I was a mini version of dad now ti'm urning into mum
I'd say in some ways that I'm slowly turning into a male version of my mother, as I'm careful(thrifty and always on the look out for a bargain) with my money and have gotten to the stage where I check the till receipt after every food shop to make sure that I've not been over charged and recieved all the price reductions.

The minute I spot something more than 5p out, it's off to customer services asking for my money back. This might sound like a waste of time but A) i'm one of the 2 million + jobless and B) Asda has the policy of giving you a £2 gift card for spotting an pricing error and reporting it to the service desk - so the grumble can result in free food.

I also developed a slight taste for going to bingo, and playing fruit machines.

Otherwise I personally haven't noticed any other major changes, as I don't have similar tastes in music(Elvis, T-Rex/Marc Bolan) - yet, as I'm more into metal/gothic stuff at the moment. Though I'm looking forward to being an even wilder party animal once I hit 50 (She's out most nights of the week on the voddy).

If people start saying I'm a younger version of my dad though, I give them evil looks, as I spent my youth having a similar build to him (very overweight) and naff taste in fashion - polo shirts and joggers due to the XL gut and moobs. Though I was no where near as bad as some of the walking whales that are shown on the health programmes today. Thankfully I've turned my bodyshape around, and a few folk have told my dad to be a bit more like me physically (result).

I've not yet picked up his habits of wanting lots of different pets in the house (cat, budgie & goldfish) at the same time, buying lots of useless cheap garish tat as decor or turning a garden into an allotment with lots of home grown veg and flowers. The last habit is starting to appeal though, but due to a lack of garden has yet to occur.

I've not fully succumbed to the general old man habit of putting the world to rights over multiple pints of real ale; so far it's over random drink combinations that confuse the bar staff, who expect you to order the same thing all night.
(trainee mad doctor is currently trying to build a secret laboratory, Sat 2 May 2009, 19:44, Reply)