" moments for me. I was 10 and we had just come in from Saturday evening mass. I was sitting at the kitchen table drawing whilst my Dad watched the match. My Dad's excitement and THAT back-flip are the two things that stick with me.


  • #23
    Pauleta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,778 ✭✭✭Pauleta


    When i was a child i always thought i would go to the 2010 World Cup and then after that i will settle down in life, get married, have a few kids etc.......



    Kids are so stupid :pac:


  • #24
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    Pauleta wrote: »
    When i was a child i always thought i would go to the 2010 World Cup and then after that i will settle down in life, get married, have a few kids etc.......



    Kids are so stupid :pac:

    What age are you? :D


  • #25
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    I remember watching the closing ceremony of the Barcelona 1992 Olympics thinking there's not another one for four years??:eek: It seemed an age away..in my defence, I was only 8

    Then suddenly it was 1996. So yeah, 4 years is a lot shorter than it used to be...


  • #26
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,608 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Gunsfortoys wrote: »
    I get freaked out every time I am reminded I am turning 25.:eek:

    Try turning 45 :p (March 9th past).


  • #27
    Poor Craythur
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,382 ✭✭✭Poor Craythur


    dfx- wrote: »
    I remember watching the closing ceremony of the Barcelona 1992 Olympics thinking there's not another one for four years??:eek: It seemed an age away..in my defence, I was only 8

    Then suddenly it was 1996. So yeah, 4 years is a lot shorter than it used to be...

    Hello fellow 1984er! ;)


  • #28
    cml387
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,431 ✭✭✭cml387


    I remember watching the 1964 Olympics.
    I think I should just gas myself now and have done with it.


  • #29
    Poor Craythur
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    cml387 wrote: »
    I remember watching the 1964 Olympics.
    I think I should just gas myself now and have done with it.

    Ah, if you were only four it's not so bad! :p;)

    The first Olympics I remember was Seoul 1988, I was four. I remember Greg Louganis skinning his head on the diving board. :eek::(


  • #30
    pajor
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    Turns out I'll be 30 when 2022 World Cup is on.

    Frankly I find that terrifying!!


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  • #31
    Gunsfortoys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,080 ✭✭✭Gunsfortoys


    Kimberly Chilly Treasure wrote: »
    Try turning 45 :p (March 9th past).

    You are due your free radio and electric blanket soon. :P


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