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One of those day's when you realise you are getting old

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Hanneke Jun 2021 6:08pm, 2 Jun 2021 74,779 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke I feel old every time I have done some work! I now find more than 3 hours and I am stiff, achey, knackered, hunched over and ready for a nap! I have been needing naps almost daily! Argh! Feeling old!
oi you Jun 2021 6:33pm, 2 Jun 2021 488 posts	Quote Pin oi you I used to be 5ft 11in so was most offended, a few years ago, at a health check to be told I’m 5 10. I measured myself a few weeks back - 5ft 9in ! Shrinking with age. At this rate I’ll disappear altogether within 300 years.
Albert O Balsam Jun 2021 9:23am, 3 Jun 2021 797 posts	Quote Pin Albert O Balsam At a work event in the US two years ago to colleague "First rule of Root Cause Analysis meetings is that there are no Root Cause Analysis meetings................ ........sorry, apologies, it's a reference to a film called 'Fight Club.' Yes, it's a Brad Pitt film......" It was then that I knew.
Dooogs Jun 2021 6:03pm, 5 Jun 2021 6,675 posts	Quote Pin Dooogs I found myself making "ooof" exertion noises bending down to pick something light off the floor earlier. I'm 46, going on 80.
Grumpypants Jun 2021 8:45am, 21 Jun 2021 1,444 posts	Quote Pin Grumpypants Trying to play on the floor with 2yo grandson and then carrying him on a walk later. I really don't think I'm cut out for this grandad business.
stilldreaming Jun 2021 3:16pm, 22 Jun 2021 661 posts	Quote Pin stilldreaming I visited Portmeirion yesterday and could buy an age concession ticket! (60 yrs and over) 🙂
Rosehip Jun 2021 7:08am, 23 Jun 2021 21,535 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip Trying to get up out of my sleeping bag and upright this morning. Age plus a long day walking does not make for supple joints
JaneyM Aug 2021 12:25am, 28 Aug 2021 1,585 posts	Quote Pin JaneyM Had no idea what the IT manager at work meant when he announced in a meeting “the front end website has a handshake with the CRM module”. What the actual…..?
DoricQuine Dec 2021 9:12pm, 4 Dec 2021 6,260 posts	Quote Pin DoricQuine When the vaccinater has to go to the fridge to get the special flu vaccine for the over 65s
Derby Tup Dec 2021 9:28pm, 4 Dec 2021 52,977 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup At lunchtime today when the menu offered special prices for pub classics and seafood dishes for over 55’s. I had a carvery. Bastards