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How Did You Know You're Getting Older?

catching concerts of your favorite bands because you don't know if they will die or retire before the next concert
followed up by
is the pain in the ass of going to a concert actually worth it
followed up by
is this concert on the TV? if not I I can watch it there
 
never married and no kids, work at the local college and the first time that a classmate showed up to register their kids for class. felt even older 4 years later when I was chatting with said classmates as their kid was walking across the stage getting their diploma.
 
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These are the things I have noticed with myself:

1) eye sight getting worse
2) hearing getting worse
3) losing some hair and what is left is grey
4) memory starting to fail
5) Motivation to work on toys (Jeep) is GONE
6) Sex drive down
7) general excitement for life is down, with random feelings of depression
8) I'm older than the vast majority of my coworkers
9) A couple weeks ago, one of my coworkers had never heard of Fast Times and Ridgemont High
 
Because everyone keeps reminding me how old I am
Plus the joints don't work like they used to
 
Unka-Boo said:
My dad has been doing the "search out dead people" thing....was talking with him a week or two ago and he says "remember my driver so and so?" I'm like, no, why would I remember someone who worked for you 35 years ago? "Oh, well he died back in '07."
:homer:

That turned into a weird list of high school friends and ex co-workers who have kicked the bucket....It was odd...and that turned into "the house that was across the street from us in Eugene had a big oversized lot that we played baseball on, its been subdivided and theres 3 houses there now".....Dad moved to Portland in '69 :laughing:
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I’ve known a lot of people who’ve passed away from very close friends to business associates due to health issues or suicide. Too many to suicide. Makes me feel old thinking about all that really.
 
Fuzzydog said:
But seriously though, I notice more and more names that I recognize in the obituaries. That hits hard, knowing that the people I know, who are generally around my age, are kicking the bucket.
Also on the lighter side, I seem to have more people every day telling me I should retire because they did and are having the time of their lives
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My first boss said that when he was a young guy, he would look for jobs in the obituaries
 
DannyK said:
8) I'm older than the vast majority of my coworkers
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I'm the oldest on this three man crew that is doing a PA install, by a good 10-15 years, but I'm still stronger than the other two and had no problem wrangling the old DV DSOC boxes that weigh a bit over 70lbs. I was sweating like a whore in church, but still.:laughing:
 
When it occurred to me that I have been telling gas station employees to fill it with unleaded for almost 30 years after they quit putting lead in gas.
 
78bronco460 said:
When it occurred to me that I have been telling gas station employees to fill it with unleaded for almost 30 years after they quit putting lead in gas.
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to be fair, I have had them put gas in my diesel truck
not just once, I pulled the wrong nozzle out of the truck and told him 'no' turned around to get a gas can, and the little fucker had it back in there full blast
you are correct, you have to tell them

I'm glad Oregon has mandated service station employees to keep us all safe
 
SomeGuyFromOlympia said:
to be fair, I have had them put gas in my diesel truck
not just once, I pulled the wrong nozzle out of the truck and told him 'no' turned around to get a gas can, and the little fucker had it back in there full blast
you are correct, you have to tell them

I'm glad Oregon has mandated service station employees to keep us all safe
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We have self service now at normal gas stations. I’ve been filling my company vehicles at the card lock stations for a long time.
 
2big bronco said:
My 6 year old has been wanting one forever and the wife has been adamantly against it.

Well he outsmarted her and I had nothing to do with it. Went to supercuts and told them he wanted a really wide mowhawk, came home and never gelled it again. Like 2 days in ha came up to me and whispered "dad look, my mullet is getting longer in the back". It took the wife a solid 2 weeks to catch on.
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This is the one who find loopholes isn’t it?


I realized I was old when I met people who learned about September 11 in history class, and watched it on tv in elementary school.
I realized I was old when I was closer to 50 than 20.
I realized I was old when I saw kids wearing shorts for concerts ten years before I was born and thought they looked stupid.
I realized I was old when I got upset the way things were 20 years ago, back in my day, were not how things were today.
I realized I was old when I saw high school kids wanting trucks that were new when I was their age.
I realized I was old when I had phone numbers I haven’t used in over two decades memorized.
 
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RunningProblem said:
This is the one who find loopholes isn’t it?


I realized I was old when I met people who learned about September 11 in history class, and watched it on tv in elementary school. Fuck right off, I was at work, listing to it play out live on Howard Stern:laughing:
I realized I was old when I was closer to 50 than 20.
I realized I was old when I saw kids wearing shorts for concerts ten years before I was born and thought they looked stupid.
I realized I was old when I got upset the way things were 20 years ago, back in my day, were not how things were today.
I realized I was old when I saw high school kids wanting trucks that were new when I was their age.
I realized I was old when I had phone numbers I haven’t used in over two decades memorized.
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So what do you do about it, if anything?

You go buy Rogain and try to stop that balding? You buy a new sports car? You wear a hat to hide it? You color those grey hairs?
To hell with all that.

You embrace it. It's a trophy. You're growing old with your wife, it's the ultimate dream come true. Watch those kids grow, and love your wife and those kids and spend good time with them as much as you can.
 
Penetrode Offroad said:
This is not meant to be a depressing thread. :laughing:
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What’s exciting about getting old? Other than you’re closer to the other side of the rainbow I don’t see much. I can’t really complain too much other than your typical things going south like eyesight, strength and prescription drugs now. But I know people who aren’t that much older than me who have serious issues and cannot enjoy much quality of life anymore. That is very depressing as I knew them in their prime.
 
Landslide said:
What’s exciting about getting old? Other than you’re closer to the other side of the rainbow I don’t see much. I can’t really complain too much other than your typical things going south like eyesight, strength and prescription drugs now. But I know people who aren’t that much older than me who have serious issues and cannot enjoy much quality of life anymore. That is very depressing as I knew them in their prime.
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I would imagine grandkids if one was lucky enough to have kids.
 
Yota Up said:
So what do you do about it, if anything?

You go buy Rogain and try to stop that balding? You buy a new sports car? You wear a hat to hide it? You color those grey hairs?
To hell with all that.

You embrace it. It's a trophy. You're growing old with your wife, it's the ultimate dream come true. Watch those kids grow, and love your wife and those kids and spend good time with them as much as you can.
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I was talking to a much older client a while back, like this guy is in his mid 90's. We did some business, then just general chit chat and I asked him "so, what do you do to keep busy these days?"
His answer "well, I spend a lot of time in my chair, inside or on the deck, drinking my coffee and watching the world go by. And I am ok with that"
Happiest old fellow I know because he has accepted that there are things he can't do anymore, and enjoys the things he can do.
 
When you realize the older folks that knew the answers, ( even if it was not the answer you wanted) are gone. That you are taking their spot. Hoping you do it as well as they seem to have done.
Bring the foundation for your family, cause Dad isn't able too anymore.
When your classmates are grandparents, 47 is too damn young to be a grandparent.
When all of the sudden there is grey hair in your bread. When your joints hurt for being stupid in your 20,30, & early 40's.

Ear hair, just wait till your nose hair grows faster then any other hair you have.
 
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Fuzzydog said:
I was talking to a much older client a while back, like this guy is in his mid 90's. We did some business, then just general chit chat and I asked him "so, what do you do to keep busy these days?"
His answer "well, I spend a lot of time in my chair, inside or on the deck, drinking my coffee and watching the world go by. And I am ok with that"
Happiest old fellow I know because he has accepted that there are things he can't do anymore, and enjoys the things he can do.
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Ahh yes, the beauty of simply working on your next bowel movement. :bliss: :homer: :laughing:
 
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