Getting old

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Re: Getting old

Post by Dixie Normous » Mon Jan 24, 2022 11:21 pm

Jamesy wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 6:00 pm
Eight quid? It must have been a long time since you paid for a prescription? :lol:
She never gave me a chance to find out how much it cost , last time I got one it was 8 quid . Now they want 9 ? Off to Spain soon where I can buy an asthma inhaler over the counter for three quid .

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Re: Getting old

Post by bfcjg » Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:34 am

The hair on your head is being rapidly replaced by hair dropping down from your nose and ears. How does that sort of hair keep growing ?

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Re: Getting old

Post by KateR » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:36 pm

I roll out of bed every morning just the same as 20 years ago, however I find getting up off the floor is definitely taking me much longer, don't want to talk about the aches and pains either.
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Re: Getting old

Post by A girl named boo » Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:06 pm

I wouldn't worry to much, I'm pregnant and I'm doing odd things at 28
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Re: Getting old

Post by gawthorpe_view » Wed Jan 26, 2022 3:04 pm

A girl named boo wrote:
Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:06 pm
I wouldn't worry to much, I'm pregnant and I'm doing odd things at 28
Including posting on here for the first time? :lol:

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Re: Getting old

Post by BleedingClaret » Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:00 pm

This transfer window is knocking on a bit now

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Re: Getting old

Post by rufus lumley » Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:40 pm

One thing worse than getting old is not getting old.

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Re: Getting old

Post by ClaretTony » Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:13 pm

rufus lumley wrote:
Thu Jan 27, 2022 2:40 pm
One thing worse than getting old is not getting old.
My doctor always tells me when I whinge about things not working when you get older, he always tells me it’s better than the alternative.

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Re: Getting old

Post by Petersa » Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:36 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:13 pm
My doctor always tells me when I whinge about things not working when you get older, he always tells me it’s better than the alternative.
Quite right..I went for a prescription recently and said to the pharmacist that I didn' t need this before I was old and decrepit. Bless her she said that they were to prevent me getting old and decrepit!

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Re: Getting old

Post by jos » Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:39 pm

There were a number of times at home when I would climb the stairs only to forget what I went up for!

But I solved that problem.

I moved into a Bungalow. :)

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Re: Getting old

Post by BennyD » Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:56 pm

I was watching a hard core porn flick last night and thought, my God that bed looks comfy.
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Re: Getting old

Post by JohnMac » Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:19 pm

houseboy wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:42 pm
About thirty years ago,I wasn’t even old, I was in Liverpool on business and had parked on the Albert Dock (think it was free then). I came back and spent twenty minutes looking for my car and thinking ‘bloody scousers’ before I found it. I’d just bought a new car and had been looking for the old one. A prophesy of things to come. 🙁
At least you were in the right car park! A few years ago I parked in one of those spiral things in Norwich and after shopping and sightseeing spent about 45 minutes trying to find it. Searched every space twice before realising we were in the wrong car park :lol:
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Re: Getting old

Post by Tribesmen » Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:52 pm

One of the young kids at work said all you need now when you go out is your phone , got me thinking hummmm Cash , Phone , Hearing Aid and Glasses and then a bag to put it all in for me .

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Re: Getting old

Post by IanMcL » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:21 pm

strayclaret wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 3:03 pm
Went to Harrogate Town yesterday. Everyone in front of me was frisked on the way in. Came to my turn, the steward waved me through with the words, “there you go old fella”
I am only 67 😉
That has happened to me too! You feel pleased not to have the hassle and indignant that you are beyond hooligan capability!

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Re: Getting old

Post by IanMcL » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:24 pm

bfcjg wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:34 am
The hair on your head is being rapidly replaced by hair dropping down from your nose and ears. How does that sort of hair keep growing ?
It just changes direction!

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Re: Getting old

Post by Jakubclaret » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:28 pm

Trying to educate younger people & seeing & knowing what’s going wrong & in later year’s all the prophecies ring true, it’s often the same mistake you’ve made.

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Re: Getting old

Post by IanMcL » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:30 pm

Dixie Normous wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:39 pm
I went to pick up a prescription and offered to pay and the young chemist said it was free . I was confused until she said I was 60 and it’s free . I was bamboozled between joy at saving 8 quid and realising I was officially old.
That happened to me! Try not to visit docs so when I did get a prescription and went to pay, it was a pleasant surprise...and all you said!

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Re: Getting old

Post by ClaretPete001 » Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:33 pm

The real sign of age is when you think I'll nip out quick get a sandwich its 12: 30 I'll be back by one. Then you think right where's my house keys? Sh*t can't find the house keys I need my bl**dy glasses. Damn where did I leave my glasses?

12:35

Hmmm I'm sure I had them when I went out yesterday. Yes, I'll check my coat. Huh my coats not in the cloak room what did I do with. Hmm I know it's upstairs. Brill found my coat but no glasses.

Hmm must be in the bathroom took them off for a shower. Ok great got my glasses..! Now for the house keys.

12:40

Hmm I had them when I locked up last night but the wife opened the door this morning. Ah ha bedside table - must be there. Brill got the house keys. Damn car keys aren't on the key chain. Took them off for the MOT two days ago - now where are my car keys?

12:45

Hmmm car key car keys effing jeffing .....keys! Now what did I do when I got back from the garage. Hmm think man. Ah yes I left them in the kitchen. Hmm not in kitchen wife must have moved them. OY WHERE'S MY EFFING KEYS YOU MOVED THEM AGAIN. Ahem I mean honey do you know where my car keys are - oh sunshine of my life perhaps you put them somewhere.

No I didn't - yes you did - no I didn't you left them on the table in the front room I saw them 10 minutes ago. Oh yes um sorry but you know you are always doing it. No, I'm not - yes you are No ....OK ok!

12:50

OK got my glasses, house keys, car keys, mobile phone, list of things to pick up for the wife...! But where's my wallet

12:55

Oh feck it! I'll have a sausage roll from the fridge. Honey where's that sausage rolling in the fridge.

Kids ate 'em last night after football practice.

13:00

OH FFS

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Re: Getting old

Post by JohnMac » Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:01 am

ICL wrote:
Mon Jan 24, 2022 10:08 pm
Love this thread. The free prescription post made me smile, as I was surprised to be in receipt of a free prescription two years ago. However, I know I’m not old as I’m fit and active (Squash/gym/swimming etc), but then again…I look at my lovely big screen telly and it is playing a YouTube video of a log fire :shock:
Hahaha, me and my wife sat and watched one for about an hour in December :lol:

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Re: Getting old

Post by gawthorpe_view » Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:49 pm

JohnMac wrote:
Fri Jan 28, 2022 9:01 am
Hahaha, me and my wife sat and watched one for about an hour in December :lol:
I watched several hours of this whilst isolating with covid between Christmas and the New Year. Strangely if didn't feel like a waste of time. :lol:

https://youtu.be/TYJyYKYaf3I

:lol:
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