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How can I know if I am old...long in the tooth...over the hill? I need some help from some of the...um...shall we say "more seasoned" veterans on the forum. What are some clear signs that someone is definitely old?

I started to wonder about this when I bought a "smart" phone bigger than my head so that I could actually read the words on the screen. Then I thought that if I really am old, would I even have a "smart" phone. But then I thought that if I really wasn't old, why do I feel the need to use quotation marks every time I typed "smart" phone.

I really need some clarification. Can you help me out?



Just pretend this is witty.
 
I mentioned to my wife how police officers just keep getting younger. She told me that probably wasn't really the truth of the matter.

We went into an IHOP, I had a hankerin' for a waffle. She ordered something from the senior menu. The waiter asked for her ID. I told him to make that one mine, and he said, "No problem!" True story!

I'm 54, and appear to be about that. My wife is 51, and appears to be about mid to late 30's. If people think I have a trophy wife, I'm okay with that!
 
If you have to ask...then you are. :D

When I was a kid, people in their 60s were OLD...I mean, dribbling geezer old. Now that I'm 63, I don't feel that old. I mean, I know that I have fewer years in front of me than I have behind me, but still...I'm not taking a dirt nap tomorrow, either (hopefully.)

What will really make you feel old is the speed at which technology changes...and of course, when you see the snickers of your grandchildren as your reminisce about the first mobile phone and Atari Pong. :o
 
You're old if you were born back when the Dead Sea was just sick. Other than that, you're only as old as you feel. Sometimes I feel like I'm in my 40's, then I look in the mirror.

 
I found out I was getting old last year. Spent 4 days in the hospital in Sept. Then went deer hunting in Oct. First hill I tried to climb to my old favorite spot went real bad. I panted like a steam engine, took 2 rests in 300 yards. Deceided to do some road hunting from then on. Let the younger guys do the dogging. I made a good camp cook for a week or so then got to my old spot with only one stop. Finally got my buck last week of the season. Nice little forked horn. I will turn 83 this coming June. Wish this old guy luck as I sure like deer hunting.
 
Most all of us that spouted "Never trust anyone over 30" are now well in to our late 60's. Before I retired from the Air Force in 1988 a goodly portion of the younger airmen seemed to take great pride in reminding me that I was in fact "older than the Air Force". Yup, guess I'm old.
 
You almost answered your own question. There is no clear answer, because you can't see that good. Who wants a smart phone? Heck, I want a big screen for my desktop.
 
Old is just a state of mind.
I'm 49.
My favorite singers are Elvis and Frank Sinatra.
My favorite movie is Casablanca.
My truck is almost 50 years old.
My house is 105 years old.
Missus Fan is 53.:cool:
I am now, as of last week, a Grandfather.:cool::cool::cool::cool:
I like to sing hymns at church. (Hardly ever do).:mad:
I still listen to 8-Track tapes.
I have a "Dumb Phone". And don't want a "Smart" one.
I call Women Ma'am, open doors for them and help them on with their coats.

I am, by all accounts, a dinosaur. I have a full head of hair, buts it's about half gray, which I think is so cool. I've been getting Senior Citizen discounts since I was 42.:D

With all that, I play racquetball three times a week, and am as strong as I was at 20. I can still do everything I could do when I was a teenager, and I never expect that to change. I am young in my head.
That's what keeps me from being old.:cool:
Jim
 
Never mind police officers, when you are older than the President, you have gotten at least close. I am now nearly the age I used to consider almost geezer-ish when I was a youngster. (I'm only 54.) Lost too much hair, gained too much middle, but I still think youngster thoughts, most of the time. Here's what's funny--I'll see someone and think to myself, "Move it, old timer" then see that the person isn't that much older than I! You're as old as you feel might be amended to, you're as old as you behave. Regardless ones age, live it up!
 
I may be older but I still don't feel "grown up" :D. I do think I'm getting taller the older I get, the ground seems like it's a long ways away when I want to pick up something :eek:. I'll feel older in a couple of years when I qualify for the USPSA "Super Senior" category.
 
We all have different ways of looking at it. One thing that I believe is that it is not just a number. Young, middle aged, old, these descriptors are for the most part a state of mind...an attitude....All this is relative and adjustable as the years pass.

But then again, when you reach a certain age you ARE old and no way around it. It comes to the lucky ones and it comes at different ages. I know 50 years olds that are old. But you take me for instance, I'll be 70 in another month and I still haven't decided what I want to be when I grow up. :D

It seems like that we are all afraid that we will be old and not be aware of it...like it has already happened and we didn't notice. But I have a feeling that when a person gets old he know it. I also think that one way to bring it on faster is to sit around and worry about it. It's a bridge best crossed when it is arrived at.
 
Well been called pops and old man by people I don't even know. Spent mother's day shoveling out the 8'x8' planter to change out the dirt. thank goodness for my kubota L3800 with the front end loader. I ache in places I didn't even know I had. I even have one of those fancy walk-in bathtubs with the bubbles. Darn that felt great last night. Frank
 
mule packer- add bourbon to the comment about age.
p&r fan- I got shirts older than you.
 
I am a member of a local organization which has truly active members in their 90s and many 80+. I should have been so good when I was 50. One of my aunts at 94 excused herself because she had to leave and take some "poor old people" to the doctor she still drove friends to appointments daily. Never did ask what she thought an "old person" was.
 
When you think to yourself "Is this kid really a doctor"?

When you remember President Eisenhower as being an old man.
 
Getting older beats the alternative. Wifes cousin turned 65 a week ago and i thought "holy cow, he's old" then thought I'm 64.
 
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Bozz10mm said:
When you think to yourself "Is this kid really a doctor"?

When you remember President Eisenhower as being an old man.
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I've been looking up old actors from watching MeTV. That guy that was a bald gray-headed old man on those shows died younger than I am now?:confused::(:confused::(

Also, when the girl that can't be out of her 20's tells me to drop my drawers for a prostate check.:eek::eek::eek:
 
I for one am lucky to have e it to 60
Old or not ?
Well who really cares what the label is.
God has some reason for keeping me here. The same goes for the rest of
us who are still kicking the dirt off daily.
Are we old because of chorological age or because of what we have experienced or seen over our years?
Let me know if you figure it out.
I will be here a bit longer. I have to.
 
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