Piano
Yesterday my wife bought a piano and spent two hours playing classical music to me. I enjoyed it :-(
(Chillumm, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:05, Reply)

22, going on 60?
I lament that in my day, school rules were much stricter, and the exams were harder.
I'm convinced that sweets are getting smaller (eg. Wagon Wheels, Twix's)
I'm shocked at the price of a Beano magazine.
I've started to refer to chart music as 'noise'.
Going to Asda is a night's entertainment.
I bought a scarf. And I wear it.
I lament that University exams were a lot harder in my day.
I've started (like many other b3tans) to get newspaper snobbish, and haircut snobbish.
I know about current accounts.
I avoid the 'club' end of my city on Friday nights.

Help me!
(b3tasux, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:04, Reply)

Gigs
Losing the will to go to gigs coz you can't stand up for that long anymore, and besides, it'll be too loud and your ears will ring in the morning and you'll be tired all day at work.
(finbarr, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:59, Reply)

God, I'm old
Having enjoyed taking the piss out of my boss for years - now I have the piss taken out of :o(

My father is concerned that I've not yet got a girl pregnant so he has a grandchild (is this the only reason to have kids?)

When I talk about Belle and Sebastian (the girl and the dog) antics on tv, people assume I'm talking about the theme tune to Teachers or something.
(Taff135, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:58, Reply)

I do prefer to leave a club at 1am
or sooner, if possible! Assuming you manage to persuade me to go to one in the first place!

Not that I'm old, if they played music I liked, I'd happily dance for hours! I'm just less willing to tolerate crap music for the sake of looking like "I'm havin' it large".

I just bought the new REM, the new Duran Duran, and will soon be buying the new U2 album. All bands that have been going for 20 years or more.

I'm 25.
( notshiny, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:58, Reply)

Lots....
1. Close relatives start dying off.
2. Becoming a grandfather.
3. Having to shave my goatee beard off because somebody said I looked like Mike Gatting.
4. Weighing 40% more than I did when I was 25.
5. Grey hairs.
6. Less hairs.
7. Going to a Clash gig in 1979 and realising half the audience were still at school.
8. Realising that the age range of women you fancy is between 16 and 50.
9. Worrying about pensions and whether I can retire in my 50's.
10. Arse grapes.
11. Not giving a shit about fashion (definition of fashion - collective bad taste).
12. Waking up with pins and needles in the middle of the night and thinking you're having a coronary.
(Doctor Evil, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:57, Reply)

Pixies
Being annoyed about all you bastards who say that liking "The Pixies" makes you old!

Come on - they ROCK!
(b, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:56, Reply)

where to begin?
I think Policemen are getting younger.
I'm getting fat.
I fall asleep when I'm watching TV.
I argue about politics.
Can't drink as much as I used to :(
I sweat ludicrously during sex.
I read the Telegraph and Private Eye, when I used to read Viz.
However, most worrying of all, is that I appear to be TURNING INTO MY DAD.
Look out world. *sigh*

Edit:
Oh, and I seem to say "Back in the day..." a lot these days, too.
Did I mention the forgetfulness?
(Sathington Willoughby, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:53, Reply)

Hmmm...eh?
In between keeping up to date with the latest Question, I'm writing a reference for an ex employee of this company. While listening to The Pixies.

I'm also starting to realise what my dad was going on about for all those years.
(GoatBoy, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:50, Reply)

G N'R
Seeing someone in an Appetite for Destruction t-shirt and realising they weren't even born when it was released. irk.
(finbarr, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:49, Reply)

the realisation
that i'm discerning about my choice of newspaper to the point of snobbery. Also i obfuscate to the point that i practically talk in shakesperian. Furthermore, it's increasingly difficult to get away with travelling on a child single on the underground.
(cap'nj, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:47, Reply)

well ...
Mr Jackson doesn't return my calls anymore.

I'm sad.
( EasyCheese, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:47, Reply)

drug dealers and whores
think I'm a policeman
( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:47, Reply)

Although only 25
I quite often make a sigh of relief when I sit down and a groan of effort when standing up...

Surely only old people do this...?
(Slacker, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:47, Reply)

Well,
in my day you used to know people were getting old because they used phrases like "in my day".

