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Saturday, April 9, 2016

Getting Old.

Since I qualify as being old (73 is old, right?), I can talk about it.  I found these on the internet at Here.  Yes, they are funny but they are also so true:
- Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work.
- Happy hour is a nap.
- It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.
- You don't remember being absent minded.
- Funny, I don't remember being absent minded.
- It's not the pace of life that concerns me, it's the sudden stop at the end.

There are a lot more, but those above will give you an idea of getting old.

OK, how about a list games that us old folks can play?  Here is a list:
-Tag, You're it.
-Pin the toupee on the bald guy.
-Kick the bucket
-Rover, Red Rover, the Nurse says "Bend Over".
-Simon says something incoherent.
-Hide and go pee
-Musical recliners

My mother, toward the end of her life, always said that "getting old ain't for sissies".

That is a partial list and I am sure you can add to both of the above lists.  You have your choice, you can grow old peacefully or kicking and screaming.  Since I am already sitting in my rocker/recliner, I guess I am going peacefully.  Let's hope all of us have a long and prosperous life filled with love and joy, you hear?

17 comments:

  1. "Hide and go pee" will be familiar to a lot of us oldies!

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    1. It seems that my recliner makes me go pee (grin).

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  2. We will get old but we don't need to grow up do we?

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    1. Me? I refuse to get old, in fact I get younger every day. . . of course no one else can tell (grin).

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    2. We only look old on the outside, but first impressions can be deceiving.

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  3. I just hope that my mind and body give out at the same time.... not now... I'm still enjoying life... but whenever.....

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    1. Now that's a plan. Only wish I knew how to coordinate it that way.

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  4. The reasons you CAN'T to do something outnumber the reasons you didn't want to do it in the first place.

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    1. Dang, you got that right. Lately, there is a lot of things I don't want to do.

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  5. Guess I am going peacefully as I love my rocker. It's a shame those sayings are funny as they are so real. Hahaha

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    1. Yep, and you have to be over 70 to really appreciate them.

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  6. Though I am not in my 70's which by the way...my mother says you are still a baby..I do have a lot of memory issues.

    My fear is that I will have early dementia or Alzheimer's.

    We enjoyed the sayings.

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    1. I figure that I have acted crazy enough over the years and have always had a bad memory, so no one will be able totel if I have dementia or not.

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  7. I used to have a list of these things, but I can't remember where I put it!

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    1. Yep, my memory is not as good as it used to be. But, I still remember things way, way back.

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  8. Told my son yesterday, my problems are probably as good as theyre gonna get, so Im gonna make the best of it...

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    1. That's the spirit. If we can't fix it, learn to live with it.

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