Getting old

[nofi]

i like foghat but it takes a real maniac to endure ten albums.

[Highlander]

If the (Fog) hat fits...

There was something I was going to post about getting old but it's slipped my mind...

[rich briere]

I just spent some time reading this thread and I'd like to take just a moment to thank each of you who've posted. Why?  Prior to reading some of these hilarious thoughts it was my opinion that "I" was "OLD"...and perhaps in need of a walker, that chair that you glide up and down staircases with and CUSTOM built, carbon-graphite, nose-hair pullers I once saw on the Home Shopping Network for only three payments of $29.99 each...plus shipping and handling......but I feel MUCH better now.....cuz some of YOU guys are REALLY Ancient.....and that makes me feel MUCH better!!!  

[nofi]

growin' old ain't for sissies.

[rich briere]

growin' old ain't for sissies.

It was the references to Wild Hair that made me laugh. Not long ago I went to bed at the usual time.....around 2 am. By 4:30 a single eyebrow hair had gone rogue, grown to a length of 18 inches and was wrapped around my neck like a Boa Constrictor--trying desperately to strangle me as I slept. Fortunately I keep a chain saw under my bed and with a single pull that sucker roared to life and I was able to sever the Grey Beast as it viciously tightened its grip and let loose its own pent up frustrations on my throat.

Sissies stand NO chance in their later years....as it's a FINE line between "The Wisdom Gained ONLY by Aging"....and "Dementia".   

[gweimer]

I've recently started getting the Gold Violin catalogs for products.  I think the end is near, and someone ratted me out.

[drbassman]

You all crack me up!  Growing old does have its downers, but I'm believing it beats all of the alternatives I can think of off the top of my head!!!!

[gweimer]

You all crack me up!  Growing old does have its downers, but I'm believing it beats all of the alternatives I can think of off the top of my head!!!!

LOL!  Look at the one who is the optimist of all of us!  Truth be told, I don't mind aging one bit.  I've entered what I now consider to be the best years of my life.  And any day above ground is a good day.

[Grog]

My Grandfather use to always leave with the same saying, "You have to keep moving, 'cause once you're in the ground, you're in there for a long time!"

[Dave W]

I've recently started getting the Gold Violin catalogs for products.  I think the end is near, and someone ratted me out.

I hadn't heard of that company before, so they must not do general mailings to seniors. Someone must have given them your name.

Just wait until you get near Medicare age.

[eb2]

Today I pulled out the Isley Brother doing Summer Breeze.  You can be any age and love it, but you have to be old to remember it.

[Pilgrim]

You all crack me up!  Growing old does have its downers, but I'm believing it beats all of the alternatives I can think of off the top of my head!!!!

When my dad had gone past his 70th birthday, I once asked him "How does it feel to be 7X?"

His answer:  "A damn sight better than the alternative!"    

I joined AARP the very day I became eligible - and saved $15 on a hotel room that weekend with my temporary card.  Sweeeet.

[drbassman]

That's it!!!  I love it:  Any day above ground is a good day!!!  Whoohoo!   

[fur85]

My brother likes to say "Today is good, I woke up on the right side of the dirt".

[Highlander]

Gosh... just realised School's Out is forty this year...