Okay, Monday is my birthday and l share it with the legend that is Roy Keane. I will be 39 years old which will make me offically 365 days away from being 40!!!
I'm also laid up at home with a bad back from lifting my mountain bike up so i'm also a bit depressed.
This sort of thing never ever happened when l was 21, so it was a bit of a shock when it did. It's bad enough that l now prefer a nice cup of tea and watching some quality TV to dancing the night away, but not being able to pick up my bike? Of course, being in the UK all l had to go down to the local hospital for treatment and have had to purchase over the counter medicines to deal with the problem. No bill for us over here when we get checked up.
So why the title of the piece?
Well, two things have happened recently which has had me thinking about it. Firstly l now work with someone born in 1990. LATE 1990.
This means that she's younger than the World Cup where England were a game away from the final.
This means that she wasn't around for the Tim Burton Batman movie, or Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!! Hell, she's younger than Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure a film that she hasn't even heard of!!!
That was shocking enough but what made it worse was when a collegue and l were discussing the fact that he had downloaded the entire "Man from Atlantis" TV series starring Patrick Duffy. She asked who he was and we told her he played Bobby Ewing in the TV series Dallas. After another blank stare she sighed, shook her head and said "you guys are REALLY OLD!! before flouncing out of the room.
Somehow l kept my composure and managed to stop myself going after the little cow and cheerfully throttling her.
This has been a pretty heavy week, with the ongoing healthcare town hall arguements and in an attempt to recreate the spirit of the 1915 Christmas Day Football match (and to cheer myself up) l thought l would pose the first part of a statement and see where it goes.
So come one , come all!!
From all sides of the political divide.
For those parents, uncles and aunties who dance at parties to the chagrin of your younger relatives!!
For those working with people who you look at and think, "Are they really old enough to be working here?"
Just add the last bit to the statement:
You Know You're Getting Old When........
Funny or ironic, its's all good.