TBT…

As I get older, I realize:

#1  –  I talk to myself, because there are times I need expert advice.

#2  –  I consider “On Trend” to be the clothes that still fit.

#3  –  I don’t need anger management.  I need people to stop pissing me off.

#4  –  My people skills are just fine.  It’s my tolerance for idiots that needs work.

#5  –  The biggest lie I tell myself is “I don’t need to write that down.  I’ll remember it.”

#6  –  I have days when my life is just a tent away from a circus.

#7  –  These days, “on time” is when I get there.

#8  –  Even duct tape can’t fix stupid – but it sure does muffle the sound.

#9  –  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes, then come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller?

#10  –  Lately, I’ve noticed people my age are so much older than me.

#11  –  “Getting lucky” means walking into a room and remembering why I’m there.

#12  –  When I was a child, I thought nap time was punishment.  Now it feels like a mini vacation.

#13  –  Some days I have no idea what I’m doing out of bed.

#14  –  I thought growing old would take longer.

#15  –  Aging sure has slowed me down, but it hasn’t shut me up..

#16  –  I still haven’t learned to act my age.

h/t JP

Comments

TBT… — 21 Comments

  1. #10 and #16.
    And I have no desire to change.
    I plan to continue to be “that cheerful old guy,” mixed in with a large dash of “he’s such a character” and avoid the label of “grumpy old guy.”
    Good post.

  2. Truer words were never spoke. I’ve learned and re-learned most of these same Laws of the Universe. #17 for me would be ‘Never miss a chance to shut the hell up’, lol. Then again, I would miss the colorful arguments that has caused as well.

  3. Hey Old NFO;

    Well they say with old age comes wisdom, looks like you have the wisdom part down.

  4. #4 Never had much tolerance for idiots; now that I’m retired and I no longer work for them I have fewer inhibitions regarding expressing my true feelings.

  5. I once quit a job, and on my resignation notice, under “reason for leaving” I wrote “Because I’m tired of busting my ass for pinheads that couldn’t manage a one-hole outhouse.”

    Grandpa used to say “It’s alright to talk to yourself. It’s even alright to answer yourself. But if you catch yourself saying “I’m sorry, could you repeat that, I wasn’t listening” THEN you’ve got a problem.”

  6. As you get older, you forget you have told us this 4 times before. LMAO. (running and ducking)

  7. I’m still waiting for that whole “with age comes wisdom” thing to kick in.

  8. Ok, so #1, 4, and 5 are givens. Winter/lousy weather is now a factor for me so #7 is kicking in. And if you let me off the phone, I will get to your house quicker. Just saying.

    But this week #6 is in full force, especially today. It is day 11 of 12 straight days at work.

    That’s my whine and I’m sticking to it 🙂

  9. You realize you are entering geezerhood when you’re in the mall, surrounded by nubile little teenyboppers, and your thought is “Yeah, but they’d want to talk afterwards and I so don’t want to listen to it.”

    Also; I realize it takes all kinds to make a world, but does it strike you that the proportions are off?