Topic: Signs You're Getting Old

[Tesco tearaway]

Nostalgia.
I hate it and love it in equal measures.
I hate it because it reminds me of how long ago some wonderful things in my life really happened.
I love it because it takes me back there; Even if only for a fleeting few moments.

On reflection... I love it.

[AlphaDelta]

Being old is about consistantly having your chips pissed on.....

I phoned Swinton's last month to get holiday insurance. The girl on the phone was from Newcastle and after the usual small talk about where I was going, am I looking forward to it etc, she said "oooh I love a scouse accent, I could listen to you all day"  Needless to say I was pleased as punch for all of 30 seconds, she then asked my date of birth and trills, "awwww your the same age as my dad".

  Yeah thanks for that, literally burst my bubble in one sentence.

[Tesco tearaway]

Being old is about consistantly having your chips pissed on.....

I phoned Swinton's last month to get holiday insurance. The girl on the phone was from Newcastle and after the usual small talk about where I was going, am I looking forward to it etc, she said "oooh I love a scouse accent, I could listen to you all day"  Needless to say I was pleased as punch for all of 30 seconds, she then asked my date of birth and trills, "awwww your the same age as my dad".

  Yeah thanks for that, literally burst my bubble in one sentence.

[rob1966]

Nostalgia.
I hate it and love it in equal measures.
I hate it because it reminds me of how long ago some wonderful things in my life really happened.
I love it because it takes me back there; Even if only for a fleeting few moments.

On reflection... I love it.

Just watched an old episode of Wheeler dealers, Mk1 Escort, took me back to my childhood.

[rob1966]

Time - Pink Floyd (young ones would do well to read these lyrics)

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over
Thought I'd something more to say

Home
Home again
I like to be here
When I can

When I come home
Cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones
Beside the fire

Far away
Across the field
Tolling on the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell

[Tesco tearaway]

Time - Pink Floyd (young ones would do well to read these lyrics)

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over
Thought I'd something more to say

Home
Home again
I like to be here
When I can

When I come home
Cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones
Beside the fire

Far away
Across the field
Tolling on the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell

Su fkin perb

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

Starting to wonder how old most of you lot are. I'm 28 but can relate to almost every post on this thread. 

Same here, I am 27 and actually think I'm ancient.

[Thoros Of Myr]

Getting cuts that take weeks to heal up, rather than days.

Only 32.

[jambutty]

Recalling telephones with dials, cords and only one ringtone, that you had to share with everyone.

[ToneLa]

Going on YouTube and listening to those old ringtones and finding then groovy is making me feel old!

And listening to Sunscreen and welling up 

[oojason]

explaining to my nephew how this was the way to check for latest scores back in the 80's and 90's

[Medellin]

  and cue the fewm when you got a tv glitch & your page got skipped!
Also..
194..Radio Ciiiiiiityyý.

[ToneLa]

When you play the 'number one single the day you were born' game at a party and can be proud of the answer!

[So… Howard Philips]

When every trip to the doctor results in a prostrate check, irrespective that you went there with an ingrown toe nail

[jambutty]

When every trip to the doctor results in a prostrate check, irrespective that you went there with an ingrown toe nail

My urologist is LFC from Prague, I told him I'm gonna ruin his practice by sitting in his waiting room with a daft smile on me face and twiddling my thumbs and enthusiastically telling everyone that the Dr likes to see me every week.

[Rysoph76]

explaining to my nephew how this was the way to check for latest scores back in the 80's and 90's

oh yes I used to love those pages. I'd still keep up to date with scores like that if I could. Nothing like keep updating page 303 or 304 and waiting to see if we'd scored, especially as it got towards 4.45 if you were losing or drawing

[LanceLink!!!!!]

explaining to my nephew how this was the way to check for latest scores back in the 80's and 90's

That draw against Bolton was my first trip to Anfield, coldest day in history.

[Crosby Nick]

That draw against Bolton was my first trip to Anfield, coldest day in history.

Not for me, I was in Australia.

