When did you realise that you'd become an old Codger?

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  1. LiverpoolRed

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    When someone offered me a seat on the bus.

    Teaching the children of previous pupils is one as well or actually teaching with an ex pupil
     
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    When im driving the car and the youngest is with me (16) and she puts Galaxy fm on.

    I have no idea who does music any more.
     
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    When I started making that “ooof!” Sound every time I stand up/sit down.
     
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    Kate says you should be ashamed.....at YOUR age!
     
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    I was offered a seat on the tube. :confused:
     
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    When I was on my first archaeological dig, those in charge decided it would be better if all the young female diggers (who had a habit of stripping off to bra & pants, sometimes a bikini, in order to keep cool) should "work alongside Kev. He's definitely a Father figure and they'll all be safe working with him". I didn't whether to be proud, or upset!:D
     
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    I realised when i started saying things my Dad used to say to me.
     
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    Sorry, what was the question?
     
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    When my daughter had her 50th birthday.
     
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    We all saw your bird in bed picture Albert so don’t try for the I’m too old sympathy angle. You will get none, sympathy that is.
     
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    When my mate said “these concessions are good aren’t they?” Never realised that I was a concession. When I asked for a concession next time I was p***** off when they didn’t question it. Sadly that was a few years ago.
     
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    My old codger moment has only recently arrived. I was married and a Father when I was 19. When My eldest was "old enough" to drink and gig he asked me to got out with him as did our Daughter a year or so later. My Dad died when I was only 18 so I didn't want my son to miss the father son pub time time I'd never had. I ended up with more friends who were 20 years younger than me than I'd ever had my own age. Add my nephew to the mix and my social life was very active. I did my FA coaching badges aged 44 which also kept me busy. I also got in to Hill and Mountain walking with people 20+ years younger. When it started to get harder chasing people up mountains I started running 3 times a week to get fitter for it. 3x30 minutes a week. In 2014 a dentist mate was visiting his inlaws "darn sarf" when he discovered parkrun. He talked about it with a great deal of enthusiasm so I thought I'd have a run at Barnsley parkrun in Locke Park. I registered on the parkrun UK website and printed out my bar code." You must not forget your Bar code." I had run with Barnsley Road Runners Club between 1982-90 so I had a bit of experience of running. I thought I would be fit enough to get round the 5K (3.1 miles) parkrun in 30 minutes. Well, I cruised around the 3 hilly laps in 28:04 that was in April and I was 63 years old. I came away from that run absolutely buzzing. By November I'd run 23:08 at the flat Rother Valley Park run. Some of the family started to do parkrun too. I decided to join Barnsley Athletic Club, I'm now Vice Chair, and Son in Law and my Daughter are also members now. I have done 220 parkruns. With the Pandemic all our races and parkrun were cancelled so that left nothing other than running, for what? I decided to slowly build up the mileage and by October I was was running 50-60 miles a week. I did a Solo 5k time trial in 22:14 in October. I have honestly never felt better. That was until I realised I will be 70 before the return of parkrun or any races. The realisation I'm 70 next was my "Old Codger" moment.
     
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    When I started suffering short term memory loss..........when I started suffering short term memory loss
     
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    Just now..... Jason Roy is 30!!!! I first saw him play when he was 18.
     
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    After a really good tea time sesh int club, got home sat watching telly through one eye, went upstairs, stood on landing trying to think why I'd gone upstairs went back down got to bottom step and **** myself.
     
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    Moving to East upper and agreeing with a bloke about the "yung uns"
    in the Ponty.....
    Realising that wen the big boss said were going to have Redundancies he was looking at me....
    Wen a very delightful young lady said I bet you used to give it some in your day...
    etc etc etc
     
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    Me too! I took it in April 2019, as it seemed a good option. I wish I hadn't now, as trying to find work is almost impossible, due to ageism. COViD-19 has not helped, either.
     
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    I do the 21st Century equivalent of this. I open blank web pages or my iPhone, and then forget what I was going to Google, or which App I wanted to open.
     
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    I knew I was getting old when every bit of my body hurts and the bits that don't hurt don't work.
     
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    Which seems to happen at the same time as ear puberty, and sparseness up top.
     
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