This Will Be Me in 40 Years
Stuff I hate August 12th, 2008
While waiting for my car to be serviced today, I had the pleasure of listening in on a meeting between two elderly gentlemen sitting next to me. Complete strangers, I might add.
Since I had my laptop with me, I decided to take minutes.
Old Guy 1: I went to my doctor for stomach problems and he wound up finding I had polyps on my prostate.
Old Guy 2: I have arthritis. Have to get shots every three months.
Old Guy 1: Oh, I have it, too. My feet really bother me.
Old Guy 2: You better believe it.
Old Guy 1: Man, I can’t wear certain shoes. I got rid of the shoes I couldn’t even wear.
Old Guy 2: I like work boots. Can’t wear those either. I wear these (points to sneakers).
Old Guy 1: My feet are killing me. Especially this one (lifts and points to right foot).
Old Guy 2: Unintelligible rambling about pain in another body part.
Old Guy 1: Yeah, probably all that hard work outdoors. My dad died in his 70s.
Old Guy 2: Yeah, but hard work’s supposed to keep you young.
Old Guy 1: I had a dead tree in my back yard. Made my son help me with it. Let me tell you. I was beat for two days.
Old Guy 2: I have a hard time mowing.
Old Guy 1: On Wednesdays, I mow.
Old Guy 2: More unintelligible complaints.
Old Guy 1: My back hurts every day.
Old Guy 2: You ain’t kiddin’.
Old Guy 1: I have such a hard time losing weight (Me, to myself: I hear ya brotha!)
Old Guy 2: I can’t eat bread. If I eat bread, I gain weight right away.
Old Guy 1: That’s my problem, too.
Old Guy 2: I gave it up.
Old Guy 1: I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. Try to eat lean. My blood pressure’s always been a problem, but my cholesterol is great. 170.
Old Guy 2: Eh, but whatdya gonna do? I figure as long as I don’t have the Alzheimer’s gene, I’m good.
Old Guy 1: Yep. I hear that.
And then my laptop battery died. They went on like this for another ten minutes until Old Guy 1’s car was ready and the duel for the title of Who’s Got It Worse ended.
God help me. I don’t want to get old.
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August 12th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I love how many elderly people’s conversations are a game of “Can You Top This?” — with “this” being a worse and worse ailment.
Boy, didn’t you kind of hope we wouldn’t be worrying about our weight when we’re in our 70s? What have I got to look forward to?
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August 12th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
oy, all the kvetching has worn me out. I’d better go take a nap before my joints give out.
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August 12th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I’m sure that won’t be you. You’re going to be an old women. And I’m sure you won’t have the same problems, or you better not, because I could get some of them when I’m old, which won’t be good. Maybe scientists will come out with a no
August 12th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Huh. That was weird. It just posted when I wasn’t done typing…
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August 12th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
With all the pain an suffering, Old Guy 1 can still drive ?
My dad had pain his lower back once and he didn’tdrive for two weeks !
I don’t want to be old but if I do – I’d rather want to keep my sanity and let everything else go !
August 12th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Okay, this is getting ANNOYING. I posted AGAIN without me meaning to.
And you’ll be fine.
August 12th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Oy vey Regan, for a moment there I thought your aunt Kathy would’ve washed your mouth with soap !
August 12th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Health problems suck and it seems they get worse as we get old, but a good attitude can help. I think we can always find someone worse off than we are if we look and we need to remember to focus on the good things.
August 12th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Comparing health problems who’s got more. Gee z I don’t ever want to hurt that bad.
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
we have to listen to a lot of old people at work…we call it their…”BOO BOO count” i swear does anything work on an old person besides their mouth? lol ok that was rude.
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Oh kathy i feel sorry for your ears. My grandpa’s like that but with his complaints, after he runs out of physical ones it become financial. You just can’t get them to stop.
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Leave it to Regan to “one-up” her aunt. See it has already started. Great post Regan. Even if you didn’t plan it.
Hope you enjoy your world traveling trip!
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Kathy:
You’re a natural spy. Too bad you weren’t around in World War-II.
