you know your getting old(older) if...........

what are some of the common funny characteristics of getting older?

 

you may be getting older if, you've had items of clothing longer than your grandkids.

 

you may be getting older if, you run for your eyeglasses when the phone rings.

you may be getting older if, you remember the names of the news anchorpeople.

you may be getting older if your normally awake to turn off the alarm clock.(or even have an alarm clock for that matter).

 

When the word depends is used consistently in your vocabulary as a noun instead of a verb!

 

I forgot....

 

You get up to go do something and forget what you got up to do.

 

I had to explain who Elvis Presley was.

 

You remember when songs first came out on the oldies station

 

When you still use archaic terms such as 'Roll your (car) window up!" (Dad, it's an electric window) "Dial this number for me…" (There is no dial),
…and when you hear an 'old' tune on the radio, you know exactly where the tune was on the LP…."3rd song, 2nd side"…..

 

You can remember your phone being on a party line.

 

You know your getting older when you go to the hardware store to buy parts and don't need to buy any tools.

You know your getting older when you find oil filters for cars you don't own anymore.

You know your getting older when you buy a selfie stick to read the print on your cell phone.

You know your getting older when you take vacations and go to museums.

You know your getting older when you buy $80 worth of groceries for the week and an $80 bottle of scotch that will last 6 months.

 

You know your getting older when you count your anniversaries in decades instead of years.

 

You know you're getting older when you have one arm in a sweater and can't remember if you're taking it off or putting it on.

 

I live in Podunk.... We had party lines in the 90's here.

 

When you are talking to a nice old lady, then realize she is flirting with you.

 

You remember when songs first came out

 

When it takes you all day to do something once when you once did something all day.

 

... when you walk into a room and can't remember why.

... when your main form of exercise consist in trying to find your reading glasses.

... when you think "kids today" are spoiled for getting practically door-to-door school bus service.

... when you complain about the plumbing getting backed up and you don't mean the kitchen sink.

 

...when you need your glasses to find your glasses.

...when the floor gets farther away every year.

...when the music you danced to in high school gets played on the "Oldies" station.

...if you learned to type on a manual typewriter.

 

When it's time to get 'renewed' on Carousel..