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toad67
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Today is the big 50 for me...Am I officially a member of the geezer club now???
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You will know when you have obtained true Geezer status- the cute young thing at Mickey D's gives you a senior discount without your asking, and another one holds the door open for you. The bagger at the grocery store asks if you need help getting groceries to the car. When you get on the elevator and hear a song that you have heard while making out in the back seat.
When one of your grandkids asks "Grampa- was it sad when all the dinosaurs died?"[:p]
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I remember when my Dad turned 35.
My brothers and I thought he was about to die.
He wasn't even half way through his life.
The day I felt old was when a good looking young woman offered me her seat on the bus.
I was crushed, and no I didn't take her seat.[:(]
Congratulations on turning half a century old.
If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!
Sorry, Bub- you are just a Geezer-in-Training (*)
You will know when you have obtained true Geezer status- the cute young thing at Mickey D's gives you a senior discount without your asking, and another one holds the door open for you. The bagger at the grocery store asks if you need help getting groceries to the car. When you get on the elevator and hear a song that you have heard while making out in the back seat.
When one of your grandkids asks "Grampa- was it sad when all the dinosaurs died?"[:p]
Don't forget it's also when waitresses, and store clerks start calling you "DEAR or HONEY"
quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
Sorry, Bub- you are just a Geezer-in-Training (*)
You will know when you have obtained true Geezer status- the cute young thing at Mickey D's gives you a senior discount without your asking, and another one holds the door open for you. The bagger at the grocery store asks if you need help getting groceries to the car. When you get on the elevator and hear a song that you have heard while making out in the back seat.
When one of your grandkids asks "Grampa- was it sad when all the dinosaurs died?"[:p]
Don't forget it's also when waitresses, and store clerks start calling you "DEAR or HONEY"
Lately waitresses have been very comfortable putting their hand on my arm or my shoulder. They don't do it so much when I'm out with the wife, but it has been happening a lot when out on a business lunch with the boys after golf. I even got a pity hug from a cute little 20 something total stranger when walking out to bring the car around for the wife after a concert.
This, amongst other things has convinced me that I am on the downslope of the hill, and gaining speed.
Brad Steele
Happy Birthday Toad! My old man used to say the first 100 years are the hardest. You are only half way there.[;)]
and all of above post hit home inside you do not feel like 50 but all the younger ( less tan 30 ) think so [B)][B)]
I remember the first time a couple young guys they were maybe eighteen to twenty years old came up to me in a store ( I was around 50 then ) and said pardon me sir , could you tell us what time it is [:(!]
I was looked around for the sir [:I][:I] then realized it was me WTH sir they were polite but I lost all the wind in my sail that day
I knew that moment I was now looked on as a old fellow , and its been down hill since then
I am a couple months away from 60 OMG , now I think 90 is old [:D][:D]
But have a great birthday, friend.
Felt like I was 23 again for 7 years after that!
I even remember posting stuff that didn't wander for paragraphs without eventually making a cogent thought.
Still can't believe how fast the time goes, nowadays.
Have a very Happy Birthday, and go do something you've wanted to do, but haven't yet!
Today is the big 50 for me...Am I officially a member of the geezer club now???
You are still a youngster. You're just 3 years older than my oldest son. [:0] Now I'm feeling really old.
I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So I'm wearing my garage door opener.
I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.
I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age and calling it 'Pumping Rust.'
When people see a cat's litter box they always say, "Oh, have you got a cat?" Just once I want to say, "No, it's for company!"
Employment application blanks always ask who is to be called in case of an emergency. I think you should write,`An ambulance.'
The older you get the tougher it is to lose weight because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are XL.
Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
Some people try to turn back their "odometers." Not me. I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.
You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
Ah! Being young is beautiful but being old is comfortable.
Happy Birthday
Fifty isn't even Junior Assistant Geezer. You have 15 years to go to be full-fledged Geezer.
But have a great birthday, friend.
What Rocky said^ Hippo Birdie two Ewes.[:D]
[brAfter that, well....use your imagination fellas[;)]Thanks again!!
That's why they say when your 50 and over, " assault with a dead weapon".
Hope you had a happy birthday young man.