The conversation you over heard sounds just like my daily conversation with my few remaining friends. Heck, it even sounds like the conversation I have with my doctor. You know, the older you get, they more they all run together.
In closing, I’d like to kindly invite you to swing by my site and read my little poem.
Happy trails to you…
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
JD at I Do Things — When I get there, look out. No one will beat me at that game. I know, I was really disappointed to hear them discuss the evils of bread. For the record, they were both slim.
chatblanc — I got such a chuckle out of it. Sounded like me yesterday complaining about my butt, my legs, my everything.
Regan — OK, are you sure you don’t have problems of your own? You’re having a spasm. Thanks for the unintended laugh and bless your heart.
Jaffer — I threw my back out a year ago and walked with a cane for a week. And everyone stared at me. It was awful. I’m going to be just like those two guys, probably next year when I break a bone or something falling out of bed.
Karen — I try, I really do. Days when I don’t want to get up and go to work, I remember “You have legs and a brain that work, stupid. Get movin’!”
Curtis — They kept going on and on and I thought they surely had every ailment covered!
april — Boo Boo Count! Love it! I giggled to myself as they kept going on. I felt bad for all their aches and pains, but it sounded comical because every time one of them announced a new ache, the other said he had the same thing.
sarah — And I’m headed in the same direction. I just don’t know who I’ll make suffer listening to me go on and on and on…
Rattln Along — She always wanted to start a blog. Until that time, she can post here in the comments and crack us all up. Regan, are you OK now?
Swubird — Oh, I’m an awesome spy. I made sure to keep my screen turned from them while I lightly tapped away. Bless their hearts. I really did feel for them. I wanted to at least give them a tube of Ben-Gay or something. Yikes! I’m headed over to your place now.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Oh Kathy! I am so much closer than you ;O) Did I tell you about my joint problems, and my back, and my allergies…and my….Oh it’s all so true! We fall apart!
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August 12th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
That’s a hoot. I really prefer the old guys that laugh at themselves. My father in law was like that (died at 94). He and his wife would remark about how they can’t hear anymore and their teeth fall out, ha, ha! They were cute.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Well the least you could have done was named a winner!
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August 12th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I hate to admit it, but I could’ve read more of that conversation. Stupid battery.
My husband and I witnessed something odd while riding in the car the other day that I thought I’d share with you– 2 young men walking down the road dressed as warlocks. Yes, warlocks.
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Well that makes my bitching about the weather seem very trite.
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Well Kathy, I had no idea you used the same service station as my parents. I get the same conversation from them. Today I got an IM about my Dad’s kidney stones. TMI, Dad, TMI.
Stephanie C. do you live in Baltimore? We had a convention in town this weekend.
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
I am soooo sorry I missed eavesdropping on these guys! I would have had more than a few chuckles.
I’m surprised, though. Neither of them had the gout?
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August 13th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Old? God, it sounds like the conversation my sister and I had today at our WW meeting.
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August 13th, 2008 at 12:17 am
What I meant to add, except my hand hit the enter button too soon, it’s from the pain in my elbow I tend to move it the wrong way.
Sis & I had that conversation today. 40 years from now I fully intend to be dead.
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August 13th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Kathy I don’t want to get old either, but the alternative is even less attractive … so I say (vehemently) to Death, along with Edna St. Vincent Millay (who didn’t get so very old): I’ll be but bones and jewels on that day/And leave thee hungry even in the end …
August 13th, 2008 at 2:33 am
I guess it is something that we have an option to avoid unless we die at a young age… not something nice to look forward to ha?
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August 13th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Ahahaha! You just wait, you young ‘uns!! I ain’t seventy yet, by a long way but the pain has started, and the deterioration of vision, and the distressing thing with the hormones. Other Half has his aches and pains too, arthritis, increasing deafness (which is more my problem than his).
But hey – getting old is pretty bad, but always remember – the alternative is worse! LOL!
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August 13th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Whaddya mean you don’t wanna get old? I’m actually looking forward to being a senior citizen, simply because I want to be a crotchety old man. Just think of the complaining you could do, and nobody would care!! “Aww, he’s just an old geezer. Let him be.” Yes!
