Is it right

[glasto'newbie']

Blimey! There are alot of old f**kers on these boards.

Smiley tongue face.

[anoldhippie@60]

Hi I am 62 and feel the same way. You are never to old to enjoy music and the company of like minded people.

Hope you have a great time.

[indisguise]

My chums just cannot understand why I would want to go camp in a field for 5 days without a proper bed and bathroom, when you can watch the best bits (ha - yeh right) on the TV. They just don't get why I get so excited about it all and have a big smile on my face every time I even think about Glasto

[guypjfreak]

Blimey! There are alot of old f**kers on these boards.

Smiley tongue face.

[jimmyk83]

Few drinkies last night per chance?

I love that there are so many 'old f**kers' on these boards. I'm 27 myself and this will be my 5th glasto. Cant imagine ever not wanting to go back, and i hope im still going strong at 50/60/however long i last.

Kudos chaps

[The Dawg]

Old f*ckers unite!

I am 50 this year and my first festival was in '85. Glastonbury has changed beyong recognition over the years but it's still brilliant and I am just as excited about it now as I ever was.

[beodeejay]

Each to his own.

I have done my fair share of corporate working - but 2011 is my 16th year @glasto, and Mrs BODJ and all three kids have been many times.

Enjoyed last year as much as any other ( was 44 in 2010) and hope 2011 will be as good.

In reality age DOES impact on my tolerance for some things t festivals....I find dropped food litter VERY annoying nowadays, and i have an irrational hatred of the ice cream vans and "dogburger & fries" fast food vans charging £2 for an instant coffee or £3 for 500ml of water )

I stick to beer nowadays, in moderate but consistent amounts from about 1pm to bedtime (maybe 3am or a bit later) but as some others have said, on several occasions we have left the teens up at the tent "tired" as we head off to the bar at 1am.

The middle-aged at 25 brigade are just missing out - happy to let their brains ooze out watching soap opera's and reality tv sh*te....then talking about the sad sacks in them as if they are real.......Festivals are REAL social networks, and imo, keep you spiritually awake.

Daily Mail Reader = Lazy Mind.

[jimmyk83]

In reality age DOES impact on my tolerance for some things t festivals....I find dropped food litter VERY annoying nowadays, and i have an irrational hatred of the ice cream vans and "dogburger & fries" fast food vans charging £2 for an instant coffee or £3 for 500ml of water )

[beodeejay]

Nothing irrational about that, and nothing to do with age

:angry:

[K8P]

Take a dump in his lunchbox.

[jamseyboy]

Maybe not - but I NEVER buy anything from them - yet I hate them on behalf of the people queing up to pay £2.50 for a handful of crappy frozen chips.

In my "youth" I would have just been oblivious - now I have the urge to scream "STOP - Look 100 yards behind you...real food at half the price !!! "

[mandypants]

I'm 38 too and I've found my fun again after being married and having kids and doing the 'grown up' thing I'm now making the most of being divorced and doing things that make me happy. I love Glastonbury and festivals, and gigs and music, and as long as I love them, I will go and enjoy them.

[Madyokel]

Edited April 29, 2011 by Madyokel

[festivalsareforthegrey]

Take a dump in his lunchbox.

[JC-Mo'Fucka]

Its not just me then.....to me Glastonbury is awash with good "proper" grub yet I cannot believe people pay £4/5 for gob full of coagulated beef flavouerd grease, stale bread and 2 yearold frozen chips. Is it really an age thing?

[Scotdy]

Take a dump in his lunchbox.

[Mardy]

Take a dump in his lunchbox.

[Mikeydread]

52 and my 17th Glastonbury coming up! My wife went for the first time when she was 46 and I thought she would hate it - shenow looks forward to it more than me. Age is inmmaterisl these days - maybe more a distinction for previous generations - but surely not now.

[coxy99]

I will be 36 for this years Glastonbury..been going since I was 16...my first one was back in 93...and I can never ever see myself not being there....!

I can see myself there in my 70's with my shop mobility like Madge from Benidorm with a pint of Brothers in the basket in the front having the time of my life!! Wohoooooo!!

[Shimmy]

Similar age to you and this is my first ever Glastonbury and I'm so excited. A few of my workmates know I'm going, but it's really none of their business what I'm doing out of work time.

Surely, it's not a case of "growing up", but a case of taking the opportunity to go when you can, no matter what your age.

[**claire**]

I'm 32 & my boss always tells me I'm too old for festivals. He doesn't know what he's talking about!

[indisguise]

Surely, it's not a case of "growing up", but a case of taking the opportunity to go when you can, no matter what your age.

[sjp61]

I will be 50 this year and this will be my 2nd Glastonbury. I have people saying to me "aren't you a bit old to camp in a field just to see a few live bands?" I just say NO!!. I will be going with my 52 yr old mate, and meeting up with my 21 yr old boy and his gf. ( last year he didnt want me 'camping anywhere near him!', this year its ' are you going to camp with us this year?' ) Anyway, I am also like a 6 yr old waiting for Christmas and I never stop telling people how great it is!

Grow old disgracefully I say, life is too short!

[grumpyhack]

One if our group is 65 this year. He can out drink, out dance and out last the best of us even the 17 yr olds!!! We were all knackered wanting to go to bed and all he kept on saying was ' you young folks have no stamina!!'

[Cooter]

hehehe, at my primary school, there was a big craze for this back in the 80s, when everyone had to hang their bags on pegs in the corridor during lesson time. The idea was to leave your classroom, take someone's bag at random and shit in their lunchbox, put it back and wait till they opened it at dinner time.