Went to a funeral yesterday and was sitting next to my sister-in-law and asked her who all these old people were. All these people with lighter hair. I know a lot of you got me beat but our whole pew was now retired. Most of us right at 70. We decided we are the old ones now. Sat around afterwards and talked about grandkids, meds surgeries, aches and pains, cemetery plots. What the heck at least we are all on the top side of the grass. My time goes when you are having fun
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Bruce from Can.
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My 3 brothers are all well into their 70s now, and I turned 60 this past Christmas. My brothers now look to me like they are becoming frail old men, and I guess in fact they are. And they are pi$$ed off about it. They have plenty of money to get through on, and reasonably good health, but they have all realized that now they are the old ones . With children in the mid 40s and grandkids, some in the late teens. My brothers have become mad at the world, because the world has changed, and not the way they would have liked it to have changed. Nothing new hear, heard all of this before from my dad and his friends. I now know what is ahead of me, and already sensing changes that I dont like. Almost no station on the radio that I care to listen to anymore. I have little or no interest in many of the new trends or fashions, so I too , am well on my way to becoming a old Geezer, lol.
I'm 80 in Sept. and I am telling myself that I am now a senior citizen and I had better start acting like one. I am trying to do that but I have to stay at it. One thing I did notice was that I was tired all the time and just figured it was old age. Went to the Dr. for my first semi-annual in a year and a half, you know why, had blood work done and found that my RBC and Hemo. were significantly below spec.
Hmmmm. Started looking at labels of good nutrition that I try to maintain and most only had 6 % Iron if any at all. Got some OTC Fe pills at 49 mg/pill/day, 250x min req. and have been on them for a week. Feeling great. Sooooo maybe this getting old thing isn't so bad after all.
Hmmmm. Started looking at labels of good nutrition that I try to maintain and most only had 6 % Iron if any at all. Got some OTC Fe pills at 49 mg/pill/day, 250x min req. and have been on them for a week. Feeling great. Sooooo maybe this getting old thing isn't so bad after all.
I kind of had to laugh at myself a few years ago. My wife, her sister, brother in law and me were sitting at a restaurant. A guy by the name of Larry who had been good friends of my next older brother all their lives, came in with his wife, son and daughter in law. Larry stopped and talked to me for a few minutes then they all sat down at the table next to us. Is saw him head toward the rest room before he even sat down. I kept glancing over toward the table and saw a little old guy sitting with his back to me but never saw Larry come back. It took me ten minutes top realize that the little old guy with his back to me was Larry. LOL
I really enjoy some of the new technology....internet and instant services it provides especially. Some of it I pass on....fancy phones for one. I still use a $50 flip phone because I like Consumer Cellular's low rates for basic coverage and I don't want to have to learn how to use nor keep up with a thousand dollar gyzmo that has all my personal information that I would carry arround in my pocket. Keeping up with my wallet and keys is task enough.
Tony in SD
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Being old isnt that bad but Ive only been old one day now.
dcarp
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dcarp
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- Schulenburg Texas
1948CaseVAI
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That reminds me of the old guy wandering around the bus station looking kind of nervous and worried. Somebody stopped him and asked him if he was alright? He said My brother is coming in today, he's been away for 30 years and I'm afraid that I might not even recognize him . The guy said do you think he'll recognize you? The old guy thought a minute and said, well, I guess maybe he should, I haven't been anywhere.
There is a gravel road that snakes around south and east of me. Was the farmers that dad worked with, shared with, etc as I grew up. The neighbors.
6 years ago the old 97 year old gent passed away. He was the last of dads generation, only other near that age retired and moved away.
Was talking with my good neighbors on that road, and said kind of a passing of the generations, on to the next oldest generation now in the neighborhood.
They nodded and smiled, then she startled and says, oh, you mean us! She looked at her hubby and says we are the old generation now! Everyone laughed, her included, but it was kind of a thinking point for all of us too.
Paul
6 years ago the old 97 year old gent passed away. He was the last of dads generation, only other near that age retired and moved away.
Was talking with my good neighbors on that road, and said kind of a passing of the generations, on to the next oldest generation now in the neighborhood.
They nodded and smiled, then she startled and says, oh, you mean us! She looked at her hubby and says we are the old generation now! Everyone laughed, her included, but it was kind of a thinking point for all of us too.
Paul
I had a friend I used to ski with, was my mentor and hero I guess. Starting skiing at 56 taught skiing, we skiied together when he was 79-80 and he could go all day long. Finally quit about 90 when he could no longer see well enough, I also bought his chainsaws then, was done cutting firewood. He was always young at heart, had a smile, and a great guy. He just past a few years ago at 105.
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