How many of you are at this age?

Most of the time I just smile & munch my popcorn...Unless! I can deliver the type of comment that the recipient doesn't realize what I meant until hours or maybe days later(and I'm safely out of reach!). I get a great mental image of the person stopping dead in their tracks & saying "Hey! Wait a minute...".:cool::D
 
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Most of the time I just smile & munch my popcorn...Unless! I can deliver the type of comment that the recipient doesn't realize what I meant until hours or maybe days later(and I'm safely out of reach!). I get a great mental image of the person stopping dead in their tracks & saying "Hey! Wait a minute...".:cool::D
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As I used to say to an (ex) girlfriend who complained I never listened to her: "I put a lot of effort into making you think I care about what you're saying"

She got it. Eventually.
 
I know I should keep my mouth shut,I try to not say anything that might hurt someones feelings,I try to see the other sides viewpoint, BUT sometimes that old Devil gets my tongue and I have said it! You can't fix stupid!
 
"I have a filter, but it bears a strange resemblance to a chain link fence."

Also: "I live right near the corner of Tourette's and Aspberger's".:eek:
 
I had a heart attack in March. Since then I've found myself more vocal and less tolerant of alot of other people. I had to walk out of a grocery store last month. The old ladies blocking the aisles with their carts while they looked at cans of peaches just about sent me over the edge.
When I get bad and my wife gives me that look, I blame the pills. But we all know, it's not the pills. I wish it was that simple.
 
Manifesto of one in the golden years...

I have taken, in my golden years, to telling the unvarnished truth when it comes to local, national and world affairs. I eschew obfuscation, as opposed to simply parroting the "party line" offered up by those who are often just covering their butts or who have a not-so-well-concealed agenda.

This angers some people who would rather that I do not expose charlatanism. So be it.

The line uttered by Jack Nicholson about truth as the Marine Colonel in A Few Good Men comes to mind. I have reached that age where I simply don't give a **** any more. I call 'em as I see 'em, and I've been around the block so many times that I don't miss a trick.

Perhaps after I'm dead and gone, someone will remember me and remark that "John was right after all."

John
 
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Going from a car/4x4/jeep mechanic to a class A machine builder then to a lead engineering tech in charge of the test lab welding, fabrication and test setups I was on top of my game. I was enjoying using and tapping into my mixed bag of talents. "I heard ideas from the engineers and In my mind I had a picture of what I had to do. I would have flown by the seat of my pants to just get it done. After losing my job to competition in the past I'm in control to speed up the engineering R&D process and kick you know what. I would listen, look, think and do it.

I quit school to get a job so we could eat. I could of gone to college and get my PHD I been told. But I chose the strong body instead of using my educated brain. I just didn't care. Never pass up a chance for education that's my point. I let and accepted that hard work was the way. That was dumb.

My point is I'm still sharp in designing or fixing anything. I think and look now. My worn out battered body says your kidding me right?
I call it a separation of mind and body. We reach a point in our lives it just don't matter anymore. It's fishing and hunting and shooting when were too old for anything else.

Warning, life passes us by so fast. I got older faster than the speed of light. Stop and tell your family you love them everyday. Help them with there problems. Take them out for diner often even if it's ice cream. Bill
 
Where it gets me is when I type something out, then read it and decide it's really not something I should say but can't stop my finger from clicking "send"
 
I was born that way and I have paid a heavy price for it over the years but I done it my way. Pap told me several times when I was younger I would never get to be old because somebody would kill me. I must be tougher than Pap thought because I'm 72 and that is past old. Larry
 
Reminds me of the story about why old men never get hired for anything.

The older gentleman was in an interview with a young H.R. representative and was asked:

"What do you think is your biggest fault?"

The old man answered: "I think my biggest fault is my honesty."

The H.R. Rep responds: "Sir, I don't think that honesty can be considered a fault!"

"I don't give a damn what you think."
 
Friends

Fortunately, in my circle of acquaintances there are a few like minded people so sometimes I just count to ten and let one of the others throw the grenade .
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Jim in Iowa
 
"What demon made me behave so well?"

...Henry David Thoreau, "Walden".

Time to watch Secondhand Lions again.
 
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