Signs that you're getting old

ThewhiteJesus · 05-12-2020 11:46pm

obi604 wrote: »

Also feel old cause 25 years ago today - Faithless released ‘Insomnia’

That’s f*cked up and makes me feel very old

Goodigal · 05-12-2020 11:52pm

When you emit a groan when you pick something up off the floor. It's inevitable!

cannotlogin · 06-12-2020 12:07am

When the pubs reopen but you decide to stay in!

triona1 · 06-12-2020 12:09am

When my 4 kids Ã°Å¸Ëœâ€are looking down at me aged 16-25 just to look at me,time flies actually time goes by so quickly.

triona1 · 06-12-2020 12:21am

When one of the kids phone and say everything is great mam and you get off the phone and your husband says how much? And you say no they are great and then you start thinking something is very very wrong because they didn't ask that.

paleoperson · 06-12-2020 1:43am

You read in a book something about the year 2020 and think of it as some time way into the future.

Suckit · 06-12-2020 1:46am

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

Surreptitious · 06-12-2020 2:25am

Suckit wrote: »

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

It's worrying when you start to see shades of yourself in Angela Landsbury in the re runs :pac:

Nigel Fairservice · 06-12-2020 2:26am

I remember being dragged around furniture shops, garden centres and hardware shops as a child and being bored out of my mind. Now I go to these places by choice and enjoy it on occasion.

My Dad would be glued to the budget every year and work out on the back of an envelope what the tax changes meant for him. I'm glued to it these days...except I use an online tax calculator.

I bought a nose and ear hair trimmer this year :pac:

dinorebel · 06-12-2020 2:27am

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

firstlight · 06-12-2020 2:32am

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

Gervais08 · 06-12-2020 2:35am

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 · 06-12-2020 2:46am

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

El_Duderino 09 · 06-12-2020 2:49am

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 · 06-12-2020 3:34am

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 · 06-12-2020 3:37am

Socks, when people start wearing them pulled up high

gogo · 06-12-2020 3:42am

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 · 06-12-2020 9:05am

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 · 06-12-2020 9:17am

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 · 06-12-2020 12:32pm

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 · 06-12-2020 12:42pm

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

Sardonicat · 06-12-2020 12:45pm

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 · 06-12-2020 12:46pm

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 · 06-12-2020 12:48pm

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

heldel00 · 06-12-2020 12:49pm

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 · 06-12-2020 12:49pm

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 · 06-12-2020 12:53pm

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 · 06-12-2020 12:59pm

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 · 06-12-2020 1:02pm

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 · 06-12-2020 1:03pm

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.

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El_Duderino 09 · 06-12-2020 1:03pm

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 · 06-12-2020 2:48pm

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

06-12-2020 3:36pm

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 · 06-12-2020 3:37pm

You still post to boards.ie

Gregor Samsa · 06-12-2020 7:55pm

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 · 06-12-2020 7:59pm

khalessi wrote: »

Socks, when people start wearing them pulled up high[/IMG]

Are there people who wear their socks scrunched down?

Sardonicat · 06-12-2020 8:10pm

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 · 06-12-2020 8:14pm

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 · 06-12-2020 8:36pm

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 · 06-12-2020 8:41pm

Home Alone is 30 years old. :eek:

2lazytogetup · 06-12-2020 8:49pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

used to be a hard rock fan , now i only listen to Lyric FM while driving

Marty in the morning is my breakfast choice on the dial

Marty is great. Sign you are getting taste not getting old. Like a good wine

2lazytogetup · 06-12-2020 9:03pm

The Crazy Cat Lady wrote: »

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

Again, another sign you are getting taste. They are awful to watch

peasant · 06-12-2020 9:30pm

A good few months ago (in pre-mask wearing times) I noticed more and more young women in shops and behind counters more or less openly flirting with me.
Being much nicer and more approachable than they should be.

My initial reaction (being male) was: You still got it ...:D

But then the numbers increased over time from just the odd girl flirting with me to quite a lot of them doing it and something didn't seem quite right.

And then it dawned on me ...not only did I not "still got it" ..I most definitely did not have "it" anymore ...at all ...at least not in their eyes.

I had been promoted to safe old man territory.

For those who don't know where that is ...it's even a few years beyond acceptable sugardaddy age...too old to even consider. Even with money (which I quite obviously do not have in abundance)

I'm am now a mirror with a penis. It's safe for them to smile at me and see if they get a reaction. They can do so in the sure knowledge that nothing will happen...other than I might smile back at them and confirm that yes, they are indeed pretty and attractive.

Makes me feel terribly old.

But hey ...I can still make pretty young women happy

(if only for a second or two)

Galwayguy35 · 06-12-2020 9:50pm

When I see a bald head where my hair used to be

Spanish Eyes · 06-12-2020 9:52pm

Don't invite me anywhere that I need to scrub up for. Too much like hard work. Feck that.

namenotavailablE · 06-12-2020 10:04pm

Meeting the occasional wrinkly and grey-haired past-pupil of mine and figuring that I've almost certainly taught some of their own adult children by now. I'm a sort of Gramps.

Sgt Hartman · 07-12-2020 12:31am

Walking up the stairs earlier and my knees were making a weird subtle crunching sound. They feel okay but it didn't sound good.

Sam Quentin · 07-12-2020 2:45am

peasant wrote: »

A good few months ago (in pre-mask wearing times) I noticed more and more young women in shops and behind counters more or less openly flirting with me.
Being much nicer and more approachable than they should be.

My initial reaction (being male) was: You still got it ...:D

But then the numbers increased over time from just the odd girl flirting with me to quite a lot of them doing it and something didn't seem quite right.

And then it dawned on me ...not only did I not "still got it" ..I most definitely did not have "it" anymore ...at all ...at least not in their eyes.

I had been promoted to safe old man territory.

For those who don't know where that is ...it's even a few years beyond acceptable sugardaddy age...too old to even consider. Even with money (which I quite obviously do not have in abundance)

I'm am now a mirror with a penis. It's safe for them to smile at me and see if they get a reaction. They can do so in the sure knowledge that nothing will happen...other than I might smile back at them and confirm that yes, they are indeed pretty and attractive.

Makes me feel terribly old.

But hey ...I can still make pretty young women happy
(if only for a second or two)

Nobody could be as unattractive as you just described yourself.. cheer up mate, you put a tear in my eye

Sam Quentin · 07-12-2020 2:48am

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).

He musta had a tough life :eek:

Hamsterchops · 07-12-2020 7:59am

Ear hair needs to be trimmed more often....

Signs that you're getting old

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