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Title: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Scrumpy on April 12, 2022, 12:52:31 PM



Researchers at Cambridge are saying that people (eventually) could turn the clock back by 30 years..


Any thoughts who would be first in the queue.. ?


Maybe Mick Jagger.. !
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: klondike on April 12, 2022, 01:22:31 PM
30 wouldn't be enough for poor old Mick I fear.
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 12, 2022, 02:59:15 PM
30 years younger? I'd take that - Veronica would still be with me (provided it worked for both of us)
Mike
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Scrumpy on April 12, 2022, 04:58:43 PM
Unfortunately Michael it's not back in time..
It is the way we look..
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 13, 2022, 04:45:41 AM
so true
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: GrannyMac on April 13, 2022, 08:16:51 PM
I think many older people look younger than their parents and grandparents did at the same age. 
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: klondike on April 13, 2022, 08:20:17 PM
My parents had a damned sight harder life than I have so far which may go some way towards accounting for that.
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Raven on April 13, 2022, 09:17:33 PM
I remember my grandparents always looking old and they seemed to be dressed in clothes that were old fashioned for the time. Didn't help the way they looked.
I haven't given into age, my hair though no longer Raven is still waist length and done in different styles. My clothes are comfy but fashionable, I try to keep exercising and I don't think I look anything like my age.
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: GrannyMac on April 13, 2022, 09:35:22 PM
Quote from: klondike on April 13, 2022, 08:20:17 PM
My parents had a damned sight harder life than I have so far which may go some way towards accounting for that.

I agree.  Some had lives of hard toil.  My granny had seven kids, not a particularly large brood before WWI.  No wonder the women were tired out!
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Michael Rolls on April 14, 2022, 03:54:11 AM
Very true - my mum was the eldest of eight children
Mike
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Scrumpy on April 14, 2022, 09:10:38 AM



My mum had lovely skin.. and always coloured her hair.. I remember  that she had some lippy.. and a bit of rouge...However the clothes of the day were dull and dark in colour..
Neighbours would talk over the fence/gate and I remember that most wore an apron and no make-up.. and many women wore a hat..


Raven..' I don't look anything like my age'..


I think we all believe that.. and see friends we grew up with as much older..
Someone once said to me.. 
'We don't see ourselves as others see us'.. Much truth in those words..

Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: 1955vintage on April 14, 2022, 09:15:24 AM
I am now older than any of my grandparents. They had very tough lives . One grandmother lost her husband when carrying the ninth child, Mum was No. 8. My other grandfather was a furnaceman in a glass works. Dad's mum made it to 65 , none of the others did.


I have always been intensely proud of them and wish they could have had a longer life, but they were happy and proud of their children and grandchildren.
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Scrumpy on April 14, 2022, 05:35:09 PM
I don't hear Alex saying a thing ...
Perhaps the Anti Aging face mask is cracking a bit.. :wink:
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: zoony on April 14, 2022, 05:49:14 PM
Quote from: Scrumpy on April 14, 2022, 09:10:38 AM


My mum had lovely skin.. and always coloured her hair.. I remember  that she had some lippy.. and a bit of rouge...However the clothes of the day were dull and dark in colour..
Neighbours would talk over the fence/gate and I remember that most wore an apron and no make-up.. and many women wore a hat..


Raven..' I don't look anything like my age'..


I think we all believe that.. and see friends we grew up with as much older..
Someone once said to me.. 
'We don't see ourselves as others see us'.. Much truth in those words..


It's the final line from a Burns poem called To A Louse, Scrumpy.. 'O wad some pow'r the giftie gi' us, to see ourselves as others see us..'.Often quoted. :grin:
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Scrumpy on April 14, 2022, 05:54:15 PM
Zoony.. I have a feeling that it was you that I heard it from..
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: zoony on April 14, 2022, 06:26:32 PM
Modesty forbids but I think you're right.  :grin:
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Alex on April 14, 2022, 07:59:34 PM
Quote from: Scrumpy on April 14, 2022, 05:35:09 PM
I don't hear Alex saying a thing ...
Perhaps the Anti Aging face mask is cracking a bit.. :wink:

It melted  :cool:
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: crabbyob on April 15, 2022, 07:06:17 AM
Quote from: Alex on April 14, 2022, 07:59:34 PM
It melted  :cool:
so it did its job then?
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Scrumpy on April 15, 2022, 08:34:12 AM



Alex is not available for comment at the moment..
She has been out all night on the 'pull'...  and is thinking of joining 18/30s club..
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: crabbyob on April 15, 2022, 09:26:28 AM
Quote from: Scrumpy on April 15, 2022, 08:34:12 AM


Alex is not available for comment at the moment..
She has been out all night on the 'pull'...  and is thinking of joining 18/30s club..
as a bouncer :?:
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: Alex on April 15, 2022, 11:01:40 AM
Quote from: Scrumpy on April 15, 2022, 08:34:12 AM

Alex is not available for comment at the moment..
She has been out all night on the 'pull'...  and is thinking of joining 18/30s club..

Not sure about ON the pull, but something has been pulled  :bandaged:
crabbyob do they take on 5ft 2 ins bouncers  ?
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: klondike on April 15, 2022, 11:28:14 AM
Bit wide but I have seen some approaching that...
Title: Re: 30 years younger..!!
Post by: crabbyob on April 17, 2022, 10:55:36 AM
Quote from: Alex on April 15, 2022, 11:01:40 AM
Not sure about ON the pull, but something has been pulled  :bandaged:
crabbyob do they take on 5ft 2 ins bouncers  ?
how would i know... [2000]  its been many a long year... my second ex was 5 foot....but i didnt look down on her....honest