All this reminiscing made me think it might be quite apt to share this email I received this morning you Londoners might have already read it, so please forgive me but things can take a while to get down the M4 to Wales.
SYMPTOMS OF BEING OVER 25
>>
>>1. You leave clubs before the end to "beat the rush". (worst still you
>>don't go to the clubs)
>>
>>2. You get more excited about having a roast on a Sunday than going
>>clubbing the night before.
>>
>>3. You stop dreaming of becoming a professional footballer / basketball
>>player and start dreaming of having a son who might instead.
>>
>>4. Before throwing the local paper away, you look through the property
>>section.
>>
>>5. All of a sudden, middle aged people are not 46, they are only 46.
>>
>>6. Before going out anywhere, you ask whether there is anywhere to park.
>>
>>7. Rather than throw a knackered pair of trainers out, you keep them
>>because they'll be alright for the DIY or in the garden.
>>
>>8. You buy T-shirts without anything written on them.
>>
>>9. Instead of laughing at the innovations catalogue that falls out of the
>>newspaper, you suddenly see both the benefit and money saving properties
>>of
>>most of the things that are in it.
>>
>>10. You start to worry about your parents' health.
>>
>>11. You have more disposable income, but everything you want or need to
>>buy
>>costs between 200 and 500 quid.
>>
>>12. You don't get funny looks when you buy a Disney video or a Wallace And
>>Gromit bubble bath, as the sales assistant assumes they are for your
>>children.
>>
>>13. Pop music all starts to sound the same.
>>
>>14. You opt for Pizza Express over Pizza Hut because they do a really nice
>>half-bottle of house red.
>>
>>15. You always have enough milk in.
>>
>>16. To compensate for the fact that you have little desire to go clubbing,
>>you instead frequent trendy bars and restaurants in the mistaken belief
>>that you have not turned into your parents.
>>
>>17. While flicking through the TV channels, you happen upon C4's Time Team
>>with Tony Robinson. You get drawn in. Grand Designs also appeals.
>>
>>18. The benefits of a pension scheme become clear.
>>
>>19. You go out of your way to pick up a colour chart from B&Q.
>>
>>20. You wish you had a shed.
>>
>>21. You have a shed.
>>
>>22. You actually find yourself saying "They don't make 'em like that
>>anymore" and "I remember when there were only 4 TV channels" and "Not in
>>my
>>day...."
>>
>>23. Radio 2 play more songs you know than Radio 1 - and Jeremy Vine has
>>some really interesting guests on
>>
>>24. Instead of tutting at old people who take ages to get off the bus, You
>>tut at rowdy school children.
>>
>>25. When sitting outside a pub you admire their hanging baskets.
>>
>>26. You find yourself saying "is it cold in here or is it just me"
>>
>>27. You understand the above and forward it to your fellow aging friends.