I think that's a sign of getting old. Give me a season from the 90s and a team and a can tell you who we beat, who scored etc and reel it off like it was yesterday. The last few seasons are a lot harder to recall.

[LanceLink!!!!!]

Not for me, I was in Australia.

I think that's a sign of getting old. Give me a season from the 90s and a team and a can tell you who we beat, who scored etc and reel it off like it was yesterday. The last few seasons are a lot harder to recall.

Same here, I did a few of those online LFC quizzes in the quiz thread the other day, nailed the 1981 European Cup Final team but couldn't name half of the team from the early 2000's.

[pazcom]

oh yes I used to love those pages. I'd still keep up to date with scores like that if I could. Nothing like keep updating page 303 or 304 and waiting to see if we'd scored, especially as it got towards 4.45 if you were losing or drawing

Wasn't page 336 for goal flashes? Used to take up two rows on the main TV screen and was about 5 minutes behind the actual game?

[LanceLink!!!!!]

You become more intolerant of other humans.

[Titi Camara]

You become more intolerant of other humans.

How is this possible?

[Buck Pete]

You become more intolerant of other humans.

[moondog]

When you wake up and you're fifty.

[So… Howard Philips]

When you wake up and you're fifty.

Could be worse - try looking at 65.

[sirKennyDaggers]

When you pass a good looking girl and you think "shes got nice skin"

[nozza]

Ten stride farts, xxl undies, waking yourself up snoring mid afternoon, shadow boxing thinking you still have it..then needing to sit down a minute.

[Fitzy.]

Greys in stubble/beard.

Recovery time after exercise. Niggly injuries after exercise.

Actively seeking less trendy clothing.

Enjoying alone time.

 

[Fitzy.]

On a positive note, as I've got older I have sharpened my own world view - crystallised my thinking on broad topics. I'm not saying I have all the answers, just a great deal more wisdom and insight compared to 10/15 years ago. In general, I think continuing to learn and grow is the best part of aging. I even read my RAWK posts from 10 years ago and think I was a little bit naive or just wrong on certain topics.

If I'm still on here in 10 years time I'll probably think the same.

[Medellin]

Hearing a song being played..commenting how shite it is & then being told it has been No1 for weeks.

[The Bournemouth Red]

Seeing the ad on the TV for the new Now album, and not knowing any of the artists or songs.

[Buck Pete]

When you pass a good looking girl and you think "shes got nice skin"

Another RAWK post that needs to be read in an Alan Partridge voice for full effect.

[rob1966]

Seeing the ad on the TV for the new Now album, and not knowing any of the artists or songs.

For that one i am grateful.

[Rysoph76]

Wasn't page 336 for goal flashes? Used to take up two rows on the main TV screen and was about 5 minutes behind the actual game?

Yeah goal flash was the permanent one that stayed on the bottom bit of your screen but I used to like going to 303/304 and see the full pages. They you had the 'mix' option so you could fuck up your eyes by trying to read the scores with the telly in the background 

When you pass a good looking girl and you think "shes got nice skin"

Did that the other day. Driving in the car and it wasn't a warm day and a really pretty girl walked by who must have been about 19 and I thought 'she must be freezing' cos she was wearing a little dress. What has become of me!!!

[redbyrdz]

When you look into the mirror and don't recognize the person looking back.

[redk84]

When you look into the mirror and don't recognize the person looking back.

wow. That's deep!

I was going to say something like......when farting in public is something you strive to get away with

[SamAteTheRedAcid]

When you look into the mirror and don't recognize the person looking back.

I recognize the person staring back, its just he just looks rough as arseholes

[redbyrdz]

I recognize the person staring back, its just he just looks rough as arseholes

Yeah, thats about it, I think the problem is in my head I'm still 20, but for some odd reason I don't seem to look like it. How did that happen?!

[Sir Harvest Fields]

I had the same. Took me 2 months to look in the mirror when released from Addenbrookes.

[RedBootsTommySmith]

explaining to my nephew how this was the way to check for latest scores back in the 80's and 90's

Kinnel, mate, that's not old. I remember the days when the scores came in on the teleprinter, sound effects and all:

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