Top Ten List of ways you know you are getting older

[Yitzchak]

I wanted to start a light hearted thread that takes the form of the David Letterman top ten lists. It is o.k. If you only have one to add or several. the top ten thing is just a rough format.

 

[Yitzchak]

number ten- typos matter less and happen more often.

 

[Yitzchak]

number nine- I realised this year that I am now older than my parents were when I first thought that they were old.....

 

[andiesmama]

number eight -- you find yourself saying stuff like "what is it with kids these days?"

 

[Yitzchak]

My wife has this exrpession she uses on me when I am being grumpy. She says to me " So , I guess you're practicing to be old today? "

 

[Yitzchak]

number seven- Conversations about inane topics like the price of the toilet paper last longer and happen more often.

 

[Yitzchak]

number six- My wife stops saying " So, I guess you're practicing to be old today? " and starts saying instead " So, I guess you're acting your age today, eh? "

 

[joyfulthanks]

10 - Your arms are growing shorter, while the distance at which you must read something is growing longer.
9 - Your new favorite topic of conversation is who's in the hospital or who just died.
8 - You keep hoping someone will card you when you order booze, but no one ever does.
7 - You find yourself telling jokes and little stories to waitresses and just about anyone who will listen.
6 - Your favorite t-shirt is has a picture of the BeeGees on it.
5 - You actually know who the BeeGees are.
4 - You go to bed at 9:30 on a Friday night, and feel like you really stayed up late.
3 - You think a music CD is just a 45 without a hole in the center of it.
2 - You notice that the veins in your legs now resemble roadmaps of North Carolina.
1 - You actually take the time to write a list about the top ten ways you know you are getting old...

 

[andiesmama]

10 - Your arms are growing shorter, while the distance at which you must read something is growing longer.
9 - Your new favorite topic of conversation is who's in the hospital or who just died.
8 - You keep hoping someone will card you when you order booze, but no one ever does.
7 - You find yourself telling jokes and little stories to waitresses and just about anyone who will listen.
6 - Your favorite t-shirt is has a picture of the BeeGees on it.
5 - You actually know who the BeeGees are.
4 - You go to bed at 9:30 on a Friday night, and feel like you really stayed up late.
3 - You think a music CD is just a 45 without a hole in the center of it.
2 - You notice that the veins in your legs now resemble roadmaps of North Carolina.
1 - You actually take the time to write a list about the top ten ways you know you are getting old...

You win the prize! Unfortunately, I can relate to all of these....

 

[flaglady]

11. Walking into a room to do something and standing in the middle wondering what you came there for!

 

[flaglady]

12. being introduced to someone and forgetting their name the monent the host has finished saying it!

 

[flaglady]

13 going to see "Star Wars - The Revenge of the Sith" at 2.30 on a lovely sunny afternoon because you can get in half price on an OAP ticket!

 

[flaglady]

14. realising you're not surprised by anything anymore!

 

[sk8Joyful]

10 - Your arms are growing shorter, while the distance at which you must read something is growing longer.
9 - Your new favorite topic of conversation is who's in the hospital or who just died.
8 - You keep hoping someone will card you when you order booze, but no one ever does.
7 - You find yourself telling jokes and little stories to waitresses and just about anyone who will listen.
6 - Your favorite t-shirt is has a picture of the BeeGees on it.
5 - You actually know who the BeeGees are.
4 - You go to bed at 9:30 on a Friday night, and feel like you really stayed up late.
3 - You think a music CD is just a 45 without a hole in the center of it.
2 - You notice that the veins in your legs now resemble roadmaps of North Carolina.
1 - You actually take the time to write a list about the top ten ways you know you are getting old...

Nope,
I ain't got none o' those challenges neither, THANK GOD

I do have one challenge: You know how as newborns we, each, were little bodily-*contortionists*=able acrobats twisting into unusual positions lol.

My 25-yr.old Figure-skating coach amazedly says: 'Even when I won my gold-medals, I never had your present Flexibility, lol'
Yup -
I'm determined to re-gain (what I lost some moons ago) - and
when I do, *Biehlman-spiral* here I come... LOL

Anybody here, on a similar excitingly-developing journey... ?

 

[flaglady]

15. holding on to both banisters as you go downstairs because you've seen one too many patients your age with fractured hips !!

 

[Evie]

5 - You actually know who the BeeGees are.


I just about fell off my chair when I read this one. LOL!!!
I can't stop laughing cause my kids are like,gee mom who is the Bee Gee's?

 

[flaglady]

5 - You actually know who the BeeGees are.


I just about fell off my chair when I read this one. LOL!!!
I can't stop laughing cause my kids are like,gee mom who is the Bee Gee's?

 

[TammyInChrist]

Those are all too funny!

I know I'm getting older cause my 13 yr old will come home from school and hold up a paper right in from of my face and I automatically push it waaaayyyy back
so I can read it...

Hubby is 5 yrs younger than me and makes comments about me aging, does that count?

 

[flaglady]

I knew I was getting older when a student nurse, tired of all my anecdotes about the 'old days', impatiently remarked "Well, I suppose you had to use glass syringes in your day as well!" I was about to rebuke her when I suddenly realised - I did! Ouch!

 

[~Wisdom Seeker~]

Top Ten ways you know you're getting older:
10. You're old enough to remember the last time hip huggers were in style.
9. Good looking men (who in your opinion don't look that much your junior) call you Ma'am.
8. You don't have a tatoo.
7. You don't have anything but your ears peirced
6. Staying up all night to watch the sunrise the next morning just seems stupid.
5. You still say "You sound like a broken record" and actually know what a broken record sounds like.
4. You think pants should fit.
3. Everyone you think is your age...is younger.
2. You say things like "When I was your age..."
1. You're worst fear has come true...You have turned into your mother.