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August 13th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Wow, this sounds just like ME, most days.
And I’m only 38!
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August 13th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Kathy, I gave you a blog award on my Karen & Gerard Zemek blog. Here’s the link for you: http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2008/08/thanks-for-brilliant-blog-award-sara.html. I really enjoy your posts and try to visit every day.
August 13th, 2008 at 6:30 am
Babs beetle — I began falling apart shortly after turning 40. The day I threw my back out while exercising was the day it started going downhill. Now it’s a battle just to keep all my pieces together and functioning. The joy.
Data Entry Lady — Wow! 94! If I make it that far, I’m sure I won’t have a single tooth and I’ll be drinking out of a straw.
Jennifer — I’d say it was the guy with high blood pressure. He introduced the most new problems.
Stephanie C — Yeah, sorry. I moved over to an AC outlet and plugged in. But then I couldn’t make out everything they were saying from a distance. Warlocks? On their way to a warlock meeting? Wha? Huh?
Carla — You’re not kidding. I left those two fellows thanking God all I complain about is my weight (well, mostly).
Shadowsrider — Ah, kidney stones. That wins in any competition because it’s the most painful! Go Dad! Please tell me there was not a warlock convention in Baltimore.
Don — I had plenty chuckles for all of us. Nope. No gout that I could hear. And why is it always the gout? Why not just gout? That’s like diarrhea. It’s always “the diarrhea.” Oh, geez. Hope no one’s eating at the moment.
DrowseyMonkey — Ha! What would we do without sisters to share our pains with? Oh, no! You have a hurty elbow? I hate to say it, but I’m not exactly sure I want to make it to 80.
Jenny — Awesome quote! Maybe I’ll include that in my “final post,” the one I’m writing for publication in the event of my death. Wrote about that here.
shaxx — All kidding aside, I do want to grow old. Just not with a laundry list of ailments. Is that too much to ask?
Jay — Maybe I need to post again, this time an invitation to list all your ailments. Hold a contest. Person voted most pathetic gets a deluxe walker and a bottle of Geritol.
mikey777 — Yes, getting old gives you license to complain. I think the AARP membership card says that.
Janna — Oh, dear. Just wait. In a couple more years you’ll be looking back, wishing for “the good ol days.” I’m serious. It happens fast and pains increase exponentially. It’s disturbing.
Karen, author of “My Funny Dad, Harry” — Oooo! Shiny new award! Thank you so much and I’m glad to have you as a regular reader!
August 13th, 2008 at 6:34 am
gee kathy, Would you like to hear about my hip replacement? Or my elbow? I’m thinking I should write a post about Colonscopy’s or better yet, maybe a bunch of us guy bloggers could play a game, “Whose PSA is higher/Lower?” Women have mammograms, and my wife says it is unpleasant, but guys get the prstate exam, and bending over ain’t exactly anthing to celebrate! See, I one upped myself!
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August 13th, 2008 at 8:12 am
i hate the fact “one day i will be old” i batter die before i cross my 60s
i have seen many old people and the way the strugle in daily life because of thier old age. i really feel sorry for them.
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August 13th, 2008 at 8:29 am
I once transported a lady who yelled at me all the way to the hospital about how much her back and stomach hurt and how bad the road was (because it was our fault she lived on a dirt road, natch)and how we shouldn’t have driven the way we did. When she got to the ER she told the nurse she hadn’t pooped in two weeks. Um, maybe that’s the problem?
Who lets it go TWO WEEKS??
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August 13th, 2008 at 8:33 am
I bet they both had to walk to school in six foot drifts of snow, uphill both ways, too.
Poor ol’ fellers.
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August 13th, 2008 at 9:08 am
I’m sharing this with my parents, who are healthy septagenerians but are plagued by friends who are constantly kvetching.
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August 13th, 2008 at 9:49 am
@Shieldmaiden96: you said: “When she got to the ER she told the nurse she hadn’t pooped in two weeks. Um, maybe that’s the problem? Who lets it go TWO WEEKS??”
