You know you're getting old when..........

[Steve N]

you try cutting a piece glass with a ballpoint pen

[kartoffelngeist]

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....

[Steve N]

Very true Andrew, about tying your shoe laces

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[poliopete]

..... when someone sez "How are you?" and you reply with your name

[cleaver]

Doh, I thought of something to post on this thread, but it's gone right out of my head.

[prospero]

You try changing the TV channel with a calculator.

[cleaver]

You try changing the TV channel with a calculator.

That's a double whammy: or doing your invoicing with the TV remote.

[Justintime]

when you try to use 2 fingers to zoom in on a picture...in a magazine...

[Steve N]

Today I nearly put washing up liquid on my pork pie instead of brown sauce

[poliopete]

Just for a matter of interest, what color is your washing up liquid

[Steve N]

Green

[cleaver]

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".

[prospero]

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.

[cleaver]

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".

Doh, this quote was already posted....apologies, Andrew.

Note to self: read threads before opening my gob

[prospero]

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.

[prospero]

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.

[cleaver]

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.

Watchit, mister

[poliopete]

When you find yourself carefully counting out the customer's change into their hand

[cleaver]

When you find yourself carefully counting out the customer's change into their hand

That's alright, Pete.

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!

[Justintime]

When you find yourself carefully counting out the customer's change into their hand

Time to start rounding it up?