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

[tokyojoe]

Strange name for a cat.

Our cat who disappeared was called Mr. Bollocks.

[Pureblood]

Have you seen that Foxcatcher movie where the lead psychopath, John du Pont, is a batshit ornithologist?  That's you lot, that is.

 

Norman Bates, too.  Liked a bit of bird taxidermy.  That's you lot, that is.

[Ginny]

Was chatting to the receptionist in our work yesterday. Incredibly fit bird. We were talking about the gym and she said “I’m a member of two gyms cos when you’re under 20 you get charged less” ... just nodded and walked away.

[Paulie Dangerously]

My ma reckons the same Robin red breast has been coming to her garden every year since I was born. I'm 34.

[Furmedge]

I never particularly drank hot drinks until I was in my thirties. Now I cannot function without a cup of coffee first thing in the morning.

[Guest]

Today is my 10th year on this forum.

I wasn't sure whether to rep or neg this.

 

I went with 

 

 

 

[littletedwest]

Ended up in a club the other night couldn't believe how young everyone looked.

Also didn't even bother trying to pull any women because a) i have a Mrs and b the game ain't in me no more none of it

[Bobby Hundreds]

Last night I dreamt I was spider man and was being chased by the incredible hulk, my webs wouldn't work and my wall stickiness kept failing me. I'm getting over the flu I think it could be the first time I've ever had it, it's grim and I feel everyone of my 37 years.

[Mook]

Ended up in a club the other night couldn't believe how young everyone looked.

Also didn't even bother trying to pull any women because a) i have a Mrs and b the game ain't in me no more none of it

 

I was in a club about two years ago & bumped into my mate's Son on the dance floor, I vowed the next morning that I would never be back in a night club.

 

Some things are best left to the youngsters.

[Total Longo]

My wife and I used to put fat balls out when we had a garden. We saw robins, blue tits, great tits, dunnocks, chaffinches and blackbirds.

 

Fat balls and great tits. Fun times.

[Furmedge]

Just realised there's no council tax to pay in February and March. Cup of tea to celebrate.

[Jairzinho]

Went to the gym yesterday and then played the unmentionable this morning.

 

I think I'm paralysed.

[Jenson]

Thinking this was an actual thread about bird feeding and wondering why people were posting about nightclubs and such.

[lifetime fan]

The Bill Clinton Monica Lewinsky affair was 20 years ago!

[Ginny]

That All Saints song “never never have I ever felt so low” - was 20 year old this week

[Stouffer]

Getting a good early night on a Saturday evening because you've got shopping and revision on Sunday.

[Champ]

Just realised there's no council tax to pay in February and March. Cup of tea to celebrate.

Definitely in the Small Pleasures and Life Wins categories too. It's like a mini savings plan, isn't it?

 

And how many different ways have you thought of spending it?

[Champ]

I'm full of nerdy surprises, Champ.

 

I doubt there's any other bird nerds other than easytoslip, you and I. It's a niche level of nerd.

 

I had heaps of books as a kid, but this is the future---> https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/

Although it doesn't compensate for a good quality book.

 

I position mine on a pole that isn't easy for cats and squirrels to get up, away from where they can be ambushed by Jensons cat, so not too close to the hedges and where I can see them when I'm stood washing up/cleaning paintbrushes.

 

I was gonna photograph the woodpecker this morning and send it to you but i had my hands covered in paint.

FucK it, I'm going to out myself...

[Section_31]

this morning I officially graduated to Smooth FM in the car. I usually have Heart FM on in the morning but this morning I just thought to myself 'what's this fucking racket?' it was actually giving me a headache, so I put some Marvin Gaye on.

[Champ]

this morning I officially graduated to Smooth FM in the car. I usually have Heart FM on in the morning but this morning I just thought to myself 'what's this fucking racket?' it was actually giving me a headache, so I put some Marvin Gaye on.

Huh! Wait until you give up music stations altogether

[Furmedge]

Huh! Wait until you give up music stations altogether

5 live and podcasts for me now. Usually the 606 phone ins from the weekend I catch up on, on my drives to and from work.

 

I tend to argue loudly with the callers to myself.

[Jairzinho]

Huh! Wait until you give up music stations altogether

 

Think I was about 13 when I did this.

 

It's the same fucking noise on every channel. 

 

It is, seemingly, impossible to listen to any Jazz, Blues, Folk, Reggae, Rock (that isn't absolute shite), Funk or Soul on the radio. Certainly during the day anyway.

[VladimirIlyich]

Radio City 2 and Smooth are my radio channels of choice even though I barely listen to the radio anyway.

[Spy Bee]

The common law stepson asked me the other day "Who was your favourite Youtuber when you were young?"

[Mook]

Think I was about 13 when I did this.

 

It's the same fucking noise on every channel. 

 

It is, seemingly, impossible to listen to any Jazz, Blues, Folk, Reggae, Rock (that isn't absolute shite), Funk or Soul on the radio. Certainly during the day anyway.

 

I've not listened to the radio since I left school.

 

It's either people playing bad music or talking incessantly, both of which are things that I fucking hate.