OT Feelin' Old

In my mid 60's, been feelin' old lately.

Coffee buddies and I can't figure out, for the life of us, why some of the young folks styles could ever be considered attractive by anyone. Especially the young lady this morning, who had pink and blonde hair that looked like it was cut with hedge shears. She was pretty, if you ignored the hair.

Woman my age that I deal with regularly complains that when young folks ask a question, they speak so fast that you have to take a second to assimilate it, then if you don't answer instantly, they patiently repeat the question like you're a moron.

Along the same lines, I was trying to get computer help from a help line- The girl is doing the best she can, but English is a second language for her, and I just can't understand it all, no matter how hard I try. Finally resort to "um-hmm" repeatedly until she thinks we have reached a resolution, then we ring off. I call again, hoping to get someone I can understand.

I'm hesitant to stay overnight at any of my kids' houses, because my split-shift sleeping schedule (sleep 10 PM to 1; TV 1-3; sleep (or try to) 3 to 6) is difficult to explain, especially if I wake up the grandkids. And hard to carry out, since none of them have TV.

And wife of 41 years, bless her heart, that keeps my secrets and does her best to cover for me.

Then again, maybe I'm not just FEELING old. . .

Mike the UNFORTUNATE TRUTH is, THE Older one GETS ,THE more dissappointments you'll encounter.Don't you just love it when a car pulls up along side you at a stop, and you get jared out of your seat with the DOM DUM DUM DUM ringing in your ears? Takes 1/2 hr before you can hear again!If you so much as stare/glare, you'll invoke the raising of their 3rd finger on either or both hand/hands. letting you know, Sce- you,that will be their warmest reply they know. So chear up pally. regards LOU

I'm not even 50 and I feel the same as you do.

It does seem like (some) kids are getting more and more selfish as time goes by. I was with some younger guys from work hanging out a few years back. The news came on and a report came on about some poor old 80 something guy who had driven off, gotten lost, and had to be rescued. I made a comment to the effect of "poor old guy". They didn't have one ounce of mercy for him. Wow ! I couldn't believe the bitterness.

I try not to think about how old I am, try not to remind people that I'm old, and try to keep a positive attitude. I remember the elderly people I admired the most when I was younger, and they were always positive and light. Nobody likes to be around an old far' who complains all the time.

I think there's a lot to the old saying, "you're as young as you feel". Someone will probably need to remind me of this as I get older .

I have just to response to those that need to raise the middle finger at me, I ask "Is that your age or IQ" or "is that the number of your legal parent"??
Most of the time they get that stupid look on their face and turn around and walk off.

Mike, don't know what tell you, I'm 69, coach Special Olympic athletes most of the year. The only time I have off is from July 15 until 1st of Sept. Just finished up Bowling, and I am starting Power lifting (weight training) Monday. Will be training my athletes 3 days a week 2 1/2 hrs. a day. I work out with my athletes, I out lift most of my athletes in the deadlift---335 lbs. I only have one that can out lift me(I weight 180lb) and that is my son Shawn,he lifts 440lbs, his goal is to lift 580lbs, Shawn weights 273lbs.
I really think coaching these Special Olympics athletes keeps me young and in shape. When Shawn reaches his goal, I'll retire, I need to take a break been doing this alot of years.

Have good one

Keith & Shawn(Gold Medal Winner)

Yeah, they sure are quick with that middle finger, aren't they. Especially the females. Speaking of girls, it seems to me the best looking ones are the ones who butcher themselves with wild hair, tats, and piercings to get attention.

I don't know .. I guess at birth we are all dealt a hand of cards, all potentially winners, depends on how we play them.

I wonder the same thing about age when I see my next door neighbor 70 some yeas old playing with his grand children. I'm only 66 and he can run circles around me.

Takes me a long time to get sleepy as to want to sleep so I stay here in the evenings listening to AOL radio or looking for information long after you folks and my other two forum members quit posting. usually about 3 or 4 AM then I do sleep till 9:30 10:30 at the latest then back here to check emails them head out to the shop till supper time watch the 6:00 Pm news and back down here. I need a life... (Sigh)

I'm only in my 30's but get annoyed by the high school kids that flood the local eateries at lunch. Could care less about the fashions, how many here think they have always been stylish? ITs more about irritating your parents at that age.

