The partner of a friend of mine recently had surgery and my friend sent me a picture of her partner with the medical team, whose average age was clearly about 12.
Every year, the incoming freshmen at the University are clearly getting younger.
I watched the new Superman film with the rest of my family last night. I realised I only had a familiarity with one of the actors. Once upon a time I would have had a good handle on most of them, but no longer and not overly bothered by that!!
I’ve been working in health care for 39 years (I started age 17 on a youth training scheme in a residential care home). When I started nurse training a year later, the official retirement age for nurses was 55 years old. I am now 56 and psychologically I feel like I should have retired already.
My Goddaughter told me today that she felt she was "getting old." She's 23. She explained that one night last night she was in her PJs at 11pm when a friend phoned to ask if she'd like to go out. She couldn't face getting dressed again, so she said no.
If mot wanting to go out on the spur of the moment at 11pm is a sign of getting "past it" I think I was born "past it"!
Same for me @North East Quine . My sister was a bit of a rager in years gone by. She and her friends would be ready to go out at 9pm, sometimes drive an hour to where there were more exciting clubs, dance until the wee small hours until the places closed. Then back to their cars, sleep there until they were woken by the sounds of other traffic coming into the city and then they'd drive home again. It seemed mad to me at the time and even moreso now!
My son and his wife (41) were staying with us last weekend. They went out for a meal downtown while we babysat. After the meal, which they very much enjoyed, they planned to go on to a bar for a drink or two ... and then decided what they really wanted to do was come home, have a cup of tea, and go to bed!
I’ve been working in health care for 39 years (I started age 17 on a youth training scheme in a residential care home). When I started nurse training a year later, the official retirement age for nurses was 55 years old. I am now 56 and psychologically I feel like I should have retired already.
My MiL has just attended her 55 year reunion at St Barts where she trained as a nurse.
My Goddaughter told me today that she felt she was "getting old." She's 23. She explained that one night last night she was in her PJs at 11pm when a friend phoned to ask if she'd like to go out. She couldn't face getting dressed again, so she said no.
If mot wanting to go out on the spur of the moment at 11pm is a sign of getting "past it" I think I was born "past it"!
You'd better have a damn good reason for ringing me at 11pm! A call at that time is only acceptable if it's an emergency... And in fact anything after 8.30pm is a bit off (disclaimer: I start work at 06:30, so my aim is to be in bed at 9pm)
Yet another indication that I am old, to add to those previously listed.
Today I received a photograph of the last grandbaby in his uniform as he set off for his first day at "proper school"
I can tell by the ads that show up on my Facebook page. Mine seem to be big on things like denture cream, walkers, diabetes products, and retirement info.
There is a Heavenly thread about the phrases us oldsters use that younglings don't understand or at best think are quaint. It works both ways, of course. I don't 'get' half what most people say these days. And as for keeping in touch with our grandchildren..... well, I wrote a sorta poem about the frustrations I have:
No App-titude in Old Age
With apologies to Elizabeth Barret Browning
How do I call you? Let me count the ways:
The icons are there, in serried arrays,
but sometimes they vanish,
Often for days.
What’s App, Facebook, Instagram or text?
And whatever they think is gonna come next,
and twitter away on something called ‘X
"It's easy", they say, but I'm just perplexed.
I'm frozen immobile, my mind's gone to ice.
To talk to a loved one would be very nice,
But how do I do it with this tiny device?
The new one is better - and smaller - I'm told,
but my battery's flat, my apps are too old,
and arthritic fingers don't work when they're cold!
I've lost my emojis, this aged has-been,
so I poke about dimly, reloading the screen.
What on earth am I doing with this wretched machine?
I wish it had valves, with their nice warming glow.
And nostalgic buttons, in dials or a row --
And 'Press button A' as it was long ago . . .
I felt stupid today, trying to lock the front door with the spare car key.
In my defence I must say that the new lock on the front door has keys very similar to those used for cars, not a bit like a common-or-garden Chubb or Yale key.
I knew I was at least middle aged when I realised that if I made it to double my current age I would become the oldest man in the entire known history of my direct male ancestry (though my father still has a chance to change that arithmetic).
I feel quite old now, thinking about how many years ago that moment of realisation was.
I also felt very old when I realised that a coworker was so young I had t shirts (that I still wear!) that were older than her.
I have - and wear - a perfectly serviceable tweed jacket I bought in 1976. It's no wonder Dunns went out of business - the repeat business must have been zero.
I have - and wear - a perfectly serviceable tweed jacket I bought in 1976. It's no wonder Dunns went out of business - the repeat business must have been zero.
I have a perfectly serviceable tweed jacket that I bought around 1981. Unfortunely, it has been some time since I could comfortably wear it. Hope springs eternal.
I felt stupid today, trying to lock the front door with the spare car key.
In my defence I must say that the new lock on the front door has keys very similar to those used for cars, not a bit like a common-or-garden Chubb or Yale key.
