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He was the chap David Coleman said 'he opens his legs and shows his class'.Raith_C_Chattonell said:I was talking to my S-I-L following a kids athletics meet - he helps out with some of the coaching.
We were discussing the stand out athlete and I blurted out that he reminded me of Alberto Juantorena. My S-I-L glazed over as he looked into the mid distance and I had a sudden crisis of confidence - had I just made that name up?
Anyway I rushed home to Google my own statement and was pleased to see that Alberto had won the 400 and 800 golds at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. In fact on watching the video I thought it was quite a good shout - tall, upright, long stride pattern etc.
The thing is if I can pluck that name out from 48 years ago - how comes I can't remember what I had for dinner last night?
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I’m pretty sure that quote was in relation to a woman, perhaps an Irish lady ?iaitch said:
He was the chap David Coleman said 'he opens his legs and shows his class'.Raith_C_Chattonell said:I was talking to my S-I-L following a kids athletics meet - he helps out with some of the coaching.
We were discussing the stand out athlete and I blurted out that he reminded me of Alberto Juantorena. My S-I-L glazed over as he looked into the mid distance and I had a sudden crisis of confidence - had I just made that name up?
Anyway I rushed home to Google my own statement and was pleased to see that Alberto had won the 400 and 800 golds at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. In fact on watching the video I thought it was quite a good shout - tall, upright, long stride pattern etc.
The thing is if I can pluck that name out from 48 years ago - how comes I can't remember what I had for dinner last night?
And you didn't have dinner last night.0 -
I’m pretty sure he said it about Alberto Juantorena!Lordflashheart said:
I’m pretty sure that quote was in relation to a woman, perhaps an Irish lady ?iaitch said:
He was the chap David Coleman said 'he opens his legs and shows his class'.Raith_C_Chattonell said:I was talking to my S-I-L following a kids athletics meet - he helps out with some of the coaching.
We were discussing the stand out athlete and I blurted out that he reminded me of Alberto Juantorena. My S-I-L glazed over as he looked into the mid distance and I had a sudden crisis of confidence - had I just made that name up?
Anyway I rushed home to Google my own statement and was pleased to see that Alberto had won the 400 and 800 golds at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. In fact on watching the video I thought it was quite a good shout - tall, upright, long stride pattern etc.
The thing is if I can pluck that name out from 48 years ago - how comes I can't remember what I had for dinner last night?
And you didn't have dinner last night.I have no idea why I remember that, but then this the You Know When You’re Getting Old thread!1 -
Trying to be useful (in my dotage) I have googled this and have found from a report in the Independent dated Sunday 26th July 1992.Stuart_the_Red said:
I’m pretty sure he said it about Alberto Juantorena!Lordflashheart said:
I’m pretty sure that quote was in relation to a woman, perhaps an Irish lady ?iaitch said:
He was the chap David Coleman said 'he opens his legs and shows his class'.Raith_C_Chattonell said:I was talking to my S-I-L following a kids athletics meet - he helps out with some of the coaching.
We were discussing the stand out athlete and I blurted out that he reminded me of Alberto Juantorena. My S-I-L glazed over as he looked into the mid distance and I had a sudden crisis of confidence - had I just made that name up?
Anyway I rushed home to Google my own statement and was pleased to see that Alberto had won the 400 and 800 golds at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. In fact on watching the video I thought it was quite a good shout - tall, upright, long stride pattern etc.
The thing is if I can pluck that name out from 48 years ago - how comes I can't remember what I had for dinner last night?
And you didn't have dinner last night.I have no idea why I remember that, but then this the You Know When You’re Getting Old thread!
DAVID COLEMAN never said, 'Juantorena opens his legs and shows his class,' any more than Queen Victoria said, 'We are not amused.' The words belong to the late Ron Pickering, but Private Eye got it wrong. The chances are that Coleman was not amused. A lot of people were, however. Who knows how much damage that one mis-attribution did, how much it contributed to the image crisis that Coleman has put up with for so many years?
I know there was a collection of of Coleman's misquotes called Colemanballs. I wonder if a few were added to that to fill out the narrative.
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Exactly - just like the Reverend Spooner never said every Spoonerism, it is the collective name given to it.0
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New joiner in the office this week. Her Dad is 1 year younger than me!1
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Taking some quite heavy stuff down to our local ‘dump’ recently, as I opened the doors to start to unload said heavy stuff, a kind, elderly white haired lady, came up to me and asked if I’d like help lifting it out of the car, and throwing it into the said refuse unit, I thought immediately of this thread,7
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Who?Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
Blimey mate, the nurses' mum probably doesn't remember Sonny ListonBig William said:Having a Covid jab and telling the nurse it was "the best jab since Sonny Liston", and getting a blank stare in return, followed by my wife saying "She's not as old as you, you eejit".
