The How You know That You Are Getting Old Thread - Page 3 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Brian Carlton · #31 03-03-2013, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

When you start missing some of the people you thought were j@ck@sses on Mercedesshop 12 years ago.

Well, I'm glad I'm not that old.............

Jorn · #32 03-03-2013, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by elchivito

Very early 60s. I didn't mean I was 72, that's just the age the linked article reported. I sure don't feel it. I can still unload and re-stack 40 hundred pound bales of hay, I rowed an 18 foot raft through 200 odd miles of the Grand Canyon two years ago and that's with two permanently blown out distal bicep tendons and a spine that can be best described as a bunch of lumps of chalk connected by flat whoopie cushions. Think you're old? You are.

So true. My grandma was a granny when she was 30 years old, my mom still a young women when she died at 62. Age is what you decide it to be.

Mike D · #33 03-04-2013, 07:24 AM

I've noticed I seem to be getting taller as I age. The floor creeper is a lot further down than it used to be. Gravity also seems to have increased because I can feel its pull much more when I get up from the creeper.

dynalow · #34 03-04-2013, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by MTI

Every generation has a different way of determining it.

You remember what a busy signal sounds like on a telephone.
You still say "color tv" or "record album" when referring to current products.

"Do not fold, staple or mutilate."

JimFreeh · #35 03-04-2013, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dynalow

"Do not fold, staple or mutilate."

Nine edge, face down.

Jim

Apologies to Herman Hollerinth, RIP.

dynalow · #36 03-04-2013, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Kuan

When you start missing some of the people you thought were j@ck@sses on Mercedesshop 12 years ago.

What ever happened to

....Pete (GottaDiesel)
....Ernesto (BenzLGB)
....ChasH
...the fellow from Hawthorne iL.
...the lawyer from Ga (JD?)
...the lawyer fm No. VA (DCulkin?)

Did all these guys just drift away or resurrect themselves under new monikers?

barry12345 · #37 03-04-2013, 08:39 AM

When the only pants you are still likely to get into are your own.

MTI · #38 03-04-2013, 09:13 AM

Other tests . . .

The Beatles were Paul McCartney's "other band."

The Simpsons and Law & Order weren't on television.

You no longer recognize 95% of the people who host SNL

rs899 · #39 03-04-2013, 09:33 AM

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When the only pants you are still likely to get into are your own.

and even that is a struggle...

The Swede · #40 03-04-2013, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by dynalow

What ever happened to

....Pete (GottaDiesel)
....Ernesto (BenzLGB)
....ChasH
...the fellow from Hawthorne iL.
...the lawyer from Ga (JD?)
...the lawyer fm No. VA (DCulkin?)

Did all these guys just drift away or resurrect themselves under new monikers?

Bot talks to JD from time to time, I met up with both of them in NOLA about 5 yrs ago. Iirc Ernesto had health issues....

daw_two · #41 03-04-2013, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

You know you are getting old when you cannot see the rack damper bolt on a 617 without a flashlight IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

and the women look better SIX feet away.........

Damn Vision!!! And everyone use to say that the hearing was the first thing to go. I'm seriously going to consider bi-focal contacts. Anyone have them? I've tried progressive bi-focals and they don't work for me. I can see further down the highway WITHOUT them and working in front of the computer doesn't work because I'd have to have my chin pointing at the screen.

Now, you know what I have these around --- different focal lengths are REQUIRED !!!!
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/2265059-post53.html

daw_two · #42 03-04-2013, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Occasionally I notice a younger woman looking at me and for an instant the old instincts kick in and I think "oh, she thinks I am attractive"....then I think, "oh, I bet she thinks I remind her of her father"....then I think "Or her grandfather!".

Don't ask me what was the MAIN reason why I bought the 1984 Light Ivory 300D with (Henna) Red interior!!!

Can't Know · #43 03-04-2013, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by The Clk Man

I think that I have some food in my beard since I was 25.

I was talking with a former girlfriend (who is a few years older than I) someplace around when I turned 40 (about 12-13 years after we'd quit dating) and commented about seeing a few gray hairs on my chest, so I lamented that I was getting older.

She replied (with a sigh), wait until your pubic hairs start going gray...

G-Benz · #44 03-04-2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by daw_two

...I'm seriously going to consider bi-focal contacts. Anyone have them?...

I do. Takes a couple of days to get used to them.

Bifocal contacts don't work like bi-focal glasses. Each contact is a "compromise" of the exact prescription of bi-focal glasses. One lens has a stronger near-field optic while the other one has a stronger far-sight optic.

Together, they work pretty well, but I find the far-sight to a bit too blurry for night driving...

strelnik · #45 03-04-2013, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Occasionally I notice a younger woman looking at me and for an instant the old instincts kick in and I think "oh, she thinks I am attractive"....then I think, "oh, I bet she thinks I remind her of her father"....then I think "Or her grandfather!".

Nah Tom, they like them smooth curly locks of yours...The Silver Eagle!