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I know I'm getting old when...
I feel my phone vibrate......and then I discover I'm not even wearing it. <--true occurances.
And...the other morning, I woke up and went upstairs into the kitchen.
The wife says, "you woke up and had orange juice last night, didn't you?"
I replied that I had, but how did she know?
She said, "Get me a glass."
I opened the glass cupboard and there, sitting on the shelf was the carton of Orange Juice!
"NO WAY did I put that there," I said, trying to convince myself of that. I mighta got away with it but the carton was warm.
And I'm only 56!! Can't wait till my "Golden Years".
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2011, 05:15:18 PM » |
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Coming up on 67 myself and trust me i feel your pain.  While it don't happen too awful much with me YET i try to pay extra attention to what i do around here.  Cooked my daughters breakfast this morning got her off to school and i went out for coffee after gettin her going.  Got back home and was trying to figure who got into my lacasa and turned the frigging stove on.  Then i realized i didn't turn the durn thing off.  What were we talking about???  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2011, 05:17:13 PM » |
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I know I'm getting old when...
I feel my phone vibrate......and then I discover I'm not even wearing it. <--true occurances.
That's been happening to me too. Is there some kind of medical reason for that? |
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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2011, 06:56:09 PM » |
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I know I'm getting old when...
I feel my phone vibrate......and then I discover I'm not even wearing it. <--true occurances.
And I'm only 56!! Can't wait till my "Golden Years".
I'm 58......and that's happened to me before too.....way more than once. ??? The thing is.....did this happen to people before we had vibrating cell phones.....or am I just going nuts? |
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2011, 07:18:51 PM » |
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I know I'm getting old when...
I feel my phone vibrate......and then I discover I'm not even wearing it. <--true occurances.
And...the other morning, I woke up and went upstairs into the kitchen.
The wife says, "you woke up and had orange juice last night, didn't you?"
I replied that I had, but how did she know?
She said, "Get me a glass."
I opened the glass cupboard and there, sitting on the shelf was the carton of Orange Juice!
"NO WAY did I put that there," I said, trying to convince myself of that. I mighta got away with it but the carton was warm.
And I'm only 56!! Can't wait till my "Golden Years".
I thought I was the only one that had that, usually feel the phone vibrate, then figure out I forgot to put it on, left it on the desk again. Just another one of the joys of old age.  |
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2011, 07:39:42 PM » |
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Coming up on 67 myself and trust me i feel your pain. While it don't happen too awful much with me YET i try to pay extra attention to what i do around here. Cooked my daughters breakfast this morning got her off to school and i went out for coffee after gettin her going. Got back home and was trying to figure who got into my lacasa and turned the frigging stove on. Then i realized i didn't turn the durn thing off. What were we talking about??? RIDE SAFE. Oh, wow..that's funny, but I'll bet it was a tad on the crispy side.  |
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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2011, 07:48:51 PM » |
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Oh, I just remembered the third old age thing I did. My wife always has to have her morning McD's ice coffee. It was one of those McD's where by the time ya pull in to the parking lot, you're already past the drive up, so I had to go all the way around the building. So I drove up, rolled my window down, and stuck my head out the window. My wife asked, "What are you doing??!!" I stated, "I'm going to order!" And the she said, "Uh, Russ....that's the GARBAGE can!" Well, it was one of those cans that looks like a Post Office mail box..you know...with the hood scoop? The "speaker" was another 10 feet forward. By the time I pulled up, we were both laughing so hard, I couldn't even order for a minute or so. True story---ya just can't make stuff like this up. |
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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2011, 07:51:48 PM » |
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I know I'm getting old when...
I feel my phone vibrate......and then I discover I'm not even wearing it. <--true occurances.
That's been happening to me too. Is there some kind of medical reason for that? I'm not sure, Anvil, but if you're Doc has a name for it, we'll know what we both have..  |
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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2011, 09:29:39 PM » |
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I know I'm getting old when...
I feel my phone vibrate......and then I discover I'm not even wearing it. <--true occurances.
That's been happening to me too. Is there some kind of medical reason for that? I'm not sure, Anvil, but if you're Doc has a name for it, we'll know what we both have.. Still no formal studies I could find (Which actually surprises me as many other silly things they HAVE done formal studies on) but: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-06-12-cellphones_N.htm |
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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2011, 04:55:37 AM » |
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« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2011, 05:27:48 AM » |
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I feel all of you guys pain. I am 43 and my memory is crap. As for the phone thing, I am glad I am not alone.
My name is Brian and I have ITMPIV syndrome (I Think My Phone Is Vibrating)
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« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2011, 05:51:28 AM » |
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At 83 years old I won't even talk about it.
Here's a old timers joke to go along with it.
Two senior couples were meeting for a game of Euchre and decided to take a snack break. While the wives were in the kitchen, the men started talking about the best restaurant for prime rib. One of them said he had the best prime rib at a restaurant but he couldn't remember the name. He told the other geezer, "Something about a flower" The other asked "Orchid?" "No". "How about petunia?" "No, that isn't it". " How about sunflower?" "No, that isn't it" " How about rose?"....... "Yeah, that's IT!!!!"
The old man turned around and yelled out to the kitchen,
"Hey ROSE , What was the name of that restaurant where we had the prime rib????"
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« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2011, 06:14:40 AM » |
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I was sitt'n in the club last night with two friends planning our spring golf trip to Myrtle Beach, We've been doing this trip together since the mid 90's and then in the middle of a conversation I couldn't remember my friend's name. Faked my way out of it but it's a scary thing. Oh I'll be 65 next month. Or it could be the beer.
