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

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

On 28/08/2022 at 19:07, tokyojoe said:

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

No word of a lie my Dad would be in the pub on a Saturday and my Mum would go clothes shopping, bring them the pub to try on and take them back if they didn’t fit.

[manwiththestick]

When your garage/shed is full of cardboard boxes because whenever I get one in the post I go 'decent box that, I'll keep that as it will come in handy at some point'

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

2 hours ago, manwiththestick said:

When your garage/shed is full of cardboard boxes because whenever I get one in the post I go 'decent box that, I'll keep that as it will come in handy at some point'

 

 

I keep the boxes that electrical stuff comes in just in case it has to go back.

 

My Mrs was looking for something in the loft a couple of weeks back and found the boxes for my speakers, amp, CD player etc that had been up there since 2005. not to mention the box for a Ferguson Videostar VHS recorder we had over 30 years ago.

There was even a box for an Amiga 600, plus boxes from various consoles my lad had as a kid, all gone to the tip now.

 

She's moaned her arse off and called me a hoarder, but in my defence I haven't been able to get up there for 25 years and as I told her, she was the one who put them up there since then anyway so * blew raspberry and flicked V's *.

 

 

 

 

[Oh Buoy]

Would experience burnout every so often but would be completely fine after a reset day/weekend. Now, I'm getting ill all the fucking time and it takes weeks to shift.

 

[Oh Buoy]

1 hour ago, manwiththestick said:

When your garage/shed is full of cardboard boxes because whenever I get one in the post I go 'decent box that, I'll keep that as it will come in handy at some point'

 

 

 

I use them for mulching - misses hates it every winter and spring as the garden looks like a cardboard factory. 

[Captain Willard]

A good looking young woman who I had been surreptitiously admiring caught my eye and offered me her seat on the tube today. Really depressing. 

[DJLJ]

12 minutes ago, Captain Willard said:

A good looking young woman who I had been surreptitiously admiring caught my eye and offered me her seat on the tube today. Really depressing. 

Hahaha, no coming back from that one. 

[redinblack]

Mrs RiB was in hospital a few years ago. I was visiting her one day and she said "the lady over there......after you left yesterday she said "does your Dad visit you every day". She thought this was hilarious, then when she laughed it made her gallstones even more painful, so I guess I had the last laugh. I wouldnt mind but shes 3 years older than me.

 

As for the old lady, I disconnected her machines on the way out. Bitch.

[Section_31]

When you see an old mate who tells you you're going grey (like you don't know) and they themselves are now bald. 

[littletedwest]

Was helping a girl at work and I could see the customers birthdate on her screen. Mentioned that was my birthday as well. The girl says "that's my birthday as well" asked her what year and she said 2003. So I'm working with someone who was born on my 23rd birthday. It seems about five years ago but no apparently its 19 years ago

[littletedwest]

When your Mrs mentions falsies and she means teeth not tits

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

On 25/09/2022 at 12:30, manwiththestick said:

When your garage/shed is full of cardboard boxes because whenever I get one in the post I go 'decent box that, I'll keep that as it will come in handy at some point'

 

 

Then you incinerate the fuckers.

[Harry's Lad]

1 minute ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Then you incinerate the fuckers.

One way of keeping warm this winter.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

13 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

One way of keeping warm this winter.

Got a little summer house/shed going to get a little log burner at some point. My safe space.

[Bobby Hundreds]

The thought of going into a Club or somewhere really lively past 7 o'clock repulses me. Give me a quiet bar where there's good service. I like to sit drink and chat.

[Evelyn Tentions]

[YorkshireRed]

3 minutes ago, Evelyn Tentions said:

Even if I decide I do need to pick it up, I’m very conscious to make sure nobody is looking. The risk of embarrassment, trying to get down to ground level and then back up again, seems to increase with every passing year. 

[easytoslip]

4 minutes ago, YorkshireRed said:

Even if I decide I do need to pick it up, I’m very conscious to make sure nobody is looking. The risk of embarrassment, trying to get down to ground level and then back up again, seems to increase with every passing year. 

I know, I resemble a Giraffe drinking bending down so I tend to leave it. 

[VladimirIlyich]

1 hour ago, Evelyn Tentions said:

You are more likely to drop your guts than anything else.

[Captain Willard]

On 25/09/2022 at 12:30, manwiththestick said:

When your garage/shed is full of cardboard boxes because whenever I get one in the post I go 'decent box that, I'll keep that as it will come in handy at some point'

 

 

My 10 year son gave me a shoebox today and said keep this, we’re bound to need a shoebox at some stage. He’s an old man. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Finding out that food you previously liked now gives you galloping indigestion.

 

Bakers near me does the nicest the Belgian choc chunk shortbread. I used to practically inhale it. Had some yesterday and the only thing I was tasting afterwards was Rennies. Far too rich for me now.

[Harry's Lad]

25 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Finding out that food you previously liked now gives you galloping indigestion.

 

Bakers near me does the nicest the Belgian choc chunk shortbread. I used to practically inhale it. Had some yesterday and the only thing I was tasting afterwards was Rennies. Far too rich for me now.

I love a bacon or sausage butty but they're not the same without HP brown sauce which I've had to give up because the indigestion and heartburn is brutal.

[Creator Supreme]

7 minutes ago, Harry's Lad said:

I love a bacon or sausage butty but they're not the same without HP brown sauce which I've had to give up because the indigestion and heartburn is brutal.

Bacon flavour crisps are a guarantee of indigestion for me. Any brand, there seems to be something in the flavouring that sets me off. I can eat any other flavour.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Seeing my reflection in a shop window is like being told there's none left of that thing you really wanted to eat.

[manwiththestick]

1 hour ago, Harry's Lad said:

I love a bacon or sausage butty but they're not the same without HP brown sauce which I've had to give up because the indigestion and heartburn is brutal.

I couldn't imagine having a bacon or sausage sandwich without brown sauce so commiserations on your situation.

 

Have you tried other sauces? Obviously HP is the go to brand but I'm currently using Hammonds Chop which I also love from back when I was a kid.