You know you are getting old when:

k90bfc · Post by **k90bfc** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:13 pm

When the Clarets Lose,Cant sleep,Get halfway down the street,Have I locked the front door ,Yes I have,but still go back and check !

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:18 pm

Dyched wrote:I relate alot to this thread.

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when you correct someone's grammar and have stopped caring if they call you grammar police (or worse)

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:23 pm

spadesclaret wrote:
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when you correct someone's grammar and have stopped caring if they call you grammar police (or worse)

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Jakubclaret · Post by **Jakubclaret** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:00 pm

People ask you what you want for Christmas & all you can think of is socks.

RMutt · Post by **RMutt** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:03 pm

I needed to do a quick errand the other day. I had socks on and the nearest thing I could find resembling shoes were my sandals. I’ll tell you what.........Of course you have to have absolutely no self respect, another thing that comes with age.

andyh · Post by **andyh** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:06 pm

When you refer to a woman in her 40s as a girl.

yorkyclaret · Post by **yorkyclaret** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:16 pm

When you see a Harley Davidson and think, maybe they're not such a bad idea after all.

Millertime v1.7 · Post by **Millertime v1.7** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:25 pm

When you go on the up the clarets forum and realise the average age is about 85

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:30 pm

When the only thing that gets you out of bed is a full bladder..

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:34 pm

yorkyclaret wrote:When you see a Harley Davidson and think, maybe they're not such a bad idea after all.

Now I can not agree with that. You’re surely thinking of modern harleys.

Search knuckle/panhead choppers. 60’s style. Proper choppers not these gimmicky shite you see nowadays

yorkyclaret · Post by **yorkyclaret** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:45 pm

If I ever reach an age when that has relevence I will let you know.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:50 pm

yorkyclaret wrote:If I ever reach an age when that has relevence I will let you know.

Have you ever seen Easy Rider? Dennis Hopper. Panhead. What’s not cool about that?

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:54 pm

When you groan, as you bend down to pick something up.

When you have to stand up at football, when there is a seat right behind you!

yorkyclaret · Post by **yorkyclaret** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:56 pm

Dyched wrote:Have you ever seen Easy Rider? Dennis Hopper. Panhead. What’s not cool about that?

Would have been way cooler on a Vincent Black Shaddow.

karatekid · Post by **karatekid** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:00 pm

When you start thinking about going to Church on Sundays............... just in case He does exist.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:06 pm

When your house has post-it-notes and lists in every room.

My doctor referred me to a memory clinic for tests, but I forgot to go!

BillyIngham'sShorts · Post by **BillyIngham'sShorts** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:55 pm

you comb your hair in public without embarrassment

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:09 pm

BillyIngham'sShorts wrote:you comb your hair in public without embarrassment

When you no longer bother combing your hair.

yorkyclaret · Post by **yorkyclaret** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:21 pm

When you have no hair to comb.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:41 pm

You smell of p!ss.

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:07 am

Millertime v1.7 wrote:When you go on the up the clarets forum and realise the average age is about 85

That's just the Mods..

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:10 am

When people stand up and offer you a seat.

When you spot somebody wearing shredded jeans and you think "hardly practical must be freezing"

When you walk past shop windows without checking to see how you are looking.

corporal jones · Post by **corporal jones** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 5:21 pm

when seemingly ever week someone asks you if you have retired yet!

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:02 pm

When you can remember when the Deadwoods had a good team.

spadesclaret · Post by **spadesclaret** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 6:10 pm

when you need chairs with arms in order to sit down and stand up.

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:46 pm

When you yearn for the good old days of the 4th division

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:39 pm

...When you have more 'headaches' than the missus.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 10:49 pm

When you and your friends and relatives are meeting at funerals.

CaptainKirk · Post by **CaptainKirk** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:14 pm

When you catch your first episode of Emmerdale Farm in years and you realise that you would pass on Kim Tate. (Time is a cruel thing).

Claret · Post by **Claret** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 1:35 pm

When you still call it Emmerdale Farm

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:10 pm

When people are surprised you are still around.

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:54 pm

Posters start having a moan following a defeat and you refer back to the game against Halifax Town FC.

Brunlea · Post by **Brunlea** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:56 am

When you get in the shower and brush your hair back and then you realise you haven’t got any and then the next time you get in the shower you brush your hair back and then you realise you havent got any and then......

Clarets4me · Post by **Clarets4me** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:40 pm

kentonclaret wrote:Posters start having a moan following a defeat and you refer back to the game against Halifax Town FC.

Usually the 0-6 home defeat by Hereford, in front of 1,961 in the 1986-87 season ...... surely !!

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 1:02 pm

When you skip the news section in magazines and go straight to health supplements page.

Gerry Hattrick · Post by **Gerry Hattrick** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 1:17 pm

When even zimmer frames become too difficult and you have to pinch a supermarket trolley to get around.

Holmeclaret · Post by **Holmeclaret** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:43 pm

When you NEVER try to push a fart out

colner · Post by **colner** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 4:08 pm

you go out on a Saturday night at 8 and you are the only one in the pub

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 4:37 pm

When you keep coming back to this thread 'cos you've forgotten what you posted..

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 5:12 pm

...your childhood favourite footballers start dying.

Claretforshaw · Post by **Claretforshaw** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:19 pm

When you are nursing the butter and the remote is in the fridge.
When you put Tena pads for men on your Christmas list.
When you plan your day out via toilet stops.

califclaret · Post by **califclaret** » Sat Oct 13, 2018 11:47 pm

It takes all night to do what you used to do all night.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Sun Oct 14, 2018 7:55 am

IBS

Irregular Boner Syndrome

Tis Mee · Post by **Tis Mee** » Sun Oct 14, 2018 3:41 pm

You watch the film First Man and can remember watching it as it happened in real life.

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:01 pm

bfcjg wrote:When you skip the news section in magazines and go straight to health supplements page.

When you read magazines?

kentonclaret · Post by **kentonclaret** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 4:47 pm

When the only flossing you can manage is with a piece of nylon cord between the teeth.

Bfcboyo · Post by **Bfcboyo** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:39 pm

Blokes are getting locked up in female prisons attacking the female inmates who are real Women.?

gawthorpe_view · Post by **gawthorpe_view** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:29 pm

You contribute to debates such as these.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:49 pm

One from my partner, although fortunately it doesn't apply yet:

When Saga stop writing and Age UK start sending you mailshots.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Tue Oct 16, 2018 11:04 pm

When you think this site needs a sticky for medical notes (satins, blood pressure) so you can find them again tomorrow.