tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post5670683434839349672..comments2023-08-02T12:34:11.674+01:00Comments on Beleaguered Squirrel: The Age of ImminenceBeleaguered Squirrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13699493386984083561noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-37116055081835836842009-05-14T10:41:00.000+01:002009-05-14T10:41:00.000+01:00@SCW: :O)@SCW: :O)Beleaguered Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699493386984083561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-26704503291818993252009-05-14T10:39:00.000+01:002009-05-14T10:39:00.000+01:00PS: Spiral Skies: "I wouldn't want to see him bend...PS: Spiral Skies: "I wouldn't want to see him bend though. Old people just shouldn't?"<br /><br />Ooh, is this a euphemism I don't know about? See him bend, LOL! Or do you just mean you wouldn't want to behind him if he dropped his false teeth in the street?<br /><br />That once happened to me. When I was Officially Young, I had an accident and knocked out my front teeth. I had to have temporary false ones fitted, and they were forever falling out. And then it happened while I was walking down the street, chatting to a friend. He didn't see them exit - he just saw me bend down, pick some teeth off the street and pop them in my mouth!Beleaguered Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699493386984083561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-52424161843947855802009-05-14T10:37:00.000+01:002009-05-14T10:37:00.000+01:00Werther's Originals?! Brilliant! Cracked me up.....Werther's Originals?! Brilliant! Cracked me up...Some Chilean Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238851746037566411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-36554183062836256292009-05-14T10:36:00.000+01:002009-05-14T10:36:00.000+01:00I thought of some more age stuff as I was pushing ...I thought of some more age stuff as I was pushing a pushchair back from nursery last night. I edited the main post, but for those who have already read the main bit, here's the extra stuff...<br /><br />When you're in your teens and early twenties it's all very simple: You are young, your parents are middle-aged, and your grandparents are old. But from then on, the goalposts leap about so much they're more like Magical Jumping Goalposts from some bastardised version of Quidditch. My parents are in their mid 60s and have recently become pensioners. But they're only middle-aged, surely? And my grandparents, who are still alive... they're old. Occasionally people have suggested that I might be middle-aged. Me? Middle-aged? But... but...<br /><br />Somewhere there should be a government agency whose job it is to assign official ages. You would get a letter in the post: "Congratulations, you are now officially middle-aged. We have enclosed your complimentary packet of Werther's Originals."Beleaguered Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699493386984083561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-35947183097211513382009-05-14T10:34:00.000+01:002009-05-14T10:34:00.000+01:00Billy had his fiftieth birthday the other week. I ...Billy had his fiftieth birthday the other week. I know!<br /><br />Ageing better than not ageing, says JJ... now, that is a very good point. And anyway, age is money in the bank. You gain so much as you age. Even if stupid Western society doesn't value it, doesn't mean we can't. <br /><br />Y'see SpiralSkies, most of the time I think of Steve as cuddly, flawed and very funny. He's one of my favourite Correr comic actors. I'm fond of him. But then I look at him through the Glasses of Youth... and he is old, fat and slightly grotty. But then, so am I. Solidarity With Steve, that's my motto!<br /><br />Even numbers sounding older... 41, 42, 43... what, so 43 and 41 sound young, but 40 and 42 sound old? Hmmm. Maybe. Not sure I'm very happy to have it pointed out, but then again there's something to be said for being younger next year...<br /><br />In general I like the idea of being 40. It's a rite of passage, and there's that whole Life Begins thing, and I'm very much in the mood for new beginnings. Also it's just a nice number. It's all neat and it's got a 4 in it, and it just looks nice.Beleaguered Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699493386984083561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-36650099930488173392009-05-14T07:24:00.000+01:002009-05-14T07:24:00.000+01:00But I remember when Steve MacDonald was young and ...But I remember when Steve MacDonald was young and handsome. And now he is old, fat and slightly grotty.<br /><br />I'm liking the being 40 thing. Though the even numbers do sound older than the odd ones. So next year, I shall be younger. In my head at least. Oh, and my son told me that I have to turn the telly up because I have saggy eardrums.<br /><br />Blimey, Billy is 50? He's quite thin too. I wouldn't want to see him bend though. Old people just shouldn't?Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781237143187343971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-55675599561056959412009-05-14T01:03:00.000+01:002009-05-14T01:03:00.000+01:00OMG, Billy is fifty-ish? Steve McD is surely only ...OMG, Billy is fifty-ish? Steve McD is surely only in his 20s? I remember...<br /><br />Oh *sigh* I think that makes me officially old.<br /><br />Still, I've decided that aging is definitely better than not aging...Jenny Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-6667235479481192482009-05-13T12:28:00.000+01:002009-05-13T12:28:00.000+01:00Ha, yes! Sagging body parts!
Even my sags have sa...Ha, yes! Sagging body parts!<br /><br />Even my sags have sags. And I realised recently that my hair is now significantly grey. And that vague feeling I've always had that one day soon I'll get my act together and become slim and bendy and generally gorgeous? It just ain't gonna happen. Ever. And I am now moving officially into the Needing Regular Checks category for various nasty health conditions.Beleaguered Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699493386984083561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4537116561703209878.post-89312372541872286212009-05-13T12:19:00.000+01:002009-05-13T12:19:00.000+01:00I only became age-concious this year really. I ha...I only became age-concious this year really. I have my 10 year high school reunion this summer and for some reason that has has made me very aware of my age. Perhaps it's just the fact that I have lived so much in that amount of time. And my "damned" sagging body parts like to remind me of my aging too...Some Chilean Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06238851746037566411noreply@blogger.com