IdleRich

IdleRich
On the downside, boring acquaintances who were droning on about property prices and mortages 20 years ago are now talking about retirement plans, downsizing etc. Jesus.
Reminds me of one time I told a friend who was about ten years older than me that I was going to.a wedding and he said "oh yeah, you're at that age where all your friends are getting married, I remember that, now mine are all getting divorced".
 

john eden

male pale and stale
People at University now were born after 9/11 lads!

How cool is that? We can look back on stuff that they weren't even alive for!

Think of how much incredible insight and analysis we've gained along the way and what cool new shit the young 'uns are going to come up with to blow our minds.
 

martin

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Oldest sister and I stayed with my mum last week. The NHS has given my mum an alert button on a lanyard, so if she falls and does herself a mischief, she can click it and get an instant emergency call-out (she’s already taken a tumble twice this year). She won’t wear it, though, so we had to nag her to put it on. Truth be told, I wouldn’t wear it at her age either; I felt humiliated enough when the dentist advised me to switch to Oral B’s Gum & Enamel Repair toothpaste. “I’m not some frail old lady!” she pouted…but you are, ma. Sorry.

Inevitable dig-up of family photos. “Look,” I said, pointing to a pic of young me, 15 or so, “THAT’s what I look like!!” Not this haggard monstrosity in the mirror, this…imposter. Death begins at 16, mate. Scariest shit was seeing a recent pic of my niece; I was 9 when she was born, now she’s a big bloody woman and her daughter is about to leave home to do a degree!
 

john eden

male pale and stale
I looked like a gawky nerd when I was 15.

I mean, it's not completely impossible to imagine that now, I will grant you.
 
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