The realisation you're getting old

[Mad Doug Biker]

Heck, old fogie squabbling on CC reminds me of when I worked in a old fogies home 30 odd years ago. They'd fall out over anything. I Might've posted this before, but if I have please excuse the forgetfulness creeping in these days. I remember a new arrival at the home, who sat innocently in one 'spoken for chair' as she waited to be shown to her room. An old battle axe as we used to call them, approached her and said "You're in my chair, move"! The new arrival could hardly respond before she was pulled (almost yanked) off the chair by the battle axe! Avoid ending up in old fogie homes as long as you can I say!

You are more of a fogie than me and I'm not squabbling... They started it anyway! 😆

 

[david.rolls]

You realize that you don't understand the latest fashion trends or popular slang words

 

[oldwheels]

Don't you mean Angus Macleans!!

Not a combination I have heard. I do know several Alans tho' with a variety of spellings. MacLean also has variations in spelling.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I had 'a fall' today. My walking stick must've slipped on my man made fibre carpet. I fell forward narrowly missing my open living room door with the edge facing me. Instead I fell into a mattress I have against my wall for such emergencies. It's a bit like a padded cell affect. I cut a finger and grazed my knee, but nothing else apart from being shaken up a bit.

 

[All uphill]

I offered to help someone off the train with their suitcase today. They looked at me and said, with a smile, they thought maybe they should do it.

Later I realised they were probably ten years younger than me.

That's it, I'm now officially at an age to be helped, not help.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

You notice that the thread title has been corrected at some point to show the correct 'you're' instead of 'your'

Or, even worse, you could be the person that changed it!

 

[All uphill]

When you see a new CC thread, "Life before Cellphones" and read "Life before Cellophane"

 

[Kingfisher101]

Having to use a magnifing glass to read the small print at the back of packets/bottles etc.
When you see people you havent seen for years and being shocked at how much they have aged and then thinking they will think the same about me.
My grey hair.

 

[BrumJim]

You know you’re old when the young, attractive women no longer smile back at you

Flip side for me. I was never considered to be attractive, and not helped by my personality either. As I have got older, young attractive women no longer avoid me in order to prevent a misunderstanding, but see a much older bloke as more fatherly than lecherous, and smile back at me.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

When you see a new CC thread, "Life before Cellphones" and read "Life before Cellophane"

@mr_cellophane

 

[Accy cyclist]

There I was in Tesco yesterday with my celebrate the coronation shopping bag, when a young woman asked if I would be watching the event. I told her I would be. She then asked if I watched the Queen's coronation. I pointed out to her that even though I might not look it I wasn't born till 7 years after the event, adding that I did watch and remember Winston Churchill's funeral in January 1965. To which she replied "who was that"!!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

When you see a new CC thread, "Life before Cellphones" and read "Life before Cellophane"

When you try and make a call on your cellophane

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm thinking of getting one of these.

https://www.incontinencechoice.co.u...CjwKCAjwjMiiBhA4EiwAZe6jQ6lQnikTfv0RIyqA7U5s5


When I discretely use my cycling water bottle while sat in my car, I fear that it might overflow onto my pants. So far it hasn't, but that fear is always there.

 

[presta]

Heck, old fogie squabbling on CC reminds me of when I worked in a old fogies home 30 odd years ago. They'd fall out over anything. I Might've posted this before, but if I have please excuse the forgetfulness creeping in these days. I remember a new arrival at the home, who sat innocently in one 'spoken for chair' as she waited to be shown to her room. An old battle axe as we used to call them, approached her and said "You're in my chair, move"! The new arrival could hardly respond before she was pulled (almost yanked) off the chair by the battle axe! Avoid ending up in old fogie homes as long as you can I say!

I sat in the window seat at the front of the Bank Tavern in Keswick once, semi-aware that it was the usual haunt of the locals and not tourists. It felt decidedly frosty and uncomfortable sitting there eating my dinner, but it was the only seat left in a packed pub, and I wasn't about to try eating with a knife & fork whilst standing up.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I'm thinking of getting one of these.

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https://www.incontinencechoice.co.u...CjwKCAjwjMiiBhA4EiwAZe6jQ6lQnikTfv0RIyqA7U5s5


When I discretely use my cycling water bottle while sat in my car, I fear that it might overflow onto my pants. So far it hasn't, but that fear is always there.

I have one of these that I purchased re my kidney problem last year.

Came in handy on the short drive back from Lancaster RI following a diuretic for a Renogram.

Three urgent pees in 25 or so miles of M6 travel (Mrs SD driving) meant it was worth far more to me than the fiver that it cost.

Secondhand offers invited.