Oh, I regularly walk up to the house and try to unlock the front door by blipping it with the car key.
If you can do it to cars, why can't you do it to houses? Garage doors often have a blipper but I've never seen a front door with one.
A couple of times recently our conductor has asked who has sung one of the new pieces before, and I’ve realised that I have, and still remember them reasonably well, but haven’t sung them for over 40 years!
(It doesn’t help much anyway, as I’ve moved down from alto to first tenor)
I used that as a child. It took me some time to get used to the stuff in tubes. Don’t remember when I made the switch or when it disappeared from shops, but this was definitely 1960s maybe into the ‘70s.
I used that as a child. It took me some time to get used to the stuff in tubes. Don’t remember when I made the switch or when it disappeared from shops, but this was definitely 1960s maybe into the ‘70s.
My family used something like that - it was a powder that came in a little flat tin/box. Called Eucryl Tooth Powder if I remember correctly.
Powdered toothpaste is coming back. People like the possibility of using natural ingredients, being more eco-friendly, and most do not use fluoride. They seem to be just effective as tube toothpaste.
Powdered toothpaste is coming back. People like the possibility of using natural ingredients, being more eco-friendly, and most do not use fluoride. They seem to be just effective as tube toothpaste.
If they don't have fluoride that's extremely unlikely.
Powdered toothpaste is coming back. People like the possibility of using natural ingredients, being more eco-friendly, and most do not use fluoride. They seem to be just effective as tube toothpaste.
If they don't have fluoride that's extremely unlikely.
Powdered toothpaste is coming back. People like the possibility of using natural ingredients, being more eco-friendly, and most do not use fluoride. They seem to be just effective as tube toothpaste.
If they don't have fluoride that's extremely unlikely.
I believe @Arethosemyfeet my feet was saying it’s extremely unlikely that non-flouride toothpastes/powders are just as effective as flouride toothpastes/powders.
Powdered toothpaste is coming back. People like the possibility of using natural ingredients, being more eco-friendly, and most do not use fluoride. They seem to be just effective as tube toothpaste.
If they don't have fluoride that's extremely unlikely.
I believe @Arethosemyfeet my feet was saying it’s extremely unlikely that non-flouride toothpastes/powders are just as effective as flouride toothpastes/powders.
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Every year, the incoming freshmen at the University are clearly getting younger.
We are in process of replacing appliances too,
I've met a few PhD students with that problem.
I can't beat that, but I'm just coming up to 39 years in Baptist ministry (plus 5 years as a missionary in Africa).
If mot wanting to go out on the spur of the moment at 11pm is a sign of getting "past it" I think I was born "past it"!
My MiL has just attended her 55 year reunion at St Barts where she trained as a nurse.
You'd better have a damn good reason for ringing me at 11pm! A call at that time is only acceptable if it's an emergency... And in fact anything after 8.30pm is a bit off (disclaimer: I start work at 06:30, so my aim is to be in bed at 9pm)
Today I received a photograph of the last grandbaby in his uniform as he set off for his first day at "proper school"
With apologies to Elizabeth Barret Browning
The icons are there, in serried arrays,
but sometimes they vanish,
Often for days.
What’s App, Facebook, Instagram or text?
And whatever they think is gonna come next,
and twitter away on something called ‘X
"It's easy", they say, but I'm just perplexed.
I'm frozen immobile, my mind's gone to ice.
To talk to a loved one would be very nice,
But how do I do it with this tiny device?
The new one is better - and smaller - I'm told,
but my battery's flat, my apps are too old,
and arthritic fingers don't work when they're cold!
I've lost my emojis, this aged has-been,
so I poke about dimly, reloading the screen.
What on earth am I doing with this wretched machine?
I wish it had valves, with their nice warming glow.
And nostalgic buttons, in dials or a row --
And 'Press button A' as it was long ago . . .
So how do I call you? Does only God know?
And grandchildren, of course.
In my defence I must say that the new lock on the front door has keys very similar to those used for cars, not a bit like a common-or-garden Chubb or Yale key.
I feel quite old now, thinking about how many years ago that moment of realisation was.
I also felt very old when I realised that a coworker was so young I had t shirts (that I still wear!) that were older than her.
Ha! I have nightclothes I still wear that my mother gave me in 1975!
Oh, I regularly walk up to the house and try to unlock the front door by blipping it with the car key.
If you can do it to cars, why can't you do it to houses? Garage doors often have a blipper but I've never seen a front door with one.
(It doesn’t help much anyway, as I’ve moved down from alto to first tenor)
Actually, we had one with the others quite recently - it belonged to my grandson.
My family used something like that - it was a powder that came in a little flat tin/box. Called Eucryl Tooth Powder if I remember correctly.
You are right- that's the one we had. If you google it, there's a picture of one in the Science Museum!
If they don't have fluoride that's extremely unlikely.
Check this Amazon page. There is plenty of non flouride paste,
Indeed.