This was posted in another forum I visit, thought you guys would like it-

A few observations on being an Old Fart - sort of a credo.
God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

Now that I'm 'older' (but refuse to grow up), here's what I've discovered:

1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran.

3. I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.

4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

5. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

6. All reports are in; life is now officially unfair.

7. If all is not lost, where is it?

8. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.

9. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

10. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few...

11 Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

12. It's hard to make a come back when you haven't been anywhere.

13. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom.

14. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.

15. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess?

16. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

17. It's not hard to meet expenses... they're everywhere.

18. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the length.

19. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter... I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after.

20. Funny, I don't remember being . . . absent minded

So here's to all the Golden Boys and Girls

 

I'm just 32, but definitely feeling older, and experiencing the first of my mid-life crisis. I'm sure I'll have several more as I refuse to grow up.

To quote Mr. Mellencamp, "Growing up, leads to growing old and then to dying. And dying to me, doesn't sound like all that much fun". :-)

Of course, I may kick over today considering the artery clogging, doctor unapproved lunch I just ate. However, I'm melting most of it away in my shop. It's so hot today in Central Texas....Pretending to work on old trucks and drinking beer again...

 

Thanks James, that is the best laugh I've had all day.

 

You forgot one!

"Of all the things i have lost i miss my mind the most!"

 

Funny, I don't remember reading this post.

Good one James!

 

Growing old beats the alternative

 

I overheard a guy say that if you think it's bad at 50, wait until you are 80.

 

Kind of like in that movie "Grumpy Old Men" when Jack Lemmon, who's about 72 says something about how it sucks to get old and his dad says "kid, just wait until you hit 90; it all goes downhill after that!".

 

My grandpa is 97 this year. He still lives in his own place, on his own terms. I hope I got his genes.

 

Thing I don't like about getting old is the consequences start coming in from a miss spent youth. My shoulders hurt like heck, I creak all the time, can't remember things, and think 40 year old women are cute.

At least I only go to the toilet when I am awake, can still drive my truck, and eat good food, albeit with no teeth.

The last 50 years were good, I wonder what the chances are for the next 50 to be as good..........

Theo

 

A friend of mine I used to work with in the Army likes to say "My wife says I'm not as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was" Another friend from the army days from when we both drank likes to say " At my age what don't hurt don't work" and the one good thing about hurting is it reminds you that you are still alive.
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