I'm nearly 60. Here's what I've learned about growing old | Tim Dowling

The end of ambition, involuntary grunts and a mistrust of bathroom fittings. All things to look forward to ... The parameters of middle age have been generously expanded over the years; for a long time I thought I might avoid old age altogether, because the minimum qualifying limit was sliding forward faster than I was. Middle age, by some definitions, now extends to 60, or even 65, which still gives me a bit of a reprieve. But I know this to be a mere technicality; a loophole, and slim comfort....