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5X

(3,972 posts) Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:25 PM Oct 2020

Getting old is fun

Being old sucks.

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Getting old is fun (Original Post) 5X Oct 2020 OP

Getting old is certainly not for the faint of heart 😬 MLAA Oct 2020 #1

Ahhh, these are the golden years Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #2

The rust years. panader0 Oct 2020 #12

I'm going to places I've never been before I got old ... N_E_1 for Tennis Oct 2020 #3

define old Skittles Oct 2020 #4

A good thing about getting old The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #5

That is the fuckin' truth. 5X Oct 2020 #8

It's something to do. Harker Oct 2020 #6

You're obviously not there yet. 5X Oct 2020 #7

Some days it seems I am. Harker Oct 2020 #9

Yep, still a pipsqueak. 5X Oct 2020 #10

I'll be delighted! Harker Oct 2020 #11

Yeah, but I'd rather be over the hill than under it! nt csziggy Oct 2020 #13

Being old isn't that bad. I rather enjoy it. I wish I'd done it when I was young. n/t. NNadir Oct 2020 #14

Please put an age-range on what is considered "old"... GReedDiamond Oct 2020 #15

I know this about age... Dyedinthewoolliberal Oct 2020 #17

I'm allllllmost old enough OriginalGeek Oct 2020 #16

MLAA

(17,288 posts)

1. Getting old is certainly not for the faint of heart 😬

Reply to 5X (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:31 PM

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Bradshaw3

(7,517 posts)

2. Ahhh, these are the golden years

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Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:40 PM

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panader0

(25,816 posts)

12. The rust years.

Reply to Bradshaw3 (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 27, 2020, 12:25 PM

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N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,721 posts)

3. I'm going to places I've never been before I got old ...

Reply to 5X (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 01:06 PM

Oct 2020

Inside of an ambulance
Inside of a MRI device
Hospital
Senior center
Cardiac doctor
Hospital
Inside a cat scan device
Joint doctor
Hospital
Re-hab clinic

But my next trip i’m going to a place that’s familiar
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.the voting booth

Skittles

(153,160 posts)

4. define old

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Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:05 PM

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yes indeed

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)

5. A good thing about getting old

Reply to 5X (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:20 PM

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is that there are a lot of things about which you have no more fucks to give.

5X

(3,972 posts)

8. That is the fuckin' truth.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:02 PM

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Harker

(14,015 posts)

6. It's something to do.

Reply to 5X (Original post)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 04:35 PM

Oct 2020

Everything past eighteen has been bonus time.

5X

(3,972 posts)

7. You're obviously not there yet.

Reply to Harker (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:01 PM

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Harker

(14,015 posts)

9. Some days it seems I am.

Reply to 5X (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:29 PM

Oct 2020

Other days, not so much.

Arthritis and an as yet unrepaired hernia have me feeling far beyond my 61 years.

5X

(3,972 posts)

10. Yep, still a pipsqueak.

Reply to Harker (Reply #9)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:36 PM

Oct 2020

Talk to me when you are 66 and a half!~!~!~!~

Harker

(14,015 posts)

11. I'll be delighted!

Reply to 5X (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 26, 2020, 05:47 PM

Oct 2020

You have my respects.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)

13. Yeah, but I'd rather be over the hill than under it! nt

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Tue Oct 27, 2020, 10:27 PM

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NNadir

(33,515 posts)

14. Being old isn't that bad. I rather enjoy it. I wish I'd done it when I was young. n/t.

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Tue Oct 27, 2020, 10:34 PM

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GReedDiamond

(5,311 posts)

15. Please put an age-range on what is considered "old"...

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Wed Oct 28, 2020, 12:59 AM

Oct 2020

I remember when, back in the day, anybody over the age of 30 was "old" and you couldn't "trust" them.

Now, I'm only almost 66.6 y.o., and I don't feel a day over 29.9.

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(15,571 posts)

17. I know this about age...

Reply to GReedDiamond (Reply #15)

Wed Oct 28, 2020, 05:44 PM

Oct 2020

none of the 'milestones' bothered me. Until #70 (this past August). It stung a little bit as I was seeing people age 70 and over described as elderly!
What's up with that shit? I can't run as fast and kneeling to pick up something off the floor is an adventure, but elderly?
Never!!!!!!!!

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

16. I'm allllllmost old enough

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Wed Oct 28, 2020, 03:40 PM

Oct 2020

to partake in my state's medical cannabis. It'll be like I was young again! Except now I can get better snacks.

Just a little while longer until I am no longer beholden to the prospect of random drug testing.

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