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You know you're getting old when.......
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As life moves on there are signs which tell us, without any chance of doubt, that we are getting older, going downhill, coming off the final bend or generally ready to turn off the lights, lock the door and depart gracefully. What is/are your particular tell-tale symptoms?
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...you leave letters out of your name.
...you forget to use <b> tags.
You realise that the chance that you are less than half-way through your life span has decreased from "certain" through "likely" and now lies somewhere between "staggeringly unlikely" and "requiring the use of the Probability Drive".
You stop at all junctions to look both ways several times....you can never br too careful young man
You use phrases like "you can never be too careful, young man".
You refuse to embolden things because that's not how it was done back in your day. The late such-such always neglected his bold, of course. We wouldn't have dreamt it, oh no.
...you realise that your "get-up-and-go" has got up and gone.
You check the obituary pages to make sure you aren't in them.
....it takes you all night to do things that you used to do all night.
Radio 2 plays all the music you used to listen to on Radio 1.
...having sex with someone half your age is a major coup instead of a crime.
... The urge to sleep becomes a daytime feeling while at night time there is no urge at all.
... You notice a tweed jacket in a shop window and seriously consider a purchase [Chalky] Apologies. But I dont notice the men on principal]
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