Author Topic: You know you're middle aged when  (Read 186817 times)

T42

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Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #425 on: 10 November, 2017, 08:18:12 am »
Crikey.  My son's birth certificate dates from 1973.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Giraffe

  • I brake for Giraffes
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #426 on: 11 November, 2017, 09:21:30 am »
I offer seats to people - often I seem to be the only one capable of standing.
A couple of bus drivers that I know will want to talk during the journey and this can be a drawback as
a) I will usually have walked between 2 and 10 miles already
b) I have a rucsack full of shopping
c) Also carrying a meal and 3 - 4 pints up front to balance the load

still, I'm (biologically) younger than most people on the bus.
2x4: thick plank; 4x4: 2 of 'em.

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #427 on: 11 November, 2017, 02:58:38 pm »
Dear Giraffe,
Threescore years and ten is not middle aged.
HTH & HAND

Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #428 on: 11 November, 2017, 10:26:37 pm »
When you remember that you were the second person to get a Cycling Pefiency Certificate.

Giraffe

  • I brake for Giraffes
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #429 on: 12 November, 2017, 08:44:43 am »
Dear Giraffe,
Threescore years and ten is not middle aged.
HTH & HAND
'tis nowadays - fourscore and ten is the new version.
2x4: thick plank; 4x4: 2 of 'em.

rogerzilla

  • When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #430 on: 12 November, 2017, 10:00:00 am »
When you talk about people getting caned at school and you get looks as if you've just described going to a public hanging.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

Snakehips

  • Twixt London and leafy Surrey
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #431 on: 12 November, 2017, 10:05:31 am »
Middle Age Now Extends to Age 74, Vienna Researchers Say ........

....... which is nice because it means that I'm not too old for this thread.
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hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #432 on: 12 November, 2017, 10:26:38 am »
Dear Giraffe,
Threescore years and ten is not middle aged.
HTH & HAND
'tis nowadays - fourscore and ten is the new version.

Middle-aged should refer to the middle third of expected lifespan so even I am approaching that last third...

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #433 on: 12 November, 2017, 03:49:30 pm »
...when you attend a lunch with 150 of your fellow cyclotourists in civvies, look round and think "what a bunch of old farts".

Mind you, the food was good.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Giraffe

  • I brake for Giraffes
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #434 on: 13 November, 2017, 08:17:07 am »
On that note, when an ordinary main course seems like a good meal, instead of just starters.
2x4: thick plank; 4x4: 2 of 'em.

clarion

  • Tyke
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #435 on: 13 November, 2017, 12:24:34 pm »
Dear Giraffe,
Threescore years and ten is not middle aged.
HTH & HAND
'tis nowadays - fourscore and ten is the new version.

Middle-aged should refer to the middle third of expected lifespan so even I am approaching that last third...
My expected lifespan was 30.  I lived my teenage years as a grumpy middle aged person.  I wish I'd known...
Getting there...

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #436 on: 20 November, 2017, 04:02:17 pm »
When you get home from a ride and reset the current track instead of saving it.  Not only that but, realizing that something wasn't right, you do it twice.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #437 on: 21 November, 2017, 04:03:19 am »
I remember a boss who was extremely frugal:
  - note pads were made by saving all extra printed specification pages (usually ditto'ed - another one of those you've got to be a certain age to remember the process) and sending them over to the blueprinter to be cut into quarters and made into pads with the paint-on plastic glue along one side;
  - since the office hadn't purchased a fax machine, but clients would ask for faxes instead of waiting for something to come in the mail, we had to ask for permission to send a page or two over to the same blueprinter to send them out;
  - when Post-It notes came out, their usefulness was immediately apparent; they were more useful if torn into narrow strips so that the little pad of them would last longer.

Despite those quirks, he was a great guy to work for (and later, with, as I was given permission to buy into the firm).  He was never frugal about carefully explaining how to do things better.

And, related to the how aged one is department:  About 4 years ago one of my college roommates passed away after an cerebral aneurism when jogging at lunch - age 59.  Another roommate said "We're all in the fourth quarter of life now".

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #438 on: 21 November, 2017, 08:06:43 am »
Cerebral aneurysms can happen at virtually any age. A ex-programmer of mine died of one at 35 while pushing his wife's car.
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

Guy

  • Retired
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #439 on: 21 November, 2017, 12:25:26 pm »
When you spend ages hunting for your glasses, give up, and decide to make a cup of tea.You open the fridge to get the milk and...

Guess what :facepalm:
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Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #440 on: 21 November, 2017, 02:43:10 pm »
"I can see clearly now the milk has come"
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Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #441 on: 21 November, 2017, 02:45:24 pm »
ROFLMAO ;D
"He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." ~ Freidrich Neitzsche

T42

  • Apprentice geezer
I've dusted off all those old bottles and set them up straight

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #443 on: 21 November, 2017, 04:14:18 pm »
I can see Deidre now Lorraine has gone....

Basil

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Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #444 on: 21 November, 2017, 06:15:55 pm »
You know you're no longer middle aged when people 20 years younger are calling themselves middle aged.
Admission.  I'm actually not that fussed about cake.

Giraffe

  • I brake for Giraffes
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #445 on: 22 November, 2017, 09:30:14 am »
At some point the wee small hours become the small wee hours.
2x4: thick plank; 4x4: 2 of 'em.

TheLurker

  • Goes well with magnolia.
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #446 on: 23 November, 2017, 05:18:46 pm »
Giraffe wins the thread, at least for the blokes amongst us.
Τα πιο όμορφα ταξίδια γίνονται με τις δικές μας δυνάμεις - Φίλοι του Ποδήλατου

hellymedic

  • Just do it!
Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #447 on: 23 November, 2017, 05:28:08 pm »
Giraffe will attest that it's not just the blokes...

Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #448 on: 23 November, 2017, 06:14:12 pm »
That's been the case for me for years, and I'm both female and only *just* middle aged!

Pingu

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Re: You know you're middle aged when
« Reply #449 on: 23 November, 2017, 06:47:48 pm »
I got offered a seat on the train the other day :(

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