50 Ways to know you are past it !

You need to define the "IT" that we are past.

I do both of the above and more.
I still say 'going to the pictures' and many more old fashioned stuff that I can't recall at the moment.

I never stand up to put socks, pants or trousers on - I sit on the edge of the bed then stand up!

I agree Ana- if I stood against a piece of furniture to put on my knickers etc I would be on the floor. I have never got dressed that method, I have always sat on the edge of the bed.

I sit down to put socks on, but not knickers! I'm not that much of an old crock.

I sit to put socks on, knickers and trousers I can still manage standing up, but my balance isn't as good as it was. I tried to stand on a chair at work, to reach something on top of the lockers, but couldn't manage it, probably because my hip let me down. I had to go and find a tall man!

Pompa go and sit on the naughty step for implying shernanagins ! This could give MrK ideas - oo you are awful.

jingl, I think it's just laziness on my part - why stand up when you can sit down and do it? (or at least get your legs in the right holes! )

NanKate, it was a simple question, no hidden agenda.

Yes I am past bungy jumping

May soon be past cycling (probably selling my bike next week)

No I am not past gardening.

So the answer depend on what "IT" is.

Oh and BTY I will never be past shenanigans

When it is cold I cannot bear putting cold undies on! Have to put them on the radiator for a couple of minutes - but I can still stand Ok to put them all on including my socks.

I was just typing daily .... in the search bar, and I couldn't, so I'll never know whether I'm past it or not.

I'm just off to look at the list.

Will report back.

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3026773/50-ways-tell-past-sit-bed-tights-make-makes-look-OLDER-hate-having-stand-shower.html

For the benefit of those whose delicate sensitivities make it impossible for them to type Daily Mail (and in fact I didn't - I just googled Sandra Howard 50 things)

The sitting on the bed thing and the doing up my bra in front and swivelling it round are two things I've done since my teens, so I don't think they count in my case towards being 'past it'.

That should have been 'delicate sensibilities...')

I can't sit on the bed when putting on socks or tights as it's too soft and I get pain down the backs of my legs.

The loo seat, however, is the perfect height and nice and firm.

I think I'm past it on some days when it seems like my 'get up and go' has got up and gone'.

Also when I take off my glasses to read small print...

I think she's jolly lucky at 74 to only have to get up once in the night for a wee - I've been on double figures for years and I'm only 63!

I had a quick glance at the list. Saw perhaps 4 or 5 things that might indicate that I am past it, and decided not to delve any further.

I don't have to get up in the night....yet but God help anyone who stands in my way first thing in the morning.

I agree with her about scrolling down the birth date lists on online forms. It's awful to have to go so far down. I start to think "I wonder if anyone else has had to go this far down".

jingl the scroll down on Gransnet goes back to 1910!

Good heavens, the woman sounds positively decrepit. It's a wonder she's still alive.

I will never never admit to being 'past it'.
"When I am old I will wear purple", oh i already do !

I will certainly know I'm past it if I ever feel the urge to wear a red hat! I'm sorry, but I hate that poem.