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I was warned many years ago that you are getting old when the barber offers to trim your eyebrows for you. Yesterday, for the first time ever, that happened to me. I felt slightly gutted.
My kids think people become old when they no longer like being tickled.
What definition do you use?
Indicate in car parks.
I remember when this was all fields...
You reply to threads about the general decline of good manners in modern society. 😀
If the wife offers you "super sex".... and you choose the soup. 😳
When you say "have a banana to tide you over"
I was about to reply to the manners thread but not going to bother now.
I remember when this was all fields...
Are you sure it wasn't forest? You know, before they cut them all down to make the ships.
Getting through the night without having to get up and go for a pee feels like a real achievement.
"Oofffff that's a nice cup of tea"
barber offers to trim your [s]eyebrows[/s] ears
Fixed that for you. And yes, this was my yardstick. 😥 he didn't even buy me a drink when he shattered my dreams.
I'll walk down this bit..
Personal experience suggests:
You worry about the morning after before you've even started the night before.
You've gone through all your friends getting married and now start to see divorces loom.
You can have friends round to your house for drinks in an evening and not worry about things getting wrecked or your neighbours complaining.
A standard Saturday now involves a trip to B&Q, a nice coffee somewhere and some general pottering. And you're not at all unhappy with that at all.
You have a drinks cupboard. And it's not filled with crap, it has vintage Port, good wine and some carefully chosen spirits.
Edit.
And you finally sell your hardcore hardtail and buy a cargo bike with the proceeds.
franksinatra - MemberI was about to reply to the manners thread but not going to bother now.
How rude
....when you only meet family members at funerals. 😥
You have to peer over/under your glasses to see stuff close in...
....when you buy your first bunnet.
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You go upstairs then wonder why you did.
Hangovers last for two days rather than a couple of hours.
I was in shock the first time they attacked my eyebrows, no mention of would I like it done or that maybe the wire wool is best removed from atop my brow, they just went and snipped away.
it was certainly a milestone and not one i'm proud of (they could have at least done the random back hair, ear hair and god knows what else hair that is appearing as quick as the rest receeds!)
oh the obligatory sigh when you stand up/sit down. it's not an effort to get up but it seems an automatic response now
When your son pats you on the head and calls you a stocky little munchkin.
Phoning your kids to ask them to come and pick you up from the pub 🙂
When the new starter in work was born the year the original Total Recall was brought out, (I took a young lady to see that movie 😉 )
Also, on your day off you "Potter about"
Getting through the night without having to get up and go for a pee feels like a real achievement.
And your short term memory gets a bit dodgy.
[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/you-know-you-are-getting-old-when ]Threads start identically[/url]
when you are pedantic enough to point out a duplicate thread that is 6 years old.
You go for a 'potter'.
You know when you are getting old when...
Colleagues around you seem young these days.
..and they sit there sipping Protein Shakes
..and chomping on Mung Beans
..and dried seaweed
Whilst you sit around slugging coffee and eating Double Deckers. 😆
Whilst you sit around slugging coffee and eating Double Deckers.
....and wish it was a Texan, a Topic or a Marathon.
You like the sponge in a birthday cake more than the icing
....when you see an attractive 18 year old girl in a short skirt or low cut top and your only thought is.....
"Does her Dad know she's out dressed like that?"
Your optician says you need varifocals. Happened today. Stupid eyes
Crocs become an acceptable form of footwear (especially if going for a potter).
[i]Crocs become an acceptable form of footwear [/i]
*no one* is that old.
Some at work says:
"We need to ask the most experienced member of the Team what they think will work best"
and then you notice everyone is looking at you..........
wwaswas - Member
Crocs become an acceptable form of footwear*no one* is that old.
Sorry, I'm just linking age with losing your marbles.
I was wearing crocs with socks the other day... 😳 😳 😳
It's when you can't remember your last all nighter.
And by all nighter, I mean when you go all night without getting up for a pee.
It's easier to just leave the bathroom light on, i'll be back in a hour or so 🙁
[i]I remember when this was all fields.[/i]
nah, when they started building a new estate near us, my 13 yr old daughter got to say this...
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Barber?
