You know you're getting old when..........
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You know you're getting old when..........
you try cutting a piece glass with a ballpoint pen
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Re: You know you're getting old when..........
Worth a try. Guessing it didn't work?
Also - when you bend down to tie your shoe laces and try to think what else you can do while you're down there....
Also - when you bend down to tie your shoe laces and try to think what else you can do while you're down there....
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Very true Andrew, about tying your shoe laces
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Re: You know you're getting old when..........
..... when someone sez "How are you?" and you reply with your name
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Re: You know you're getting old when..........
Doh, I thought of something to post on this thread, but it's gone right out of my head.
Re: You know you're getting old when..........
You try changing the TV channel with a calculator.
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Re: You know you're getting old when..........
That's a double whammy: or doing your invoicing with the TV remote.prospero wrote:You try changing the TV channel with a calculator.
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Re: You know you're getting old when..........
when you try to use 2 fingers to zoom in on a picture...in a magazine...
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Today I nearly put washing up liquid on my pork pie instead of brown sauce
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Re: You know you're getting old when..........
Just for a matter of interest, what color is your washing up liquid
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I take it we're all hearing Denis Norden's voice when reading these.
My fave of his: "When you bend down to tie your shoe laces, and ask yourself if there's anything else that needs doing while you're down there".
My fave of his: "When you bend down to tie your shoe laces, and ask yourself if there's anything else that needs doing while you're down there".
Re: You know you're getting old when..........
Going to the shop for some groceries and coming back with a damn great bagful which doesn't include what
what you went for in the first place.
what you went for in the first place.
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Doh, this quote was already posted....apologies, Andrew.Dan Smith wrote:I take it we're all hearing Denis Norden's voice when reading these.
My fave of his: "When you bend down to tie your shoe laces, and ask yourself if there's anything else that needs doing while you're down there".
Note to self: read threads before opening my gob
Re: You know you're getting old when..........
When you post something in a thread that you read in the same thread the day before.
When you start pointing out the shortcomings of others.
When you start pointing out the shortcomings of others.
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Re: You know you're getting old when..........
I was watching some of the early episodes of Last of the Summer Wine recently and realised the all the old
codgers were about 10 years younger then than I am now.
codgers were about 10 years younger then than I am now.
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Watchit, misterprospero wrote:When you post something in a thread that you read in the same thread the day before.
When you start pointing out the shortcomings of others.
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When you find yourself carefully counting out the customer's change into their hand
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That's alright, Pete.poliopete wrote:When you find yourself carefully counting out the customer's change into their hand
It's if -after counting it out in their hand - you say "....and that makes 10 pounds" (or whatever the amount is) that the game's up!
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Time to start rounding it up?poliopete wrote:When you find yourself carefully counting out the customer's change into their hand
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