The realisation you're getting old

[oldwheels]

You need reading glasses to complement your distance glasses

I have 3 pairs of reading glasses for different tasks depending on distance from eyes. No distance glasses tho’ as both cataracts done.

 

[oldwheels]

When you start to like jazz.

I liked jazz from when I was at Uni 65 years ago. There are varieties of jazz.

 

[oldwheels]

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.

They used to play at the Glasgow Student’s Union and also often The Clyde Valley Stompers. Happy days.

 

[oldwheels]

I haven't looked at the money in detail - but the concept is clearly getting close to being a scam
OK for a few people - but given the number of ads, especially in the mornings, I suspect a lot of these are being 'sold' that should not be.

I can see it becoming the next mis-selling scandal when a lot of people realise they are going to die and leave nothing to their children
or when children realise that their parents died thinking they have left their kids doing OK - but it turns out that there is nothing left.

and it will generate a lot of arguments where they take a 'policy' out to help one kid thinking they are doing the right think - then they die and the other kids find out that the one kid has had his bit and the company has taken all the rest.

It is amazing how little people think about long term money

It is indeed a scam.

 

[Jenkins]

Afternoon naps become more frequent.

And longer.

 

[kayakerles]

That's a symptom of being of an older generation. The younger generations do not seem to be fixated on correct spelling and grammar .

Forgetting the difference between ‘your’ and ‘you’re.’

Bad grammar, misspelled words… both signs of our times. Everything today has to be done in minutes, where an hour used to be sufficient. Remember the days when quality newspapers and magazines almost never had typographical or grammatical errors?

Back in the days when everything on paper was typed on manual typewriters, (pre-IBM Selectric even, not to mention even Word Processors or “Computers”) my dad was the Assistant Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal. In addition to editing, he wrote front page articles once a month or so as well. Anyway, back in those times it was truly impressive how there seemed to almost never be mistakes of any kind. Fast forward to today, with everything needing to be on social media within seconds of when it happens, it’s no surprise there are every type of terrors to be found on a regular basis.

Apparently in today’s age, a job done well yes is considered second rate to a job done fast. I still value quality over speed, Ming. I suppose it is just another thing that brands me as an old timer. So be it!

The CC board is also as close as I get to social media. I have no need for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tic Tok, Pinterest or SnapChat (or Strava for that matter, but let's not get int that here!)

CM, don’t forget the triple doozie of them all… their, they're or there!

 

[kayakerles]

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!

Yo got me there, Mo. Just for kicks I tried to read the ingredients on a travel size tube of toothpaste. I could not read them with or without my glasses. And I even have trifocals!

 

[Beebo]

When you can't just buy something it has to be subscription.

I had my alarm serviced last week.
The installer, in his 50s was moaning about all new alarms being subscription services now.
He said that anyone over 40 just wants to make a one off payment, whilst under 40s seem to accept this new tyranny of capitalism.

 

[bagpuss]

I find that I am getting more cynical ,to the extent I now qualify for a degree in cynicism .

 

[Mo1959]

I find that I am getting more cynical ,to the extent I now qualify for a degree in cynicism .

Me too......and after nearly 26 years in the prison service I didn't think it would be possible!

 

[swee'pea99]

don’t forget the triple doozie of them all… their, they're or there!

There's hardly anyone left who knows their its from their it's or their your from their you're, never mind their their from their there from their they're.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

There's hardly anyone left who knows their its from their it's or their your from their you're, never mind their their from their there from their they're.

Would have, would've & would of:

https://www.stgeorges.co.uk/would-have-vs-would-of-in-english-grammar/

 

[bagpuss]

Your eligibility for Military reserve call up has long past ,however you fancy yourself as a modern version of Private Walker .
Then....

and Private Walker.... Now

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Me too......and after nearly 26 years in the prison service I didn't think it would be possible!

I find it’s no so much that people’s personality changes as they age, it’s just that it gets less filtered. That grumpy old bugger in the pub, they were grumpy when 7 years old, but they don’t hold back now.

 

[Mo1959]

I find it’s no so much that people’s personality changes as they age, it’s just that it gets less filtered. That grumpy old bugger in the pub, they were grumpy when 7 years old, but they don’t hold back now.

Yes, pretty much. I’m past caring what most people think of me now!