Not been necessary for a few years now.... 🙄
When you are watching porn and think 'Ooh that bed looks comfy!'.
When you are watching porn and there's a bed in it.
You reply to threads about the general decline of good manners in modern society.
Hrrmph.
Hairy ears.
When you look at shoes and think "they look comfy" rather than "they look cool". Usually in Clarks.
there are more apparently active hair follicles in your ear than on your head.
* Edit - Dang, ^^ been done.
...when you lift a keg and it feels like there's a distant guitar being tuned too-tightly somewhere in your groinal regions.
....when you see an attractive 18 year old girl in a short skirt or low cut top and your only thought is.....
she must be cold dressed like that!
....when you see an attractive 18 year old girl in a short skirt or low cut top and your only thought is.....
You should be wearing a vest.
You buy a full susser for comfort rather than gnarr
When you'd rather have a nice cup of tea than go for a pint.
When you struggle to have sex 6 times a day and it was no problem at 18.
I hate getting old.
Whe you find out on another thread that young people today flirt by sending pictures of themself pooing to the opposite sex - I must be old, I just don't get it....
"why do I live here"
The optician tells you that your "a year or so off needing bifocals" (applies to me)
When you start wearing predominantly beige (does not apply to me)
....when you see an attractive 18 year old girl in a short skirt or low cut top and your only thought is.....
What her mother looks like.
Had the offer for trimmed eyebrows. There's a frequent need to trim the forest out of the ears also.
Taking glasses off to read thing close up now. Bit more of a struggle with contacts though I asked for reading glasses for that, though don't really use them.
The optician tells you that your "a year or so off needing bifocals" (applies to me)
Wait until the term "incipient cataracts" gets mentioned.
When a song comes on in the gym and you say 'oh I remember this one' and then realise that no one else there was born when it first came out....
Happy to report I've never worn crocks but a barber did once trim my eyebrows, I never went there again, the (insert appropriate name for the t##t here)
Growing old to me means seeing your offspring develop into wonderful human beings.
Quite a few of the jobs I have worked on and saw built, have since been demolished.
If the wife offers you "super sex".....
For me that would be on a "you know you are dreaming" thread
Several "Big Hitters" openly admit to liking classical music
when you click on the Chat Forum and the first thread that pops out to you is "What Chisel" (mmmmmm, chisels)
When you go to the pub and a hot girl chats to you saying...." You know my mum" 😯
When you're working with people who reminisce about being born the year the 1st Star Wars movie came out.
No, the [b]1st[/b] one, not the [i]4th[/i].
Not just listening to Classic FM but gone past that stage.
bensales - MemberWhen you're working with people who reminisce about being born the year the 1st Star Wars movie came out.
No, the 1st one, not the 4th.
4th is the first to me. No "Episode IV" when I saw it at the cinema 😀 (though admitted I don't really remember much of it as I was 4)
professional sports people and police look young.
deadkenny - Member
4th is the first to me. No "Episode IV" when I saw it at the cinema (though admitted I don't really remember much of it as I was 4)
That was my point 🙂 I was born '77 and apparently 'saw' Episode iV when I was 6 months old. Some of our apprentices were born '98/'99. Conversations about the upcoming film have interestingly different perspectives.
Your Dr is younger than you. I'm only 37!
...you start noticing draughts.
You can address police as 'son'
I have the urge to re-apply for my amateur radio licence after a 30 year break
When all the adults you knew as a child start popping their clogs.
...when you feel frail enough to need gears and suspension. 🙂
You know you are getting old when....
You feel like you want to sleep all the time ... 🙁
18 & 20 year olds no longer look attractive, you think of them more as a headache then anything else.
The 30/40 year woman old on TV, or street though, looks mighty fine to look at.
Ears and eyebrows for long enough and I'm not that old just have some hair location issues...
I'm older than some of my gp's
You try and explain that phones uses to have buttons
I thought it was well established that you're only getting old when your farts start smelling like your Dad's?
Tri Weekly - becomes
Try Weekly - which ultimately ends in
Try Weakly
Or you don't care what you look like coz its comfy.
The Dr is younger than you.
A child you teach calls you 'peak'. You assume it's an adjective but not sure if you should be cross or complimented.