I'm getting old :(

Armageus · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:21

Will Gill said:
think my worst mistake was suit trousers and shoes (I wasn't driving half naked, I prefer to change when I arrive)

Spoiled my mental image now

Akagi · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:27

Housey said:
I have been to a night out in Garfield slippers once.

Did you pull it off as a conscious decision?

Housey · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:28

Acme said:
Did you pull it off as a conscious decision?

I went back to get my shoes!

Akagi · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:29

Housey said:
I went back to get my shoes!

Thats no fun!

Grimley · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:37

I'm 51 & dad is 78. I see the things he does as regards forgetting things, I'm getting more like that every day. If the doctor tells me I've got Alzheimers or dementia one day I might just jump off the end of Southend pier at high tide. Sod ending up dribbling in a care home.....

Vimes · 9 Mar 2017 at 08:50

I "only" need easy reader type glasses and so there is little point in paying for a prescription as I can make do with those from the pound shop. That also serves the main purpose as I have bought and lost so many damn pairs of them it is unreal. The consolation is that I can often find a pair now, but rarely is it the most recent ones I have lost.

Yesterday I was changing our 200w external lights around our property with 30w LED's. The time that I spent looking for the screwdriver, wire stripper etc that I just used must have almost doubled the job time...!

Lopéz · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:02

Will Gill said:
I feel your pain, I can't drive to a meeting without having to turn back at least once to collect something I've forgotten, think my worst mistake was suit trousers and shoes (I wasn't driving half naked, I prefer to change when I arrive)

It's all downhill from here on in

I get to the meetings with no issue but then commit to things and agree actions and forget them about 30 seconds after I walk out of the door. I need a scribe to follow me about these days.

Yet I can remember, with crystal clarity, random events from decades ago right down to what people were wearing etc etc, or specifically where I read a piece of utterly useless information in a magazine, including what side of the page it was on, what the font looked like and what colour the page was. Weird.

Kuros · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:13

I still do the 8 pocket tap every time I leave the house... Phone, Wallet, Keys, Bag, carrier bags (if I'm going shopping), Encrypted USB stick, laptop...

[FnG]magnolia · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:18

Forums > Life > General Discussion > I'm always drunk and can't find anything, also you're not the postman!

antijoke · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:23

I'd probably forget everything if I was sat in your R8 too.

Will Gill · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:25

Lopéz said:
I get to the meetings with no issue but then commit to things and agree actions and forget them about 30 seconds after I walk out of the door. I need a scribe to follow me about these days.

Yet I can remember, with crystal clarity, random events from decades ago right down to what people were wearing etc etc, or specifically where I read a piece of utterly useless information in a magazine, including what side of the page it was on, what the font looked like and what colour the page was. Weird.

I'm the same, I had a PA for a while and it still didn't help matters I was just even more useless when she wasn't around

antijoke said:
I'd probably forget everything if I was sat in your R8 too.

That's drug related though, don't trust his sweetie jar

Oxide™ · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:29

You're only as old as the woman you feel - or so I've been told. I'm currently 32

Will Gill · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:32

That makes me 30, I'll take it

Rilot · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:38

It's age. I do the same things.
Frequently I will do the following:
Get up, prepare my lunch, put in bag ready for work. Get son up, washed, dressed, fed, put son in the car. Drive to nursery, drop son off. Drive home and collect my lunch that I had forgotten. Drive to work. Get call from nursery saying I have forgotten to leave son's outdoor shoes. Drive home, get shoes, drive to nursery, then back to work. Try to eat lunch and realise I have forgotten cutlery. Eat lunch with a pen and a screwdriver.

Captain · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:44

Cosimo said:
Senility has made you lose at least twenty five years in your ages... Mind you I can't even remember mine.

You've forgot how to count to 70 then?

mrk · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:49

Top rule to minimise forgetfulness, this works every time:

Be less forgetful.

You heard it here first.

TS7 · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:51

mrk said:
Top rule to minimise forgetfulness, this works every time:

Be less forgetful.

You heard it here first.

Incredible. Have you thought about writing a book?

KiNgPiN83 · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:52

At 33 i regularly find myself:

- Enter a particular room in the house and have no idea why i'm there. (Until i go back to where i decided i needed to go to said room and it comes back to me.)
- Think to myself, i must search for that. Click IE, google and then have no idea what i was going to search for...
- Be typing something out at work and get stuck wanting a particular word but it just wont appear. When it finally does its usually not even a particularly special word. Yesterday i was trying to use the word resources but it wouldnt pop into my head for ages...

But at the same time i'll remember some really random stuff from years ago, lyrics, bands/songs, random facts and memories. Its odd.

mrk · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:53

TS7 said:
Incredible. Have you thought about writing a book?

Yes but my publisher forgot to publish it, again.

Tuppy_Glossop · 9 Mar 2017 at 09:57

Happens all the time to me. Left my phone on a train last week. I can't wait to retire when I can become a cranky old eccentric and wear bright colours and be as old-fashioned as possible to wind everyone up.