Signs that you are getting older

**Beanz** · 10-20-2020 08:36 AM

Arthritis.

I have Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Both are chronic long term conditions but there are nearly a hundred kinds of arthritis and many will have suffered from a form of arthritis at some point in life.

My hands have hurt since childhood but it has gradually spread everywhere and its a bastard now when the wet weather sets in. I try and help by keeping very active and watching my diet but there is only so much you can do.

Getting old is not like it used to be though, I don't think that really starts until your 70s nowadays if you are lucky. I swear when I was younger some people seemed to get old before retirement and were wearing slippers and cardies in their 40s and gave up at 55 like crusty limpets set in their ways.

**Master** · 10-20-2020 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Beanz

Arthritis.

I have Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis. Both are chronic long term conditions but there are nearly a hundred kinds of arthritis and many will have suffered from a form of arthritis at some point in life.

My hands have hurt since childhood but it has gradually spread everywhere and its a bastard now when the wet weather sets in. I try and help by keeping very active and watching my diet but there is only so much you can do.

Getting old is not like it used to be though, I don't think that really starts until your 70s nowadays if you are lucky. I swear when I was younger some people seemed to get old before retirement and were wearing slippers and cardies in their 40s and gave up at 55 like crusty limpets set in their ways.

Keep active, exercise regularly, eat well and cod liver oil tablets. You will live to be 100.

**NoSavingByTheBell** · 10-20-2020 08:52 AM

God willing we all live to be 150

**Beanz** · 10-20-2020 09:31 AM

Signs that you are getting Older

Resistance to change?

I am not sure, but exactly when in the UK did people start referring to Secondary (or Comprehensive) Education as 'High School' and when did the end of year Disco suddenly become 'The Prom'?

Both are a bit worrying as very clear American imports but especially The Prom. That is an American Movie thing and the saddest thing about it is kids now not only buy the big outfits, they travel in a fecking limo? Really? What was wrong about walking in your brothers hand me down band Japan T-Shirt or getting dropped off by your parents in their Morris Marina with your mum gobbing on her hanky and rubbing the eyeliner off your face reminding you that Adam Ant is a homosexual abomination and if you are caught smoking dog ends you will have to eat some to prove how gross they are?

**Beanz** · 10-20-2020 10:15 AM

For all talent shows, 'Britain's got talent, Americas got talent' etc and maybe because of them you don't get to see the kind of talent that doesn't happen without learning on the job, what Roy Castle RIP would have called dedication
skip to 6:50 to get past the interview

**NoSavingByTheBell** · 10-20-2020 06:23 PM

"murrica's got talent, heres what they be doing --- seriously, this is what they are doing

**Spicoli** · 10-21-2020 06:52 AM

You realize you're standing in a lobby and recalling incidents and cases no one can relate to

. Literally standing there like a babbling Yoda reminiscing good co workers, dags and clients decades gone by but "new" people in the room only have a max 5 yrs under the belt. It's a literal disconnect eventually. Soon you just start talking about how good the coffee is that morning.

I asked people to stop using 'woke' when they talk to me. I get it. But I don't want to really. I hear a 40+ year old use woke and I picture Dragnet talking about hip jive cool and out of sight Daddy trying to stay up on lingo

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If you're fortunate to still have 8x10 photos of family-friends hanging around the crib..dust them off shine them up. Original framed prints need to be stood up and appreciated daily.