How old do you have to be before you have to tell everyone how old you are?
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Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
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- County Durham
I'm old enough to know better, but young enough to still keep on trying
GM
Legendary Member
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- North of the river
I'll be 66 in a couple of months you know. Now, what day is it?
Hmm, there is the idea that old people tell you their age but this is nothing compared to the following which will always be dropped into the conversation quicker:
1. I am a vegan
2. I am pregnant
But the all time quickest thing you will be told without asking..................
I have the new iPhone.
1. I am a vegan
2. I am pregnant
But the all time quickest thing you will be told without asking..................
I have the new iPhone.
snorri
Legendary Member
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- East coast, up a bit.
Conversely, some of us less young people like to tell of cycle tours lasting for weeks that were successfully completed without including a gps/satnav or mobile phone in our luggage
byegad
Legendary Member
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- NE England
Conversely, some of us less young people like to tell of cycle tours lasting for weeks that were successfully completed without including a gps/satnav or mobile phone in our luggage
And all with 2 halfcrowns in your pocket and you got back with 3s 11d change
Cheddar George
oober member
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- Location: Location
This just makes me think of the spitting image puppet of the late Queen mum.
" I'm 82 you know !"
" I'm 82 you know !"
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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- Land of Lincoln
I've just gotten to the age of senior discount, but supposedly don't look it, so I have to tell every now and again.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
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- Craggy Island
4 year old. My 4year old nephew liked telling everyone, 'I'm 4 you know'. He's just turned 5 so I guess we'll be hearing a lot 'I'm 5 you know'
I don't use the you know phrase myself, I just say 'I'm nearly 40'.
When I was a kid, for some reason, I thought that the ultimate age to be was 7. When I got to that age, I realised it wasn't all it was cracked up to be and wished I was 10 instead!!
It could be argued that I haven't really grown up (mentally) much since then.......
With things like Facebook you can keep track of a lot of people you knew at school and boy, do some really depress with their achievements, especially those who are younger!
Oh, I have had Brain damage, Leukaemia and Colitis, and I am nowhere near the age of some of you yet!
If I get to any decent age then it will be a miracle!!
I sometimes feel very old indeed, but, conversely, I started on an ILA course (I can tell you what it is, but I would then have to kill you) yesterday and rapidly realised that, because the course is on during the day, everyone else there are pensioners or people who took early retirement (the younger people do the night classes apparently).
People were trying to guess how old I was as they all thought there was a lower age limit! All I will say is that I was the youngest there by at least 20 years.
I am used to it though as I do Curling!
I am old enough to know better, but young enough to still be learning, that's how I see it.
As for me?? Well, mind your own beeswax, but I was born on the day the HMS Sheffield was hit by the misiles that ultimately sank her, so you can work that out if you are desperate enough.
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Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
55
My decade was the 70's
Shaun
I'm 55 and my decade was/is the 80s. I peak late. The older I get the better I was.
And anyway, age is an attitude, not a number.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
I've been working at the my present job (golf course) for eight years. There was some old geezer who EVERY time I saw him playing golf, which was several times a week, used to tell me he was 84, and (naturally increased it every year by one).
I found out yesterday that he died during the winter, so he should have made the most of his last golf week before the course closed last September.
Mind you, if I get to 92 and can still play golf/cycle/crap in my incontinence pants, I'll be well pleased.
I found out yesterday that he died during the winter, so he should have made the most of his last golf week before the course closed last September.
Mind you, if I get to 92 and can still play golf/cycle/crap in my incontinence pants, I'll be well pleased.
Mrs M
Guru
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- Aberdeenshire
49 last month.
As old as you feel, sometimes 20, sometimes 80!
Neighbour tells everyone he's 83 but, as he's fitter and more alert/active than many people younger then he's allowed to.
As old as you feel, sometimes 20, sometimes 80!
Neighbour tells everyone he's 83 but, as he's fitter and more alert/active than many people younger then he's allowed to.
Gravity Aided
Legendary Member
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- Land of Lincoln
I was in university that day.When I was a kid, for some reason, I thought that the ultimate age to be was 7. When I got to that age, I realised it wasn't all it was cracked up to be and wished I was 10 instead!!
It could be argued that I haven't really grown up (mentally) much since then.......
With things like Facebook you can keep track of a lot of people you knew at school and boy, do some really depress with their achievements, especially those who are younger!
Oh, I have had Brain damage, Leukaemia and Colitis, and I am nowhere near the age of some of you yet!
If I get to any decent age then it will be a miracle!!
I sometimes feel very old indeed, but, conversely, I started on an ILA course (I can tell you what it is, but I would then have to kill you) yesterday and rapidly realised that, because the course is on during the day, everyone else there are pensioners or people who took early retirement (the younger people do the night classes apparently).
People were trying to guess how old I was as they all thought there was a lower age limit! All I will say is that I was the youngest there by at least 20 years.
I am used to it though as I do Curling!
I am old enough to know better, but young enough to still be learning, that's how I see it.
As for me?? Well, mind your own beeswax, but I was born on the day the HMS Sheffield was hit by the misiles that ultimately sank her, so you can work that out if you are desperate enough.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
Don't forget those who've been on the yawningly dull middle-class jolly, ie gap year - "of course when I was in India/Tibet/vietfugginnam/etc..."
