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[poliphilo]

 Ailz passed me her phone.

A picture Wendy had sent us.

Yes, that's Mary. No problems there, but who's the short beardy old guy in the broad-brimmed hat? Do we know him?

And then I realised it was me....

Because I still don't think of myself as looking like Richard Attenborough in his final phase. No, I'm a tall, personable young chap with floppy hair. 

Ho hum, it's going to take me a while to get used to this latest avatar...

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[cmcmck]

Whereas people simply don't believe I'm in my late sixties.

It must be the hormones! :o)

[poliphilo]

Odi told me the other day that the beard has turned me into an old man.

Yeah, I don't mind looking my age. It's not as though I'm trying to trap off....

[basefinder]

You may have seen this meme floating around:

"It feels weird being the same age as old people!"

[poliphilo]

Ha, yes!

It's not unusual for me to think, "Poor old chap" or "Poor old gal" and then realise I'm being patronising about people my own age- or even younger...