Agent Orange Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 What about the milestones that we pass along the way? 18 and being legally old enough to buy a pint 21 and getting ****** at Blackpool Passing my driving Test Getting married Becoming a dad Paying mortgage off Going on a cruise Silver wedding anniversary Realising you are old enough for a Saga holiday rather than a 18 /30 one Becoming a Grandad Looking at funeral plan leaflets / life insurance plans. So what comes next, other than retirement and a bus pass what other milestones lay ahead? Dementia, retirement homes and erm, bed baths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandad.Malky Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Dementia, retirement homes and erm, bed baths Incontinence pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handypandy Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 A couple of my favourite quotes on old age from George Burns: "First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down." “I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Orange Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 I'm 21 on Saturday and that doesn't feel good. I want to feel 21 again, or failing that... feel a 21 year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Just think, in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years time, growing old won't be an issue. It matters not how long it takes for that time to arrive, it will arrive and is therefore as good as here. What will be of all this around us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Just think, in 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years time, growing old won't be an issue. It matters not how long it takes for that time to arrive, it will arrive and is therefore as good as here. What will be of all this around us? That's about a hundred trillion times longer than the lifetime of the sun. So not very much - and where is here? Life passing you by, you are not the spring chicken you once were. Your once youthful spring is more of an ache ridden shuffle. You are losing things at an alarming rate, be it teeth, hair or marbles. Welcome to getting old! Seriously, what do you feel about getting old? Loving it. Had kids, so I could get run over by a bus tomorrow and be happy. I've discharged my duty, so to speak. Anything else is a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 That's about a hundred trillion times longer than the lifetime of the sun. So not very much Exactly. and where is here? There. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED ALERT Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Absolutely love being able to have a night out with my "kids" now they old enough!Nice to hear their mates big up as their's are pipe 'n' slippers.Great my kids mates take the time to say hello.Impressed I have kids who appreciate music and not just media controlled.Bad side,mirrors!They do tend to remind you the outside is quite a bit different to how you perceive yourself,but I ain't ready to curl up 'n die just yet!46 tomorrow,a grandad and still living life!Having another stab at it with a 6yr old son keeps me young/makes me feel old!Life's what you make it.Growing old is inevitable,growing up is not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmie92 Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 I am almost 36. Until I read this post, here was me thinking you were in your mid fifties. 36 is NOT old!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED ALERT Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 The saying was "old enough to know better,young enough not to care"Now it's "Retro enough to know better"haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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