A Conversation for Ask h2g2
What makes you feel old?
Mu Beta Posted Jul 18, 2002
Luckystar: "My left wrist has started making clicky noises - is this arthritis!!!"
We call that the spacebar...
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What makes you feel old?
Online_again, The One and Only Pift Posted Jul 18, 2002
what about when your knee starts making clikcing noises?
is that the foot- pedal?
What makes you feel old?
paddy Posted Jul 19, 2002
waking up the morning after and realising maybe you cant hold as much drink as you used to and who is the strange beast you are lying next to
What makes you feel old?
kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Jul 19, 2002
...and then realising it is your spouse...
What makes you feel old?
Online_again, The One and Only Pift Posted Jul 19, 2002
feel old when I actually reach the goals I set for myself too soon.
What makes you feel old?
eyethink_eyethink Posted Aug 4, 2002
fell onld when you realise you didnt reach the goals too soon... its just that time is going by much faster
What makes you feel old?
Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 Posted Aug 4, 2002
Dammit!I felt really old today when I realised my 13 year son is now taller than me.When did that happen?Now I am depressed.
Incog.
What makes you feel old?
eyethink_eyethink Posted Aug 5, 2002
quick but tempory fix for depression...
stand son in hole or invest in a box to stand on
What makes you feel old?
Coniraya Posted Aug 5, 2002
Incog, it's even worse when they are both taller than you (or how ever many offspring you have).
The only thing shorter than me is the cat.
They all still all react to 'the Look' though!
What makes you feel old?
Lady in a tree Posted Aug 5, 2002
Is that the look that says:
"no matter what you do or say I am older and wiser than you and I am right and you are wrong"?
I haven't any kids of my own but have been perfecting that look for use at bus stops and in shops!!!
What makes you feel old?
Coniraya Posted Aug 5, 2002
Close, but its more like 'just try it, Buster'.
They then know its much wiser to back down, shut up, stop what they are doing or whatever the appropiate response! 
What makes you feel old?
Tefkat Posted Aug 5, 2002
...even if you do have to stand on a box to look them in the eye. 
What makes you feel old?
Sierra Indigo - now Cheesecakethulhu flavoured Posted Aug 5, 2002
Some kids are Look-proof. Me for one
What makes you feel old?
Teasswill Posted Aug 6, 2002
It's all relative isn't it? And a state of mind. Generally I don't feel old but I realise the years are creeping by when:
some people locally I sort of regarded as contempories are planning fortieth birthday celebrations & I realise they're nearly 10 years younger than me;
I note that I qualified before current students at work were born;
I can't sit on the floor comfortably for hours on end - or if I do, I can't move!
On the other hand there are still plenty of people older than me, I feel younger in attitude, interests etc than I did in my 30s, but with a bit more knowledge & experience.
It's just that all the policemen are getting younger.............
What makes you feel old?
Captain Kebab Posted Aug 6, 2002
Quote from some drama I just caught the end of on Saturday night on the Beeb (Judi Dench played the character who said it) - "Old people are just young people who've been around a while."
What makes you feel old?
Tefkat Posted Aug 6, 2002
I really felt old when I realised my son's friends GRANDparents were my husband's age (and his grandfather's terribly dishy). 
What makes you feel old?
Tefkat Posted Aug 6, 2002
"son's friend's"
The number of typos I've committed in the last half hour are making me feel old. 
What makes you feel old?
Teasswill Posted Aug 6, 2002
It's great discovering how many h2g2ers are my age or more!
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What makes you feel old?
- 181: Mu Beta (Jul 18, 2002)
- 182: Online_again, The One and Only Pift (Jul 18, 2002)
- 183: Tabitca (Jul 18, 2002)
- 184: paddy (Jul 19, 2002)
- 185: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Jul 19, 2002)
- 186: Online_again, The One and Only Pift (Jul 19, 2002)
- 187: eyethink_eyethink (Aug 4, 2002)
- 188: eyethink_eyethink (Aug 4, 2002)
- 189: Still Incognitas, Still Chairthingy, Still lurking, Still invisible, unnoticeable, missable, unseen, just haunting h2g2 (Aug 4, 2002)
- 190: eyethink_eyethink (Aug 5, 2002)
- 191: Coniraya (Aug 5, 2002)
- 192: Lady in a tree (Aug 5, 2002)
- 193: Coniraya (Aug 5, 2002)
- 194: Tefkat (Aug 5, 2002)
- 195: Sierra Indigo - now Cheesecakethulhu flavoured (Aug 5, 2002)
- 196: Teasswill (Aug 6, 2002)
- 197: Captain Kebab (Aug 6, 2002)
- 198: Tefkat (Aug 6, 2002)
- 199: Tefkat (Aug 6, 2002)
- 200: Teasswill (Aug 6, 2002)
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