When I was about 55, I had to have some x-rays, and the doctor told me I had the skeleton of a 60 year old. I told him that if he could locate that 60 year old, I'd gladly give it back 'cause it wasn't working all that well for me.
I am at the age that I make sound effects just getting out of bed in the morning. When I try to simply rise to a standing position from a sitting position, my left hip joint frequently tries to pin me to the floor like a professional wrestler. I used to be able to do a hunter's squat for hours on end - now, if I can get down into one, I can do it for days on end, mostly because I can't get back up from it.
In regards to the "old Dick" comments, my Dear Old Dad once told me that what he used to be able to do all night long now took him all night long to do, which I reckon is as good an excuse for retirement as any, on account of being retired gives one more time...
It's The Age of Never - i.e. "these hills never used to be this tall or this step". "My arms never used to be this short when reading a newspaper".
Yeah, getting old can be a bitch, but it sure beats the alternative!
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I am at the age that I make sound effects just getting out of bed in the morning. When I try to simply rise to a standing position from a sitting position, my left hip joint frequently tries to pin me to the floor like a professional wrestler. I used to be able to do a hunter's squat for hours on end - now, if I can get down into one, I can do it for days on end, mostly because I can't get back up from it.
In regards to the "old Dick" comments, my Dear Old Dad once told me that what he used to be able to do all night long now took him all night long to do, which I reckon is as good an excuse for retirement as any, on account of being retired gives one more time...
It's The Age of Never - i.e. "these hills never used to be this tall or this step". "My arms never used to be this short when reading a newspaper".
Yeah, getting old can be a bitch, but it sure beats the alternative!
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’