Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 4 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I am 82 years OLD, NOT 82 years young! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I don't believe anyone has ever referred to me as so many years young, but there was a guy that lived down the street. I had at least 20 years on him. And whenever he saw me he would wave and yell, "How you doing today young man?" Now personally, even when I was a youth, i despised being called "young man". And when it's somebody that's young enough to be my son - sometimes I felt like going over and hitting him with my cane. I also am neither a senior nor a senior citizen. I am simply an old man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 PLUS ONE for Troop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I suppose I exhibit many of the traits mentioned in the OP!! I AM NOT AN OLD MAN!! I’m. “SEASONED” (and there are those who will tell you that I’m pretty damned spicy!) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I am 25 years old…in my mind. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Just hit 70 and definitely starting to feel old! Never think to ask for senior discounts etc. though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 (edited) Old people do NOT deal well with BS either Edited August 9 by The Original Lumpy Gritz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 1 hour ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: Old people do NOT deal well with BS either Fixed it for ya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 42 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said: Fixed it for ya Corrected 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 At 73+, I dont 'FEEL' old but I have a couple of signs that tell me I'm not as durable as before. Such as: 1. I can't take 95 degree heat like I once could. Now, I can only work outside in this Southern humidity about 2 hours before sitting down a spell under a shady tree for some sweet ICE TEA. 2. I wear glasses cause my eyes dont focus as well as before. And my hearing has drifted off into the twilight zone. 3. my hair is grey and thinning on top. I still have a bunch, but not as much as I would like to have. I still enjoy shooting, looking at pretty girls, eating Mexican foods, buying guns, cleaning up my truck, and watching westerns on TV. I still get up on Sunday morning for church. And I take a good showers about every 2 days, whether I need it or not. And about once every 2 months, 6 of us 'old friends' get together for an evening of Poker. Oh yea..... I still enjoy riding my ATV back on the farm. And as soon as I get my 6mm BR loaded up, I'm gonna do some good varmint hunting for crows, groundhogs and coyotes. ..........Widder 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I'll never forget the first time some sweet young thang said "Excuse me Sir, could you...." Heavy sigh... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 I still hang out in the bars ‘til closing time. I still laugh too loud! I’ll still waste money now and then. I’ll still outrun a cop now and then. I like fast cars, loud music, old motorcycles, food that ain’t good for me, flashy waitresses, and large caliber guns! I demand good service, I tip when I get it, and I’ll let you know if I don’t. I don’t care what most folks think and I don’t care what anybody says, it AIN’T “all good”!! I’m younger than half the cars I own and many of my guns!! I have AMMO that’s older than me!! Maybe I AM well aged, but I still ain’t old!! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 7 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said: I am 82 years OLD, NOT 82 years young! I'm 41 years old...again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 4 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: I suppose I exhibit many of the traits mentioned in the OP!! I AM NOT AN OLD MAN!! I’m. “SEASONED” (and there are those who will tell you that I’m pretty damned spicy!) I'm a Classic.............and a collectable, if you can afford me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 25 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I'm a Classic.............and a collectable, if you can afford me. SO! You ain’t cheap, but you’re easy?!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 (edited) I've outlived atleast 2 of my high school sweethearts. And they were dear sweet souls. I grew up from a bed baby in church thru high school, with 4 close male friends who have all passed on. There were 5 of us that ran around together from racing our tricycles to racing our cars in high school, double dating, etc...... and they have all passed away. When the local drive-in movie theater had those "All Nite" monster or scary movies, me and those fellers would borrow my brothers pickup truck, load up the cooler with ice and Pepsi, and view those movies from the back of the truck, telling lies and talking about beautiful girls we knew. It's been a wonderful life, with a Dad that lived 85 years and Mom lived 96. I have no idea where my very first Nickel was spent, but I've also managed to spend every one since then and still have no idea where they went. 😀 ..........Widder Edited August 10 by Widder, SASS #59054 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 57 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: SO! You ain’t cheap, but you’re easy?!? Hoss, at my age there ain't nuthin easy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Ya' all just a bunch of old farts.....but ya' young at heart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 3 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: Ya' all just a bunch of old farts.....but ya' young at heart And as long as my fancy implanted pacemaker keeps working I'll stay young at heart. