Bob Sled to Hell

[flower]

I remember once upon a time.....no wait:

Once upon a time....I remember catching up with like minded friends and chatting about makeup, hair, whose the best hairdresser, which shoe sales you went to....which nightclub is tre chic.......

Fast forward to now. Everyphone call I make I overtake with a long list of ailments right after the speaker asks that forboding "How are you?" question.
The conversation continues by me hijacking it about who had prostate biopsies this week, mammograms, radioactive treatments.....
Next it will be the dicky hips, arthritis....and bone density tests.
Where has Phillip Nitschke gone to latelly?

Are we really falling apart after 30?
Are we on a bob sled to hell?
Is living longer really better?

[tickle]

I am familiar with these phone conversations.:p
Sorry can't answer your questions as I am a spring chicken.

[flower]

Dont even start me on those colds that now lurk for nigh on three weeks and have you on the anti in's for costochondritis or worse.
Your toddler brings home a snotty nose for play group and we're on the nebulisers with pleurisy!!
What is going on?!

[melfunction]

Sorry can't answer your questions as I am a spring chicken.

You'll be over 30 in the blink of an eye.

As for MY phone conversations, it is usually me getting complained to.

'Hi KM, haven't talked to you in sooooo long. Sorry, but I've been in hospital getting my dicky ticker checked, I broke my hip, my hair has gone grey, arthur is setting in at an extraordinary rate, on blood thinning meds due to my blot clot, my paper-like skin keeps tearing, so I always have bandages on at least one of my limbs etc. So, how are you?'

I wouldn't have the heart to tell anyone that I'm doing great.

[reAllytee]

'Hi KM, haven't talked to you in sooooo long. Sorry, but I've been in hospital getting my dicky ticker checked, I broke my hip, my hair has gone grey, arthur is setting in at an extraordinary rate, on blood thinning meds due to my blot clot, my paper-like skin keeps tearing, so I always have bandages on at least one of my limbs etc. So, how are you?'

I wouldn't have the heart to tell anyone that I'm doing great.


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[flower]

Whoops....how many others are saying the same thing re my answers to the big Q then.....food for thought.
Might go swig the herbal medicine and pop a few more Omegas.......

[gidgeroo]

the joys of growing older!!
I remember never feeling hungover - now it takes two days to get over 1 glass of wine.:shame:
I remember being able to bound out of bed - now all my joints ache and creak (thank god for glucosamine!)
I remember when all my body wanted to head north - now its going south with a vengeance!:p
I remember being able to remember things - now I write lists so i don't forget basic everyday stuff.:(
but I wouldn't be 20 or 25 or 29 again if you paid me!!:smiliedance:

[flower]

I remember taking my groceries home after I paid for them!!!:eek:

[gidgeroo]

ROFL - I forgot my shopping the other day only to have the fruiterer chase me down the street saying "Sinora, you forgot your bags!!!"

What is becoming of our minds?? Mush or mushy? Its funny the effect that the combination of bubby love, sleep deprivation and too much to do and no time to do it can have!!

Don't worry - in a few years they'll be teenagers (then we'll know the real meaning of going crazy!!):p

[lukaelmo]

I get excited when I find a bargain while grocery shopping... I think I am on the brink of circling cheap items in the junk mail and then driving for about 3 hours to pick up 10 kilos of canned tomatoes :o ...

[mummybl]

Don't worry - in a few years they'll be teenagers (then we'll know the real meaning of going crazy!!):p[/quote]

well i do have teenagers and a baby, trying to keep up with the hip teenage conversations and then the baby talk very confusing. And yes yesterday i bought and paid for the newspaper for hubby and when he got home i relised i left it at the shop.

Oh and i know im getting old when im thinking about my future grandkids. Scarey

[pestiferous]

You pooooooorrrrr old farts!
your only as old as you (or who you) let yourself feel!

No matter how sad you think it is, it could always be worse. You could be 30+ and still living / dressing / speaking like a 20 year old.


Now back to reality, anyone know a good mutton recipe *GRIN*







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[gidgeroo]

I get excited when I find a bargain while grocery shopping... I think I am on the brink of circling cheap items in the junk mail and then driving for about 3 hours to pick up 10 kilos of canned tomatoes :o ...

That's about the state of it! I make 4 lists now - one for Aldi, one for Coles, one for Chemist Warehouse and a general bargain one. I now go shopping at Aldi first (I love their nappies!), then coles for stuff I can't get at Aldi and to Chem Warehouse for formula and toiletries. It can take 3 hours just to do the grocery shop but geez I must save heaps :rolleyes: !

When I buy stuff in bulk my DH loses it - "why is there so much stuff in this pantry" but I persevere knowing that it was a bargain and that we will eventually get through 10 cans each of chickpeas, lentils and cannelini beans!!;)

Another Nana Effort-Saver thing I've started doing is walking to my shops with my DS's and going to the butcher and fruitshop. I buy up big and then get them to deliver it to my door! I love it! It means I don't have to lug all that heavy shopping home and I don't have to drive my car. I can relax and have a coffee and cake with my boys instead!!

As for mutton... do anything to it but never try and dress it up like lamb! It needs heaps of slow cooking and stacks of herbs and salt (sounds like the last bath I had!):D

[IAdoreYou]

:eek: Now I'm really scared about turning 30!!!! ;)

[red crayon]

hi there flower and all you old cantankerous chicks. i don't have too many sick and creaky tales to tell anyone - besides i can't compete with my parents and their friends who thrive on the aches and pains conversations. if that's what being 60 is all about then i'm not sure i want to get there. while i was in melb i tried to watch video hits and see what all the young'uns are into but was too shocked by all the rump humping going on. do we get prudish as we get older????

[gidgeroo]

Hey Cranky Wise Ones
Not sure about becoming more of a prude but I try to keep up with all the new music. With kids in the car and triple J pumping out the "f" word every second song it seems safer to listen to Nova (which gets boring because all the songs sound alike) and so then I switch across to some greatest hits station and hey presto I'm singing along like I'm full of sake in a tokyo karaoke bar!:p

And the fashion! All that skin! :gloomy: I've lived in Melbourne all my life and I think we dress with a little less flesh showing than other warmer climates would allow. So the sight of teeny tiny clothes sends me running for a coat and scarf due to cold chills. Maybe my advancing age means my circulation isn't as good as it used to be and I feel cold all the time!

I used to understand youth subculture and its language, music, and fashion and now I feel it slipping through my fingers. Although I must say I'm a huge fan of stencil art (others would call it grafitti!) does that count?

Mama needs her groove back!! :D

[mummybl]

Hi Girls

have you heard the song 1985 - by Bowling for soup - my kids dedicated it to me, one line in the song goes -
"her 2 kids in high school they tell her that she's uncool cause she's still preoccupied with 1985"

the first time we heard it we laughed our heads off as it suited me to a "t"

Anyway hope you r all well