Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 (edited) I came back a minutes ago from breakfast at my favorite cafe. I had ordered something different from my usual fare and the lady started to walk away, stopped and asked if I'd ordered bacon or sausage and "did you say Tabasco?" I told her she wasn't old enough to be forgetful. An old man (older than I am, I think) told her to "watch out. This is just the beginning." He explained that memory goes first, then hearing and eyesight go, followed by your senses of taste and smell. Your hair gets brittle, turns gray and starts to fallout. Splotchy, dry skin is next and it's easy to bruise, cut, or just start to bleed for no apparent reason. Wrinkles abound. You get "liver spots" and zits and the texture is like a potato chip or dried onion skin. You grow hair in strange new places. You'll find that Tums become a constant companion and you begin to lose or gain weight (or stay the same weight but find it shifting all over your body.) and none of your clothes fit any more. Your bladder and bowels go soon after that. You'll find that you can't take care of your toe nails...can't even see them in some cases...grow bunions, have your arches fall and have ankles and knees start to give you problems. Your joints all start to hurt, you have no endurance, and you find your balance fails and you may fall down a lot. Everyday brings a new pain someplace. You can name dozens of school mates from your first grade class all the way through high school (and every pet for your entire life) but you have no idea who you had lunch with last Friday. ..nor where it was. You lose things, break things (sometime a bone or two), and mistakenly throw things away. You have vast collections of stuff that "just grew in that drawer", much of it is in the category of "what the hell is that?". You have zero endurance and a trip to the grocery store is like a five day trek across a jungle. You tire just by thinking about doing things you used to truly enjoy. Your breath lets you know that you should have stopped a half hour ago. Room temperatures are always too hot or too cold and nothing...NOTHING...is in a convenient place any more. You also have a shrinking ability to tolerate idiots, rude people, and those who think that their 20 something of sheltered life experience has put them in a position to tell you what is best for you. And after all of that, things really go to hell. Edited December 16, 2024 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 5 1 2 1 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 9 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: An old man (older than I am, I think) told her to "watch out. Methuselah was there? 1 3 Quote
Will Kane Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 Growing old is definitely not for wimps. 2 1 Quote
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 53 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I told her she wasn't old enough to be forgetful. An old man (older than I am, I think) told her to "watch out. This is just the beginning."He explained that memory goes first, Respectfully Forty, I must disagree. The memory is the second thing to go. 3 Quote
Texas Lizard Posted December 16, 2024 Posted December 16, 2024 At least we have vitamin V to help.... Texas Lizard Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 17, 2024 Author Posted December 17, 2024 And the first is? 12 hours ago, Will Kane said: Growing old is definitely not for wimps. My dad told me it wasn't for the weak or timid. 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted December 17, 2024 Author Posted December 17, 2024 12 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Methuselah was there? Are you going after my title as the Saloon's Champion Smart Ass? 3 Quote
Kid Rich Posted December 17, 2024 Posted December 17, 2024 That smiley face I put on your first post was SARCASTIC. kR 1 Quote
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