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Enjoy the time left!
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Sounds like my first senior citizen discount at age 54. I was at a burger joint and was paying for my order and the young girl at the register asked if I was a senior citizen. I said not yet and then she said "You look like it, so I am giving you the discount." Ouch.
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Our first would have at a limber yard, 55.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Thanks. Turned 56 last week.
"There's no schadenfreude like Hillary Clinton schadenfreude." - Tamara Keel
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The thing is, we are born on a certain day, and time keeps marching on.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Getting old beats the alternative............................as far as we know........ Most of the time, anyway.
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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About five years ago I was in the school gym waiting to pick up my daughter (6 yrs. old at the time). Once she came out, she asked if I had any other grandchildren. It stung a bit - mainly b/c she was a MILF. I was 46 at the time, but I did have a beard, which is gray.
When I decided to go back to school to earn a master's degree, one day in Chemistry class, some chick referred to me as "Pops" when she asked a question. I answered her question by calling her "Pimple-Popper." Got a good laugh out of that one and she always smiled at me when I saw her on campus.
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
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l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right. - Del Gue
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My younger son is 47 and has the opposite problem. Until recently he’d get carded for his ID when we’d go out for a drink. He looks like he’s in his early 20’s. His son is 10 and is tall for his age, so waiters must figure if he has a child that big, he must be at least 21. My other son is 50 and has graying hair, so he looks at least 40.
Jesus saves, but Moses invests
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It takes a while for the mirror to respond. Don't worry it is normal.
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You can always try turning back your oldometer.
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I've always had a baby face and was carded regularly until I was nearly 40. Once when I was in my mid-30s I went into a bar that had a bartender who was in his mid 20s. He asked for my ID and I told him I'd go double or nothing that I was not only over 21, but that I was older than he was. The free drink tasted good. The best part is that I went back to the same bar a couple of months later and he didn't remember me, so I did it again.
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As I was reading the OP, I kept thinking "Nope, haven't done THAT, haven' done THAT, haven't done THAT...then I came to the part about covering legs with a blankey. Drat! I am getting old.
The biggest problem our country has is not systemic racism, it's systemic stupidity.
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LOL ! Getting “old” ain’t no fun! 😜 It definitely ain't for sissies. The arthritis is killing me today. Back hurts too ... and the ankle. I know when bad weather is coming two days before the weatherman and I am much more accurate. Have to get up in the middle of the night to take a damn piss ... and that takes 15 minutes. Getting old is definitely not for sissies.
What you think about, you do ... what you do, you become. In a nation where anything goes ... eventually, everything will. We're almost there.
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Restaurant in Cody WY with my wife and son and his wife. I'm 51 years old, got offered a senior citizen's menu for the first time in my life. Family thought it was hilarious, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
OTOH, in the Yuma AZ Lowes, at age well over 70 I got carded so I could buy a can of spray paint. Cashier lady was about my same age, we both got a chuckle out of the inanity of it.
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When I was 80 I was power walking 2 1/2 miles and on no prescribed meds. Things sure can change drastically in a year and a half! Quick too! Check this poem by Willie Nelson https://www.facebook.com/bearsville...224/3620812907939403/?type=3&theater
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BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. ~ Ephesians 6:10
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. --Winston Churchill
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I went into the local drug store and bought a bottle of bourbon. (they had Angel's Envy on sale!). The cashier asked for my ID (I can only guess that they must ask on every sale). For a laugh I offered her my Medicare card, which you have to be at least 65 to get. She said "Picture ID only, please.".
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A famous old Chinese curse was, may you live in interesting times. This has been updated to may you live to be old.
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My wife was starting to wonder if I was losing my mind with all my forgetfulness, then it started hitting her, too. Sucks forgetting stuff, but at least she understands me now that she's in the same boat.😀 That’s why you don’t come to the get togethers anymore!!!!!
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