My irritation is that they don't have any respect for people older than them. You have to push them out of the way to get past them when trying to navigate. What we used to call a shoulder check was an invite to fight, they do it just as a matter of course to move around.

I had an opportunity her a few years ago with some teenagers. Remember the Grey Poupon commercials where someone would pull up beside you and ask if you had any? there was the one where the old man says well sure and his driver takes off leaving them. Well these kids pull up beside me and wave with their window down (winter time in Idaho)and ask, right then the light turns green so I said but YES and I drove off. They pass me before we get to the next light and when I pull up beside them I roll down my window and start waving. The kid rolls down his window and starts waving also and I said "What's wrong somebody fart in your car too?" When the light turned green I drove off with them laughing so hard the driver couldn't drive.


Steven

Okay, I'm not as far along as some, but I guess I'm getting there. I can still remember when I was 19 meeting a woman at church who was THIRTY. I even had a friend who was THIRTY-SIX. I guess I kind of thought of them as quite old. (Yeah, I know, my parents were much older than that, but that doesn't count....) As far as finding an old lady attractive, well, that was not even on the radar screen.

Fast forward to the present. Now I have seen a number of head-turning sixty year old babes. The best looking lady though, is only 50. She's the one I get to live with. As to younger women, thirty-something seem to be kind of young and anyone younger than that reminds me of my daughter. So they have ceased to be head-turning.

I didn't plan any of this. It just happened and I didn't really notice it until you mentioned youthful styles (which fortunately my daughter does not imitate). Weird how things can be!

Christopher

Kind of bothered me, reading the title of your post, until I saw you capitalized "old". Not sure our MO buddy would appreciate that.

I'm 50 and Never thought of myself as old, but yesterday I carried a classmate to her final rest. the thought of people my age starting to die off due to semi-natural causes ( in her case, cancer), Is a real eye opener.

Despite my sign in name Iam only 60,but I find myself having to guess at half of what people tell me on the phone ,especially telemarketers with a poor command of english.Not looking forward to when Ireally am old.

I think we can all take a lesson from Steven and "just roll with the flow". Probably feel younger as a result.

(quoted from post at 01:47:54 11/18/11) Despite my sign in name Iam only 60,but I find myself having to guess at half of what people tell me on the phone ,especially telemarketers with a poor command of english.Not looking forward to when Ireally am old.

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got 10 on you & can da#n sure tell you it ain't nothing to look forward to, BUT is sure better than the alternative! Can't sleep either.

Well, you hit a nerve here. I"m 68.

On the goofy hair issue: I"ve always said that if I had some hair, I sure wouldn"t abuse it like those kids do.

Sleeping: To bed at 10:00 and up at 4:30, no matter what I"ve done or haven"t done during the day. I guess I can attribute this in part to 45 years of getting up early to go to work.

Aches and pains: All over the place most of the time in varying degrees of intensity. Knee that I had "scoped" is always ready to go into full ache mode if I spend too much time on the concrete floor in the shop. Woke up this AM with my right wrist hurting; then remembered yesterday that my son and I were trying to lug around a battered JD ABG snow plow blade.

Sure can"t do what I used to but I really still don"t feel that old.

I'm 56 and I seem to remember my parents generation thinking it was awful the way the kids had long hair and loud clothes. We outgrew it and they will too.

Evolution knew that in order for the human race to develop that it needed to be mentally and physically healthy through the reproductive years, without that we would become extinct. After the years in which reproduction normally occurs there was less reason to maintain our health. You know.... we were designed to "lose it".

Re: Women and appearance. 40 is the new 20, and I gotta tell you that I think women are just hitting their prime in physical appearance now between 35 and 60. Even the women that the kids find attractive are older- J Lo, Jennifer Anniston both 42+. Maybe I'm just getting older, but I think the soccer moms are cuter than the co-eds.
Only partially related to your post, sorry.

Ive felt old for thirty years,been old probably longer!

All I know is, I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm still as good once as what I once was...