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
#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.
#5 reminded me of something.
Maybe it’ll come back to me….
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.
Hey Old NFO;
Well they say with old age comes wisdom, looks like you have the wisdom part down.
John- LOL, no comment…
Ed- Snerk…
j.r.- Point! 🙂
Bob- Not so much… sigh
How the heck did you get My list?
Exactly on point, and still funny.
#16: I ain’t even working on that one!
#3 and #4. You have been reading my mail.
I resemble that
#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.
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.”
As you get older, you forget you have told us this 4 times before. LMAO. (running and ducking)
All- Thanks for the comments… Fargo- 😛
Posted from my iPhone.
I’m still waiting for that whole “with age comes wisdom” thing to kick in.
Stretch- You and me both… LOL
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 🙂
Suz- Would you like some cheese with that? (ducking and running for cover)…
My life indeed
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?
Rick- LOL
CSP- Good point, and yes!!! 🙂