The middle aged thread

I'm looking at my second coffee.

That's been the case for me since the 80/90s.

I did see "Self Esteem" on Russell Howard's TV show last night - so that must count for something...

Ha! True.

I've arrived. Or I've been here 10 years already. Either way, not dead as expected.

If you’ve been here already then you know the score. If you’ve just arrived, buckle up sunshine.

(because it’s proven to reduce your chances of being injured in an accident, and it’s a dumb way of losing points off your license, and one one is going to think you’re cool for it)

We couldn't get my MIL out of the hospital for over two months, even though they had no need to be in hospital (beyond having full on dementia) because of how disjointed various services were / are, even though we had everything lined up for them to have round the clock care (which we had to rearrange more than once).

My FIL died suddenly in his sleep, a convenience which was very apposite of the man he was.

My father died at home by choice. Being a doctor he knew how miserable and undignified dying in hospital would be.

Yeah - this bit of middle age is a bit shit.

Now that we're coming out of lockdown, need to get a new suit for work

Just found myself looking at Austin Reed.

Somebody shoot me, please.

The time you really want someone to shoot you comes in a few years, when you've been wearing Austin Reed or whoever for a while and you realise how totally empty all that time and brainpower you used to spend caring about such things was.

I need to renew my passport so went to a photo booth in the local supermarket this eve. It's brutal how much you visually age in 10 years. I need a holiday to get over the shock.

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Can anyone reccomend an effective nasal hair trimmer.

My current device - a Phillips - isn't up to the jod, and I now look like my dad.

I find this one great
https://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/personal-health-care/men-s-trimmers/er-gn30.html

I have one of these

Is Austin Reed passé or associated with middle-aged bores or something?

I don't really do suits but I remember an Austin Reed window display from around 2000 that had a totally one-colour two-piece (structured blouse and full skirt) in hot pink. As far as I remember it wasn't something that was in fashion at the time but it made quite the impression on a younger me. The shop closed years ago.

Thought AR closed down years ago?

On order. Remarkably, according to Amazon, this will be with me today - what a time to be alive.

Will report back once I have depilated my nostrils.

The one I mentioned certainly did!

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Is hooting at motorists who don't play by the rules a middle aged thing? (definately a meldrew thing).
Don't indicate - i hoot, don't even bother stopping at a roundabout - i hoot, my hooter is getting worn out... I also glare at shit parkers and those who park in blue badge bays without a blue badge and in child and family bays without a kid, and those who are parked and keep their engines running and lights on... FFS

People who drive with a flat tyre trigger me. (I don't often hoot, 'cos I rarely drive).

I hoot as much as I can.

Where I live there is a mini roundabout off the big road to the residential streets and turning across, with right of way over on-coming traffic, it is probably a 10% chance they will not stop.
Most of the time you can tell if they are going to stop, but some times it catches you by surprise.
Recently I saw they were not going to stop, so I went a bit, stopped before being killed and then jammed my thumb on the horn. Total ignorance.

It isn't just me on the motorbike, MrsDeth has a similar statistic in her car.

I glare at people in cars who hoot a lot, the horn is to let people know you are there not to reprimand perceptions of shit driving. People on motorbikes should hoot more, no-one is looking so no-one can see you, in fact they should all be forced to ride Honda’s so they hit the horn every time they reach for the indicator to put it on or cancel it. When they get used to that they should switch away from a Honda so they hit the horn again all the time.

True ( i should hoot less) but actually many (not all) people don't give way /stop when they should and don't give a shit about other road users. Some (not all) people on motorbikes break the speed limit big time when overtaking because they're in a rush and push into traffic queues.. As for people on electric scooters in the middle of the road on their phones...

When I was learning to ride a motorbike, on a lesson I saw someone reversing off their drive, but had an obscured view (delivery van parked on street) so assumed they hadn't seen 3 dudes in high viz on motorbikes, so gave a little toot-toot to alert them to our presence.

The instructor positively wet himself with glee, and said if I was on my test "the examiner would have a hard-on" after a textbook use of the horn.
Alas I didn't get a chance on my test, but I was certainly looking for opportunities

When did bibbing become hooting?

You bunch of Americans.