The realisation you're getting old

[Ming the Merciless]

You need reading glasses to complement your distance glasses

 

[Mo1959]

You need reading glasses to complement your distance glasses

Or the writing on some things is so minuscule that you need to put 2 pairs of reading glasses on top of each other to see it!

 

[Toshiba Boy]

My summer commuting bike is older than some of my work colleagues, by quite a few years.

 

[Alex321]

You need reading glasses to complement your distance glasses

In that case, I've been old for a few years now

 

[Jenkins]

Or the writing on some things is so minuscule that you need to put 2 pairs of reading glasses on top of each other to see it!

This is where the phone's camera comes in handy - photograph the little writing and then enlarge it on the screen.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Quoting classic Monty Python quotes and thinking "I wonder how many will even recognise this"


said it on another thread but it bears repeating

Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.

 

[gavroche]

When you are huffing and puffing in the granny gear up a 6% gradient and some youngster passes you in the big ring, at speed.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I was in B&Q yesterday looking for some kitchen cupboard shelves - had to ask a member of staff
She was great - told be they have them but only 1 1m length so I will have to cut it down
and only in packs of 2 - but it is only £10

So she showed me where they are
she asked if I had got a trolley "as they are Rather heavy" - she said while looking at me
I said I would be fine
"are you sure??"
Yup - just to make the point I picked it up and put it under ONE ARM - like most people I have 2 - but only needed one
I thanked her and she repeated that they are heavy - and made sure I knew that I could ask any member of staff for help if I needed it

Yea Gods - how old does she think I look????

Naturally I carried them all the way to the till - and then to the car using ONE ARM - just to make a point to the zero people who were watching or cared
I told my wife - who rolled her eyes

 

[yello]

Or the writing on some things is so minuscule that you need to put 2 pairs of reading glasses on top of each other to see it!

I tell myself that's not old age... it's simply ludicrous labels! I'd defy even those with 20/20 vision to read them!

 

[Rezillo]

Quoting classic Monty Python quotes and thinking "I wonder how many will even recognise this"


said it on another thread but it bears repeating

Oh but if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away.

There's a lot of Monty Python that doesn't date at all well and almost everything in it is over-quoted now and tired. However, that scene in that film still cracks me up. It's just beautifully written and acted.

After the peasant hearing King Arthur's romantic tale of the Lady of the Lake giving him Excalibur, comes: "Supreme executive power derives from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony"

 

[Chris S]

When you start to like jazz.

 

[Mo1959]

When you start to like jazz.

Eternal youth for me then. One type of music I don’t enjoy and can’t see that changing.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

When you start to like jazz.

Don;t think I'll ever be that old!!!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

When you start to like jazz.

I've always liked jaz, even when I was a youngster.

 

[swee'pea99]

When you start to like jazz.

Eternal youth for me then. One type of music I don’t enjoy and can’t see that changing.

Don;t think I'll ever be that old!!!

You need to be at least 80 to fully appreciate this, but you could give it a go....


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM9LBxGfzhA&ab_channel=ChrisBarber-Topic


Recently rediscovered it on a compilation made for me by Hugh - true gent, may he rest in peace - almost 40 years ago, and was delighted to find it on the tube.