Cambridge Crash
I recently sidled through the graduate recruitment fare
Not an English major, are we?
I then spied the RAF stand, situated near the gents toilets, and what a sad spectacle. A long-in-the-tooth Cpl with tattoos and a positively elderly Flt Lt, bulging out of his no 2s with the remnants of a hearty lunch sporting his shirt.
I'm not quite sure what you intend by this statement. It's possible that the
young, exciting people
that you appear to salivate over are actually assisting in alleviating the alleged overstretching.
And, what, precisely do you mean by 'long in the tooth' and 'positively elderly'? Or are just relieved to have found some one older than yourself who, unlike yourself, and your alleged 20 years in uniform, is still trying to make a useful contribution in difficult times?
Or (and at the risk of repetition) are you suffering from an over-exposure to Sociology 100-1 in middle age?