How do you know when you are getting older?

Blade · 02-25-2011, 07:21 PM

When you remember saying....when cigarettes get to $1 a pack I'm quitting.....LOL who remembers when smokes were under $1 a pack........ummmm how much are they now anyway?

Gayla · 02-25-2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Blade

When you remember saying....when cigarettes get to $1 a pack I'm quitting.....LOL who remembers when smokes were under $1 a pack........ummmm how much are they now anyway?

When I started smoking, well, when I started buying smokes, I paid $11.50 a carton. Last week, I paid $63.

When I look in the mirror and see my mom looking back at me.

rlin · 02-25-2011, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gayla

When I started smoking, well, when I started buying smokes, I paid $11.50 a carton. Last week, I paid $63.

When I look in the mirror and see my mom looking back at me.

(i see my grandma... spitting image...)

Corkey · 02-25-2011, 08:07 PM

Those little aches and pains have become screams of agony, and don't go away in a matter of minutes, if ever. When your best day was yesterday.
When you think your bladder is empty only to discover your error. When in the morning you use to open your eyes wide, but now are crusted and tearful.

Oh the joys of getting older.

All tongue in cheek, except when you can't find your teeth, or glasses, or cane.

Ami insists I inform everyone I have my own teeth.......

Blade · 02-25-2011, 08:31 PM

Grocery shopping requires.....reading labels...carbs, sugar,
4 or 5 different kinds of fat, calories from fat, sodium etc etc etc

Luv · 02-25-2011, 08:35 PM

When u remember when there were no home computers,cable tv, internet or cell phones. And you remember useing a rotary phone.

Blade · 02-25-2011, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Luv

When u remember when there were no home computers,cable tv, internet or cell phones. And you remember useing a rotary phone.

and you only had to dial the last 4 numbers if you were in the same prefix....

Luv · 02-25-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Blade

and you only had to dial the last 4 numbers if you were in the same prefix....

Do you remember when a "thong" was what we called flip flops ?

Blade · 02-25-2011, 08:44 PM

when you walk through the mall and wonder if "those kids" mother actually let them leave the house like that

princessbelle · 02-25-2011, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Blade

When you remember saying....when cigarettes get to $1 a pack I'm quitting.....LOL who remembers when smokes were under $1 a pack........ummmm how much are they now anyway?

I can remember in high school, omg i'm really showing my age here, they were 75 cents a pack.

I really hate to admit i smoke on here.... (no hate mail please, they ARE still legal and YES i know what they do, i'm a respiratory nurse) but, my brand which is Virginia Slim extra slims are $5.60 a pack. Crazy huh.

Ok another one......

You know when you are getting old, when.....

putting your feet up on a stool at night helps with any swelling and pain and not just to admire your toenail polish.

Jesse · 02-25-2011, 07:33 PM

Ahem! Some of us can't get our feet up that high! lol

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Originally Posted by princessbelle

I can remember in high school, omg i'm really showing my age here, they were 75 cents a pack.

I really hate to admit i smoke on here.... (no hate mail please, they ARE still legal and YES i know what they do, i'm a respiratory nurse) but, my brand which is Virginia Slim extra slims are $5.60 a pack. Crazy huh.

Ok another one......

You know when you are getting old, when.....

putting your feet up on a stool at night helps with any swelling and pain and not just to admire your toenail polish.

Jesse · 02-25-2011, 07:36 PM

Ya start getting propositioned by AARP! What is up with these folks anyway? They started emailing and snail mailing me the year I turned 49 and they have yet to stop!

Blade · 02-25-2011, 07:38 PM

when you actually notice your own "smile lines".......Mom calls them wrinkles

Of course I don't have any

CherylNYC · 02-25-2011, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Blade

when you actually notice your own "smile lines".......Mom calls them wrinkles

Of course I don't have any

The Goddess lengthens our girlfriends' eyesight precisely BECAUSE there's no reason for them to see those lines in vivid detail. Our own eyesight is, of course, perfectly unaffected.

Miss Scarlett · 02-25-2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Jesse

Ya start getting propositioned by AARP! What is up with these folks anyway? They started emailing and snail mailing me the year I turned 49 and they have yet to stop!

I got a kick out of it when they started sending me stuff. Mom used to call it "the Union" so I had to sign up...LOL

I love getting older...there are so many new things to experience and appreciate. I think my 50s are going to be the best years of my life...until my 60s....then 70s...

Jesse · 02-25-2011, 07:47 PM

How about when your aching joints predict the next weather pattern to roll in!

Spirit Dancer · 02-25-2011, 07:51 PM

When the doctor sounds like the mechanic....
you've got too much fluid in your joints

WheatToast · 08-14-2018, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

I got a kick out of it when they started sending me stuff. Mom used to call it "the Union" so I had to sign up...LOL

I love getting older...there are so many new things to experience and appreciate. I think my 50s are going to be the best years of my life...until my 60s....then 70s...

Where did manners go with all this texting? These young whippersnappers text too often with too much crap, like emojis and other nonsense. Then the selfies, OMG. I miss unsmart phones!

Kelt · 08-19-2018, 02:01 PM

I seem to be entering a second "awkward teen" stage of life.

I'm too old to be young, and too young to be old.

*Anya* · 06-25-2011, 06:15 AM

When I was in my early 20's, it cost me 50 cents a gallon to pump gas into my VW Bug (I loved that car); when I was a kid, we only had channels 2,4,7,11 & 13 on our TV with a remote the size of a half-gallon of milk; I saw the Beetles play 3-weeks in row on the Ed Sullivan show and when Mick Jagger had no wrinkles; when Womens Lib first started & I used to hold Consciousness Raising groups in my small apartment!

As my daughter's used to say when they were teens: Gee mom, how
old are you anyway?!

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