I had an 18 year old at work call me “unc.” lol
The general contractor on a job last summer had 4 18 year olds helping them do demo and framing and such. We gave each other crap all the time. It was a fun job.
When did you realize you were old?
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The general contractor on a job last summer had 4 18 year olds helping them do demo and framing and such. We gave each other crap all the time. It was a fun job.
Time still to blame boomers for some of laziness of millennials!! Get it while it's hot!!
You're just being logical again, AG. You are a wise man...Yeah, right there with you. But as I got older, I realized something important... I WANT to get older.The alternative sucks.
What? I'm not old! You're old, not me!
I embraced getting old when, at the ripe age of 40, I could no longer hold my bladder and peed my pants. Fortunately I was by myself, but it was utterly humiliating anyway. I had a 3 hour car ride in wet jeans to contemplate my mortality.
I embraced getting old when, at the ripe age of 40, I could no longer hold my bladder and peed my pants. Fortunately I was by myself, but it was utterly humiliating anyway. I had a 3 hour car ride in wet jeans to contemplate my mortality.
THAT is what scares me. I may have had a traumatic potty training. Unsure. Depends.
Yeah, right there with you. But as I got older, I realized something important... I WANT to get older.
In a newsletter that was sent out for my 50 year class reunion, was included a page that listed all our classmates that have already passed on. It is quickly approaching 10% of the graduating class that have died.
Seeing all that have died doesn't make me feel old, but it does make me a little sad for them. And yes, it makes me ever more determined to take care of myself and be in the top 10% of my class, in a way that I never contemplated back when we were teens.
Oh boy, you're not kidding, those teen years back then, if you survived them as well as your 20's you were doing good.
I am amazed, that all my close friends from back then, a group of about 8 or so, are still all living. I know it's a matter of time. I see those that passed away in my High School posts and FB pages. It's really hard to believe. I can help wonder who will be the first to go, then it will hit hard. We were really tight back then. Gosh what times we had.
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We don't use the word "old". My wife uses "older" and I use "oldish".
It’s complicated. My wife says I was born at 60. There’s truth to it. When I was around 10 years old I *really* wanted one of those new Buick LeSabres advertised for $18,999. I like interiors with a lot of fake woodgrain. Before I graduated from high school in 2000, I had a decent collection of records and a few 8 track tapes. This was partly because I liked older music and partly because I could buy the stuff for $.10-$1. I couldn’t afford CDs. I told my son that I begrudgingly paid $2 for Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.” I’m 43 now, first got sciatica at 38, and was diagnosed with diabetes at 40. I’ve corrected the diabetes and lost 60 lbs., but I do feel old, or at least out of touch. I only understand about half of the memes and videos my 14-year-old son finds hilarious. Oh yeah just this year I discovered a few gray hairs. Good thing my hair is mostly blondish so it doesn’t show up as much.
I can at least keep up with slang thanks to my son. Don’t feel bad being called an “unc.” 12-year-olds call 16-year-olds “Uncs.”
I can at least keep up with slang thanks to my son. Don’t feel bad being called an “unc.” 12-year-olds call 16-year-olds “Uncs.”
A good fall on the MTB was my first crash where I didn't really react fast enough to "fall properly", and I guess the first time I got asked if I wanted the seniors discount! To be fair, they were like 18, so everyone looks old! But it was a wake up call to make sure I get good sleep, and eat well, etc....
I'm getting very close to 50 now, and physically I'm OK, other than some sore knees at times. I think my ability to keep my head and eyes focused in high-ish speed rough terrain is going a bit, so on the MTB, skis, dirt bike, I can't reliably skip through, or over the rough parts anymore. I get going at what feels fast to me, then my son goes by on a bike with half the power and suspension, picks a tiny rut in the corner that I can barely see, holds his speed, and gaps me 5 bike lengths before I'm done the corner....
I'm still working on skiing in the moguls and trees to follow the kids, but when they get on a chopped up blue/black run at the end of the day, and skip through it like deer, I can't keep up with that anymore either.
I'm getting very close to 50 now, and physically I'm OK, other than some sore knees at times. I think my ability to keep my head and eyes focused in high-ish speed rough terrain is going a bit, so on the MTB, skis, dirt bike, I can't reliably skip through, or over the rough parts anymore. I get going at what feels fast to me, then my son goes by on a bike with half the power and suspension, picks a tiny rut in the corner that I can barely see, holds his speed, and gaps me 5 bike lengths before I'm done the corner....
I'm still working on skiing in the moguls and trees to follow the kids, but when they get on a chopped up blue/black run at the end of the day, and skip through it like deer, I can't keep up with that anymore either.
How old are you ?
When I looked at green bananas in the grocery store and thought - Nah, too risky.
Nick1994
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Bulging a disc in my back at 17
Im only 34.
U all keep rolling,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Motorcycles is me.............................................
When I started waking up with body parts aching for no apparent reason. Now it’s grown to getting extensive shoulder repairs with bone spurs over 1” needing removed, lol
slo town
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When an urgent need arises and I'm not near a toilet I shamelessly stop alongside of the road and pee. I highly doubt anyone will charge a white haired guy in his 70s with public urination. Of course I only do this is in rural areas or on highways out in the middle of nowhere.
In fact, a funny story. During the lockdown for the flu I made a 160 mile coffee charged early morning drive to the San Francisco Bay Area. I thought I could make my destination, but no. I had to go and I had to go now!
I pulled off the highway to a strip mall. I walked into a CVS to use the restroom, only to find it required a code. I quickly got the code only to realize someone was inside it already. I left and quickly walked over to a nearby donut shop, the owner absolutely refusing to let me use the restroom even though I promised to buy donuts. Jerk! Next was a small strip mall McDonalds - but even though it was open you couldn't go inside, having to order and pick up through a window.
At this point I was desperate so I drove to the rear of the strip mall where all the loading docks and industrial sized trash bins were. I jumped out of the car near the back fence, whipped it out and let it hang unattended while I pee'd, defiantly giving the double bird to whatever camera was recoding the incident. Go ahead, arrest me!
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That's me in the bushes!!
slo town
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One of the "joys" of getting old is how the need to pee when young gives plenty of warning, but the need to pee when old happens at the flick of a switch.
Scott
