Old Style Daily Thread for Saturday 15th October 2011

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I think I must be the oldest O/F on here anyway so tonight as there is bog all on the t.v. i'm just about to forage for a book to read in bed.Wow I do like to lead an exciting life on a Saturday night gone oare the days of boogie-ing the night away now its a good book and a packet of peppermints .Still I do have my memories of the wild days of the early 1960s when my skirt barely covered my butt and I adored killer heels .Now sadly its comfy shoes and even comfier clothes.But I can live with that,The music today is not too my taste anyway, and pubs are full of children(well they look like children to me) .I was 22 and married and a Mum in 1965 before I stepped inside a pub as in those days it was all coffee bars and cafes and endless cups of expresso which kept you awake half the night (didn't Costa Bomb as in todays Costacoffee though :):)

rising_from_the_ashes

Can I join in please? - I'm not really old in years but I think I may be in nature:o.

I've alway been a bit of a book worm and happily curled up in front of the fire when I was in my 20s!:eek:

There's nothing better than having dinner, followed by a lovely warm bath and putting the pjs, slippers and lovely warm dressing gown on - even at 6pm!:D

I often struggle to stay up after 9pm (especially in the winter) and go to bed even earlier if it's cold as I hate putting the heating on.

There's a party going on in the street tonight and the music level is horrendous .... already wondering what time it has to be turned down "to a reasonable level" so I can phone someone to complain about it! Dying to go to bed already but there's no point as the noise level in my bedroom (which faces the house in question) is overwhelming.:(

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Rainy-Days wrote: »

Suddenly turned into a stay at home, party pooping, early to bed gnome?

Happy to curl up in front of the fire with a book or maybe you have taken to shouting at the kids "turn that ruddy music down"!

Maybe you have gradually morphed into your parents taking on their money saving or even tight wad ways; despite vowing in the heady 1980's that you would "never in a million I am going to turn into mum and dad".

Whatever your take is on being a fully paid up member of "The Old Farts Club", you can discuss it in here. What time you made it to bed last night, who has rattled your cage today, or what you have found to put you into your 'zen zone', you can let us fellow old farters know without being judged or ridiculed.

Hi Rainy-Days,

As this isn't an Old Style moneysaving thread and we have an existing daily thread to chat about our daily lives and what we are up to, I've added your thread to it. It's a lovely supportive thread and you can be sure that nobody is ever judged or ridiculed there.

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monnagran

Ya Ya Yaya Ya JackieO. They don't come Old Fartier than me and I can beat you by a good 4 years! I sit here in my flanelette jammies remembering the good old days of short, (in my case 'shortish') skirts, stiletto heels and gondola baskets with an older member of staff moaning,"I suppose it's no use telling you you are ruining your feet." When life was really OS. No automatic washing machines, no freezers, no microwaves, very lucky if you had a second-hand fridge, saving up madly for a vacuum cleaner, sitting on deck chairs until you could afford a 3 piece suite.....is that the distant sound of plaintive violins I hear? BUT every shopkeeper delivered, you could leave your baby in its Mothercare pram outside shops and be sure that they would still be there when you got back to them and there was a certain satisfaction in seeing a row of of white nappies blowing on the line, even if you had to boil them in a large pan on the cooker.
Somebody put a cover over my cage, please.