| Signs of getting older 08:37 - Aug 4 with 6708 views | PlanetHonneywood |
A few years back, a mate and I were identifying indicators of getting older. You know the stuff: coppers looking younger; music is crap; a hefty sigh when asked to do anything.
When the combined age of the medal winners in an Olympic event total 44, I think that’s a new one to add to the list.
Well done to da yoof I say. |  |
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| Signs of getting older on 14:19 - Aug 4 with 1573 views | Superhoop83 |
| Signs of getting older on 14:13 - Aug 4 by R_from_afar |
Realising that almost without exception, those little pictures which accompany people's e-mail addresses in business e-mails depict colleagues who are younger looking than me 
Being ecstatic if I can get through a game of eight a side football unscathed
Eight a side football reprise: Needing a warm-up* which is getting ever closer to the duration of the game and then having to mark someone young enough to me by grandson. Sigh.
* Jog for five minutes, Achilles stretches, calf stretches, adductor stretches, quad stretches, hamstring stretches (two different types)... |
I gave up competitive football for good a few years ago. I helped to coach my son's U18 team last season but trying to kick the ball any distance nearly broke me. I kicked a tennis ball for the dog to chase last week and nearly pulled my hamstring.
I'm 51. 51!!! |  |
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| Signs of getting older on 14:22 - Aug 4 with 1567 views | Match82 |
| Signs of getting older on 14:13 - Aug 4 by R_from_afar |
Realising that almost without exception, those little pictures which accompany people's e-mail addresses in business e-mails depict colleagues who are younger looking than me
Being ecstatic if I can get through a game of eight a side football unscathed
Eight a side football reprise: Needing a warm-up* which is getting ever closer to the duration of the game and then having to mark someone young enough to me by grandson. Sigh.
* Jog for five minutes, Achilles stretches, calf stretches, adductor stretches, quad stretches, hamstring stretches (two different types)... |
I played for the first time in about a decade a few weeks ago and warmed up like I did when I was in my 20s. 15 minutes later I'd tweaked my hamstring, pulled a groin muscle and done something to my calf muscle. |  | | |
| Signs of getting older on 14:36 - Aug 4 with 1537 views | HantsR |
I've been playing badminton for around 30 years now and my main problem with getting older (73) is maintaining a group that are all fit to play. We play a very energetic game and I'm ok, but others' knees and hips are biggest problems and most recently, one mate amputated his thumb in an electronic mitre saw.
Apart from that I seem to be getting taller as it takes longer to stop down to the floor and get up again. [Post edited 4 Aug 2021 14:45]
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| Signs of getting older on 14:39 - Aug 4 with 1529 views | hovehoop |
| Signs of getting older on 11:53 - Aug 4 by Padulas_Shampoo |
I was sat in the barbers’ chair recently and after she’d finished my hair she looked me in the eye via the mirror and asked me if I’d like my eyebrows trimmed too.
That’s it then. I’m old. |
You get used to the mandatory eyebrow trim at the barbers. I call them my Breshnev's. And years before that I used to enjoy telling my dad that hair sprouting from ear holes was a sign of madness. These days it's a mandatory part of my grooming, including nasal hair removal - always prompted by my wife asking that I do something about my appearance! |  | | |
| Signs of getting older on 15:00 - Aug 4 with 1489 views | R_from_afar |
| Signs of getting older on 14:19 - Aug 4 by Superhoop83 |
I gave up competitive football for good a few years ago. I helped to coach my son's U18 team last season but trying to kick the ball any distance nearly broke me. I kicked a tennis ball for the dog to chase last week and nearly pulled my hamstring.
