Another Sign Of Getting Old.

[shanez]

I've always had a thing for older women...now I have one.

Okay that's one of the good things about getting older.

 

[Bengel]

Closed captioning has become my friend.

This!!

 

[saintpeter]

Remembering so many of my friends who are no longer with us.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

42 isn’t too bad. I use to ski all the time… with no hat/cap because it wasn’t cool. We’d be out all day… and into the evening sometimes w/frozen snot on our faces. Now, a couple runs and I’m ready to come in… I still love to ski, just not the cold… and I wear a cap, hand warmers, heated jacket, etc. ?

Sounds like you just aren't enthusiastic about skiing anymore.

Any time I go hiking in the snow, at night, blizzards, whatever the case it doesn't matter, I always take my jacket off after 15 minutes. Hiking in the snow is hard work (amazing cardio) and layers go off and on according to your activity level.

For sitting in the cold I have huge wool lined boots and wear many layers.

 

[gamzultovah]

Me, I’m just shy of 60 and can dumbbell press 200 lbs (100 per hand), squat 225 lbs (for reps), can do 100 sit ups, still have a visible 6-pack, work out three times a week, longboard, hike, run my own company, go to the bathroom once before I go to bed, wake up with wood every morning (I live by the forest, ahem) and have a good pipe game no matter the weather. What in the world are you guys talking about?

But, now that you mention it, there is something I started doing (something strange) since I got older…I started hanging my pipes upside down. Do you think dementia is setting in? ?

 

[JOHN72]

Oh yes, I go to the bathroom at three in the early morning. After I run a security round in my tobacco cellar, and sigh like a mule in heat. So I go to bed happy....................

 

[cigrmaster]

Privileged child it appears

Yeah real privaledged. I owned one basket ball, one hockey stick, one football, one tennis racket, one pair of sneakers, one set of golf clubs, one tennis racket, I was the poorest kid at my prep school( I was sent to the prep school because I was a juvenile delinquent and my father wanted me out of the environment. In 6 months I owned the school

 

[STP]

Sounds like you just aren't enthusiastic about skiing anymore.

Any time I go hiking in the snow, at night, blizzards, whatever the case it doesn't matter, I always take my jacket off after 15 minutes. Hiking in the snow is hard work (amazing cardio) and layers go off and on according to your activity level.

For sitting in the cold I have huge wool lined boots and wear many layers.

Doesn’t sound like that at all. You must have missed the part where I said that I still love skiing. I’m familiar w/layering and cold weather gear.

 

[Derby]

In my teens I wouldn't be seen dead wearing anything else than t-shirt and jeans.
But now I'm indoors with a vest, shirt, waistcoat, and jacket.
Sometimes I even wear a parka indoors. That's how sad it is getting older !

I know, I know.?

 

[forloveoffreedom]

You know your old when you drop $200 on a heater used to stay warm while smoking in the heated garage, in your heated jacket lol.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Me, I’m just shy of 60 and can dumbbell press 200 lbs (100 per hand), squat 225 lbs (for reps), can do 100 sit ups, still have a visible 6-pack, work out three times a week, longboard, hike, run my own company, go to the bathroom once before I go to bed, wake up with wood every morning (I live by the forest, ahem) and have a good pipe game no matter the weather. What in the world are you guys talking about?

But, now that you mention it, there is something I started doing (something strange) since I got older…I started hanging my pipes upside down. Do you think dementia is setting in? ?

I suggest that you just go ahead and let your family chip you. I did, and now when I get lost, I can enjoy myself knowing that they’ll eventually find me. When they do, they just have to bring a fresh pipe to lure me back into their car, because I probably won’t remember who they are.

 

[romaso]

Don't enjoy smoking in cold weather outside. It used to be weather didn't matter at all. The other day I was out in 42 degree weather and thinking to myself "WTF?"

Get a good 'Smoking Jacket.' Here's mine, long enough to keep the rain off:
Mil-Tec Navy Greatcoat - Varusteleka.com

 

[Streeper541]

I've just barely crested the hill, but damn if I'm catching up to some of y'all real quick.

As for smoking outside in the cold; I mean, come on... does anyone really like it? I don't think that's an age thing. ?

 

[romaso]

Peeing at night sucks. Keep stepping on dog toys since I can't see shit.

We've got those little nightlights that come on automatically when it gets dark in every possible outlet. Really helps!

 

[LotusEater]

Mrs Cosmic turned the heat on for the first time and the dust burning off it set the fire alarm off after I had gone to bed, and I reached over and answered my phone.

I laughed out loud when I read this.
Classic.

 

[romaso]

I remember someone saying that: Middle age is when you still think you'll feel better in the morning...

 

[captainsousie]

Well this thread turned into a shit show.

-OP "Dangit, I feel like I'm getting old"
-Replies:

• Yerp, me too
• Nerp, I'm a youngun
• "Back in my day"
• You could have been a [censored so I don't get banned] like me
• That sucks, maybe you shouldn't be like that
• You should be a [censored so I don't get banned] too so you can join the cool kids

...and some of it went downhill from there

Meanwhile many of us are trying to keep it on track.

 

[captainsousie]

Incidentally, I too am feeling old this week as I didn't want to smoke outside when it dipped below 40 either. I got spoiled over the last few years.

 

[warren]

Upper teens this morning when took my pipe and dawg for a walk. Of course Winter is still a month away officially. S'pose to get near a foot of snow overnight. But, Winter is still officially a month away.

 

[weezell]

I've always had a thing for older women...now I have one

You know you are old when the Grand Mothers look hot!!!... ?