Getting older

[Mandy Lifeboats]

I was prompted to write this post after reporting the death of one of the original Grange Hill Cast.  

Some of my favourite TV/Radios shows are quite old.  Losing one of the cast is sad but  it feels like a pivotal moment when the last of the cast dies.  

ISIHAC -  We have almost lost the "classic" line up.  Willy, Tim, Barry & Humph will inevitably be joined by Graeme.  

Hancocks Half Hour -   I remember the day that Bill went to join Tony, Sid and Grizzly. 

The best Blue Peter line up has only lost John Noakes  He's gone to join Shep and all the other dogs that were Shep until they prematurely died and were quietly replaced.  

I wonder if I will live long enough to see the last of The Young Ones, Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Tiswas or World Of Sport Wrestling? 

 

 

 

[Wainy316]

Similarly, which bands are now fully extinct?

The Ramones spring to mind, any others?

Edited July 13, 2023 by Wainy316

[Seat68]

11 minutes ago, Wainy316 said:

Similarly, which bands are now fully extinct?

The Ramones spring to mind, any others?

Tommy dying was the last of the originals, that was a tough one for me. 

[El Zen]

I’m 36 and can see the big 40 approaching with record breaking speed. I don’t generally feel I’m getting older, or that I’m acting older. I dress youthfully (cue meme) and I’m getting increasingly childish and care free. One area where I am getting older, though, is that I feel completely done with nightclubs, festivals and similar social situations. 

The missus is making me (that’s not true at all, but she really wants us to go, and I don’t want to be  difficult) go to a three day festival in a couple of weeks, and there isn’t a single cell in my body that is looking forward to it

[Seat68]

With the newly opened Civic in Wolves advertising a Blast Off reunion for a fleeting second I thought yes! Then saw the time, 10pm till 3pm. In my late 20s and early 30s there was one thing that allowed me to do that and I am not up for that anymore. 

[choffer]

I turned 50 this week. 20 year old me would be amazed.

Despite the occasionally collapsing knees, the forgetfulness and permanent state of fatigue, I've decided to embrace getting old. Having lost a few childhood friends already, I'm seeing 50 as a win. 

[markavfc40]

My eldest daughter was 25 yesterday. Me and my wife were sat talking last night about when we first brought her home a few hours after she was born. It was like we were talking about something that had happened last week yet it was a quarter of a century ago. 

Life just goes by in a flash doesn't it. I know it is not easy but we really need to embrace as much of it as we can. 

Edited July 13, 2023 by markavfc40

[sidcow]

I'm just so sad.  If merely getting old wasn't shitty enough, I can't even look at porn anymore 

Edited July 13, 2023 by sidcow

[sidcow]

18 minutes ago, choffer said:

I turned 50 this week. 20 year old me would be amazed.

Despite the occasionally collapsing knees, the forgetfulness and permanent state of fatigue, I've decided to embrace getting old. Having lost a few childhood friends already, I'm seeing 50 as a win. 

Get your iron and Vitamin B levels checked.

In a very strange way I'm lucky being diabetic because I have regular blood checks.  I had Iron deficiency last time out.  I've had a course of iron tablets and can't believe the difference.  I had thought it was just me getting older and declining fitness but the Iron really made a huge difference.   

I've been wondering how many other people have the exact same thing and never realise just because they don't have blood tests.

Had a similar but not so severe thing with lack of B12 a few years ago too.

Something I'm going to keep in mind now if I start to get tired, maybe more to it than just age.

[sidcow]

@choffer and @markavfc40 you can get Iron and Vitamin daily pills from Boots.  I'm going to go on them when I've finished my Iron tabs to try stop this happening again.  I already take these because of the B12 previously

 

 

 

[Genie]

1 hour ago, Seat68 said:

With the newly opened Civic in Wolves advertising a Blast Off reunion for a fleeting second I thought yes! Then saw the time, 10pm till 3pm. In my late 20s and early 30s there was one thing that allowed me to do that and I am not up for that anymore. 

I’m not sure I could manage a 17 hour session even in my 20’s. 

[rjw63]

45 minutes ago, sidcow said:

I'm just so sad.  If merely getting old wasn't shitty enough, I can't even look at porn anymore 

[AlwaysAVFC]

I sent off for my passport renewal last week. My god I looked old! I see myself in the mirror most days but age has defintely caught up with me in that photo.

[mjmooney]

Pfft. You're all just kids. 

[delboy54]

Turned 65 last month, I go out running 3 times a week including a parkrun on Saturdays, I dont think of myself as a 65 year old...until I look in the mirror when I was in my teens, people over 50 were old codgers, and those over 65 years ok were, well, ancient....

[Mark Albrighton]

A young fella, somewhere in his twenties, works on the till at the supermarket I use and he’s always saying “Alright mate” in a jovial, slightly Jack the lad manner that feels like he’s addressing me as a contemporary of his.

It doesn’t feel like he’d say “Alright mate” if he was putting through the weekly shopping of Peter Sallis, for instance.

So this is my new rule of thumb in determining how I’m viewed in terms of age. Until he or his equivalent starts calling me “Sir” or something, or not at all. Speaks to me in a less relaxed manner.

At which point I will find a new rule of thumb.

Edited July 13, 2023 by Mark Albrighton

[Mandy Lifeboats]

37 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said:

 

It doesn’t feel like he’d say “Alright mate” if he was putting through the weekly shopping of Peter Sallis, for instance.

 

Sit down.  I have some bad news about Peter Sallis.  

[mottaloo]

6 hours ago, Wainy316 said:

Similarly, which bands are now fully extinct?

The Ramones spring to mind, any others?

Bread 

[choffer]

1 hour ago, Mark Albrighton said:

A young fella, somewhere in his twenties, works on the till at the supermarket I use and he’s always saying “Alright mate” in a jovial, slightly Jack the lad manner that feels like he’s addressing me as a contemporary of his.

It doesn’t feel like he’d say “Alright mate” if he was putting through the weekly shopping of Peter Sallis, for instance.

So this is my new rule of thumb in determining how I’m viewed in terms of age. Until he or his equivalent starts calling me “Sir” or something, or not at all. Speaks to me in a less relaxed manner.

At which point I will find a new rule of thumb.

Don’t go to America. I was there the last few weeks and the number of times I didn’t know who people were speaking to because they were calling me “Sir” was embarrassing. 
My existential crisis was further compounded when the TSA guy welcomed my other half by saying “good morning, young lady”. 
(I also got a tumbleweed response at the liquor store when asked for proof of age. Apparently saying “surely my face is evidence enough” wasn’t as funny as I thought it was.)

[El Zen]

5 minutes ago, choffer said:

Don’t go to America. I was there the last few weeks and the number of times I didn’t know who people were speaking to because they were calling me “Sir” was embarrassing. 
My existential crisis was further compounded when the TSA guy welcomed my other half by saying “good morning, young lady”. 
(I also got a tumbleweed response at the liquor store when asked for proof of age. Apparently saying “surely my face is evidence enough” wasn’t as funny as I thought it was.)

My dad tried similar in a restaurant somewhere in the Deep South once. The poor lad serving us was barely old enough to drink the beer he was serving and my dad’s joking about being asked for ID at the age of 43 made him look like he was about to get shot. My dad trying to fix it by trying even harder made it worse. 

17 year old me was about as embarrassed as you can imagine.