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getting older

savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
How did you take it when you realized your getting older. I took turning 30 pretty hard, and took 31 so so. But come tuesday i turn 32 and i'm not taking it very well. The wife said she's really going to have fun with me on my 40'th. I just keep telling her payback is a * and to remember she is only 2 years younger then me.

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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am new to this forum so hope I am not beating an old subject to death. I was in a gunshop yesterday and noticed that I had a hard time seeing the front and back site on the model 94 I was looking at. Getting to that age I guess and wondered if someone who has had this problem could give me an idea how to fix it. I know there are some bright paints and etc. on the market...just don't know how they truly work for failing eyesight. Thanks for any tips afforded me. K
  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I was younger, I thought I'd get smarter as I aged.
    I suppose it was true up until 30 or so.
    But in reality, I find that I don't have the same critical ability I used to posses.

    And I have also found that my mind can only contain a finite set of facts for reference.
    Which means I have to forget something to learn something new.
    Usually it is a name or face or relationship that I forget.
    Not out of choice. But those seem to be the nuggets with the most tenuous connection to my memory. And are the first to leave.

    I have found that the main advantage of aging is the perspective that I gain from having seen a lot of things. Believe me, I am not invoking BTDT. But I've observed a lot.

    And when something is about to hit the fan... I have a pretty good warning.

    I'm not saying. I'm just sayin'.

    Know what I mean butter bean?
  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Two old guys were sitting in t
    Two old guys were sitting in the park, talking, when the subject turned to getting older. The first guy said, "Women have all the luck when it comes to getting older."
    "What do you mean?" asked the second guy.
    "Well," replied the first. "I can barely remember the last time I was able to get it up in bed, but my wife is healthier than ever!"
    "Healthier? How is that?" his buddy wondered.
    "Well, years ago, when we were younger, almost every night before bed she'd get these terrible headaches." he answered.
    "Now that we're older, she hasn't had a headache in years."
  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

    Now that I'm 'older' (but refuse to grow up), here's what I've discovered:

    1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

    2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran.

    3. I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.

    4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

    5. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

    6. All reports are in; life is now officially unfair.

    7. If all is not lost, where is it?

    8. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.

    9. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

    10. Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.

    11. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few...

    12. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.

    13. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.

    14. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

    15. It's hard to make a come back when you haven't been anywhere.

    16. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom.

    17. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.

    18. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess?

    19. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

    20. It's not hard to meet expenses... they're everywhere.

    21. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

    22. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter... I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after.

    23. I AM UNABLE TO REMEMBER IF I HAVE POSTED THIS TO YOU OR NOT!

    24. Funny, I don't remember being . . . . . absent minded...



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  • savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,569 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello.
    Is there anyone like me among you?
    I have magnum handguns but as I get older
    I'm leaning towards the 22lr.
    I'm finding out that this caliber in a descent
    handgun is capable of good to great accuracy
    and a lot more fun than a large bore.
  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,518 ✭✭✭✭
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  • Blade SlingerBlade Slinger Member Posts: 5,891
    edited November -1
    Bottom of the barrel excuses.... I have paper cuts on my hands:>(
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    edited November -1
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