You know you are getting old when:

[LizzieMaine]

Once you get to the top of the stairs, there's nowhere to go but down.

 

[scottyrocks]

You know you're getting old when people start saying you've had a long life but that's wrong, the older you get, life becomes shorter.

That's actually the same thing. Mortality-wise, as the past gets longer, the future becomes shorter.

 

[green papaya]

when you look in the mirror and dont like what you see, because your no longer the young person you use to be

it can be terrifying like the scene from What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? with Betty Davis

 

[Zombie_61]

when you look in the mirror and dont like what you see, because your no longer the young person you use to be

it can be terrifying like the scene from What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? with Betty Davis

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Not so much in a mirror, but as a follow-up to this June 20th post...

I've had my current driver license for, best guess, about 20 years now. I have a clean driving record--no tickets or accidents--so they've just sent me a new one every time the previous one expired. Apparently, someone finally noticed how long it's been because I received a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles last week stating I need to make an appointment to take a driving test before they'll renew my license this time.

...I didn't have to take the written or driving test, but they did have me read their eye chart and have an updated photo taken. Now, every time I look at the photo on my license I think, "Jeez, who's that old man?"

 

[Trenchfriend]

Once you get to the top of the stairs, there's nowhere to go but down.

"It's lonesome on the top."

So, better beeing in the middle.

 

[2jakes]

When you were young & in love....

Nothing else mattered!

 

[wgnovak]

You know you're getting old when you realize that most young people today are three generations removed from the World War II Generation.

And many now are four generations removed.

 

[wgnovak]

You really know you’re getting old when when you’re surprised to see someone from your generation in the crowd.

 

[2jakes]

You know you are getting old when you
forget why you are getting old.

 

[Trenchfriend]

You know, you are getting older, when you prefer fresh bedclothing more than in your 20s.

 

[2jakes]

You know, you are getting older, when you prefer fresh bedclothing more than in your 20s.

You know you are getting old when you
start using empty tennis ball cans by your bedside because you are too cold
and tired to make the trip to the bathroom which now is an all night affair
especially in the winter months.

 

[2jakes]

And you are definitely getting older and
sentimental when you feel bad that you
have to wake up Polo and Sundance who
have made it a ritual of sleeping on top
of you
when you have to use the tennis cans by
the bedside because you.... oh hell...
I already explained why I have to get
up!

 

[vitanola]

You know you are getting old when you
start using empty tennis ball cans by your bedside because you are too cold
and tired to make the trip to the bathroom which now is an all night affair
especially in the winter months.

This is why properly designed night stands have a little cupboard on the bottom.

 

[2jakes]

This is why properly designed night stands have a little cupboard on the bottom.

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With my luck... in the night, I probably would be too lazy to put
it back inside the cupboard or put the
lid back.
I can see Polo on top of the night stand watching and knocking
that digital clock into you know where!

If I leave my chest drawers opened just a tad... Polo will open them and take out all my socks and poo-poo undies and throw them on the bedroom floor.

Something's definitely wrong with
that cat.
In the afternoons he will take a nap with his head inside my canvas Tretorns.

 

[GHT]

You know you are getting old when you
start using empty tennis ball cans by your bedside because you are too cold
and tired to make the trip to the bathroom which now is an all night affair
especially in the winter months.

A funnel, attached to a hose, connected to a watering can makes for a good alternative bladder relief. If you happen to have somewhere to site a hook for the funnel it will negate the need to get out of bed. I have the next best thing, an en suite bathroom.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

You know you are getting old when you
start using empty tennis ball cans by your bedside because you are too cold
and tired to make the trip to the bathroom which now is an all night affair
especially in the winter months.

Have you had your prostate checked ?

 

[2jakes]

Have you had your prostate checked ?

Are you going to charge me if I answer?

 

[GHT]

 

[Trenchfriend]

In the older german days, they call the pisspot "midnight-vase".

 

[Fading Fast]

...In the afternoons he will take a nap with his head inside my canvas Tretorns.

I think you have your next picture opportunity for the "Things That Make Me Smile" thread.