Thinking there is a slip in the time/space contiuum

Lucky you susie my grandchildren seem to have been born after elephant-length pregnancies, probably due to their mothers rushing round brandishing little sticks with blue lines when their periods were one hour overdue

My dgd is 2 next month - but her mum only announced the pregnancy last week , didn't she? and how is my DS 34 this year?

time just goes....

Sorry. Me being over sensitive.

Are we onto string theory now? I don't understand it!

jo8 bless you, I am not taking it seriously (well, only in irritation with the speed at which time is zooming by).

As soon as I had posted the message I realised I hadn't put a smile next to the reply to you, and realised it could look a little serious. I hoped it would be seen in the same tone as the original post.

So - mea culpa! and I do apologise if you thought I had taken it the wrong way.

As for string length ....sadly less left on the ball than on the floor

Although I think that what I posted was somewhere near the explanation.

I haven't a clue how far along your 'piece of string' you are Inthefields. How would I know?

I did n' t realise you were taking this thread so heavily.

I guess it was more comfortable snoozing at home than on a chair in the Civic Hall!

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I should think they are used to members forgetting.

I haven't the time to do anything else new as I'm too busy trying to remember what I've done already!

Time flew past so quickly today that I realised too late that I had missed the U3A monthly meeting.

My son has just informed me that a small part of my brain shrinks as I age, and that is what makes time seem to fly past. I think I prefer the 'needing new experiences' theory. Having dodgy hips and not being fast enough to give him a quick whack is a new experience!

Tegan Lost - it's 6.10 on Wednesday morning here. It's also winter which seems to mean it rains heavily at night and the sun shines during the day (about 16 C). It's chilly when the sun goes down, though. Still, it's all pretty new. More (unplanned) childcare today.

Well, you've probably gained a day by relocating to t'other side of the world ..or have you lost a day [?]..

"Because we do very little in our lives as we age that is new". Well, that one is easily solved. Start doing something new. Besides, I think loads of grannies are doing new things all the time. I certainly am.

I read somewhere that it is something to do with a hormone that we all have. As we get older it decreases, (like all the other good things) and so our sense of time is speeded up. However, I have just tried to find it online and can't track it down. I also read that because we do very little in our lives as we age that is new, that also makes time go faster because we are not haing to concentrate as much. But where this past year has gone I cannot think, even though I have done quite a lot that is new.

The best of time is now! Like that song but of course don't adhere to it.
Time moves very quickly let's hope is not sign age.

Important to enjoy each day!

"Gransnet" doesnt help with time slipping by!

Today it is just a month to the summer solstice burt we haven't really has any spring and a cold weekend on its way.

I think FlicktyB's reasoning has probably nailed the problem.

FlicketyB ...I can't decide if that is a very wise explanation, or just damned depressing

Jo8 - so, my string is running out? that really is IS depressing

The reassurances that it must be the fault of the weather are most welcome

...What's summer?

Supposedly what we have to do [I saw a programme about this years ago] is change what we do every year eg I stopped going to the office Christmas party because I'd just sit there feeling that I'd only just walked away from the last party [hate parties anyway]. The only way I sort of know what time of year it is is by seeing what's on sale at the supermarket. For example if there are no Easter Eggs then we've obviously gone past Easter. And if there's nothing Christmassy for sale then [in theory] it should still be summertime. The only good thing about it is that I honestly don't know how old I am; my boss asked me the other day and I didn't know.