Posted on 02/18/2026 6:13:58 AM PST by fruser1
Sitting down to put your socks on, seeing previous clothes come back into fashion and asking 'who?' when watching the Brit Awards are all signs you are getting on.
The study was by American Pistachio Growers, which has partnered with actor John Thomson, 56, to urge mid-life adults to age positively.
1. Talking about aches and pains with friends
2. Groaning when bending down
3. Preferring quiet venues to noisy ones
4. Preferring a quiet drink over a night out
5. Enjoying an early night
6. Not caring about the latest fashion trends
7. Thinking that new music isn't as good as it used to be
8. A recurring ache that doesn't disappear
9. Using phrases like 'back in my day' or 'remember when*?'
10. Sitting down to put socks on
11. Caring less about how you look
12. Taking shoes off as soon as you get inside - slippers have become a necessity!
13. Noticing something you wore in your youth is now back in fashion
14. Starting conversations with 'Do you remember when*?'
15. Reading menus at arm's length
16. Talking to yourself
17. Moaning about politics
18. Feeling more confident/self-assured
19. Getting up at 6am naturally
20. First 'Who?' when watching the Brit Awards
21. Looking forward to gardening
22. Feeling confounded by AI
23. Listening to the radio or podcasts instead of club music
24. Getting excited about new home appliances
25. Checking the weather forecast hourly
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FWIW, my all time favorite Chicago Album is the first one. That is true “raw” Chicago. It is awesome!
So much talent in one band. One of my favorite things on that album is Bobby Lamm’s piano solo before “Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?”
One of my favorite things on that album is Bobby Lamm’s piano solo before “Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?”
BTW, regarding my comment on the Taylor Swift 1989 album. Listen to “Blank Space”. The drums are incredibly “boring”. It’s obviously a drum track, and it NEVER changes. No fills or anything. They simply cut out the drum track when they want it silent. Like I said, formulaic.
And it’s not the only song that does that. The stuff is all throw away pop. It’s not made to be listened to on your high end hi-fi 30 years later, in the same vein of Ricky Lee Jones “We Belong Together”.
It’s classic ephemeral stuff - just like so much of the disco stuff.
I used to love bands. I miss them. Now we get some bimbo gyrating on stage in silly costumes lip sinking about how they been done wrong by guys and they are gal powerful. 🙄🤪
Bands with guys have pretty much gone extinct. Instead we get crap like Bad Bunny.
Bad Bunny...ain’t good enough to suck!
The main difference here in NH we wear boots in the winter.
There is rock salt and other ice melter products on my driveway and sidewalk.
I do not want to bring that salt/sand and dirt into my house.
Then in March/April it is MUD season.
Then finally come May, June , July, August, Sept you may not need shoes.
So, depending on the temperature. Dictates the required footwear.
Today it is boat shoes. Tomorrow it is supposed to snow again. It will be back to Timberline hiking boots. We are supposed to get another 3-6” by Saturday morning.
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