You know you've hit 60 when...

60, they'll tell you, is most definitely the new 30. But actions speak louder than words!  Read on and see if any of these 60 year old giveaways apply to you......

You get out of chairs with a grunt!

Suddenly you're not laughing at the innovations catalogue that falls out of the newspaper, you actually see both the benefit and money saving properties of a plastic winter cover for your garden bench and an electronic mole repellent for the lawn.

To compensate for the fact that you've little desire to go clubbing, you frequent really loud tapas restaurants and franchise pubs with wacky names in the mistaken belief that you're still 30.

You’re not quite sure what an MP3 player is.

When they find out your age young people say ‘I didn’t know you were that old.’

You start hanging round with 80 year-olds so you'll be known as the group youngster.

You fall asleep during movies

You can't read anything without your glasses

You start playing Bridge

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