...Bugger.
( Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:46, Reply)

I help run a boys brigade
it scared me when one of the kids told me his date of birth and i realised it was the same day i moved house in after my first year of college.

i also listen to radio 6 - radio 2 for ageing indie-kids

Oh and i find myself thinking that buying a house would be a good idea !! (mind you, this is only because i want a pet dog)
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:46, Reply)

I feel it in my fingers
and everything else, I know I'm getting old because I'm doing more clubbing and shagging and illegalities than ever before but I'm still not happy.

And it takes me hours to cum.
(tigercrocodile, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:45, Reply)

And furthermore...
…my hemorroids hang lower than my rapidly shrinking scrotum.
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:43, Reply)

I am slowly turning into my father because:
1, I listened to the charts for the first time in years a couple of weeks ago and said, "I prefer the original version" seven times before being asked to leave.

2, I stop or slow my drinking when I feel drunk.

3, Despite my lefty politics, I've found myself enjoying the Daily Telegraph recently.

4, My last three CD purchases have been: The Smiths; Billy Bragg and Super Furry Animals. Nothing from the last 10 years.

5, I know how to use colons and semi-colons to indicate a list.

How incredibly depressing.
(Slipperduke, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:41, Reply)

The Signs
Hair sprouting from nose and ears.
Receeding chin, expanding waist.
Decide TOTP2 is better than TOTP.
Rubbish music on Radio1, prefer Radio2.
Joint pains that last days rather than hours after sport.
Hangovers that last for days rather than hours.
Mortgage instead of rent.
Realising the nice woman you're talking to was in nappies when you were in exams.
Gardening is more enjoyable than clubbing.
Latest fashions really do look ridiculous.
Sporadic sex with partner rather than sex with sporadic partners.
Dressing up warm when a cold wind blows.
Spending more a week on petrol than you do on alcohol.
(anat0010, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:41, Reply)

Hmmm...
...only this morning my wife offered to iron my ass for me.
(emadex thinks the world will end on, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:40, Reply)

Well...
Collecting my pension.
(DayvidBerdo, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:40, Reply)

There are so many...
...but the worst is being married to someone who wasn't even born when your favourite film of all time was released.


It's Star Wars by the way...
(antonye, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:40, Reply)

Irrational fear of nothing
I often get this, just worrying for no reason.

Example: my dad isn't back from a dinner in town when he claimed when he was going to be.
My thoughts: Jesus, what's happened to him? Has he had a heart attack? Maybe he got in his car pissed and crashed! Shit!

Irrational fear seems to be taking up my life. Soon I'll be checking my shoes regularly to see if I have enough toe room and walking up and down with one on to see if they're still comfortable.
(scoob666 Ain't Nuthin' Ta F' Wit, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:39, Reply)

The crippling arthritis

( Nikfuf Eetr Northern Midlander, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:35, Reply)

come on granma, mosh like ya mean it!
well, john peel has just done the ultimate ageing...gawd bless him. hope he's playing some tunes up there.

right,
1. i do about 600 bloody situps a week and i'm still the flabby devil child of homer simpson and pooh ruddy bear.

2. i'm sure i did'nt use to fart this much.

3.my new technology face has gone from 'joy!' to 'huh?'

4. i still like the pixies.

5. i'm gonna buy a house in melbourne next year.

hold on - that last one rocked! therefore i still rock! bring it on!

bring on that surf t-shirt! (hmm..or maybe that should have been number 6...i just went shopping on carnaby street and i swear they employ child labour)
(fistianus, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:34, Reply)

Too many to mention and I'm only 34......
I bought a hi-tech cellphone that can send MMS's and after a year I still haven't got round to registering so I can receive them!

I now head home after supper out with friends rather than going on to a club 'cos I like feeling un-hungover in the morning!

I spent an evening with a charming bunch of 20-somethings from Seattle who were snorting vodka (!?) and didn't feel the slightest urge to give it a try!
(Hazy, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:31, Reply)

Taking up knitting
...and taking my knitting to the pub.
( Safetyfox, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:30, Reply)

grumble
when i was 16, it was fine for me to want to fuck 16 year old schoolgirls. in fact, it was probably ok when i was 18 too.

last week i made my feelings about wanting to fuck 16 year old school girls apparent to my lady friend. she was disgusted.
(pb4ugo2bed, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 14:28, Reply)