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Apparently, I am Crotchety now.
July 30, 2019, 08:48 PM
SuhlShooterApparently, I am Crotchety now.
I turned 60 yesterday on the 29th.
Not sure I am all too happy about this one.
My head says one thing, but my carcass says another.
There is only 3 people older than me in my family tree, as I am the oldest of my generation.
The damn thing is, I am really starting to look the part.
We have two large paintings of myself and my wife hanging over our bed. They were done by a friend for her Oils Art class. You would not recognize that ether one of the people in the painting is either one of us. There is that much difference. Now, they are just bad paintings of someones ancestors.
Sigh, hell of a lot more behind me than before me now.
Must make the best of it.
More MG car drives.
Get a radar detector for the 2019 Mx-5 RF.
Force myself to get on the ground with my Grandkids.
Enjoy the wife of my youth.
Really appreciate my riding lawnmower, now that I have one.
Play my Pink Floyd albums louder...
Find a lot of satisfaction in that the job I have now, is mine for as long as I want it, and that the people I work with want me there.
There is a lot to complain about if I make the effort, but there is a lot more to be thankful for.
Thank God!
July 30, 2019, 09:22 PM
flashguyWait until you have 2 more decades under your belt. It doesn't get better.
BTW, Happy Belated Birthday!
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth July 30, 2019, 09:28 PM
sjtillEvery day you’re on this side of the grass is a good day.
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July 30, 2019, 10:28 PM
YooperSigsMy pants are brutally honest:
At age 30, 32 waist and 36 inseam.
Now, 44 waist and 34 inseam.
I am able to find them most days!
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July 30, 2019, 10:44 PM
Some Shotquote:
Now, 44 waist and 34 inseam.
IWB carry adds a couple of inches.
July 31, 2019, 12:07 AM
Hamden106I just did the seven-oh last week. At least I don't have flat feet.
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July 31, 2019, 12:34 AM
dwright195168 now, like my dad loved to say “gettin old ain’t for sissies”at 50 I had no health problems, now I have arthritis (rheumatoid and Ostia) kidney failure, and now my arthritis is attacking the lining of my eye balls and causing erosion that I have to take steroids to keep in check. My mind is fine, body not so much.
July 31, 2019, 07:23 AM
shovelheadI can identify with a a lot of these statements too.
On my day off Friday I plan on servicing my lawn tractor and polishing out some scuffs on the hood. Need to wash the bike, one of the porters at work offered to do that, think I'll take him up on that.
On the older relatives, on my mother's side I'm the oldest at 67, on my dad's side I'm the 4th.
Work part time now doing something that I enjoy.
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July 31, 2019, 09:06 AM
gjgalliganquote:
Originally posted by SuhlShooter:
I turned 60 yesterday on the 29th.
Force myself to get on the ground with my Grandkids.
Thank God!
Getting down is easy, it's getting back up that is the problem.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking.
July 31, 2019, 09:53 AM
jhe888I try to stay young in my head, and not be too closed-minded, appreciate new things, and so on.
My knees hurt, and I take blood pressure pills, but I am trying not to be old.
The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. July 31, 2019, 10:33 AM
PDBest treatment for old age - new sports car and a young girlfriend
July 31, 2019, 10:44 AM
joatmonvI got labeled as the "mean guy" lately from family and friends.
The past few years have changed me and I'm to the point of indifference anymore.
I know at age 51 I'm not that old but it's starting to show up more.
Knees are bad and they occasionally swell up and make my day tough. Left shoulder aches most of the time. Aleve and Advil help but not totally.
I'm pretty sure these are the reasons I'm "mean" most of the time.
To the OP, happy belated birthday.
I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.
July 31, 2019, 10:46 AM
RNshooterquote:
Originally posted by PD:
Best treatment for old age - new sports car and a young girlfriend
Sports car: Check! And my wife is young enough
Bruce
PS: Congratulations on another successful trip around the sun!
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July 31, 2019, 10:53 AM
LeemurWelcome to the club. Now get off my lawn.
July 31, 2019, 12:07 PM
PeteFWhat took you so long? A late bloomer?
Ive been cranky and crotchety for years now, and im 54.
July 31, 2019, 02:04 PM
dewhorseMy wife says I am one at 45.....she's scared of what I will be like at 60.
July 31, 2019, 02:09 PM
AnushMy wife says I developed "mentalpause" in my old age!
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July 31, 2019, 02:19 PM
tacfoleyOld age is defined as the time when your broad mind and your narrow waist change places.
July 31, 2019, 02:28 PM
lbjBeing crotchety comes with age.
The real work is becoming a curmudgeon.
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July 31, 2019, 02:47 PM
flashguyMy parents, my "baby" sister, and all my aunts and uncles are dead now. Of my original 38 first cousins who survived infancy, only 17 are still living. I am the oldest surviving of my Dad's side of the family, and #2 on my Mom's side. At age 81, I think I have a right to be "crotchety". (And I'm definitely working on "curmudgeon".
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flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth