You know you're getting old when

[walkin jack]

If you fall and everybody laughs. You're young.
If you fall and everybody say's OMG, you okay? You're old.

About 4 years ago I was reading the deposit receipt as I walked out the door of the credit union.I wasn't looking out for the curb and when I stepped off it I went down like bag of rocks.

Immediately there was a small crowd of people around me all big-eyed and " are you hurt?" "are you okay?" "Do you need an ambulance?" ...And no doubt thinking, "Do you want a lawyer?"

It took me a moment to get my bearings and realize what had happened and what everyone was talking about and one guy started shaking me to see if I was conscious.

I wasn't hurt but my face was burning with humiliation as I reassured them all that I was okay and walked to my truck.

That kind of thing is a wake-up call that is hard to over look.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

I think of all the people I knew who never lived to receive an SS check.

 

[Rudi]

I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up.

 

[Rpg]

When I realized I had to plan getting out of my chair and the route I would take to get to the kitchen with the most balancing points to steady myself frequently on the 15' journey to the stove I knew I'd entered my old age.

 

[alwslate]

When I got ready to load the groceries into my truck on my last trip to Meijer a girl of about sixteen came running up to help me. She said she would feel good knowing she had done her good deed for the day.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up.

 

[pawngal]

When I realized my doctor, dentist, lawyer, and pastor were all younger than me. And now they all all retired.

 

[BRL40]

Telling my shooting friend that I enlisted in the AF December 7th 1978.
Him: Did you know that is Pearl Harbor Day?
Idiot you were there!
FOURTY FIVE YEARS AGO!

 

[Rustyt1953]

I could do a comb-over with ear hair.

 

[Protocall_Design]

I was insulted when I got my first letter in the mail from AARP at 50. Get away from me, AARP! That's the sound you make as you die!!!

 

[Rustyt1953]

My dad lives in my bathroom mirror.

 

[johngalt]

...when you see a lot more of doctors than you care too!

I'm also learning it is a challenge to find a good one. I'm about to dump my cardiologist. They have profiled me into the 'middle aged couch potato" category, ignore what I tell them and treat me as if I'm lying to them, and give me advice that if followed would result in a death spiral of decline. They have no idea how hard I work out nor how strong I am.

 

[Muley Gil]

My doctor was really impressed when I brought along a drawing compass for making the clock face.

You could have drawn an hourglass or a sundial.

 

[swsig]

I knew I was getting old back in the 1990s when I realized that for the first time in my life, I was older than the President of the United States.

 

[Racer X]

you know you are getting old when you have worn out your replacement hips.

I got my first one at 48, so this will be me!

 

[coltle6920]

Two likely scenarios from being old.

Person notices me struggling to walk and says "Getting old really stinks".

Or...

Cop sees me... Have you been drinking,Sir?

 

[JohnRippert]

I think of all the people I knew who never lived to receive an SS check.

Amen to that. Too darn many.

 

[pasound]

I bought two lottery tickets last week for $2 each. Started to walk out the door and the lady rushed up behind me and said "Sir! You forgot your change!" I had given her a $20 bill. Completely forget I'd spent my ones when I checked out with my groceries...

 

[Bekeart]

Mistake making a sandwich

This morning I fixed a BLT.
I forgot to include the tomato.
Ate the resulting sandwich.
At the last bite I finally realized that I had not eaten any tomato.

It was still a good tasting sandwich.

Bekeart

 

[walter o]

The sad part of getting OLD ------------
you stay young on the inside
BUT nobody can tell

the trick is DON"T let the old man inside