My ex-wife. She was full of shit.
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August 13th, 2008 at 10:10 am
That sounds like my grandparents every time they get together.
You are right, it’s the “Who’s got it worse” contest.
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August 13th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Yeah, that’s what I always tell my patients… don’t get old, and don’t get sick.
They never listen!
I love that you were taking notes of other people’s conversations in public. It appeals to the voyeuristic in me! And I love it when people sound dumber than me; somehow it makes me feel good about myself. Isn’t that bad?!
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August 13th, 2008 at 11:11 am
What is sad is my roommate and I have this conversation and we are only in our 30s! Help me!
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August 13th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Did the old guy say “prostate” or “prostrate”? My grandfather always said “prostrate”. He also said he was going in for a “bitopsy”, which I guess is a combination biopsy/autopsy.
August 13th, 2008 at 11:44 am
You should try living in my area where it is a 99 percent population of elderly. I’ve had to visit the elderly homes quite a bit. Wow. Talk about depressing, frightening conversation. Sometime you’ll have to read my post about the woman who also talked about her sex life. I’ll have to find that link for you….You could relate to that one after this conversation, which was tame compared to the one I heard!
Here is a link to that post. http://www.boondockramblings.com/boondock_ramblings/2008/05/unsolicited-sex.html
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August 13th, 2008 at 11:49 am
We all say that now, “I don’t want to get old,” but once ya hit a certain age it’s, “I’m happy I’m old, because the alternative is slightly worse…but, man, I’m getting these strange pains in my feet. How about you?”
peace,
mike
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August 13th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Oh, yeah! I’m ready. I’ve picked out the old man I’ll model myself after and everything.
When I lived in northwest Arkansas, I saw this old fellow quite often around town. He always had on one of those mesh-baked ball caps, a hunter’s orange vest (for safety, I suppose), a pair of Bermuda shorts and black dress socks that were pulled up to his knees. And, he always had a little, fluffy sissy dog on a red leash with him.
That man is my hero…
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August 13th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Now you know the pain I endure at every family function with my husband’s relatives. That dialogue was eerily accurate.
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August 13th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
It’s gonna be a blast! I’m sure you’ll just as funny when you’re 85!!!
August 13th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Maybe they were ramping up the conversation because they knew you were taking notes. Today I had a wonderful thought: I think I would prefer to die alone. Charming.
Yup. I’m halfway to that lady in the photo.
Kat
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August 13th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
By the way, Kathy – how’s your dad doing with that game he loves so much? What do you think your favourite pastime will be when YOU hit that age? I’m thinking rearranging cutlery drawers will take up most of my time – or dusting old perfume bottles.
Kat
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August 13th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Chris — “One upped.” Er, yeah. Right up. Oh, never mind. OK, so if you or anyone else is interested in reading about someone’s colonoscopy, head on over to JD’s blog. It’s horrible. You’ve been warned.
Sunil Pathak — I feel sorry for them too. We’ll all be there someday. I just hope I get sympathy when I do!
Shieldmaiden96 — Do you have a special shut off valve for that? I mean, how can you listen to it without driving off the road? You’re a better woman than me. Two weeks without a poop? The horror.
Jenn — I love that line! Sad thing is I sound just like that when the younguns complain about email or something not working.. “Back in my day, we didn’t have email!”
Skip DeKades — Oh, they’ll love it. The conversation was almost verbatim. Cracked me up.
Richard Catto — Ba-dum-chhh!
Bucky — I’d bust a gut laughing if it weren’t so heart-breaking.
Ferd — I’m waiting for that Fountain of Youth drug. Pfizer’s working on it, right? I had a twinge of guilt taking minutes of their meeting, but I got over it real fast once the conversation got going. Too good to pass up!
Tiffany — I can’t help you. Help me!!! I’ve got a decade on you, sister!
Susan — Bitopsy. Oh, that’s precious.