I'm 51. 51!!! |
Match82, Superhoop83, can I just say that I did my ankle in ten or eleven years ago having a very gentle game of football in the back garden with my young godson 
These days, the morning after football (and, increasingly, the morning of the day after that too) is a fascinating voyage of discovery. I really don't know what's going to happen when I clamber out of bed and try to put weight on my aging bones, then attempt to propel myself forward. To say that I move gingerly is an understatement. Knees and ankles clicking audibly, I waddle around the house trying to build up some momentum. Madness. |  |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Signs of getting older on 15:09 - Aug 4 with 1471 views | stowmarketrange |
| Signs of getting older on 15:00 - Aug 4 by R_from_afar |
Match82, Superhoop83, can I just say that I did my ankle in ten or eleven years ago having a very gentle game of football in the back garden with my young godson
These days, the morning after football (and, increasingly, the morning of the day after that too) is a fascinating voyage of discovery. I really don't know what's going to happen when I clamber out of bed and try to put weight on my aging bones, then attempt to propel myself forward. To say that I move gingerly is an understatement. Knees and ankles clicking audibly, I waddle around the house trying to build up some momentum. Madness. |
I run the line sometimes for my daughters adult women’s team,and I wake up on Mondays and think that I must be getting fitter because I don’t ache so much.Unfortunately Tuesdays come along and that’s when I realise I’m not getting any fitter after all. |  | | |
| Signs of getting older on 15:22 - Aug 4 with 1455 views | E17hoop |
Noises you make as you a)get up, or b) sit down.
Realising you were born nearer to the end of WW2 than now.
Knowing that Escape to Victory was released nearer to the end of WW2 than now.
Moving from Radio 1 to Radio 2 is a pivotal moment when your youth is lost.
That rash/mark/ache that won't go away. |  |
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| Signs of getting older on 15:27 - Aug 4 with 1449 views | Boston |
| Signs of getting older on 14:39 - Aug 4 by hovehoop |
You get used to the mandatory eyebrow trim at the barbers. I call them my Breshnev's. And years before that I used to enjoy telling my dad that hair sprouting from ear holes was a sign of madness. These days it's a mandatory part of my grooming, including nasal hair removal - always prompted by my wife asking that I do something about my appearance! |
One of the blokes who works with me has the Amazon rain forest coming out of his nose. Couldn’t give a hoot, but he’s not allowed to talk to the customers. | |
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| Signs of getting older on 17:25 - Aug 4 with 1347 views | Mick_S |
Walking up the stairs a bit sideways ( one at a time )because the knees sound like someone scrunching a bag of crisps. Bungalow city, here we come.
Edit: I’d like add an en suite to the bungalow to ease the dark hours visits downstairs. [Post edited 4 Aug 2021 20:19]
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| Signs of getting older on 18:04 - Aug 4 with 1268 views | loftboy |
| Signs of getting older on 17:25 - Aug 4 by Mick_S |
Walking up the stairs a bit sideways ( one at a time )because the knees sound like someone scrunching a bag of crisps. Bungalow city, here we come.
Edit: I’d like add an en suite to the bungalow to ease the dark hours visits downstairs. [Post edited 4 Aug 2021 20:19]
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Me too, been told I need a new one but they won’t do it for at least 5 years as they say I’m too young and would need it doing again!
Also came in from work this afternoon and fell asleep for two hours! What’s that all about? |  |
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| Signs of getting older on 18:20 - Aug 4 with 1247 views | Jogo |
Coughing like a **** for 20 minutes after getting out of bed in the morning.
Feeling the need to use the handrail on staircases.
Not being able to remember the last time you've broken into a run.
Laughing at the way younger people dress...trousers that are way too short and way too tight.
Generally finding more things to complain about. |  | | |
| Signs of getting older on 18:41 - Aug 4 with 1215 views | Sharpy36 |
Walking the long way around to miss any inclines. Plus making sure the ventolin will last the journey. |  |
| 'You didn't know that was wrong, but now you do. If you do it again, I'll know you are doing it on purpose.' |
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| Signs of getting older on 18:54 - Aug 4 with 1196 views | derbyhoop |
| Signs of getting older on 11:29 - Aug 4 by daveB |
I was talking to a fella at work on one of these zoom calls in the summer about the Euros being a bit like Euro 96 and was saying how drunk I got at the Scotland game when Gazza scored etc and he told me he was only born in 1998 so had no idea what i was talking about. I felt like a Grandad talking about the war |
I'd better not tell the story of the 1966 World Cup SF.
And I went with my younger brother. |  |
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Find me on twitter @derbyhoop and now on Bluesky |
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| Signs of getting older on 18:58 - Aug 4 with 1183 views | A40Bosh |
| Signs of getting older on 18:41 - Aug 4 by Sharpy36 |
Walking the long way around to miss any inclines. Plus making sure the ventolin will last the journey. |
"Walking the long way around to miss any inclines. Plus making sure the ventolin will last the journey."
