Irish Guitarist wrote: » by the time you reach forty you lose 10,000 brain cells a day.
“Well, you see, Norm, it’s like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it’s the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.”
beks101 wrote: » Depends on state of mind & how well you take care of your body. Some people are just born middle aged though.
Minoxidil wrote: » More nonsense. Youth is determined by time on the planet, none of that waffle.
beks101 wrote: » So what constitutes "young" then, according to your manual?
Corvus Maximus wrote: » When you bend down to pick something up and suddenly realise that the groaning sound you hear is coming from you.
Eden3 wrote: » I'm just turned 45 and ONLY this year do I feel old ......:(. My son will be 21 in May .....
boboldpilot wrote: » You know you're getting old when you start to fancy older women. Then you realise most of them are younger than you! It's funny to see people in their mid twenties thinking they are old. You're not, from my point of view you appear very young and immature unless you've seen a lot of life in that time. Which doesn't happen much anymore in the absence of war and the tough lives our ancestors had to live. What happens in your mid twenties is that you finally come of the teenage bubble you've been living in. Achieved a bit of maturity. Don't confuse that with getting old or gaining wisdom. Young is anything up to the age of fifty, depending on your attitude to life, it can be a bit later. But fifty is the wake up call. There are no funny little sayings, life does not begin at 50, it began at 40. I saw Jeremy Clarkson complaining when he turned 50. I was the same. It's at that point you know it's only a sad decline from now on. You get used to it but it's all downhill from there. You lot in your twenties, you are young, very young. The problem is that all too often you don't realise that until you are a lot older. It's too late by then. I was out for a drive with my wife when I realised I was a near a place I used to go to a lot with my friends when I was in my early twenties. We stopped and I told her about the times we had. It was like it was yesterday I told her. 'How long ago was it?' She asked. Suddenly I felt old. It was 25 years ago!
boboldpilot wrote: » You know you're getting old when you start to fancy older women. Then you realise most of them are younger than you!It's funny to see people in their mid twenties thinking they are old. You're not, from my point of view you appear very young and immature unless you've seen a lot of life in that time. Which doesn't happen much anymore in the absence of war and the tough lives our ancestors had to live.What happens in your mid twenties is that you finally come of the teenage bubble you've been living in. Achieved a bit of maturity. Don't confuse that with getting old or gaining wisdom. Young is anything up to the age of fifty, depending on your attitude to life, it can be a bit later. But fifty is the wake up call. There are no funny little sayings, life does not begin at 50, it began at 40. I saw Jeremy Clarkson complaining when he turned 50. I was the same. It's at that point you know it's only a sad decline from now on. You get used to it but it's all downhill from there.You lot in your twenties, you are young, very young. The problem is that all too often you don't realise that until you are a lot older. It's too late by then. I was out for a drive with my wife when I realised I was a near a place I used to go to a lot with my friends when I was in my early twenties. We stopped and I told her about the times we had. It was like it was yesterday I told her. 'How long ago was it?' She asked. Suddenly I felt old. It was 25 years ago!
orestes wrote: » You stop being young the day you won't run and dive onto on an empty bouncy castle because people will look at you like you're a weirdo. It has nothing to do with what age you are, but if you won't run and dive onto an empty bouncy castle because you're worried that other people will think you're weird, you have ceased to be young.
