• Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
  • Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
Iron Heart Forum
Iron Heart Forum

New Iron Heart Website - Live Now - Feedback and Bug Report Here Please!

When you suddenly feel old —

General Chat
23
56
2.1k
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • M
    Mizmazzle
    見習いボス
    Joined: 29 Jun 2021

    When you start referring to anyone doing something new or odd as a “hipster” you have obtained oldness.

    In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

    last edited by 16 May 2024, 23:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 3
    • G
      goosehd
      Mod Squad
      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

      Previous generations used to call it “wet behind the ears” or “fucking kids”.

      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

      last edited by 16 May 2024, 23:38 T 1 Reply Last reply 17 May 2024, 04:59 Reply Quote 0
      • S
        steelworker
        見習いボス
        Joined: 16 Apr 2014

        When I showed my kids how a rotary dial phone works they laughed their asses off

        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
        Well, I have others.

        last edited by 17 May 2024, 02:28 G 1 Reply Last reply 17 May 2024, 04:13 Reply Quote 4
        • S
          steelworker
          見習いボス
          @goosehd
          Joined: 16 Apr 2014

          @goosehd said in When you suddenly feel old —:

          @Matt Holy fuck…keep this up and you’re going to give the great Greek philosophers a run for their money.
          Careful @goosehd he may be a nihilist. It aint only a river in Egypt

          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
          Well, I have others.

          last edited by 17 May 2024, 02:31 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • S
            seawolf
            Mod Squad
            Joined: 28 Oct 2011

            I'm in an undergrad program so I'm around college aged people all the time, and I definitely relate more to the professors 😂

            I understand that a lot of students think I'm old, and some of the faculty (and students) have wrongly assumed that I'm a professor. To be honest with you, I actually love where I'm at with my age (43). I'm old enough to have a lot of experience, but young enough to still feel relatively young. Despite the fact that I have a chronic illness that mostly affects men much older than me, I still do a lot and feel pretty good!

            “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

            @zeebeeleather

            last edited by 17 May 2024, 02:32 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 4
            • E
              endo
              見習いボス
              @Matt
              Joined: 29 May 2020

              @Matt said in When you suddenly feel old —:

              Hair growth in new places (ears, nose, back etc.)

              that's the real scourge of humanity

              si tacuisses

              last edited by endo 17 May 2024, 03:04 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 6
              • G
                goosehd
                Mod Squad
                @steelworker
                Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                @steelworker 😂 Nothing better than getting most of the way through a telephone number and your finger slipping on the dial…immediate start over 🙂

                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

                last edited by 17 May 2024, 04:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • T
                  Tago Mago
                  Mod Squad
                  @FlavourFade
                  Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                  @FlavourFade you can say you to me

                  last edited by 17 May 2024, 04:57 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • T
                    Tago Mago
                    Mod Squad
                    @goosehd
                    Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                    @goosehd a sentiment that Plato also lays out in „the republic“. Speaking of Greek philosophers

                    last edited by 17 May 2024, 04:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • F
                      FlavourFade
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      @T4920
                      Joined: 15 Jan 2024

                      @T4920 the peeing really increases from 30 😃 also the stiffness but I stretch a lot that helps

                      @jerkules the career thing was very important in my mid 20s for me but now I work for three years in a job that I would not have imagined back then and am as happy as I could be and don't think about switching, I even make a little less money than I did at my last job but also less headache

                      Insta: free_the_fades

                      wtb:
                      The Pale Rider XXL

                      last edited by 17 May 2024, 05:00 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                      • I
                        injunjack
                        見習いボス
                        Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                        image.png

                        This pretty sums up my view about this subject.
                        I'm 60, still riding Choppers, messing with cars, gals (my wife ✌ ) and booze. Life will slow you down a bit but more active you are, happier and healthier you'll be. Don't ever stop. Train karate, go to gym, go to see gigs and dance like nobodys watching you, and most of all don't give a fuck.
                        That's actually almost the best part being in the last quarter of your life. Not giving a fuck. If you have done so in earlier life, after fifty you usually start not to.
                        I think the best part of getting old is to see that your kids get along in life and to see grandkids grow up. Small things make me happy.

