You know you’ve been playing the Uilleann-pipe too long when…
-playing the tin-whistle, your arm is contracting when reaching the 2nd octave.
-the day Kennedy died is for you some 200 years ago.
…
…when everyone you know knows exactly what uilleann pipes are and you’re desperately trying to find someone new to explain it to.
When the next person who says “Oh aye, they’re the ones you play with your leg” isn’t the first person to say it :roll:
Cheers, Mac
…when you can play backstitching perfectly.
When you want to try that tune you used to play on your best reed , that o ’ carolan tine on the harp , this time , it is quieter . 
When you have calluses in places you shouldn’t 
when your 2nd wife says , " stop that and go to bed . 
… When your Chiropractor can no longer make any ‘posture adjustments’
…when you find a pint at midday makes life a little easier…
…when that pint is the 4th of the day and there are no signs it will be the last.
Marc
When dropping your whole life and moving to the pacific northwest solely for its UP-friendly climate seems like a reasonable thing to do.
you find yourself inside a bus shelter and can’t get out.
No wait, that’s when you might be a drunk…
you try to change a light bulb by holding onto it and letting the room spin…
Or when you hold on to the bulb and let the world revolve around you. 
…when you try to rewire every motor in the house to hum in tune with your drones
…you spend 25 minutes tuning your drones before you notice that the ceiling fan is running..
When you develop a preference for rainy, damp, cheerless weather and curse sunny days without a cloud in the sky.
When you would rather deal with the boiler insurance premiums, increased fuel costs, and regular upkeep of a steam-heated dwelling than deal with forced-air central heating…and what it does to your reeds.
You have portable ultrasonic humidifiers in every room of the house during winter.
When your cats run and hide at the first sign of you reaching for the pipes box
For me, this was the sign that I hadn’t been playing long enough.
Fair enough.
How about when they hop in your lap and yell at you to put that thing down and start paying attention to them NOW?
Mac
When friends react not with confusion but with annoyance when you spout off about bridle problems,
when your upstairs neighbours pound their floor in better time than yours during a slip jig,
when friends and family pointedly do not ask what you’d like for christmas,
when pavlovian conditioning elicits a terrified response from your lover when ‘The Kesh Jigs’ come on a CD,
when you sit around and ponder about how to complete the sentence ‘you know you’ve been playing the ups to long when…’
mark
When random sightings of Aroundo Donax along the road can alter family vacation itineraries.
Henry