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55 Years old


1963 Ford Cortina




What is age?





Well, The lovely car above was all the rage when I was born, that's a rather long while ago now ... but, I hear you say, the year I was born isn't as important as the year I became an adult so, let's explore a car of 1981 instead





More like it ... still rather old but ... when I was 18, this was the dogs bollox




Yes, the VW Golf GTI ... all the latest tech, you know, an engine, brakes, lights ... probably had, as an extra, a MW radio and cassette player too.





TOKYO, Japan- 2 Sep 1945- Allied sailors and officers watch General of the Army Douglas MacArthur sign documents during the surrender ceremony aboard Missouri on 2 September 1945.




Yes, just under 18 years before I was born was the final surrender of Japan in World War 2 ... some of you can easily contemplate 18 years as a number you can understand.





I was 3 when this happened.




Yes, you might consider the first moon landing (One small step for a man) as ancient history but, I remember this!









This was the track to listen to on my 18th birthday! Adam & The Ants, Stand and Deliver





This is a list of computer games I could play as a kid ... oh, no, they actually didn't really exist then ... here is the first games console I had













It was very exciting back in the day.





My first car, like the one on the left




Yes, a glorious mustard colour car with a black vinyl roof and plastic seats.





Vauxhall Viva from the 70's




My first upgrade car was a Vauxhall Viva very much like this one with fabric seats. Drove like a tank! The one in the picture has leather seats which would have been an aspiration too far for me at 18!





Back in the day I could keep going and going. I could also, until my mid 20's, eat and drink just about anything without any negative reaction ... OK, occasionally I got very pissed with inevitable results but, I was not overweight and, by rights I should have been





It is frustrating getting older when the mind still says 'I can do that' yet, realistically, I can't. Things I really enjoy doing I am just useless at which is frustrating and also a reminder of the abilities I have lost over the years. It is sad in a way. Trying to transition between up for anything and being selective what I can still do.


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