Getting old sucks

[pete42]

Here it is half of 2011 is gone it seems only yesterday everyone was worring about 2000 and the great computer melt down.
I was born in 1942 I remember seeing ration books that my parents used during WWII,
I remember seeing the wright brothers, I live near Dayton, Oh
I remember the Koran conflict they didn't call it a war but people died and it's still going on.
I remember Vietnam and the split it caused to our country.
I remember when the Airforce flew their last propeller fighter.
I remember when tires only lasted about 15000 miles and a car was used up at 30000 miles.
I remember drive-in movies costing a dollar a car load.
Mom would take me to the saturday afternoon walkin movies in Lima ohio they cost a dime to get in popcorn was a dime and a coke cost 5 cents
a movie with popcorn and a coke 25 cents.
I remember wearing my last years "school" shoes during the summer with the flapping sole waiting for school to start so I could get a new pair.
I remember baling hay for 75 cents an hour and thought I was rich now I would have money to spend at the county fair.
now all I do is sit and wish it would warm-up or cool-down, rain or stop rainning, the snow would melt or it would snow because Christmas isn't Christmas with out snow waiting for spring and tomato planting time.
If I could only once again run the baseball bases run up and down the basketball court ride a bike walk to the back garage with out feeling I'm never going to make it having to sit down once I get there.
enjoy your youth because "getting old sucks"

but hey, I am alive so God bless and take care of each other.

pete

[madjack]

...ya know Pete, I don't mind getting older...I like the knowledge and experience that comes with age...OHHHHHH, but all those miles and the decrepitude that comes with it, is what really stinks to hi-heaven...in other words, I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!!!!!!!
madjack

[BILLYL]

I too agree with Madjack. I can get older and enjoy it and still have a lot of fun. Hey I am the only one at work that knows Fortran - so I'm the beast that can get things done..............

But hey Pete - look at all the things you have done and seen and will still do and see. Great stuff........................

Bill

[CAJUN LADY]

Think of yourself as a fine wine...you only get better with age!

[Tumbleweed_Tex]

And then the youngest grandson comes running in and asks…

Paw Paw, can you fix this for me. And you look at whatever it is, and instantly
recognize what’s wrong. And you get a screwdriver, and tighten it up, and put an
extra screw in there so it won’t ever come loose again. And he looks at the finished
product and says…WOW, thanks Paw Paw, you’re the greatest…and gives you a huge hug.

And suddenly, just for a minute or two, getting old doesn’t suck at all…

[starleen2]

And then the youngest grandson comes running in and asks…

Paw Paw, can you fix this for me. And you look at whatever it is, and instantly
recognize what’s wrong. And you get a screwdriver, and tighten it up, and put an
extra screw in there so it won’t ever come loose again. And he looks at the finished
product and says…WOW, thanks Paw Paw, you’re the greatest…and gives you a huge hug.

And suddenly, just for a minute or two, getting old doesn’t suck at all…

yep - that about sums it up

[Mightydog]

I remember The Doobie Brothers before Michael McDonald screwed them up.
I remember when you would call someone and they would answer the phone.
Thank God for vicodin when the weather changes quickly

[SmokeyBob]

Pete I agree with you. When all you have are aches and pains and just making it through the day is a struggle. Now that's not to say you don't have a few happy moments but over all, old age sucks. I think who ever referred to old age as the Golden Years, must have been in perfect health or high on a little weed.

OLD people have problems that you haven't even considered yet!

An 85-year-old man was requested by his Doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam. The doctor gave the man a jar and said, 'Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.'

The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day.

The doctor asked what happened and the man explained, 'Well, doc, it's like this -- first I tried with my right hand, but nothing. Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing. Then I asked my wife for help. She tried with her right hand, then with her left, still nothing.
She tried with her mouth, first with the teeth in, then with her teeth out, still nothing.'
'We even called up Arleen, the lady next door and she tried too, first with both hands, then an armpit, and she even tried squeezin' it between her knees, but still nothing.'

The doctor was shocked!
'You asked your neighbour?'


The old man replied, 'Yep, none of us could get that jar open.'

[Steve_Cox]

Think of yourself as a fine wine...you only get better with age!

Baby, You age like fine wine..... I age like cheese......

[Shadow Catcher]

I was once waiting for a pipe weld to cool so that I could do an ultrasound weld inspection (gel coupelent boils when too hot) and talking with the welder said "you remember waking up in the morning and not having anything hurt" his reply was, "vaguely".

In working on my social work degree a couple of years back I was helping one of the professors in one of his research projects, which was teaching the elderly how to use computers. For that I felt I needed to know how our brain works and does not work as we age.
To summarize there are two kinds of memory your fluid memory, sort of like RAM in a computer, short term memory, and there is your crystallized memory, your hard drive, long term memory. The bad news is that you fluid memory starts to deteriorate at about age 26 and that deterioration accelerates at about age 60. I wrote a paper titled "My Fluid Memory is Leaking". The good news is that your ability to put disparate pieces of information together improves as you age.

My conclusion by the way is that computer programs are not designed for real people, they are designed for other computer nerds and with out using a simplified browser and email it may be very difficult for the elderly to learn "computer".

[pete42]

Think of yourself as a fine wine...you only get better with age!

I'm aging like milk

shadow catcher
I used a VIC-20 computer to do some college courses college had TRS-80's in the lab we thought we were hot stuff.

pete

[planovet]

I age like cheese......

Pretty much this

[S. Heisley]

I age like cheese......

Pretty much this

"Swiss" cheese?

[Sandyman]

Getting older beats not getting older

Sandy

[Fenlason]

Getting older beats not getting older

Sandy