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I feel like I age a year every month. I'm fixing to turn 43 in about a month, but I often feel more like 143. The lack of common sense and the level of stupidity in this world make me feel like a grandpa yelling at his grandkids "Turn that crap off, this isn't music!"

Oh, and AMC Rambler S/C

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Blues said:
Don't mess with the O.G.'s

Or do...

...at your peril.

Signed,

O.G. Mod

(and certified old guy)
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When I used to do a lot of pew-pew training, my partner for team drills in some classes we always did in August was the second longest serving officer on the big city department near me (and a founder of their SWAT team). One year I was calling him "Jurassic Cop." After a few times, he responded, "You don't wanna f*^# with this T-Rex." Much laughter ensued.
 
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jackknife said:
Its a complicated formula.

It starts when you first get up in the morning, and things hurt. Things you're broken in misguided youthful moments when you handed your beer to someone and said "Watch this!"

Or when you get on the crowded metro train and some young lady gets out of her seat and says "Here sir, take this seat."

Or when you and your better half go out to dinner and the waitress who looks like she's still in high school, gives you the senior discount menu.

Or when you know your doctor, be it a cardiologist, orthopedic, on a first name basis.

Or when younger people start holding the door for you at the Tractor Supply.

Or when you try to order a burger and fries at the drive in window at the bank.

Or when you need to have the subtitles on the TV because you can't tell what the hell these young actors are saying.

Or when you realize that you spend more time fishing/shooting/puttering in the workshop than you spent at work before you retired.

OR, when you stand in front of the tray of knives and it takes longer to pick out your carry of the day than decide what to wear for the day!
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My formula is simpler: once you start grunting when you get up from a chair, you're old.
 
When you'd rather spend money on getting your shoulder looked at than a new blade.
 
Nota complete list, but a good start Jackknife. It has been some time since I used the handrail on a set of steps. Got to the top and thought "it's all downhill now buddy". Not all is lost 'cause I still remember going up 2 or 3 at a time!
 
Ron Sabbagh said:
you know your old when:

your back goes out and you stay home
happy hour is a nap
it takes 2 tries to get up off the couch
you and your teeth don't sleep together
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I'll attest to all but the latter, though I am about to leave for the dentist to have a tooth pulled.
 
Old age is not so much a chronological thing as it is body parts wearing out. A lot of us were “rode hard and put away wet,” as the expression says.

Thanks for the comments about my ”nice things.” Benchmade Ritter mini-Grip, Queen #3, S&W chief’s special airweight with aged ivory Micarta lip grips (inside the waistband with no holster)
 
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Ron Sabbagh said:
you know your old when…
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…I can’t party like this anymore… 🤣

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Rob47 said:
Old age is not so much a chronological thing as it is body parts wearing out. A lot of us were “rode hard and put away wet,” as the expression says.

Thanks for the comments about my ”nice things.” Benchmade Ritter mini-Grip, Queen #3, S&W chief’s special lightweight with aged ivory Micarta lip grips (inside the waistband with no holster)
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I need a full cybernetic body, most of my parts have worn out or on their last "legs."
 
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