                        last edited by 17 May 2024, 05:39 W 1 Reply Last reply 17 May 2024, 11:19 Reply Quote 11
                        • E
                          endo
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 29 May 2020

                          well said @injunjack

                          si tacuisses

                          last edited by 17 May 2024, 06:04 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • G
                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            I am convinced that getting old is a state of mind. My grandfather got old at 50, as he was expected to, my father got old in his early 60's and basically stopped doing shit. Paula is with him in Greece at the moment and I am happy to report that he is actually walking every morning. (the irony is that I can't be there because I just had a hip replacement 🙂 )

                            I feel blessed that for the last 20 years I have been surrounded by people younger than myself, you lot and my fishing mates, and I think that that has kept my outlook younger than my years. Yes, I'm a bit less nimble and flexible than I was, but I don't feel old (except when we go for dinner with local friends of my own age or older, and all the silly old fuckers talk about is health, I've had to ban the topic, as it does no one involved any good). I accepted an invitation to a family party recently on the proviso that any health shit was got out of the way by email beforehand).

                            I was invited to Nicaragua fishing recently by a couple of mates in their late 20's early 30's, I was immeasurably honoured for them to consider me as a fun companion.

                            Think young, and guess what.....

                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                            last edited by 17 May 2024, 07:07 I 1 Reply Last reply 17 May 2024, 07:22 Reply Quote 12
                            • I
                              injunjack
                              見習いボス
                              @Giles
                              Joined: 19 Feb 2010

                              @Giles said in When you suddenly feel old —:

                              I am convinced that getting old is a state of mind.
                              ......
                              Think young, and guess what.....

                              This.

                              last edited by 17 May 2024, 07:22 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • I
                                IrishHeart
                                Haraki san Expert
                                Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                                When I was working I had to deal with people that I wouldn’t otherwise cross the road to speak to. I retired early as I didn’t want my last day to be a working day, and vowed not to spend any more of my time with with people I didn’t like, weren’t fun or interesting.

                                I can highly recommend it ( although ironically my wife thinks I can be a grumpy git when I refuse invites from people who dont tick those boxes).

                                last edited by 17 May 2024, 10:35 G 1 Reply Last reply 17 May 2024, 10:37 Reply Quote 2
                                • B
                                  Brian
                                  Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                                  image.jpg
                                  image.jpg

                                  Im feeling it when my son plays with Lego sets from the 1980s that were mine

                                  and then I look up what they are worth and wonder why my parents didn’t keep the boxes damn

                                  I’m 43 almost 44 but feel young in some ways as really didn’t start real life until I was in my 30’s after moving countries when I was in the uk I did school uni then jobs but never with anything serious, it was only when I went to OZ for a holiday then stayed and got married and had a kid in my late 30’s that I think I was starting my adult life

                                  I feel old doing the school drop off when 90% of the other parents are in their late 20’s early 30’s
                                  Old man rant over

                                  last edited by 17 May 2024, 10:36 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                  • G
                                    goosehd
                                    Mod Squad
                                    @IrishHeart
                                    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                    @IrishHeart That’s not being a grumpy git, that’s managing your time wisely!!

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

                                    last edited by 17 May 2024, 10:37 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 2
                                    • G
                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      I have frequent discussions with P around why I don't want to spend time with people I don't get along with/have zero in common with/think are twats, she thinks I should make an effort. Life's too fucking short......

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                      last edited by Giles 17 May 2024, 10:39 T P 2 Replies Last reply 17 May 2024, 10:52 Reply Quote 6
                                      • T
                                        Tago Mago
                                        Mod Squad
                                        @Giles
                                        Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                                        @Giles amen

                                        last edited by 17 May 2024, 10:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • W
                                          WhiskeySandwich
                                          啓蒙家
                                          @injunjack
                                          Joined: 1 Mar 2023

                                          @injunjack dude fuck yea. I'm with you. We're all just kids in aging bodies. I still cant wait to bail from work and get into some fun. I sit in meetings and look around at all the people taking themselves too seriously, and all I see is the kid they were when they were 8 and how they'd laugh at what they've become. Not to judge others, but to give myself some perspective to work with. I think we all kinda fake-it-till-ya-make-it to some degree. We get in to character to 'succeed', but some people get stuck in that role and forget to turn it off and play.

                                          I agree with Giles that it's a state of mind. It's almost a choice to stop having fun, but that's the most important thing.

                                          "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                                          -Seneca

                                          last edited by WhiskeySandwich 17 May 2024, 11:19 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 4
                                          32 out of 56
                                          • First post
                                            32/56
                                            Last post
                                          Copyright Iron Heart 2022.