You know you're middle aged when

[TheLurker]

When younger members of staff wearing wooly hats in the office really annoy you.

[Kim]

When younger members of staff wearing wooly hats in the office really annoy you.

Hang on, aren't you supposed to be annoyed with them for turning up the heating rather than wearing warm clothes?  It's hard to keep track...

[rafletcher]

As I was in a polo shirt it wasn’t exactly freezing - and neither was he shaven headed so air con breezes weren’t an issue. It seems to be a “fashion” thing. Also, similar aged colleagues wandering around in over-the-ear headphones.   

[Cudzoziemiec]

You're obviously not keeping track Kim and have failed to notice that woolly hats are now worn all year round.

[Kim]

Also, similar aged colleagues wandering around in over-the-ear headphones.   

Yeah, that's definitely a thing.  It's like earbuds are only allowed if they're those silly Apple ones, so now everyone looks like an autistic person wearing noise-cancelling headphones.

Still, I'm not going to complain, as they are at least using headphones (and ones that do a reasonable job of containing the sound) rather than sodcasting.  I suppose it helps keep the hats in place.

[Mr Larrington]

I blame that Dave Evans off of U2.  Because I can.

[ian]

Good god, I'm on a fashion site (not a euphemism, people) on a hunt for cheap shoes and the things people seem willing to wear. Bright orange moccasins. For the love of the little sweet baby cheesus. Orange moccasins! Designer Crocs. I need drugs for my eyes! I'm not sure whether they're intended for young people or very mad old people. They have a physical concept store which I think is modern speak for a shop. Or digital touchpoints. Which I think is a website. I'm probably about to undertake a digital transaction experience. Maybe some kind of financial intimacy.

Anyway, I'm going to look the primo duds in those mocs. The red trousers will be stealthy in comparison. I think I understand why some people wear sunglasses indoors. They're going to need to.

[Jaded]

... with added self indulgent drivel and shitverts.

When you say things like this.

 

I learned it from you at that funny cycle track brewery. 

[Clare]

Also, similar aged colleagues wandering around in over-the-ear headphones.   

Yeah, that's definitely a thing.  It's like earbuds are only allowed if they're those silly Apple ones, so now everyone looks like an autistic person wearing noise-cancelling headphones.

(My bold)

Which has got to be a good thing if it helps stop gobby twats harassing autistic people for 'being different'.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Good god, I'm on a fashion site (not a euphemism, people) on a hunt for cheap shoes and the things people seem willing to wear. Bright orange moccasins. For the love of the little sweet baby cheesus. Orange moccasins! Designer Crocs. I need drugs for my eyes! I'm not sure whether they're intended for young people or very mad old people. They have a physical concept store which I think is modern speak for a shop. Or digital touchpoints. Which I think is a website. I'm probably about to undertake a digital transaction experience. Maybe some kind of financial intimacy.

Anyway, I'm going to look the primo duds in those mocs. The red trousers will be stealthy in comparison. I think I understand why some people wear sunglasses indoors. They're going to need to.

Make sure your psychedelic moc crocs are spd compatible. You don't want to be be thought of as a young person who only rides flats, probably attached to a fixie.

[ian]

It's all too horrific for me to post links. You can google, but honestly, I'd rather have Rogerzilla's entire browser history than have that in there. Australia, I think, brought us Uggs too. It's the land of stupid footwear. Honestly, how long do we have the wait for the local wildlife to sort out the 'Australian problem.'

[Mr Larrington]

I think the climate will do for Captain Cook's Mistake long before the wildlife.  And then it’ll be be “Bloody Australians, comin' over 'ere!  With your two hundred words for being sick!”

[ian]

Indeed, in a decade or two, they'll be clamouring to be let into Indonesia. Not in those shoes, and by the way, we have a spare and very remote island over there. Here's your tent, mate.

[rogerzilla]

Are slag wellies Uggs still a thing?  I think I last saw some 4 years ago in Cirencester.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Are slag wellies Uggs still a thing?  I think I last saw some 4 years ago in Cirencester.

Aggs in Uggs?

[ian]

No idea. They seems absurdly impractical footwear. First experience of rain and it looks like you've got elephantiasis. Basically boots that don't, erm, serve the purpose of boots.

Still, Crocs with heels.

I'm not authority on fashion, however. Which makes me feel better about myself.

[andrewc]

Things start hurting for no apparent reason.  In this instance my right knee has decided to inflict occasional stabs of pain on me, even when it's at rest. 

[Slave To The Viking]

When you realise the socks you're wearing are older than the schoolkids you're sharing the train carriage with.

[rr]

No idea. They seems absurdly impractical footwear. First experience of rain and it looks like you've got elephantiasis. Basically boots that don't, erm, serve the purpose of boots.

Still, Crocs with heels.

I'm not authority on fashion, however. Which makes me feel better about myself.

Mini has a pair of white, platform Crocs

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[T42]

Things start hurting for no apparent reason.  In this instance my right knee has decided to inflict occasional stabs of pain on me, even when it's at rest.

Wait until it's your left arm.

[Slave To The Viking]

Things start hurting for no apparent reason.  In this instance my right knee has decided to inflict occasional stabs of pain on me, even when it's at rest.

Wait until it's your left arm.

Mine's done that for my entire life. If I get chest pain of any description, for any reason (heavy coughing, out of breath, eat something too hot, hit by a football, violent sneeze - anything at all) then my left arm hurts. Always has. Horrible pain; not really severe, just...nasty, somehow.

Referred down a nerve, I suspect.

Chuff knows how I'll know if I ever do have a coronary.

[T42]

Chuff knows how I'll know if I ever do have a coronary.

They can hurt in various places, not necessarily the left arm. Some hurt like hell and some don't hurt at all.  Once I got past 55 my doc started sending me for a stress test every two years: fortunately it didn't turn up an incipient coronary until after PBP 2007 and they fixed it PDQ.

[Slave To The Viking]

You look forward - for about a week - to defrosting the freezer.

Then you enjoy defrosting the freezer.

[graculus]

You look forward - for about a week - to defrosting the freezer.

Then you enjoy defrosting the freezer.

And have a warm glow of satisfaction when it's done?

[nicknack]

Ok, it's not exactly middle aged, but when you receive a letter telling you it's time to renew your driving licence.