Lisa — I often heard a litany of ailments from the clients I visited when I delivered for Meals on Wheels some years ago. God bless ‘em. I listened for as long as I could, but had to force myself to leave sometimes because other people were waiting for me to bring them their food. I’m headed over to your sex post. Oh, wow. Just wow. I guess the students learned a lot that day. I love the drop-jaw picture!
Mike Foster — I know that’s going to happen to me. But for now, I’m a little afraid. I wonder just how many problems life has in store for me?
The Hawg — Awesome. I can see you now. Just promise you won’t mutter to yourself when you’re skulking around town. People won’t want to talk to you then.
Alice — It’s like they’re reading from a script. It’s all the same conversation. Try not to laugh the next time it happens. That’s gonna be us one day.
KFJ — I’ll be funny in a getting lost on the way to the bathroom kind of way. That’s assuming I even make it to my 80s.
Poetikat — Nah. Guys like that would have turned to me and said “Young lady, just what do you think you’re doing?” As for me, I want to die in my sleep, totally unaware. My dad complains all the time about that stupid game that won’t work on Windows Vista. He plays it online, but not the old way. This new way doesn’t keep track of his lifetime score, which stinks. But I can’t do anything about it. Believe me, I tried. Good question. Not sure what I’ll be doing in my later years. But I’m sure there’ll be drooling involved. And talking to myself.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
I always went with the live hard, die young, and leave a good looking corpse model for life. I really screwed that up.
I’ll save time and not list my ailments. The only thing that doesn’t hurt is the lower part of my right ear.
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August 13th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Sadly, they probably sit around all day and that’s all they have to do: count up their ailments. Then when they get out somewhere that’s all they have to talk about. I don’t like to think about getting old, but I still think it beats the alternative.
August 13th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
@Kathy: Thank you, you’ve been a wonderful audience. Say Good Night, Kathy.
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August 13th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
What is the game your dad plays?
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August 13th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
As long as they both still drink beer, they’re in good shape. It’s all about the beer!!!
August 13th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Well, I could say it was just a regular day, LOL! But there was an Anime convention at the Inner Harbor. The streets were filled with folks dressed as Anime, video game, fantasy charecters. Here’s a link
I say bring on the complaint list, I’ve got a good chance in that contest, LOL!
I like the poem ‘When I am old’ by Jenny Joseph
I plan on growing old that way, LOL!
Mostly though, I want to be this lady Oldest Cowgirl
101, and still riding horses and living life her own way. I understand she died this year, but what a life!
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August 13th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
i love how old people can find someone to talk in secounds and they talk the most random things like trees,fruit,diseases, and the olden days
hope you dont get old! or your blog will be about you diseases and your nursing home
August 13th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
It sounds like a lot of you are ready to roll over and die now. Remember, for every person who sits around moaning there is a fully functional older person out in the world givin’ er heck.
I fully expect to enjoy being cantankerous and feisty well into my 50’s. Then I’m really gonna open a can of whoop ass and let the partying start!
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August 14th, 2008 at 3:59 am
Joe — Oh, yeah. We all start out that way. I give you props for sharing your illness (and pictures!) on your blog. You rock. How’s the leg these days?
Lee — They should count themselves lucky, actually. They were both out and about, and clearly they still drive. The alternatives are far worse. I plan on working ’til I drop, so I don’t have to sit around and wallow. That can’t be healthy.
Richard Catto — Good night, Kathy.
Rattln Along — It’s called Slingo. I stupidly introduced it to him when he got his first computer in ‘97. If you have 15 minutes, go read about it here. It’s the first entry on this blog; the story of providing tech support to my Dad.
BabaBooey — Hopefully not while driving. That’s what we need. I’m sure they’re not, though. If they gave up bread, they gave up beer.
Shadowsrider — Wow, they’ve been running that convention for 15 years! Oh, I love that poem. I want to grow old that way, too. If I make it to 101, it’s going to be a very cranky 101.
brooke — You’re right! As soon as Guy #2 sat down, they launched right into it like they knew each other for years. Yes, when I’m old, this blog will be nothing but stories about how my nursing home roommate stole my cookies and won’t stop talking when I’m trying to sleep.
