I turn 48 tomorrow

[Seafront Plodder]

An age some inhabitants of this parish will never see again. An age also, that will shortly be attained by two other prolific posters here.

T'was having a conversation with " down in one" last night about this very thing. ....(she's forgotten her password - women eh??). She's a mere stripling of err...early 40's but the brutal reality of her reply left me feeling...well I'm not sure really:

Me: So, my birthday in a couple of days time

diw: Yeah I know

Me: I don't want to be 48, it sounds old

diw: well at least you've made it.

Ya see when you're in your 20's, life stretches out before you, and you wonder what you'll be doing when you are the age of your parents. Then you get in some sort of time-machine, and before you can say "whose turn is it to skin up", your kids are off to work and you start taking an interest in your annual pension statements.

Bah. I'll be at the Crawley 10K, Brighton ditto, Almeria and Connemara and bugger the consequences.