And one more thing the wife "old what's her name" uses it on me to get me to do stuff I wouldn't, she says "you promised me last week" I think she lies cause.....wait...what were we talking about.
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« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2011, 06:25:45 AM » |
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Yep, sounds familiar....all of it. Coming up on 74, things are happening(or not) that I never even considered just ten years ago. Just this morning, I turned on the coffee and waited for that little beep that tells me my transfusion is ready. It beeped, I grabbed a cup and started to pour, suddenly my wife is laughing. I looked down....clear hot water. "Somebody" forgot to put the coffee in the top. She told me that's the second time this week, she did it Monday. We make a good pair. When we go to the mall, we make it a habit of taking our cell phones. It used to be "do you have your phone with you?" as we walked into the stores. Now, it's "do you have your phone and is it ON?" Geez, fussy, fussy, fussy!
Yes folks, it gets more interesting and amusing as the years pass. Like my dad used to tell me before he left us at 93, just think of all the stuff we have in our brains just waiting to be forgotten.
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« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2011, 08:29:33 AM » |
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The wife and I were in the truck a few years ago. As you leave the little bedroom community we lived in you'd go under a bridge, then the road split. Going straight would take you to the older part of town where I work. Turning north would take you to the newer shopping centers. I was on auto pilot as we drove along chatting about something. Suddenly, as we approached the intersection, I realized I didn't remember where we were going or which way I should turn.
"Where are we going?" I hurriedly asked my wife.
She gave me a confused stare for a few seconds than said, "I don't know."
We did manage to find our way home.
The kids are checking out nursing homes.
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« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2011, 10:12:48 AM » |
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« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2011, 10:26:22 AM » |
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Last weekend i took my youngest daughter to my married daughters house. Youngest going to spend the weekend and do that black friday stuff. Told my little gal i'd stop at the A T M on the way out. Got her bag into the car turned on the F M and her and i started talking. Go on thru town hit the highway and head south. Natalie looks at me and says dad-thought you were going to stop at the A T M and get me some cash for spending?? The bank is like 3 blocks from my house. The entrance to the main highway on the other hand is like a mile from my house. In my defense though SHE didn't remember til we were on the highway. And truthfully-what 16 year old female FORGETS about money?? RIDE SAFE.
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« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2011, 10:32:56 AM » |
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« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2011, 02:58:19 PM » |
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And one more thing the wife "old what's her name" uses it on me to get me to do stuff I wouldn't, she says "you promised me last week" I think she lies cause.....wait...what were we talking about.
This has me believing my wife pulls the same stunt. I am quoted as having promised to do things I would never do or have never done. I guess? Hell, I can't remember either and she wouldn't fib, or would she? |
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« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2011, 03:19:08 PM » |
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« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2011, 04:23:33 PM » |
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« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2011, 04:27:42 PM » |
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I hate when I talk about things from the 80's and 90's and Kit has no idea what i'm talking about. Wasn't the 80's & 90's like last week? |
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« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2011, 06:28:55 PM » |
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Yeah, one of my favorites is walking into a room and forgetting why I went into it.
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« Reply #25 on: December 02, 2011, 09:01:30 PM » |
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Didn't I read last week that doorways are mental stops, a new folder opens up when you go through a doorway, it seems to be a common way to organize events mentally. Leave the living room for a cup of coffee and by the time you get to the kitchen you've crossed a doorway and have forgotten why you went to the kitchen.
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« Reply #26 on: December 02, 2011, 09:33:41 PM » |
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« Reply #28 on: December 03, 2011, 04:10:38 AM » |
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I was sitt'n in the bar with a couple friends, saw three old guys across the bar drinking, having a good time and said to my friends "that's us in 10 years".
My friend says " That's a mirror Dip-Sh*t"
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« Reply #29 on: December 03, 2011, 06:04:41 AM » |
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« Reply #30 on: December 03, 2011, 06:14:24 AM » |
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« Reply #31 on: December 03, 2011, 06:29:57 AM » |
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Its all basically just deterioration of the brain (my second favourite organ, which is sad.)  (Even sadder the first favourite aint doing to well either). Alzheimer’s or some other form of dementia usually... Over here we've found that B vitamins almost stop the deterioration in its tracks.... simple as that. My 83 year old Mum has made huge improvements on large B vitamin doses (prescribed by her doctor). Seems that the reason this is getting more common is that we are all eating too much processed food, deficient in B vitamins.... Here's a link... http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/13/b-vitamins-alzheimersCheap fix considering the tablets are only a few cents each.. |
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« Reply #32 on: December 03, 2011, 06:47:48 AM » |
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YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE GETTING OLD WHEN YOU HAVE MORE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT CARDS THAN PLASTIC CREDIT CARDS.
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« Reply #33 on: December 03, 2011, 07:10:48 AM » |
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While I'm only 63 years young, I also suffer from CRS (Can't remember Sh*t) disease. ??? My wife of 42 years and I have decided that we will be OK as long as we can keep one brain between the two of us. It's amzing to me how much I don't remember when she is not with me. Scary actually! |
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« Reply #34 on: December 03, 2011, 09:48:54 AM » |
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Over here we've found that B vitamins almost stop the deterioration in its tracks.... simple as that. This is just anecdotal but I have found that niacin (aka: B3 I think) seems to improve my memory and as a bonus my dreams of old memories and experiences are very vivid; not all good. I told my wife that it is like going into the attic and discovering an old trunk and what's inside is old memories. If you try the niacin, get the flush free kind. |
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