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You know you're getting old when.....

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PinkFizz | 11:44 Fri 16th Feb 2007 | Body & Soul
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You know you're getting old when you start raving about the virtues of Viakal limescale cleaner ,and you're being deadly serious.

You ask your mother-in-law where she got her hair cut!

You think the dress in Marks and Spencers window looks quite funky.
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You have dry dreams and wet farts!!
You wonder whether your dentist has done their GCSE's yet
A mad day out is a trip to the Garden Centre
you cant name any of the top ten chart artists or their songs....

all doctors, nurses, teachers and police etc.. all look like they're not old enough

and i'm only 33!!
When you start putting nuts and bolts in a jar cos you never know when they will come in handy.
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When you start mending holes in socks instead of just chucking them in the bin and buying new ones.
When you keep a small piece of wood in the shed specifically for stirring paint with
Your childs teacher was born the year you lost your virginity (and you make a point of working that out).

A night out on the lash consists of the pub, a meal & back home by 10.00pm for beddy byes.

The 'music' blaring from upstairs is a death metal 80's cover version. And you remember the original.

Your kids think you were a poor kid beause you didn't have a computer/Nintendo/Playstation/iPod

You take your coat off when you get indoors because you ''won't feel the benefit''

You browse through your vinyl LP collection and nobody else in the house knows what they are

Noel Edmonds has become incredibly fanciable...
your slippers look like little booties, and you have 18 pairs of them!

you call your kecks 'slacks'

If you slouch in a beanbag, you have no hope of getting up without help

you take to getting a shampoo and set every sat morning.
To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was "My Favourite Things" from the legendary movie "Sound Of Music". Here are the lyrics she used:

Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
These are a few of my favourite things.



Cadillac�s and cataracts, and hearing aids and glasses,
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
These are a few of my favourite things.



When the pipes leak, When the bones creak, When the knees go bad,
I simply remember my favourite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.



Hot tea and crumpets and corn pads for bunions,
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
Bathrobes and heating pads and hot meals they bring,
These are a few of my favourite things.



Back pains, confused brains, and no need for sinnin',
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
When we remember our favourite things.

When the joints ache, When the hips break, When the eyes grow dim,
Then I remember the great life I've had,
And then I don't feel so bad.

(Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over four minutes and repeated encores.)
You start looking at beige jackets.
Whilst trying to fathom out A, B, X and Y combinations on the Playstation/XBox, you try to explain to your nephew that you used to have to wait at least 20 minutes for Horace Goes Skiing to load on your ZX Spectrum from your �cassette� player. And convnce yourself that it was really cool with graphics (which even at the time were rubbish) and sound (if bleep�s count).
LOL Octavius!

I got out the 'old' Sega Master System the other day and the teens in the house had great fun on Sonic & Alex Kidd. To me it was still revolutionary...
You wore all the current fashions the first time around.

You can�t get to grips with downloading an old track you want off the internet, so instead you head off to dig out the LP version from your loft.

You remember when Polo mints cost 10p a packet and you reminisce about other sweets which are not in circulation anymore.

You enjoy watching the Discovery or History channels.

You have a spreadsheet which calculates your monthly outgoings. Or better still, you employ an accountant to do it all for you.

You�d rather shop for kitchen gadgets than buy that sexy little black dress.

You suddenly understand what your Mother appreciated about The Archers.
You know you're getting old when

you find yourself at a party (sitting down in the comfy chair of course), discussing pension plans ....... or the merits of different types of compost bins.... or how much you agreed with the sentiments of *grumpy old wo/men* ...... or you start to answer brillliant posts like this one lol
you can remember 8 tracks and your fave one was the partriage family.
you thought gary glitter was a really cool guy!
When you use a highlighter to pick out your evening's viewing in the tele mag
When you read what joby1 put and realise that you DO own 18 little pairs of bootees - and, what's more, you keep them on in bed cos your toes are so cold
When you give your mobility scooter a name cos she's so important to you
When you sit for hours at the computer on AB cos that's the only way you can interact with someone
(sob)
I could go on for hours
Excuse me - I'm off to find a thread to cheer me up cos now I'm feeling really old!!!
5pences become too 'fiddly'

you go "Huuaarrgghh" every time you bend.

you are really tempted by those checked shopping trolleys (I actually do have a trolley!! but its purple and funky)

you check your lottery tickets 50 times because you don't quite trust that you haven't misread a winning number.

you can see the logic in wearing your trews at half mast - they won't drag and get dirty.

you actually count your change

you start tutting when you see teenagers just harmlessly messing and playing around - forgetting that you used to do the same thing once.

Skreecheeboy - I'm giving you stars for that Julie Andrews thing
It was brill

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(Sorry if I'm treading on your toes, Pinkie dear)

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