Tim — My parents are two of them. Both in their 80’s and going strong. Amazingly, they have very few ailments to complain about. I hope that means I have good genes! Your 50’s? LOL.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:00 am
Gawd….I think I’m really close to there already.
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August 14th, 2008 at 9:46 am
wow, all I have to say is, don’t go to the doctor. They want to tell you everything you don’t want to hear and then some. I am doing my darnest not to get old. I exercise and have stayed away from the bread. Anyone tried the SoyMilk vanilla. It is really good. I was really surprised. anyhow, loved reading everyone’s thoughts.
August 14th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Oops! I missed spell blogspot. http://www.myphysiqueinc.blogspot.com That other site. I don’t even know what that is, but it ain’t mine.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:32 am
This sounds like every conversation I’ve ever had!
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August 14th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
I wish I had read very Pithy comment si Could no for certain that some one elkse didn’t steal my thunder, But I
Don’t
Have
The
Time.
Any way getting older beats the alternative all to heck.
Ta daaaa!
Beamer
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August 14th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Geez, now I wish I had an edit feature so I could make sense out of my post:
Comment so I could Know – Yikes
Beamer
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August 14th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I’ve actually had similar conversations with my cousin. We stop and laugh and say, “Listen to us we sound like old women.” We don’t feel old.
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August 14th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
To answer your question: If I’m driving I don’t have to deal with the patient at all, and they can’t hear me, though sometimes I listen in on the fun on the intercom. As far as being in the back goes, I’m just glad she didn’t break her streak while she was with us. It was a pretty bumpy road…..
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August 14th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Hell, this was me yesterday talking to my wife!
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August 14th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Oh man, that would have driven me crazy, beat me gently with a walker (texas ranger).
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August 14th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Thanks for asking. The leg is doing much better.
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August 14th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
At least they weren’t talking about their sex lives. THAT would have made me throw up in my mouth a tad.
xoxo Danity
August 14th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Lori — Don’t worry. You’re in very good company.
pkavfit — Sounds like your staving off the aging process pretty well! I’m doomed. Haven’t really exercised in weeks. Soy milk? Hmm, maybe on a dare!
kev — Because you feel old, or because you’re always one-upping everyone? I’m sure your awesomeness has you winning every time.
Beamer — Sorry, I should add an editing feature. I actually have it on my to-do list, so people can screw up all they want. What does it say that I understood you perfectly?
Christine Thresh — I do it, too. My sisters and I can really get a good one going. My older sister gives me the low-down on everything I can expect in the coming years. I don’t want to talk to her anymore.
Shieldmaiden96 — Ewwww! Clean up in aisle 4.
Bruce — Join the club. But do you win?
Acorn King — Couldn’t help but chuckle to myself. I could barely keep up with their ailments. I type pretty fast, but they gave me a run for my money.
Joe — So glad to hear it. You had quite a nasty sore there. Sending good vibes for a quick heal.
Danity Donnaly — Oh, dear God. Not that!
August 14th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
With the litany of complainst I sometimes hear coming out of my mouth, I hope I’m not like that in 40 days!
Brenda’s last blog post..Sharing a bath (revisited)
August 14th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
i just thought of something what will me and regan read cool if you get old *shivers at thought* gasp
August 14th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
I am with you on the jeans! I wear my jeans until they literally fall apart because it takes forever to find a pair to love! Very funny post!
Heidi’s last blog post..How Fat Does Fast Food Make You?
August 14th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Try this one: http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/software/k-casual-game-t-free-mostfun-slingo-quest-free-unlimited-play-version-download-bwpwavnx.html
Not sure if it is the same or an “improved” version.
Rattln Along’s last blog post..Happy Fourth Of July
August 14th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
You don’t have to be old to see the glass half full- it’s all in your attitude.
Louise’s last blog post..Barbeque Shrimp and Cheese Grits Recipe
August 15th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Brenda — If you knew how often I complained out loud (and in my head), you would never want to sit down next to me. I could give you a run for your money.
brooke — Maybe you’ll both have to take over the blog because I won’t be able to move my fingers (arthritis) or see it (poor eyesight) or understand what I’m writing (general forgetfulness). Promise you’ll help me?