Where do I start?
Someone put "smelling of piss" - so on that subject having to stand over the pan for an extra min or two trying to shake that last bit out that won't come but knowing the min you tuck him back in to your clean boxers that little trickle infuses in to the Lycra injected cotton.
Looking at your pension statements and mortgage balances online and wondering if there is any chance that in two years you could retire at 55 and be able to spend 5 days a week on the golf course and realising that it is more likely to be 68 before that even is remotely possible but 70 is highly probable
You notice that the upper age limit on what you class as a hot milf is probably classed as a gilf (does that even exist)
When in the pub three pints of anything becomes the limit before having to switch to G&T (if you know you can't go home for a while) or a straight Jameson (if you think you are definitely in "one for the road" territory. |  |
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| Signs of getting older on 19:06 - Aug 4 with 1167 views | A40Bosh |
| Signs of getting older on 12:25 - Aug 4 by DavieQPR |
The real sign of age is if you trip over flat on your face. When your young everybody laughs but when your old everyone rushes over to see if you are alright. |
In my Irish family these age related falls are importantly defined by slightly different wording
Below 60: "The feckin' eejit fell over"
Above 60: "The poor old fella took a fall" | |
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| Signs of getting older on 19:57 - Aug 4 with 1127 views | hamptonhillhoop |
| Signs of getting older on 09:01 - Aug 4 by Metallica_Hoop |
Rather go home and finish drinking early than stay out until 4+
Not finding mosh pits so much fun.
Trying out all different types of red wine and getting excited when you find Pinotage on sale.
Louise Post looks like someones mum. Kate Bush looks like a groovy Gran. |
I went to see The Wedding Present at the 100 club a couple of years ago with two mates who are big fans. I was 49, they were early fifties. I'm not as big a fan as them so I left them to go In the mosh pit, which consisted of about eight similarly aged blokes, while I stayed at the bar. At the end of the gig, the loosely termed mosh pit all shook hands with each other. I think one even said 'Well done'
That's old. [Post edited 4 Aug 2021 19:59]
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| Signs of getting older on 23:07 - Aug 4 with 1029 views | dachiltern |
When refereeing, Sounding like a school teacher talking to the pupils, average age of 27! |  | | |
| Signs of getting older on 23:12 - Aug 4 with 1021 views | Ranger_Things |
Getting old was better in my day. |  | | |
| Signs of getting older on 00:21 - Aug 5 with 978 views | Boston |
Signs of getter older...............replying. | |
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| Signs of getting older on 00:47 - Aug 5 with 963 views | distortR |
i don't know if it's because I'm getting older, but I'm developing a thing for dahlias. | | | |
| Signs of getting older on 01:29 - Aug 5 with 950 views | Boston |
| Signs of getting older on 00:47 - Aug 5 by distortR |
i don't know if it's because I'm getting older, but I'm developing a thing for dahlias. |
Would you mind accompanying me downtown...
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| Signs of getting older on 05:19 - Aug 5 with 909 views | PlanetHonneywood |
A few more:
Takes longer to scroll down to the year of your birth when completing something online.
Mrs PH preparing herself for my comments and hoping I don’t say them to loudly, about tattoos on people that I pass in the street.
Starting more sentences with: ‘I remember once/one time’
Either not arranging to meet in; enter; or kicking up a fuss about pubs you can’t get a seat in.
Ordering wine by the glass at a meal instead of a bottle of white with the starter; red with the main.
Thinking how good a dosset box is, but fighting getting one. [Post edited 5 Aug 2021 8:04]
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| Signs of getting older on 07:47 - Aug 5 with 826 views | WokingR |
Having to explain that your latest back, neck or shoulder injury was caused by putting on your socks or picking up your tooth brush |  | | |
| Signs of getting older on 08:24 - Aug 5 with 785 views | MrSheen |
| Signs of getting older on 07:47 - Aug 5 by WokingR |
Having to explain that your latest back, neck or shoulder injury was caused by putting on your socks or picking up your tooth brush |
Doesn't that make you a professional footballer? |  | | |
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