How do we know we're getting old ?

[colin m]

The definitive im old moment is that first time you see a scantily clad young lady on a summers day and the first thought in your mind is " go and put some bl##dy clothes on"

That's me ! Also I look at their shoes and think, 'what sort of support are they giving you ?' But, Barry Humphries was asked about getting old and he said something like, 'I still see, and like, the young ladies walking around, but they don't see me' sad, but true.

[spanner570]

One indisputable fact is.....

As I get older, my legs are getting longer and my arms shorter.

I know this is true, because my socks are harder to put on, so my feet must be further away than they were a fair old time ago.

[boatman]

One indisputable fact is.....

As I get older, my legs are getting longer and my arms shorter.

I know this is true, because my socks are harder to put on, so my feet must be further away than they were a fair old time ago.

YES 570 i also have this trouble lol
chrisb

[Ian M]

A true wake up call for me is my baby girl is Graduating High School

First off: Congratulations with then both
Secondly. Wow. Your daughter must get those looks from her mother !

[Ian M]

My current observations on getting old are:
As Ron pointed out: Socks are really hard to put on. Shoes come a close second.
Trouser sizes are terrible these days. For each year that passes, I find the wait size gets smaller each year. A pair of 34/34 are now way to short in the leg and the waist size? More like 42! I conclude that as I age I am compressing, thus getting wider and shorter. Thus proving that the older you are, the more you are effected by gravity.

Digging garden beds is no longer a "I'll do that befor lunch" kind of thing more a "I'll get that done over the weekend"...

[wotan]

As I get older, my legs are getting longer and my arms shorter.

Also I now have to get on all fours to put my tee in the ground playing golf, and don't ask how I get the ball out of the hole, assuming, that is, that I eventually get it there.

John

[Andy T]

As I get older, my legs are getting longer and my arms shorter.

Ahh, that might explain my problem.

When I dropped something onto the floor in the past I used to be able to pick it up fairly easily. These days I have a real struggle. I always thought that the ground was simply getting further away!

[Andy the Sheep]

Also I now have to get on all fours to put my tee in the ground playing golf, and don't ask how I get the ball out of the hole, assuming, that is, that I eventually get it there.

John

Some blue tac on the top of a niblick grip?

[Mark1]

Ahh, that might explain my problem.

When I dropped something onto the floor in the past I used to be able to pick it up fairly easily. These days I have a real struggle. I always thought that the ground was simply getting further away!

If i have have to pick something up off the floor ill have a kip while im there.

[Airborne01]

YES 570 i also have this trouble lol
chrisb

Could that be because there's a significant protrubrence in the line of sight ... ?
Steve

[KarlW]

Could that be because there's a significant protrubrence in the line of sight ... ?
Steve

Trying to work out if you mean a gut or another appendage ........

[spanner570]

It also takes me so long to get down on my hands and knees that I think "What else can I do whilst I'm down here?!"

[boatman]

It also takes me so long to get down on my hands and knees that I think "What else can I do whilst I'm down here?!"

WELL 570 DO like mark one an have a kip
chrisb

[Tim Marlow]

Ain’t the getting down there…..it’s the getting back up…..I find it damn near impossible these days. Just can’t push myself up using my wrists….

[boatman]

Ain’t the getting down there…..it’s the getting back up…..I find it damn near impossible these days. Just can’t push myself up using my wrists….

YES Tim i use gravity assist lol goin down but as you say its the gettin up thats the bad bit
chrisb