You know you are getting old when...
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You know you are getting old when...
Your good friend accuses you of going senile when he mentions some bloke in your class in 1977, and you say you can't remember the dude, and apologise to your friend for your forgetfulness, and then remember that you didn't even go to the same school as the two aforementioned folks!
Any other offers on the signs of the yawing grave...
Any other offers on the signs of the yawing grave...
The observer of fools in military south and north...
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Catching myself referring to some trivial thing happening in the 1980s (or earlier) by the year, as if it really mattered, come on, it's over forty years ago
"And to think that it's the same dear old Moon..."
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Touché ma'am, you are right, I too, am often more stuck in the past than is for my own good!
The observer of fools in military south and north...
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Recalling in detail something that happened 40 years ago, and not being easily able to remember what I had for lunch yesterday.
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Of course I remember things I did 40,50,60 even 70 years ago, mainly because I do not get to do those things nowadays!
Been in data comm since we formed the bits individually with a Morse key.
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I can remember the faces of school friends, names etc., but don't remember someone I met three days ago if met out-of-context.... Or I talk to complete strangers thinking they are someone else. Like thinking a Spanish guy was Billy Beaumont. As for kissing Spanish Lady footballers....that turn out to be girls from the Russian brothel...
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OFSO wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:28 pmI can remember the faces of school friends, names etc., but don't remember someone I met three days ago if met out-of-context.... Or I talk to complete strangers thinking they are someone else. Like thinking a Spanish guy was Billy Beaumont. As for kissing Spanish Lady footballers....that turn out to be girls from the Russian brothel...
The observer of fools in military south and north...
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Getting competitive when comparing knee, hip or shoulder damage.
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When all the names in your address book start with Doctor.
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People besaring names in your address book that you can't remember.
Thinking today was Saturday and asking my wife if she wanted me to take her to the local Farmers Market - or should I go on my own ? ( which sometimes happens )
Thinking today was Saturday and asking my wife if she wanted me to take her to the local Farmers Market - or should I go on my own ? ( which sometimes happens )
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....going onto 'old peoples' medications...
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Standing up seems to be easier when accompanied by sound effects.
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I heard somebody relate a memory of an amusing incident in their high-school days.
Only problem was, it was a story I'd previously told them about something that had happened in my school, not theirs.
Weird.
Only problem was, it was a story I'd previously told them about something that had happened in my school, not theirs.
Weird.
"And to think that it's the same dear old Moon..."
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Good thing for me I haven't even had my mid-life crisis yet.
No trophy wife.
No Harley.
No sportscar.
Not that I don't want any of the above, just can't afford any of them.
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No trophy wife.
No Harley.
No sportscar.
Not that I don't want any of the above, just can't afford any of them.
PP
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...and I doubt that I'd be able to do what I want with any of them if I did have them
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Having to scroll so far back to your birth year when applying for car insurance
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....when all four chairs in the optician's waiting area are occupied and a young lass in one of them offers you her seat.
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