50 Signs You're Getting Older ...

1. Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.

2. The gleam in your eyes is from the sun hitting your bi-focals.

3. You feel like the morning after and you haven't been anywhere.

4. Your little black book contains only names that end in M.D.

5. Your children begin to look middle aged.

6. You finally reach the top of the ladder and find it leaning against the wrong wall.

7. Your mind makes contracts your body can't meet.

8. You look forward to a dull evening.

9. Your favorite part of the newspaper is "20 Years Ago Today."

10. You turn out the lights for economic rather than romantic reasons.

11. You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.

12. Your knees buckle, and your belt won't.

13. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

14. You're 17 around the neck, 42 around the waist, and 95 around the golf course.

15. Your back goes out more than you do.

17. Your Pacemaker makes the garage door go up when you see a pretty girl.

18. The little old gray haired lady you helped across the street is your wife.

19. You sink your teeth into a steak, and they stay there.

20. You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine cabinet.

21. You get your exercise acting as a pallbearer for your friends who exercise.

22. You know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

23. You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead.

24. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

25. You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

26. You are proud of your lawn mower.

27. Your best friend is dating someone half their age...and isn't breaking any laws.

28. You call Olan Mills before they call you.

29. Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

30. You sing along with the elevator music.

31. You would rather go to work than stay home sick.

32. You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.

33. You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

34. You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

35. You make an appointment to see the dentist.

36. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

37. Neighbors borrow your tools.

38. People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"

39. You have a dream about prunes.

40. You answer a question with, "because I said so."

41. You send money to PBS.

42. The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.

43. You take a metal detector to the beach.

44. You wear black socks with sandals.

45. You know what the word "equity" means.

46. You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch TV.

47. Your ears are hairier than your head.

48. You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

49. You got cable for the weather channel (sometimes referred to as "Old Folks MTV").

50. When you were a kid, a personal computer was called a slide rule.

As if I need any more reminding at this point.

25. You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

That busted me up! I have seen some 80-90 year old folks behind the the wheel. Who says they know where North is?

Gah.....don't remind me.



Oh yeah. I need bifocals desperately, but I can't afford the exam right now, so I usually end up taking my glasses off and moving my nose to about five inches from whatever I have to read. Pain in the butt. My glasses are about ready to fall apart, though, so one of these days I won't have a choice. It's either pay for the exam or get a white cane.


Make it tea. I can't drink coffee any more-----it tears up my nerves.


Who wears a tie???

One of the best things about the company I'm with now is that we don't wear "police-style" uniforms with stripes down the legs of the pants and neckties (foolish damn things---I hate them); instead we wear these black-and-dark grey SWAT-type uniforms with baggy shirts and BDU pants. It makes us look like we're all in the Waffen-SS, but at least they're comfortable.


Maybe. But never while wearing shorts. Not even I'm that geeky.