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

[littletedwest]

Someone at work mentioned "i heard you used to be able to smoke in pubs"

 

I thought well the smoking ban is recent, until I realised it was 15 years ago

[Elite]

1 hour ago, littletedwest said:

Someone at work mentioned "i heard you used to be able to smoke in pubs"

 

I thought well the smoking ban is recent, until I realised it was 15 years ago

Nightclubs were the worst. Like a witches cauldron of Nicotine, Sweat and Joop.

[manwiththestick]

1 hour ago, Elite said:

Nightclubs were the worst. Like a witches cauldron of Nicotine, Sweat and Joop.

I think that was the demise of clubs when the smoke wasn't there to mask the smells.

[Red_or_Dead]

1 hour ago, manwiththestick said:

I think that was the demise of clubs when the smoke wasn't there to mask the smells.

Yeap, replaced with stale ale, piss and disinfectant.

 

 

[Pete]

Staying hydrated in the hot weather and paying for it later when trying to sleep. 

[Elite]

12 hours ago, Pete said:

Staying hydrated in the hot weather and paying for it later when trying to sleep. 

I drink loads of water regardless but I have that issue year round. Better than kidney stones though.

[Section_31]

People I know keep dying. 

[YorkshireRed]

8 hours ago, Section_31 said:

People I know keep dying. 

Lad I knew from school died the day before yesterday, he was 49. Not sure if he’d been ill but the news came as a shock. We weren’t friends really, but always bumped along ok. We did share a certain unmentionable team in common. 
 

His passing means my school year has now lost at least ten, there may be others I don’t know about. Seems a lot for our age to me, maybe not. 
 

Life really is fragile. 
 

YNWA Myles. 

[Captain Willard]

2 hours ago, YorkshireRed said:

Lad I knew from school died the day before yesterday, he was 49. Not sure if he’d been ill but the news came as a shock. We weren’t friends really, but always bumped along ok. We did share a certain unmentionable team in common. 
 

His passing means my school year has now lost at least ten, there may be others I don’t know about. Seems a lot for our age to me, maybe not. 
 

Life really is fragile. 
 

YNWA Myles. 

Sorry to hear that. My ex class mates include a murderer and the chairnan of a premier league club so an eclectic bunch. I don’t know how many have since died apart from the murderers victim. 

[Paulie Dangerously]

Went to an Ecobeach today at Saint Cassien lake. They had an aqua park. Like a big floating obstacle course a bit like Total Wipeout. 

 

Went on it twice for half an hour each sandwiching 90 minutes on a pedalo. I. Am. Fucked. Lads. 

 

My knees are shot, my legs are jelly and my shoulders and elbows are fucking burning. The park thing was a cunt. Went on with an 8 year old who was scaling this big green cunt in about 30 seconds before sliding down. Dickhead here decides to do the jump at one point and nearly broke my nos (below pic not me) My fat as fuck brother in law owes me €7 because he fell off the first obstacle and couldn't pull himself back on (he's not a strong fat, he's a weak fat) and some kid somersaulted into my face knocking me off a climbing wall. 

 

Preemptively taking a double dose of ibruprofen washed down with a beer. Going to be sore tomorrow. Old as fuck. 

[stringvest]

On 10/08/2022 at 11:01, manwiththestick said:

I think that was the demise of clubs when the smoke wasn't there to mask the smells.

there used to be a basement club in Victoria Street called the She Club.  They would keep a dead pig on the bar as an air freshener. 

[Bjornebye]

21 minutes ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Went to an Ecobeach today at Saint Cassien lake. They had an aqua park. Like a big floating obstacle course a bit like Total Wipeout. 

 

Went on it twice for half an hour each sandwiching 90 minutes on a pedalo. I. Am. Fucked. Lads. 

 

My knees are shot, my legs are jelly and my shoulders and elbows are fucking burning. The park thing was a cunt. Went on with an 8 year old who was scaling this big green cunt in about 30 seconds before sliding down. Dickhead here decides to do the jump at one point and nearly broke my nos (below pic not me) My fat as fuck brother in law owes me €7 because he fell off the first obstacle and couldn't pull himself back on (he's not a strong fat, he's a weak fat) and some kid somersaulted into my face knocking me off a climbing wall. 

 

Preemptively taking a double dose of ibruprofen washed down with a beer. Going to be sore tomorrow. Old as fuck. 

You're a romantic fool 

[VladimirIlyich]

4 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

You're a romantic fool 

You beat me to the Martha and The Muffins reference.

[Chip Butty]

5 hours ago, Paulie Dangerously said:

Went to an Ecobeach today at Saint Cassien lake. They had an aqua park. Like a big floating obstacle course a bit like Total Wipeout. 

 

Went on it twice for half an hour each sandwiching 90 minutes on a pedalo. I. Am. Fucked. Lads. 

 

My knees are shot, my legs are jelly and my shoulders and elbows are fucking burning. The park thing was a cunt. Went on with an 8 year old who was scaling this big green cunt in about 30 seconds before sliding down. Dickhead here decides to do the jump at one point and nearly broke my nos (below pic not me) My fat as fuck brother in law owes me €7 because he fell off the first obstacle and couldn't pull himself back on (he's not a strong fat, he's a weak fat) and some kid somersaulted into my face knocking me off a climbing wall. 

 

Preemptively taking a double dose of ibruprofen washed down with a beer. Going to be sore tomorrow. Old as fuck. 

You’re from Walton, not Atlantis. What the fuck were you thinking you silly fucker. 

[Paulie Dangerously]

10 hours ago, Chip Butty said:

You’re from Walton, not Atlantis. What the fuck were you thinking you silly fucker. 

Aquaman I am not. 

[Stouffer]

Now that Debenhams has closed I buy most of my clothes from M&S because they're good quality and fit well.

 

. Old.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

15 minutes ago, Stouffer said:

Now that Debenhams has closed I buy most of my clothes from M&S because they're good quality and fit well.

 

. Old.

My uncle buys all his clobber from Marksy’s, he’s 86.

[tokyojoe]

Haven't either of you got a woman to do that for you? Real men don't go into clothes shops.

[Section_31]

4 hours ago, Stouffer said:

Now that Debenhams has closed I buy most of my clothes from M&S because they're good quality and fit well.

 

. Old.

They have Spandex in them too so they're never too tight.

 

Nothing says old like 'comfort fit'.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Once you hit 40 nothing will make you feel older than seeing women in their 20s. It's like being a sports team who are shit compared to their local rivals and thinking "they're none of my business"

[manwiththestick]

Cycling past the entrance to Creamfields earlier this afternoon.

 

Like the seventh circle of hell.

[YorkshireRed]

Even when I’m not working the next day, I get very anxious if I’m not in bed by 9pm and asleep as near as damn it for 10pm. It’s even worse if I haven’t got a decent book on the go.
 

There was a time that I felt the same way about class A drugs as I now do about an engrossing read. I wish it hadn’t taken me so many years to learn that books piss all over drugs.

[Mudface]

11 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

There was a time that I felt the same way about class A drugs as I now do about an engrossing read. I wish it hadn’t taken me so many years to learn that books piss all over drugs.

That's not uncommon to see on some of the drugs I've had.

[Mook]

Getting e-mails from clothing websites about 'retro 90s clothes'.

 

Football managers being younger than me.

 

Looking at birds and thinking 'She just looks like an annoying twat' as opposed to 'I would like to open her up & violate her spine'.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

My daughter is 24 today, I remember carrying her into school on my shoulders, she was in 6th form like.