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18. Having to put on your artificial body parts before you leave the house

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 10:15 PM

Feb 2014

Glasses, teeth, hearing aides, whatever, it mounts up over time.
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Offical signs you are now an old fart: [View all] hedgehog Feb 2014 OP

Velcro sneakers... pipi_k Feb 2014 #1

Wearing mom jeans with elastic waistbands. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2014 #2

I wear the Pajama Jeans, which are elastic everywhere. n/t RebelOne Feb 2014 #5

How about looking for one of the 15 reading glasses that are scattered around the house? blueamy66 Feb 2014 #3

Yup, that is what I do, but I am hoping RebelOne Feb 2014 #6

Good luck. blueamy66 Feb 2014 #7

Thanks. I am hoping for the best. n/t RebelOne Feb 2014 #10

Had my surgery a year ago and it was the best thing to happen to me in long time. Boomerproud Feb 2014 #23

I still can't find the damn things when I need a pair!! Arugula Latte Feb 2014 #37

I'm with ya blueamy66 Feb 2014 #38

Getting out of the comfy chair (grunt mandatory) to get something in the other room. sarge43 Feb 2014 #4

Yeah, the grunt is a good sign. hedgehog Feb 2014 #8

Every day. 840high Feb 2014 #13

I live in polo shirts and shorts. Moondog Feb 2014 #9

I am so there. texanwitch Feb 2014 #11

I wear sneakers and blue jeans to Church. hedgehog Feb 2014 #12

My idea of dress up is my new pair of blue jeans. texanwitch Feb 2014 #15

Or the jeans with no small rips....... hedgehog Feb 2014 #16

That will do to. texanwitch Feb 2014 #19

Keeping your reading glasses on the tip of your nose... madinmaryland Feb 2014 #14

I need to have my glasses on to find my glasses. Catch-22 DebJ Feb 2014 #17

Having to put on your artificial body parts before you leave the house DebJ Feb 2014 #18

You misspell the word "official" edbermac Feb 2014 #20

Get off my lawn! hedgehog Feb 2014 #21

Mandatory afternoon naps. 'Nuff said nt riderinthestorm Feb 2014 #22

When you lose track of where you stashed stuff away.... chknltl Feb 2014 #24

getting up from laying on the floor doing a tile job frwrfpos Feb 2014 #25

Regular ear hair grooming. progressoid Feb 2014 #26

Buying a no-style swimsuit from Lands End catalogue because it's on sale. No Vested Interest Feb 2014 #27

One word: Trifocals. Archae Feb 2014 #28

Worse: Duer 157099 Feb 2014 #29

How about wearing contact lenses, then raising your hand to adjust the glasses hedgehog Feb 2014 #36

Migrating body hair sarge43 Feb 2014 #30

Been there, done that. Here's mine: In_The_Wind Feb 2014 #31

That's Official Minnesota Geezer to you. idendoit Feb 2014 #32

It's a lot noisier to pick something up off the floor. BarbaRosa Feb 2014 #33

One more sarge43 Feb 2014 #34

How about knowing the pharmacy phone number by heart? hedgehog Feb 2014 #44

Well, that's the contact list on the cell is for sarge43 Feb 2014 #45

Looking around for your cell phone while you're talking on it. nt raccoon Feb 2014 #35

When you start agreeing with Archie mysuzuki2 Feb 2014 #39

actually enjoying the AARP newsletters nt steve2470 Feb 2014 #40

For me, it's having a hard time opening anything aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2014 #41

Freaking out cuz you suddenly can't find the keys you just put on the table pink-o Feb 2014 #42

I think everyone wins this thread, just for making me feel so much better about myself. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #43