You know you're old when...

[shoei]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Dana Pointe?

I was thinking more like Monaco or Bora Bora but we can pick something in North America if you'd like.

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by shoei

I was thinking more like Monaco or Bora Bora but we can pick something in North America if you'd like.

Look at you! The baller.

[shoei]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

Look at you! The baller.

Maybe if you play your cards right like cmyx6go you'll get taken care of too.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I will get up from my desk and walk out of my office to do something and I get 20 steps and have no freakin idea what I got up for.....
I can remember phone numbers from 20 and 30 years ago though.

Now where did I leave my rollator ?

[TiMSport]

Originally Posted by shoei

Maybe if you play your cards right like cmyx6go you'll get taken care of too.

Taken care of by WHO?!? Actually I don't think I want to know the answer.

[antgenn]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

You ok?

Yes, I am now. Doctors found me healthy for my age. No risk factors except weight.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

Most of us are old... but you can't be that old driving that X6M!

I'll be 59 in May. Not old, but old compared to most here.

[kscarrol]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I'll be 59 in May. Not old, but old compared to most here.

I'll be 59 in December so close enough....

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by kscarrol

I'll be 59 in December so close enough....

I swear, I was 30 yesterday. I can't get my arms around how fast time flies.
You spend your younger years counting the days until 16 for permit and driver's Ed, 17 for the full license, 18 to be legal, 21 just because and then POOF. How did I get here? I remember how freaked out I was when I turned 37, I guess because I was closer to 40 than 30. Ironically, some of my best years were in my 40s.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I swear, I was 30 yesterday. I can't get my arms around how fast time flies.
You spend your younger years counting the days until 16 for permit and driver's Ed, 17 for the full license, 18 to be legal, 21 just because and then POOF. How did I get here? I remember how freaked out I was when I turned 37, I guess because I was closer to 40 than 30. Ironically, some of my best years were in my 40s.

My daughter turned 40 last Saturday. She's still my little girl, and my best friend.

[Elijando]

Originally Posted by Artemis

The childhood memories of your cat 'interfering' with your model trains:

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Nowadays: cat 'interfering' with computer keyboard:

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Ha ha! This is so funny I adore cats! Need such thing immediately!

[3.0L]

Industry on Parade:

Victory at Sea:

[sygazelle]

...when you get your renewed drivers license in the mail and your photo looks like your father when he was old.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when you get your renewed drivers license in the mail and your photo looks like your father when he was old.

Interesting that you say that. I was looking through some pics from 1984 when my Dad was 54. He looks 10 years older than I do at 63. I can see some family aging characteristics in myself (ears and jowls) that all the males on both sides of my family had, but I still think I look a lot younger in my 60s than they all did in their 50s.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Interesting that you say that. I was looking through some pics from 1984 when my Dad was 54. He looks 10 years older than I do at 63. I can see some family aging characteristics in myself (ears and jowls) that all the males on both sides of my family had, but I still think I look a lot younger in my 60s than they all did in their 50s.

I agree. My Dad had a triple bypass at 63 and he was generally unfit the remainder of his life. He played poker and bridge and traveled the world, but he was unfit and unhealthy and it showed in the way he looked. I'm now 72 and in pretty good shape. I hike 2 or 3 times a week. Today was a 7 mile, 1600' elevation gain. I also got several days of skiing in this year. I don't think the previous generation was this active in general.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I agree. My Dad had a triple bypass at 63 and he was generally unfit the remainder of his life. He played poker and bridge and traveled the world, but he was unfit and unhealthy and it showed in the way he looked. I'm now 72 and in pretty good shape. I hike 2 or 3 times a week. Today was a 7 mile, 1600' elevation gain. I also got several days of skiing in this year. I don't think the previous generation was this active in general.

That's the crux of it. My Dad worked his butt off from his mid-teens and raised 5 kids. I have no kids and didn't see the combat (Korea) and hard times my Dad did. I've also been the beneficiary of modern medicine. My Dad had quadruple bypass in his 60's and a failed valve replacement in his 70's. He was a victim of an Irish meat and potatoes diet and second hand smoke his whole life, even though he hated cigarettes. I'm sure that's why he looked older than he was in his later years. But his sacrifices gave me the opportunities he didn't have. I'll never forget that.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by M_Six

That's the crux of it. My Dad worked his butt off from his mid-teens and raised 5 kids. I have no kids and didn't see the combat (Korea) and hard times my Dad did. I've also been the beneficiary of modern medicine. My Dad had quadruple bypass in his 60's and a failed valve replacement in his 70's. He was a victim of an Irish meat and potatoes diet and second hand smoke his whole life, even though he hated cigarettes. I'm sure that's why he looked older than he was in his later years. But his sacrifices gave me the opportunities he didn't have. I'll never forget that.

Perfectly put. Thanks for sharing.

In my case, my Dad immigrated at age 5 from Switzerland with his parents. They had nothing. The stories my Dad told about living in New York City without speaking English and having very little money. Somehow, they made it West to California and my Grandfather (who looked really old at 50), got a job building ships at Mare Island. They inched their way along but the medicine wasn't the same as now and and their diet was not very healthy. I do believe struggling like that puts the years on a person. My Dad was in Korea too, as a Marine pilot with the VMF-312 Checkerboard squadron. He did didn't talk about the war at all until his last few years. I'm certain that all took its toll on his health. He still made it to 88 years old, just not in a healthy way.

Three cheers to the parents and grandparents who paved the way for the amazing live we get to live today.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when you get your renewed drivers license in the mail and your photo looks like your father when he was old.

My license picture looks like me when I was about 23. NY State doesn't update your license picture upon renewal unless you request it, and didn't put photos on licenses when I was in my teens.....

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

My license picture looks like me when I was about 23. NY State doesn't update your license picture upon renewal unless you request it, and didn't put photos on licenses when I was in my teens.....

Really? That's bizarre. Very few people are recognizable after 30 or 40 years of aging.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

My license picture looks like me when I was about 23. NY State doesn't update your license picture upon renewal unless you request it, and didn't put photos on licenses when I was in my teens.....

That's weird. I had to update my picture back in 2018 or so when I updated my license to the real ID? thing. Of course the new pic sucks. The old pic was pretty good.

[gjm120]

Remembering old phone numbers got mentioned a couple of days ago. How about remembering old phone numbers when the first 2 digits were a word? Like where I grew up 766-xxxx was snow x-xxxx. 723-xxxx was raymond x-xxxx. (No area codes for local dialing back then)

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by gjm120

Remembering old phone numbers got mentioned a couple of days ago. How about remembering old phone numbers when the first 2 digits were a word? Like where I grew up 766-xxxx was snow x-xxxx. 723-xxxx was raymond x-xxxx. (No area codes for local dialing back then)

Yup -

BE2-1334 was my phone number as a kid.