Senior moments.

[recman]

Went to fill up the motor this morning. Got to Asda's unmanned station and pulled up at the first of two pumps, the second being used.
Went through the usual routine but the card slot wasn't accepting my card.
Ok, I'll wait for the next pump.
Get to the next pump and it happens again.
Only then do I realise that I'm trying to insert my card into the receipt slot.
This is a station I've used countless times. Christ almighty, I've just turned 54.

[MCN]

It's over for you big yin.

You should be looking for a good used trike now.
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[BanditsHigh]

Welcome to old age ... this is how it begins!

Soon you'll be putting the milk in the cupboard, kettle in the fridge, going to say something but distracted for a second and forgetting what you were going to say etc etc.

And I'm only 56!!

[hellkat]

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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[recman]

Also, having to press my car's key fob after every shift when I get to the car park just to find the bloody thing.

[blurredman]

As a person who has only in the last year had a car with electric windows and remote locking etc (ie a car that is newer than 1991), a few times I forget to lock the car, or indeed close the windows.

I've left the window open a few times, once at work where I did the usual 9 hours and thankfully no one thought to take anything, and another time outside my house all night, where some pesky cat must have come in and decided the rear seat was a good scratching post.

Pressing a button on the door (for the window) or the keyfob (to lock the car) is so unconscious that I find myself going back to the car because I don't remember doing them.

Unlike before, where the physical act of cranking the window, or putting the key in the lock to lock the car made me much more grounded as to what I was doing.
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[Diggs]

[Ayrton]

[Polarbear]

[Easy-X]

Yeah, I was used to central locking going beep! But all the cars now are silent - visual cues instead of audio cues. That being said remote central locking is an OCD dream: "did I turn off the gas?" means rushing home, "did I lock the car?" look out the window or open the front door
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[Islander]

The only time I lock my car at home is Halloween. I usually lock it in town but then again not always.

You're all screwed

[Skudd]

I couldn't find the button to start my bike a few days ago. I completely forgot what all the buttons were for.
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[Islander]

[Polarbear]

[recman]

Starting to feel better about things.

[Feasty]

Can someone tell me when this starts happening with women? I seem to be getting worse at forgetting things - but 'she' seems to be remembering things I've done wrong better than ever before!!
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Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[recman]

[BanditsHigh]

[chickenstrip]

I still sometimes have junior moments
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[Islander]

[hellkat]

A junior moment is like "I'm going to get up to cook and eat custard at 3am because I am old enough to let myself do it whenever I like".
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[hellkat]

[MCN]

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[yen_powell]

During lockdown I decided to only walk to my local Tescos rather than take the car or bike. It's only a 15 minute walk, but plastic bags with shoppey type crap in them banging against my leg annoys me so I tended to use the vehicles mostly.

Anyway, I do the walk every time for about a year, then one day I called in to Tesco in my car on my way home from a trip away. I was half way home with my lumpy shopping bags before I realised the car was still in Tesco car park.

Then had to decide whether to carry on home, dump the shopping and walk back (twice the distance but lighter load) or walk back to the car with the shopping. In the end I walked back to the car park with the shopping, calling myself names as I went.
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[pepperami]

Two years ago my missus reorganised the kitchen cupboards, I still have to look twice for an item I’m trying to find because it’s not where it used to be .
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