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I have spent most of my money , on GUNS , booze and women the rest I have just wasted CB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I'm 15, but I have done it 5 times. Imis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jack Black Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 10 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: I've outlived atleast 2 of my high school sweethearts. And they were dear sweet souls. I grew up from a bed baby in church thru high school, with 4 close male friends who have all passed on. There were 5 of us that ran around together from racing our tricycles to racing our cars in high school, double dating, etc...... and they have all passed away. When the local drive-in movie theater had those "All Nite" monster or scary movies, me and those fellers would borrow my brothers pickup truck, load up the cooler with ice and Pepsi, and view those movies from the back of the truck, telling lies and talking about beautiful girls we knew. It's been a wonderful life, with a Dad that lived 85 years and Mom lived 96. I have no idea where my very first Nickel was spent, but I've also managed to spend every one since then and still have no idea where they went. 😀 ..........Widder Times have sure changed. Nuff Said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 We like to think that’s all true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 19 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said: I am 82 years OLD, NOT 82 years young! So am I. It's been quite a ride so far.......................not that I'm willing to quit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I'll tell you what does make me feel "old"... My grandmother had heart trouble for most of her adult life. Today they'd probably have done a "valve job" on her. She lived to just short of her 90th birthday...and buried all but her last doctor! Now, just about all my doctors have retired, meaning I have to break in new ones. Most are quite a bit younger than me, and not only don't have the experience of my old doctors, but don't know me! I have to keep telling them that I'm shooting to live to 108 (2050), and am not kidding. So they better do a good job for at least the next 26 years...if they don't retire first. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 I have a hard time believing I'm as old as I've gotten to be, but I'm sure glad I made it this far! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 If i'da knoe'd I was gonna live this long I mighta looked after myself better ; ....... ....... nah, probably not. 🙃 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) "2. Old People remember World War Il1 Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy and Hitler. 3. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peace-keeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam." I'll be 67 in about a month, sii have no first person knowledge of any of the events in Point No. 2 or the Korean War. But I know OF them in the same way I know Armastist Day. My mind says I'm in my 20s, my spirit tells me I'm in my early 40s, the next day my body tells me, "You idiot! You couldn't even do that when you were 20, what makes you think you can do the better part of a half century later?" Edited August 11 by Subdeacon Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 On 8/9/2024 at 1:13 PM, Pat Riot said: I am 25 years old…in my mind. On 8/10/2024 at 6:00 AM, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said: So am I. It's been quite a ride so far.......................not that I'm willing to quit! But when you try to prove by doing something it only takes your body a few minutes to say "No you're not Dumbass." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Number 8. I went in the restaurant, and as I was sitting down at the table I took my hat off and laid it on the table. Looking around I could see a few dozen people wearing their hats. Several of them older than me. So I'm eating my supper and this couple stopped and the lady said that she just wished to thank me for removing my hat at the table. She said that you didn't see enough of that anymore. And then she in the gentleman continued on to pay their check and leave. I didn't take my hat off because I was being polite. I took my hat off because I was trained that you don't wear your hat at the table. I went to Publix one day. They were selling awnings - a 10-ft square tent without sides. And I pick one up and I walk over to the register. That's the only thing I've got. And coming from the other direction is this little old lady with a cart full of groceries. And I stop and I wave her in. And she told me to go ahead because I only had one thing. I told her that my mama would get up out of her grave and come find me and spank me if I didn't let a lady go first. And she laughed and went in and checked out her groceries. But that's the thing. It's not being old. It's being raised up right. I've seen a lot of old people that weren't raised right. But it does seem that more people were raised right 50 years ago then there are today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 One of the things that I find in restaurants these days is that they have smaller tables and much less room to place my hat if I take it off! I sometimes put my hat on my knee when I’m wearing a ball cap. If I’m dining by myself or with only one other person, I will put my hat in a vacant seat if there is one. It’s more difficult if I’m wearing a cowboy hat!! In days gone by, there were hat stands and pegs that a gentleman could hang his hat on when he entered an eating establishment. You could hang your hat on a peg and nobody dared mess with it! NO MORE!! Restaurants don’t provide a place and if you DID hang your hat, some sorry bastard would steal it in a heartbeat!! I honestly miss those days and I’m barely old enough to remember those places, with a few exceptions! It’s a sad commentary on the state of manners in today’s society and on businesses that should promote gentility!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 22 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: But when you try to prove by doing something it only takes your body a few minutes to say "No you're not Dumbass." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punxsutawneypete Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) 2 hours ago, Alpo said: Number 8. I went in the restaurant, and as I was sitting down at the table I took my hat off and laid it on the table. I always take off my hat when I eat at a restaurant. I don't want to get the brim in my mashed potatoes. 🤣😂 Edited August 12 by punxsutawneypete 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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