Feeling old!

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:49 am

Gawd!

I've taken to writing down my memories. It all started when an old friend of mine e-mailed me in April. We got to talking and then realised, we hadn't seen or heard from each other since we were 12 in 1992. The penny dropped and we realised... Fracking hell, that's 14 years ago!

So, that started me off on a mission to recall my memories and put them down on paper. After writing a few pages of stuff, I proof read and then it hit me. I was writing about things that I clearly remember, and it all took place between 19 and 21 years ago.

That scares the utter sh*t out of me!

Post by **Welly** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:43 am

Welcome aboard my friend, welcome aboard.

miniman · Post by **miniman** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:48 am

Dinna worry about that Blue. Yer only a sprog yet, at.......maths......................................................................................................................................................26.
I just turned 30, and Im feeling old now. Just as well my missus is only 22. Yer only as old as the woman ya feel!!!

Post by **Welly** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:49 am

miniman wrote:Just as well my missus is only 22. Yer only as old as the woman ya feel!!!

*shakes fist*

trem1 · Post by **trem1** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:35 pm

stick around blue cos in a few years it gets worse i go to bed now feeling fine BUT the next morning bits have starting hurting for no apparent reason,

raidar1 · Post by **raidar1** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:52 pm

cheers for that blue406, just sat here for ten minutes trying to remember what i was doing in 92??
all i can remember is my daughter was 4,( only co's i just worked it out,lol) dam wish i had written something down!!! now i feel olddddddd

Post by **Welly** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:00 pm

I detect an older member than me......... WOOHOO

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:58 pm

raidar1 wrote:cheers for that blue406, just sat here for ten minutes trying to remember what i was doing in 92??
all i can remember is my daughter was 4,( only co's i just worked it out,lol) dam wish i had written something down!!! now i feel olddddddd

Its funny you say that.

Because nowadays I wish I had stuck at writing a journal when I was younger. I remember trying when I was 10. But, well... at that age you found much more fun things to do. And well, I basically never got into the habit. I often wonder what it'd be like to go through a journal, had I kept at it. I wonder what it'd be like to see how I felt and what I did every day. Would be fascinating I'm sure.

Well, I'm trying to make up for it all now. As I mentioned in my thread starter, I'm writing all my memories and experiences down. I'm jokingly calling it an auto biography. LOL

Its proving one hell of a journey. As I write, I relive the experiences. Some of them so crystal clear, its as if they happened yesterday. Some good, some Bad.
My friends are telling me to take it to a publisher onces I'm done. The title "A Soldiers Son" has been suggested.

But still, I can't shake off that feeling of getting old as I write it.

raidar1 · Post by **raidar1** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:12 pm

wow!!! just looked at your diary, well aint it a small world, i was at Kent school hostert rheindalen from ( wait for it!!!) 1981 to 83 used to traval by little white coach from krefeld. similer issues with loss of friends but trust me it makes you a better friend to the ones you have in the future. any how starting to sound like dear deedree or claire rainer,

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:59 pm

raidar1 wrote:wow!!! just looked at your diary, well aint it a small world, i was at Kent school hostert rheindalen from ( wait for it!!!) 1981 to 83 used to traval by little white coach from krefeld. similer issues with loss of friends but trust me it makes you a better friend to the ones you have in the future. any how starting to sound like dear deedree or claire rainer,

Bloody hell! HA HA... small world indeed. A fellow Pads Brat

If we had a respected users list or something... you'd be on it in a jiffy

Fond memories of those white buses, I tell ya, fond Memories.

I value my friends of today a lot. They helped me settle down. Coming from a Pads Brat life into Civilian life was a hell of a culture shock at 13 years old... It knocked me for six for a good year.

Foxy · Post by **Foxy** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 9:18 pm

Id rather not think about my chequered youth, Im a changed man since then!

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:20 pm

Foxy wrote:Id rather not think about my chequered youth, Im a changed man since then!

You mean, a reformed ned? (as in you got an education?)

Foxy · Post by **Foxy** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:13 am

As in I was a bit of a hooligan.
Reformed character though

Got taught a valuable lesson fairly early in life and changed my ways.

trem1 · Post by **trem1** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:26 am

yeah i'm not the same as i was in youth, i think i got the same valuable lesson as foxy???made me grow up and change the way i did things

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:10 am

I have always believed, one must take the bad with the good.

But, I suppose we can all claim to be different to the child we once were... eh?

Having said that.... I recently got found by a friend I hadn't seen nor heard from since 1992. Our friendship has literally picked up from where we left off 14 years ago. Its totaly amazing.

But damn,.... that makes me feel old. LOL