What makes you feel old?
Friday I took my youngest daughter off to college/university, my oldest daughter told us she is pregnant and going to have the baby, my birthday is coming up, and my back is f-ing killing me.

(Of course I am ancient compared to most of you considering that before most of you were born, I was a hot shit graduate student with a top of the line PC with two floppy drives, one for the program and one for the data and a whole 512 K memory.

Only time I ever even came close to being cool.)
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:20, 28 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

In my research for extension and flexion for my A&P classes I found this
www.hypermobility.org/beighton.php

I was told years ago when I screwed up my shoulder at work that I have hypermobility by my physio, which is what makes me quite flexible (I know fnarr...bored now) but I wasn't told just how much it could screw me over later in life.

I score 5. What's your score?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:26, Reply)

I failed,
miserably
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:53, Reply)

thanks becky
I now have a broken thumb :(
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:08, Reply)

I score only 2
because my elbows go backwards. It's a family trait.

I'm much less flexible than Becky, it seems.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:32, Reply)

Policemen.
Policeman and doctors. They make me feel old, what with their average ages being 21.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:34, Reply)

They look more like 12 to me
Should still be in short pants!
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:13, Reply)

THIS
The doctor I had the other day was my age, if not younger.
I looked at her and thought 'well, she's a doctor, what the fuck are you doing with your life?!'

she told me I should say no to sex
I went in for an ear ache, definitely got more than I bargained for
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:27, Reply)

I score 0
Help... can't... move...
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:35, Reply)

I have an Alan Davies ridiculous score of -87
Happy B3ta Day LiC.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:15, Reply)

Cheers
I had a celebratory full english breakfast and I'm not sure how much longer I can stay awake. MEAT COMA.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 14:25, Reply)

Airline pilots too
seem awfully young these days. I wouldn't let half of them drive my car.

My sister's a nervous flier. She likes when she gets on a plane and sees that the pilot has a bit of grey hair, because she reckons he can't have done that badly. I did point out to her however that the vast majority of pilots crash a maximum of only once.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:38, Reply)

My bro is four years younger
than me. One of his friends now teaches at the school we all went to. The kids probably think he's as much of an idiot as we thought the teachers were when we were there. It's just not right.

Yesterday I saw another of his schoolmates who used to be the cutest little baby faced lad... now he's a strapping stubbly fireman.
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:47, Reply)

i turn 40 tomorrow...
which will be the oldest i've ever been.
so i guess that makes me feel old.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 31 Aug 2009, 12:50, Reply)

Friz's blog

(Richard Earl of Cambridge Cruel, Savage, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:01, Reply)

I remember starting high school, thinking the kids in my current year were old
Now I'm in my year, and I realised that that's probably what the kids in bottom form think of me and my friends.

Oh. And I"m 18 in the first week of Feb. That's a bit of a shocker. I have no idea why the last 17 and a half years have gone so damn fast.
(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:01, Reply)

To be fair,
the first few years were spent sleeping and gurgling random nonsense and being unable to stand up. With luck, many of the future ones will feature this also (but with less pissing yourself, hopefully).
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:04, Reply)

well
as im running up towards 35 rapidly I think I am never likely to take Cambridge United into the premiership banging in 30 goals a season as we roar up the divisions.

Luckily a friend of mine who is 6 months older then me joined the police 2 years ago, so can't rock out that old chestnut
(Halfy By light alone, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:06, Reply)

Bemoaning the youth of today
for their abject lack of respect, discipline and value.

*slips off to buy blue rinse*

*remembers it's a bank holiday*

Fucksocks.
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:11, Reply)

Blue rinse
Don't see it much anymore (even at the nursing home my wife runs) but what ever was the reason to use it?

A lot of the people on this forum probably never saw old ladies with blue hair but they used to be everywhere. Maybe they were the first Punks and used to actually hit tne mosh pits when they told everyone they were playing bridge. Too many broken hips put an end to that.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:20, Reply)

I reckon you're right
I used to secretly fantasise about my Granny being a punk. She had the most beautiful soft, snow white hair which she couldn't stand so fucked it up with blue rinse. There used to be pink ones too. Eeh, I remember back when all this were fields........ Tommy the horse would deliver proper bottles of milk on his cart.........
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:26, Reply)

aaah
the blue rinse brigade...what a bizarre concept

"i know, seeing as how you are old and probably a bit senile, why don't we dye your hair.....erm.......BLUE"

at least it detracts from the smell of fear and piss...but you do rarely see them now. from here on in, i will be on a blue rinse alert, searching for any evidence that it has not completely disappeared.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 13:32, Reply)

Google is our friend
www.trot2.com/detail.jsp?pid=6000412&id=6000580&src=froogle
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 14:12, Reply)

Better yet, a reason WHY
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_rinse
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 14:26, Reply)

"The ability to see blue
decreases with age" ?

Seriously?
( warmfuzzies Isn't here, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 14:38, Reply)

*shrug*
Take the word of random people on the internet with however much salt you see fit...

www.allaboutvision.com/over60/vision-changes.htm#agingeffects
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 14:49, Reply)

What makes me feel old?
The bloody pounding hardcore dance music coming from the park opposite me that is part of some bloody festival. It's giving me a headache and I've half a mind to go over there and pull the big bloody plug from the sound system.

Edit - It's starting pissing it down with rain now.....Ha! I hope they all get fucking drenched.
( girlinthehole, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 18:48, Reply)

Damn kids, why can't they listen to GOOD music like we did!!!!!!
The classic soothing mellow tones of Alice Cooper and Frank Zappa are what you need right now.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 20:11, Reply)

A bit of piano based house music would even be better.
CHOON!!!

*throws a shape*

I still got it....oh yes!
( girlinthehole, Mon 31 Aug 2009, 20:36, Reply)