Getting old

[easy rider]

When my body started hurting just looking at a job I was tasked to do, I knew then that I must be getting older.

 

[AustinN4]

Anything of these sound like you?
http://www.freemaninstitute.com/gettingOlder.htm
1. Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.
2. The gleam in your eyes is from the sun hitting your bifocals.
3. You feel like the morning after and you haven't been anywhere.
4. Your little black book contains only names that end in M.D.
5. Your children begin to look middle aged.
6. You finally reach the top of the ladder and find it leaning against the wrong wall.
7. Your mind makes contracts your body can't meet.
8. You look forward to a dull evening.
9. Your favorite part of the newspaper is "20 Years Ago Today."
10. You turn out the lights for economic rather than romantic reasons.
11. You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.
12. Your knees buckle, and your belt won't.
14. You're 17 around the neck, 42 around the waist, and 95 around the golf ourse.
15. Your back goes out more than you do.
17. Your Pacemaker makes the garage doors go up when you see a pretty girl.
18. The little old gray haired lady you helped across the street is your wife.
19. You sink your teeth into a steak, and they stay there.
20. You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine cabinet.
21. You get your exercise acting as a pallbearer for your friends who exercise.
22. You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.
23. You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead.
24. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
25. You buy a compass for the dash of your car.
26. You are proud of your lawn mower.
27. Your best friend is dating someone half his age...and isn't breaking any laws.
28. You call Olan Mills before they call you.
29. Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.
30. You sing along with the elevator music.
31. You would rather go to work than stay home sick.
32. You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.
33. You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.
34. You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.
35. You make an appointment to see the dentist.
36. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
37. Neighbors borrow your tools.
38. People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"
39. You have a dream about prunes.
40. You answer a question with, "because I said so."
41. You send money to PBS.
42. The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.
43. You take a metal detector to the beach.
44. You wear black socks with sandals.
45. You know what the word "equity" means.
46. You can't remember the last time you lay on the floor to watch TV.
47. Your ears are hairier than your head.
48. You get into a heated argument about pension plans.
49. You got cable for the weather channel (sometimes referred to as "Old Folks MTV").
50. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
51. When you bend over, you look for something else to do while you're down there.

 

[deemus]

My 50 year HS reunion. A real eye opener. Lots of elderly folks there. Some slumped over, walking with a cane. One in a catatonic state in a wheel chair. Another blind. Very sad all around.

Yeah, I am done going to my reunions.

 

[sidebite252]

When I was a kid I had a grandmother who had grey hair and wrinkled skin. But she was different. She was spry & always very active. What ever we did as kids she wanted to do and sometimes did. She was an awesome person. She always made the comment “I know I’m old but I don’t think of myself as old!” She really didn’t think of herself at her actual age and she did get the most out of life.

I now understand what she meant......

 

[karlac]

75 a couple of weeks back.
Circling the drain at an accelerating pace.
Celebrated by proving to myself I could still build the Taj Mahal of chicken coops for a neighbor.
... with such foolishness making you wonder how the hell you made it this long.

Then again, the time and freedom to take that urgent pee wherever you are is priceless:

 

[karlac]

Anything of these sound like you?
http://www.freemaninstitute.com/gettingOlder.htm
1. Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.
2. The gleam in your eyes is from the sun hitting your bifocals.
3. You feel like the morning after and you haven't been anywhere.
4. Your little black book contains only names that end in M.D.
5. Your children begin to look middle aged.
6. You finally reach the top of the ladder and find it leaning against the wrong wall.
7. Your mind makes contracts your body can't meet.
8. You look forward to a dull evening.
9. Your favorite part of the newspaper is "20 Years Ago Today."
10. You turn out the lights for economic rather than romantic reasons.
11. You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.
12. Your knees buckle, and your belt won't.
14. You're 17 around the neck, 42 around the waist, and 95 around the golf ourse.
15. Your back goes out more than you do.
17. Your Pacemaker makes the garage doors go up when you see a pretty girl.
18. The little old gray haired lady you helped across the street is your wife.
19. You sink your teeth into a steak, and they stay there.
20. You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine cabinet.
21. You get your exercise acting as a pallbearer for your friends who exercise.
22. You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.
23. You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead.
24. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
25. You buy a compass for the dash of your car.
26. You are proud of your lawn mower.
27. Your best friend is dating someone half his age...and isn't breaking any laws.
28. You call Olan Mills before they call you.
29. Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.
30. You sing along with the elevator music.
31. You would rather go to work than stay home sick.
32. You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.
33. You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.
34. You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.
35. You make an appointment to see the dentist.
36. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
37. Neighbors borrow your tools.
38. People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"
39. You have a dream about prunes.
40. You answer a question with, "because I said so."
41. You send money to PBS.
42. The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.
43. You take a metal detector to the beach.
44. You wear black socks with sandals.
45. You know what the word "equity" means.
46. You can't remember the last time you lay on the floor to watch TV.
47. Your ears are hairier than your head.
48. You get into a heated argument about pension plans.
49. You got cable for the weather channel (sometimes referred to as "Old Folks MTV").
50. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
51. When you bend over, you look for something else to do while you're down there.

52. An increasing chance of any conversation you engage in someone mentioning the consistency of a recent BM, often containing the phrase "peanut butter" and/or the need for a "stick of dynamite".

 

[easy rider]

I ain't dead yet, so until then I'll live life to the fullest.

 

[Basset_Hound]

I turned 62 on Friday. I first thought of myself as “old” when 25ish year old women started opening the door for me. Another “I’m getting old” moment comes when I looks at something on the floor and I wonder: “Can I pick it up; should I pick it up; does it really need to be picked up; Oh _ell, someone else will pick it up.”

 

[Bozz10mm]

Anyone else get ads in the mail for hearing aids, dental implants, medicare supplements, pain management, back braces, and cremations?

 

[Davetex]

yes, and aarp bullshit.

 

[Vaquero]

yes, and aarp bullshit.

This.
I get senior discounts without asking.
Damned kids.

 

[Dad_Roman]

Did the Senior breakfast at IHOP the other day.

That was a first for me.

 

[TX OMFS]

39 here. It's 18:49 local time. You guys should be getting ready for breakfast w/ Luby's and the senior Luann platter in the rearview. Don't forget to polish that 1911!

 

[Vaquero]

Damn.
I miss Lubys.

 

[Dad_Roman]

39 here. It's 18:49 local time. You guys should be getting ready for breakfast w/ Luby's and the senior Luann platter in the rearview.

Shhhhhhtttt. 7o'clock dude....time for bed

 

[mleroyl]

Yep.
Shared the story of this thread at work today when someone mentioned nap time.
Got some chuckles.
But for real - struggling to get dinner made for the rib and kid2.
A glass and a half of wine into the project - thank goodness for HEB packaged to go prepare at home food.
At this point 3:30 is gonna come real fast...

 

[Davetex]

You kids pipe down!!! I'm trying to get some shut eye.

 

[308nato]

Well I have seen it all, heard it all , said it all but just don't remember it all.LOL
Will hit 79 in January.

 

[AustinN4]

Anyone else get ads in the mail for hearing aids, dental implants, medicare supplements, pain management, back braces, and cremations?

No, it is just you.

 

[AustinN4]

I turned 62 on Friday. I first thought of myself as “old” when 25ish year old women started opening the door for me. Another “I’m getting old” moment comes when I looks at something on the floor and I wonder: “Can I pick it up; should I pick it up; does it really need to be picked up; Oh _ell, someone else will pick it up.”

62, just a pup.