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Previously on "Help! I think I am turning into my Dad."

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  • bobhope
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    You are doomed. Soon you will spend most of your day in the shed sorting out your screws. You can join my screw sorting out forum if you like, the other week we had a fascinating discussion about whether it was acceptable to put 2 1/2" and 3" screws in the same box.
    Well, in that case, I'm definitely not middle aged yet. I sort my screws into 50mm and 60mm sizes.

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  • Doggy Styles
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    I have this irrational yearning for a brown Rover 2000. Does that count?

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by sweetandsour View Post
    is it a normal part of the ageing process?
    Of course it is. What made you think it might not be?

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  • sweetandsour
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    Oh well. Thanks for that everyone, that's a lot of help.

    I can see that turning into Victor Meldrew is an inevitable part of the ageing process that I should learn to embrace.

    Now, I have received a letter from the council telling me that they are fining me for not sorting my rubbish into different coloured bins. I don't believe it!

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  • TykeMerc
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    You are doomed. Soon you will spend most of your day in the shed sorting out your screws. You can join my screw sorting out forum if you like, the other week we had a fascinating discussion about whether it was acceptable to put 2 1/2" and 3" screws in the same box.
    Of course it isn't acceptable, next thing you will be saying that you mix slotheads and posidrives, that's a slippery slope to combining brass and anodised zinc in the same container!!!!

    Stone the heretic.

    Where the hell did I put my pipe?

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  • umbongo
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    You are doomed. Soon you will spend most of your day in the shed sorting out your screws. You can join my screw sorting out forum if you like, the other week we had a fascinating discussion about whether it was acceptable to put 2 1/2" and 3" screws in the same box.
    oh no... I'm currently sorting out a toolbox... help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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  • norrahe
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    Originally posted by cojak View Post
    ...and beige goes with everything...
    brown, much better and doesn't show the dirt as much

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  • cojak
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    Originally posted by Shimano105 View Post
    Cardigans are getting better these days aren't they? Hush puppies may not look that good but they really are comfy.
    ...and beige goes with everything...

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  • norrahe
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    Originally posted by Zippy View Post
    Have you taken out a funeral expenses plan yet?
    Great deals at cooperative funerals and they're an ethical company

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  • Zippy
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    I think you are doomed. There's nothing wrong with long hair on a man

    Have you taken out a funeral expenses plan yet?

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  • Pogle
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    I saw someone wearing socks with flip flops yesterday

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  • norrahe
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    next thing you'll be wearing socks with your lovely brown sandals

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  • nomadd
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    Originally posted by sweetandsour View Post
    While watching TV a short while ago I saw a chap with a thick crop of woolly hair and said out loud "He should get a haircut!".

    This is the first time that I have ever thought or said such thing.

    My Dad used to say similar things when I was growing up, why have I started this now?

    I have always liked my rock music so men with long hair are perfectly normal in my eyes so I am more than a little surprised that this happened.

    I am in my mid-thirties which I don't think is very old so should I be expecting this change in attitudes to happen and is it a normal part of the ageing process?
    I've already bought you a pipe and slippers for Christmas.

    Nomadd

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  • Shimano105
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    Cardigans are getting better these days aren't they? Hush puppies may not look that good but they really are comfy.

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  • xoggoth
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    You are doomed. Soon you will spend most of your day in the shed sorting out your screws. You can join my screw sorting out forum if you like, the other week we had a fascinating discussion about whether it was acceptable to put 2 1/2" and 3" screws in the same box.

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