Feeling like an old man at 40

[GatorFarmer]

I think that 10:00pm is late.

I did not know what a digital native was, and I am still vague about what a millenial is.

I have no social media. No Facebook, no Twitter...and only a vague idea what other social media options exist.

I forget what the point of going to a bar is.

I have an ugly hat that wear because it is warm.

I don't know who most current actors and actresses are.

I still think of CDs and even tapes when music comes up.

1990s guns still seem new to me.

My joints hurt when it gets cold.

I have a walking stick.

I still like to browse print magazines at a newsstand.

I smoke a pipe.

My kids have Ipads in Kindergarten and 1st grade at school. I had textbooks from the fifties and sixties. Some flags still had 48 states on them in the books.

I still have a radio.

I do not know how to work my smart phone. I have trouble answering calls on it. Often I forget to charge it.

Getting a haircut seems like too much bother.

I have a glass of wine daily, not because I want, but because it is like medicine.

The only women who look at me look old. Am I that old? Ack, I am.

 

[Big Stick]

I'm just a couple of years older than yourself, and find it funny that I go to bed now, at the time I used to go to the bar, and still head out for work at the same time.....SMH.......

 

[Chipmunk6]

Except for 2-3 things there, I'm
right there with you, Brother
Chipmunk6

 

[Mule Packer]

Hey, Gator Farmer. Don't worry about it. Remember, age is important...only if you're a cheese!

I'm 66 and I wear the same style of clothing I've worn for the major part of my life...Wrangler jeans, long-sleeved, button-down shirts, well-made boots, and a good-quality beaver felt hat. Sometimes, I'll even put on a necktie. Sure, I know styles change, but I couldn't care less. I wear what's comfortable and utilitarian.

I don't know who the current actors and actresses are, and I really don't care. Most of them have ideas that are about as deep as a half thimble full of water. They're all wrapped up in themselves anyway. Besides, as far as I'm concerned, they quit making good movies when John Wayne died.

I don't do Facebook or Twitter, but I sure do enjoy being around the folks on this forum. Most of 'em have a lot of common sense, which by the way, is the least common of all the senses. This place is refreshing.

When it comes to music, I still think of 33 1/3 rpm records!!

I get my haircut at Bob's Barbershop. Bob is not a cosmetologist. He refuses to do women's hair. He's a retired LEO who always wanted to be a barber, so he went to barber's school, opened up a one-chair shop in our little town years ago and has been busy ever since. He still uses hot lather, steam towels, and a straight razor.

Of course my joints ache when it gets cold. They also ache early in the morning when I crawl out of my bunk. They also remind me that they're there throughout most of the day. I don't care. Sure, it can be uncomfortable, but it's the price I have to pay for the kind of life I've led. While I can count how many times a horse or mule has put me in the hospital, I can't count how many times I've been launched off the hurricane deck of a young horse or recalcitrant mule. Still, I wouldn't change those experiences for all the tea in China.

I still favor double-barreled shotguns, lever-action rifles, and revolvers.

Hey, if that makes me old...GOOD!!! Funny thing, though, all four of my grown kids still call me for advice. Maybe age isn't too bad after all.

Personally, I think youth is overrated. I mean, really, what's so great about being able to remember something that happened five minutes ago?

 

[Big Stick]

As far as the haircut thing goes, find yourself a good, old school barber, who still knows how to give a good hot lather shave... I think of it like spa day.... No smelly perm solution, screaming kids, etc... Good reading in the magazine rack, decent conversation, just a real good calming experience....

 

[hoc9sw]

At 40 -
You were born after my American Express Card was issued.

Visit my home? You're liable to drive me to the range for the day. But with my Public Service/Retired and grumpy old fart discounts, it will cost less than lunch.

Be happy.

 

[Grayfox]

You picked the wrong forum to complain about being 40.
Hell, I'm 60 and there's a good many folks around here who think of me as a youngster.

 

[1morethan8]

After reading your post.. I'm young at 66!

 

[Reddog]

Gator,
I agree with you about almost everything, but I'm coming up on 80! Hang in there, If I can do it, so can you!
Dick

 

[hoc9sw]

Reddog,

80! The docs didn't give me 60, and I'm creeping up on 62 (still stage 4. but not dead yet) Can I use you as a model?

 

[williamlayton]

HUMMMMM !
It ain't for wimps.
If you are disturbed by it today, just wait til tomorrow.
When you get used to it--it changes.
You don't know who your friends are anymore--you can't remember their names.
All of the above are truths--but then I don't know what I said without re-reading.
Son---you ain't seen the sun come up yet.
Still there is hope---and here is proof that you can't give up--I am 74 and still trying to keep on.
Blessings

 

[Beemerguy53]

You feel old at 40??? Heck, when I was your age, the Dead Sea was only sick!

 

[cowart]

When it comes to music, I still think of 33 1/3 rpm records!!

I'm only a couple of years older than you. I can remember my parents buying 78rpm records in the early 50s. They were the size of LPs, but only had one song on each side.

 

[Cdog]

As above, I'm one of the "youngins' here.

40 is where life began!
It began a downhill slide. My eyesight and spine are the two most irritating things. Hmm, being irritable seems to come along with the aches and pain too.

It only takes just a second to find younger people in worse shape and be grateful.

The good thing, I still know and see folks 20 plus years my senior on a daily basis. Yea they're many times grumpy and impatient, but they're enjoying their life!

 

[Marshwheeling]

What's yer problem? 40 is the new 30.

 

[litenlarry]

40 huh ? Mid life "crisis" is just around the corner..Time to sell the mini van and buy a Corvette and trade in the wife for a new model..

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I saw last night that 60 is the new 30. (PS 80 is still old )

 

[vonn]

When I was younger one of the older guys told me that grandmothers would look good to me one day and they have been looking good for years now. Still don't feel old but I see it getting closer .

 

[aphelion]

If you think you are old at 40, you are doomed. Take care of yourself, eat right, get exercise, control your weight. If you smoke, knock it off. It is stupid. If you drink too much, knock that off too. Keep an interest in new things. That is unless you want to be an old man before your time. But why would anyone want that?

 

[ATF]

I saw Mick Jagger last year and he's got a body like I did when I was 18. Maybe you ain't getting enough sex, drugs and rock'n'roll