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Observations of an Older Person
Nov 29, 2011 17:19:39 #
" I've reached the metallic years, I got silver in my hair, gold in my teeth and lead in my a_ _.[/quote]
Boy, that's a little too close to the truth!!!
Boy, that's a little too close to the truth!!!
Nov 29, 2011 17:53:25 #
Nov 29, 2011 22:04:40 #
I meet friends on the street and wonder 'What's happened to them? They look so old now." And then I walk away and think "I'm really glad that hasn't happened to me."
No, I don't own any mirrors and refuse to believe the reflections I see when I pass a window. They are too distorted to give me a true vision of myself. I much prefer the way I think I am to the way I really am and if I look too close...well...it's depressing because the mirror tells me 'old' and my brain tells me 'barely over thirty'. I would much prefer to think my one blond brain cell is smarter than any dinky mirror that just sits there being a copycat!!
No, I don't own any mirrors and refuse to believe the reflections I see when I pass a window. They are too distorted to give me a true vision of myself. I much prefer the way I think I am to the way I really am and if I look too close...well...it's depressing because the mirror tells me 'old' and my brain tells me 'barely over thirty'. I would much prefer to think my one blond brain cell is smarter than any dinky mirror that just sits there being a copycat!!
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Nov 29, 2011 22:24:03 #
"My heroes are people like Picasso and Miro and people who at last really reach something in their old age, which they absolutely couldn't ever have done in their youth."
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt
Nov 30, 2011 02:12:03 #
imntrt1 ..... and everyone else,
Neither is living in northern michigan.
Neither is living in northern michigan.
Nov 30, 2011 11:26:42 #
texgolfer
Loc: Austin,Texas
You are as the say in the UK , spot on, on your comments. BTW I just learned that spot on comment on one of our recent cruises to Europe so I hope I am using it properly.
I live in Austin , Texas and I wish you had not revealed that you cannot get better at golf . I belong to Lost Creek country club and am still trying to get really good at the game but so far you are correct. You live in a good golfing area. My niece is married to a McAllen boy by the name of Moore Matthews who is a pretty good golfer.
From your picture I suspect that I am your senior but then you know what they say, you are only as old as you feel.
Hitem long and straight.
I live in Austin , Texas and I wish you had not revealed that you cannot get better at golf . I belong to Lost Creek country club and am still trying to get really good at the game but so far you are correct. You live in a good golfing area. My niece is married to a McAllen boy by the name of Moore Matthews who is a pretty good golfer.
From your picture I suspect that I am your senior but then you know what they say, you are only as old as you feel.
Hitem long and straight.
Nov 30, 2011 18:35:55 #
People think you're a really neat person and the things you do are cool, until they find out you are over fifty.Then they think you're eccentric. And why does everyone think that just because you can sit in front of a computer and turn it on, you are suddenly a geek. Is there anywhere one might find a dictionary to explain some of the alphabet words that others use, while I truly have no idea what they mean? It's embarrassing to have to ask my grandson how to navigate a program. I also have to ask him to explain things like why Justin Beiber is so popular and what does he do. And if getting older is supposed to make us wiser, why are there still so many dingbats in the world?
Oh, and speaking of grandchildren, do you know that some of them have no clue about Donna Reid, Ward Cleaver, 8-track tapes, Atari, and even a typewriter with a ribbon is beyond their ken? My grandson can really make me feel my age sometimes when he asks what I'm talking about when I mention history associated with Kennedy or Johnson because he has no idea. Thank goodness I can't tell him about the time I had to walk twelve miles to school, just when I walked three miles to play with the neighbor's kids. And he isn't allowed to leave the cul-de-sac.
Oh, and speaking of grandchildren, do you know that some of them have no clue about Donna Reid, Ward Cleaver, 8-track tapes, Atari, and even a typewriter with a ribbon is beyond their ken? My grandson can really make me feel my age sometimes when he asks what I'm talking about when I mention history associated with Kennedy or Johnson because he has no idea. Thank goodness I can't tell him about the time I had to walk twelve miles to school, just when I walked three miles to play with the neighbor's kids. And he isn't allowed to leave the cul-de-sac.
Nov 30, 2011 18:44:17 #
Nov 30, 2011 18:46:52 #
imntrt1 wrote:
Getting old is not for the weak!
I'm beyond all that old stuff, well into my second childhood, and sublimely happy. I even found a roll of film the other day, in the back of an old refrigerator in a shed beside the garage, and now I'm looking for my camera.
Nov 30, 2011 19:03:48 #
texgolfer
Loc: Austin,Texas
I told this young 65 year old recently how I had a big advantage on him and a lot of the younger one. He ask how is that, I said well I am too old to die young.
Dec 3, 2011 23:49:21 #
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Dec 4, 2011 01:04:18 #
Dec 4, 2011 05:53:31 #
texgolfer
Loc: Austin,Texas
charbridge
one of my regrets after living in St Louis about 6 years is not going up in that arch.
one of my regrets after living in St Louis about 6 years is not going up in that arch.
Dec 4, 2011 08:07:54 #
You are right on my photo friend. I think life is amazing and the older we get the sweeter the music in so many ways.
Dec 4, 2011 08:38:01 #
To quote one that says it better than I -------------
"How did it so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?'
-Dr. Suess
"How did it so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?'
-Dr. Suess
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