The "things that make you realise you're getting older" thread

[Remmie]

9 hours ago, sir roger said:

Yes , if you get the right chips, the right (small) amount of oil and the right timing they are gorgeous.

 

The chunky triple-cooked chips from the Tesco Finest range were probably the nicest things I had ever eaten when done in the air-fryer.

If they are triple cooked that will have been in oil and kinda defeating the purpose of the air-fryer

[Champ]

My boy’s 25 today. Twenty. Five. How did that happen?!?!!

[Skidfingers McGonical]

25 minutes ago, Champ said:

My boy’s 25 today. Twenty. Five. How did that happen?!?!!

Well, when a man and a woman love each other....

 

 

im like this already. Skids Jr is only 4 1/2. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

51 minutes ago, Champ said:

My boy’s 25 today. Twenty. Five. How did that happen?!?!!

Mine was 25 last week. Feel old.

[Champ]

4 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Mine was 25 last week. Feel old.

I don’t but I think I’m probably delusional.

 

I can’t remember feeling it quite so vividly on previous birthdays

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 minute ago, Champ said:

I don’t but I think I’m probably delusional 

 My youngest is 21 in September, that will cost me. 

[VladimirIlyich]

58 minutes ago, Champ said:

My boy’s 25 today. Twenty. Five. How did that happen?!?!!

My second lad is 30 this year. My daughter will be the only under 30 of my kids come this June. Where did those years go?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3 minutes ago, VladimirIlyich said:

My second lad is 30 this year. My daughter will be the only under 30 of my kids come this June. Where did those years go?

I miss them being little, my mum does too, hopefully for her she may see a great grandchild.

[Champ]

1 minute ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

I miss them being little, my mum does too, hopefully for her she may see a great grandchild.

I loved them at that age too but I love them and my life so much more now

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

2 minutes ago, Champ said:

I loved them at that age too but I love them and my life so much more now

Can’t see me being a Grandad any time soon and that’s fine.

I will be an old Grandad who cannot be bothered playing with the kids.

[Champ]

4 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Can’t see me being a Grandad any time soon and that’s fine.

I will be an old Grandad who cannot be bothered playing with the kids.

You and me both, Verbal.

 

I have zero interest in becoming a grandparent ‘any time soon’ and at this moment it doesn’t look like either of my kids have any plans in that department and long may that continue 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3 minutes ago, Champ said:

You and me both, Verbal.

 

I have zero interest in becoming a grandparent ‘any time soon’ and at this moment it doesn’t look like either of my kids have any plans in that department and long may that continue 

I’m the eldest grandchild on my mums side, the next down was a grandma at forty.

I know.

[VladimirIlyich]

27 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

I miss them being little, my mum does too, hopefully for her she may see a great grandchild.

I get very down thinking about them back when they were little as it was the happiest time of my life,very busy but happy. I am hoping for a Grandchild soon as my daughter gets married in a couple of months and I'd love to relive a few of those times. With the added benefits of being a young-ish Grandad and being able to give them back now and again!

[VladimirIlyich]

10 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

I’m the eldest grandchild on my mums side, the next down was a grandma at forty.

I know.

My Mum is the youngest of 9 kids(only her and a sister left) so I have a good few cousins in their sixties on that side of the family while I have some cousins still in their thirties on my Dad's side. My kids have a 7 year old cousin on my side and that gap is as big as the gap between me and my kids. Strange spread of ages within the family.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Seven on both my parents sides. I’m the eldest of 17 grandkids on my mums side and about the middle of 23 on my dads. Family parties are a bit mad.

[magicrat]

2 hours ago, Champ said:

My boy’s 25 today. Twenty. Five. How did that happen?!?!!

One for Alan Sex that Champ.

 

Sssh but my lad will be 30 soon !

[Section_31]

Birmingham was brought to a standstill on Saturday, with motorists abandoning cars and the city gridlocked for hours after thousands of teenagers flooded the city centre to see a 19-year-old YouTuber make a 30-second public appearance at a cosmetics store.

 

 

fuck 

[Special K]

24 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

Birmingham was brought to a standstill on Saturday, with motorists abandoning cars and the city gridlocked for hours after thousands of teenagers flooded the city centre to see a 19-year-old YouTuber make a 30-second public appearance at a cosmetics store.

 

 

fuck 

Ha. I came here to say this. Some bloke who wears make up brings Birmingham to a standstill.

 

I'm an old, old man

[Elite]

This generation is fucked but I imagine our elders thought that about us.

[Numero Veinticinco]

25 minutes ago, Special K said:

Ha. I came here to say this. Some bloke who wears make up brings Birmingham to a standstill.

 

I'm an old, old man

I genuinely always thought you were female. 

[Section_31]

7 minutes ago, Elite said:

This generation is fucked but I imagine our elders thought that about us.

True. 

 

This generation is loads better than mine in a lot of ways, much more open minded and accepting of each other, less cunty. My age group found it genuinely fun to stand in a pub that stank of piss and drink Carling. 

 

That being said, I wouldn't want to have grown up with the level of tech they do and I'm glad I had the chance to do things like 'play out' when I was a kid, which these lot don't. First generation probably in human history not to do so, not to have to make their own fun or live with the concept of boredom, go out and make friends and talk to people they don't know. Let's see how that pans out! 

[Elite]

9 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

True. 

 

This generation is loads better than mine in a lot of ways, much more open minded and accepting of each other, less cunty. My age group found it genuinely fun to stand in a pub that stank of piss and drink Carling. 

 

That being said, I wouldn't want to have grown up with the level of tech they do and I'm glad I had the chance to do things like 'play out' when I was a kid, which these lot don't. First generation probably in human history not to do so, not to have to make their own fun or live with the concept of boredom, go out and make friends and talk to people they don't know. Let's see how that pans out! 

Drinking Carlsberg (fosters in my case) in pubs that stunk of piss were some of the best days of my life. 

[chris71]

Had to get reading glasses yesterday. Another step nearer the coffin.

[Elite]

35 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

I genuinely always thought you were female. 

Ruined many a wank that mate.

[stringvest]

1 hour ago, Special K said:

Ha. I came here to say this. Some bloke who wears make up brings Birmingham to a standstill.

 

I'm an old, old man

 

Nick Rhodes