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sold the TT and now drive a volvo estate and a kia sorrento. Its all gone to the dogs!! I'm on the committee of the village assc, shout at the telly and am spending my second week off building a new shed!

The worst thing is the grey last year it was visible 4 weeks after a haircut but now its there as soon as i get out of the chair.

Don't worry about it - get on with life and enjoy it!

If you start getting concerned about grey hairs (and other signs of increasing Anno Domini, like the Mysteriously Shrinking Suits) you'll end up like a male version of Victoria Beckham, who increasingly looks like something manufactured by Mattel. My hair's almost white, but I don't give a toss; my brother ( a youthful 50) has been bald since his mid-20s and he just gets on with enjoying life too. Youth has its good points, but middle age, experience and a sense of fun are much better. Mutton dressed as lamb (male or female) is simply laughable.

Stop worrying and start embarrassing your children!

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Save a cow - eat a vegetarian

Nope. I'm a '55er too. And you're right - an excellent vintage.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

You share my birthday! (Well, as far as day/month are concerned anyway....) Personally I think 8/8 is fairly desirable as they go, and people don't really have an excuse for forgetting. According to this site Roger Federer was born on exactly the same day as me, but AFAIK we're not twins (which is certainly reflected in my sporting ability level).

(Note to self: do not reveal your real name on the Internet now that your DOB is "out there".... )

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Paul Smith: a legend.

"The freedom provided by the motor vehicle is not universally applauded, however: there are those who resent the loss of state control over individual choice that the car represents. Such people rarely admit their prejudices openly; instead, they make false or exaggerated claims about the adverse effects of road transport in order to justify calls for higher taxation or restrictions on mobility." (Conservative Way Forward: Stop The War Against Drivers)

Strewth! And there was me thinking that a pretty much full head of ~1% grey hair was bad for my age (they stick out like a sore thumb when the rest of your hair's almost black...oh well).

I agree entirely with what you say though, with the caveat that anyone unfortunate enough to have "abnormal" problems (e.g. a bald woman, whether through cancer or naturally) is probably better off doing something about it.

What I do think people have every right to complain about is dodgy eyesight. Touch wood I've been lucky, but children should not routinely be short/long-sighted any more than they've routinely got poor hearing IMHO. People should be able to expect to see without correction until their 50s. Eyes are poorly-functioning and unreliable compared to the rest of the body. I realise that our full-colour, incredibly detailed eyesight is a wonderful, amazing and complicated thing, but if humans were manufactured artificially, I'd consider sight to be the most unreliable "module". It must have been a real PITA for our ancestors (although at least they didn't live long or need to read much).

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Paul Smith: a legend.

"The freedom provided by the motor vehicle is not universally applauded, however: there are those who resent the loss of state control over individual choice that the car represents. Such people rarely admit their prejudices openly; instead, they make false or exaggerated claims about the adverse effects of road transport in order to justify calls for higher taxation or restrictions on mobility." (Conservative Way Forward: Stop The War Against Drivers)

Hang about...

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

.........You know that you're getting old when you think that "speed" is the problem!.......


Glad to say that: "I ain't there yet!"...................

I only mentioned I was three years behind you - but come to think of it,
YOU would look well for your age too if you lost the beard! In fact it would take years off you!
I guess it saves wearing a scarfe in the Highland Winters!

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Time to take responsibility for our actions.. and don't be afraid of speaking out!

Hexactly

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Driving fast is for a particular time and place, I can do it I just only do it occasionally because I am a gentleman.
- James May

49 later this month and I think I'm going through the male menopause. I've got a fast motorbike so now I'm just looking for a loose woman

Isn't a man as old as the woman he feels?

I think I've got underpants older than some of you guys

I'm a day older than Michael Jackson (Never thought I'd end up being more handsome)

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

Handy for storing extra food supplies too.


...and yes I have one too even if it is not quite as magnificent as Paul's.

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Driving fast is for a particular time and place, I can do it I just only do it occasionally because I am a gentleman.
- James May

People born in 1958:

Alec Baldwin
Andie MacDowell
Belinda Carlisle
Ellen Degeneres
Jamie Lee Curtis
Kate Bush
Kevin Bacon
Madonna
Michael Flatley
Michael Jackson
Michelle Pfeiffer
Sharon Stone
Tim Burton
Tim Robbins
Big Tone

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

47 (or about 65 in biker years!)

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Speed camera policy Kills

Brilliant post, especially the confessions about your knickers!
Perhaps you should put them on eBay, they might be worth something as antiques. My old undies have a protection order on them, they house several endangered species

Oh, and at 49 I'm older than you, but younger than Paul.
And I think that Kate Bush is gorgeous!

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p.s. I am still absolutely floored by Paul's death. May 2008 be the greatest ever for SafeSpeed. His spirit lives on.

Was.

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Paul Smith
Our scrap speed cameras petition got over 28,000 sigs
The Safe Speed campaign demands a return to intelligent road safety

50. Bleedin'ell, how'd that happen? 30 years a biker.

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Fatshoutybloke

All men know you can wear underpants four times; inside out and back to front.

Don't most men throw them at the wall and if they stick it's time to wash them?

My girlfriend wears thongs, or floss for the anus as it's also known. The other day she asked me to kiss her where it smells, so I took her to Liverpool

Kate's wearing well aint she? That Paul's so fussy

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The views expressed in this post are personal opinions and do not necessarily represent the views of Safe Speed.
You will be branded a threat to society by going over a speed limit where it is safe to do so, and suffer the consequences of your actions in a way criminals do not, more so than someone who is a real threat to our society.

I'm not worrying i'm revelling in it.

the freedom of walking to the shop in my slippers!!!

roll on the midlife crisis.

JUST your slippers??!!

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Science won over religion when they started installing lightning rods on churches.

sometimes without slippers !!