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I was given the task of putting our 3 year old daughter to bed.
She's going through one of those stages where she won't go to sleep unless you sit with her... anyways...
Put her in bed, kissed her goodnight and gave her a cuddle and then sat in the rocking chair in her room while I read her a bedtime story.
Next thing I know, I jump out my skin because I've fallen asleep and she's got out of bed and literally screamed 'wake up Dad' at the top of her voice literally an inch from my ear.
What made it worse, my wife was just standing in the doorway of the bedroom, with a look of absolute disgust on her face.19 -
Went in the Kitchen to make a cup of Coffee and a Bowl of Cornflakes , ended up pouring the Cornflakes in my fresh cup of Coffee !11
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Saves on the washing up.0
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… when I look at Joe Biden and realise we are almost the same age (I’m just a little bit older)0
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When you have ask to turn down the music ☹️0
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Just asked my wife to do that!Solidgone said:When you have ask to turn down the music ☹️0 -
You go out for a meal in France in July and wear a body warmer0
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FFS Katrine, we’ve told you before, nobody goes into the Fans bar to listen to house musicSolidgone said:When you have ask to turn down the music ☹️0 -
This may well belong in the things that annoy me thread but I believe only older people actually have ever really experienced real Hi-Fi. Its the clarity that gets me. People, (especially those younger types), nowadays genuinely think listening to Spotify, (mp3 streams), through a Bose, Sonos, Apple, B&W or any other one box system counts as quality.Hal1x said:
Great for the kitchen or garden but not so good for the older gentleman's living room.7 -
Took our daughter to a water park in Portugal today and I wasn’t able to go on a slide where you sit on a sled type thing, that shoots you across the water at the bottom. I’ve been suffering with my flexibility recently (I think it’s the beginning of arthritis) and I couldn’t bend my legs enough to keep them inside the sled.Went on everything else but now feel like I’ve gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson.0
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At least you fitted the slide. I've sat on slides I don't fit in the past.DaveMehmet said:Took our daughter to a water park in Portugal today and I wasn’t able to go on a slide where you sit on a sled type thing, that shoots you across the water at the bottom. I’ve been suffering with my flexibility recently (I think it’s the beginning of arthritis) and I couldn’t bend my legs enough to keep them inside the sled.Went on everything else but now feel like I’ve gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson.0 -
Old fartDaveMehmet said:Took our daughter to a water park in Portugal today and I wasn’t able to go on a slide where you sit on a sled type thing, that shoots you across the water at the bottom. I’ve been suffering with my flexibility recently (I think it’s the beginning of arthritis) and I couldn’t bend my legs enough to keep them inside the sled.Went on everything else but now feel like I’ve gone 10 rounds with Mike Tyson.
Seriously though - Lady Flash got me to order a skip - spent yesterday cutting down stuff in garden, shovelling stuff up, filling skip, cleared out the drain on our drive (filled with mud and crap) - as I have got older, I’m so much more less inclined to DIY etc - hate it
Yesterday I spent about 6 hours on and off doing all that
Today - back hurts, arms hurt, knees hurt, calf’s hurt - even my bottom cheeks hurt !!!Getting older is shite4 -
Took a coach load of kids from the community centre down to Westbrook bay yesterday. Spent most of the day in the sea, throwing the kids about.God I ache this morning.
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When the last night of your holiday used to be the last chance to go crazy, now it’s about being sensible and an earlier night8
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When you go to Eltham Palace and see an old style A & B button telephone and remember them when they were in all the phone boxes.5
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When we went to Ibiza in ‘87, we went for a ‘quick drink’ on our last night as the coach was picking us up around midnight. By 11, 4 of us were in a police cell for various drunken acts. After taking all out money, we got dropped back to the hotel but had missed the coach. Luckily another coach from the airport was dropping off and radioed ours to come back for us.AFKABartram said:When the last night of your holiday used to be the last chance to go crazy, now it’s about being sensible and an earlier night
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Like when you as I have just received a letter from DWP stating that you are approaching your 80th Birthday and you entitled to an increase of your pension of 25p per week which is less when tax is applied.0
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The new Labour Chancellor will probably sort that for you in her October budget statement 😉Dansk_Red said:Like when you as I have just received a letter from DWP stating that you are approaching your 80th Birthday and you entitled to an increase of your pension of 25p per week which is less when tax is applied.2 -
Unexpectedly reffed my sons U-12's pre season football friendly on Saturday morning
Still aching now !!!
Getting my 10,000 steps in by 10:30 was a first.1 -
Went to a bar recently and when the live music started we left as it was too loud.
A week later I spent 7 hours in a queue for Oasis tickets. 🙄. Lucky I didn't get them.5