Heidi — Would you believe I almost tried on more jeans at another store today? I think I have an affliction now. I know in my mind there are no perfect jeans for me, but I keep trying. What is wrong with me?
Rattln Along — OMG! This might be it! It’s specifically designed for Vista, right? I’m going to try it out and let you know if he’s happy with it. You might have just saved the day!
Louise — I know it doesn’t sound like it, but I do generally see life that way. It just doesn’t make for good cranky humor.
August 15th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Geez, I don’t care how old I get so long as I don’t get “polyps on the prostate”! That sounds painful, or to steal a line from Dave Barry, that would be a good name for a rock band.
It is amusing and sad to hear older folks do the dueling diseases thing. But come to think about it, I find myself doing that sometimes. Yikes!
Leeuna’s last blog post..Making New Friends
August 15th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
o my god! You can’t make that stuff up! Classic!
Margaret’s last blog post..How To Mercilessly Taunt Those Who Raise The Dead
August 16th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Leeuna — It would SO be an excellent rock band name. Or maybe The Kidney Stones? We’re all in the same boat, so no worries.
Margaret — I’m so glad I took my seat where I did. It was a gift they just handed me.
August 16th, 2008 at 5:58 am
DP we have any limits to be called old people? I am 32 and I have diabetes, Blood Pressure problems, some skin infections, overweight, and high cholesterol. I am not hoping something good but I have all that at this age so what will go on with me in near future, I am distracted.
August 17th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Haha. I love listening to old people conversations. They are usually the best.
The best thing about getting older seems to be that you can say whatever you want with nobody stopping you.
Old men are dirty too. I’m surprised you didn’t hear any of that, haha
iMike’s last blog post..911 Call
August 19th, 2008 at 1:39 am
The pain of reality is killing us… natural healthy living is the only way while we are still young. Thanks for this post, more are becoming aware of the importance of healthy living.
jackstowe’s last blog post..Are Fruits More Natural To Eat Than Herbs?
August 19th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
i promise
August 19th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
nintendo wii fit — Ouch! If it makes you feel better, I’m overweight as well. It’s a constant battle and I know if I can get it under control, I’ll feel a world better. You have lots of company.
iMike — What killed me most is they were complete strangers. All the one guy did was announce his first ailment and it opened up the floodgates for the rest. I’m blessed there was no “intimate” talk. I’d have been outta there!
jackstowe — You are so right. If it were only easy, huh?
brooke — I knew I could count on you!
August 20th, 2008 at 10:25 am
That reminds me of the Monty Python sketch where all the old guys compete about who had the worst childhood – “well, WE were really poor, we lived in a shoebox at the side of the road” “oh, you were lucky!” etc.
Lidian’s last blog post..Kathy’s Excellent Artex Adventure
August 21st, 2008 at 4:37 am
Lidian — Yes, it does! And their “skit” just went on and on and on. I’m sure I missed the part about all the surgeries they’ve had.
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm
I’m not at all scared of death. That may be because of my personal beliefs but I see death as just going to sleep and waking up in another place and eventually your loved ones will be with you again.
September 23rd, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Prostate Treatment Info — It’s my wish to pass peacefully in my sleep. Everyone should be so lucky, right? No aches and pains. Just deep, deep rest you never wake up from.
October 6th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
OMG, I am almost 40 now and it feels like that is getting closer and closer. I am scared of getting old and ending up like that too. I think we forget on a daily basis as we abuse ourselves that some day we will have to pay for all the abuse and or we will just get old and wear out. That happened to my grandma, she just wore out and died at 100.
October 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Deb – Don’t worry. You’re in good company. Although it sounds like you have amazing genes in your family. Wow. 100!
November 4th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Ha ha ha, great story. It always ends up being a “topper” between two men.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I’m quite looking forward to getting old. Imagine if you had dementia. What a trip that would be. You could have sex for the 1st time, every day (lol).