Signs of growing older

[trophywench]

You know you are getting old when [after recovering from cataract surgery] you can't recognise your own nose!

Honestly, it was quite disconcerting. There I was sitting by my kitchen window, when I noticed this white blob floating in the corner of my right eye. I'm like: "Oh my, what's that?", "Maybe something's happened to the implant!" ..... "Oh, it's just my nose." .... "Hello, nose. I haven't seen you for years. How are you keeping?" .....

ROFL - I love that comment! And I do know exactly what you mean since I suddenly noticed all sorts of things in people's front gardens, and the colours of front doors/windows we drive past shedloads of times most weeks. How long have they had that fuchsia/tree/car/whatever? as well as sinking or raised drain holes in road gutters that I didn't recall having to swerve slightly to avoid, new kerbstones, front walls etc.

 

[Barrowman]

I’ve reached the age where my brain went from I probably shouldn’t say that to ‘What the hell.
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[Barrowman]

You know you are getting old when your bank sends you their free calendar - one month at a time....
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[Barrowman]

“I don’t do alcohol anymore — I get the same effect just standing up fast.
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[Barrowman]

You know you are getting old when you speed on the motorway so you can reach your destination
before you forget where you’re going.
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[Barrowman]

You know you are getting old when It takes longer to rest than it does to get tired,

and, It takes twice as long to look half as good.

 

[Barrowman]

You know you're getting old when you give up all your bad habits and still don't feel good,
and, you sit in you're rocking chair and can't get it going.
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[Barrowman]

Have you had this feeling when you look at the people you have known for a long time and you notice that they
are looking old — how did they get older when you haven’t gotten any older?
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[Barrowman]

You know you are getting old when one benefit of old age is that your secrets are always safe with your
friends … because they can’t remember them!
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[IrvineHimself]

You know you are getting old when you replace the dining table chairs with with computer chairs. 🙄

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Not as stupid as it might sound: The computer chairs have both wheels and extended, height adjusting, gas cylinders. This not only makes them much easier to wheel out of the way for cleaning/mopping, but, with vinyl flooring in the kitchen, I can zip about my small kitchen in true geek style.

At their full height, I can easily chop veg and prepare meals while sitting down, and, at their lowest height, after raising the fridge on stilts, I can easily access all those dangerous low shelves without bending down and upsetting my blood pressure. Even better, 'Papas' chair, the one with the yellow throw, is a recliner with 8 programmable massage points. Although it is brand new, I had to add some padding for my bony backside and a a neck rest. But, all in all, it is surprisingly effective. (By the way, I intend to get a matching throw for the small salon chair and give it a bit of extra padding too.)

 

[Barrowman]

You know you’re getting old when you start to forget things, like what you had for breakfast…
or if you had breakfast at all.
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[Barrowman]

You know you’re getting older when you have a party and the neighbours don’t realize it.
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