You Know You Are Old When

[MossRoad]

Yeah, I had to stop at Martin's this evening to get a new supply of chocolate chip cookies, I was out of them. I do however, limit myself to two cookies per day.

That's willpower!!!

I'm down to 3-4 cookies and 4 pieces of dark chocolate most days.

But once in a while, I break into the Little Debbies.

 

[MossRoad]

Michigan City, IN outlet mall...

Pepperidge Farm Store.

 

[BravoXray]

Never developed a taste for it. Smells nice, but can't stand the taste.

I could never stand coffee, probably haven't drank an entire cup in my whole life. When I worked on construction in the 70s, sometimes people would bring us coffee at break time in the cold months, and I just had to thank them, but politely decline it. I would, however, take an ice cold Coke or Pepsi.

 

[BravoXray]

Reminds me of Vienna Fingers. I never liked them, but could wipe out half a family pack (probably 60 cookies?) in a single sitting as a teen, when dipped in whole milk.

I've always had the same relationship with Oreos. Never liked them, I think the chocolate wafer is terrible, but damn... give me a glass of whole milk, and I can slam down a dozen Oreo Original cookies in the blink of an eye.

I'm a skinny guy, believe it or not. 6'-0" and 170 lb., just a high metabolism.

Oreos are my second cookie of choice after chocolate chip. But there again, I limit myself to 3 or 4 a day. That helps too, because by the time I eat the last ones in the package, they're getting stale.

You skinny, high metabolism guys piss me off. If I take in more than 1500-2000 calories a day, I gain weight. A lady friend that stayed here for a couple of years ate constantly, easily 3 or 4 times what I ate in a day and stayed thin. Then to make it worse, she was always baking something, bread, cookies, cakes, or pies. The good thing was that if I didn't eat some soon after she made them, they were all gone.

 

[Runner]

You know you are old when.... the amount of miles you drive dwindles to the "annual" oil change interval.

 

[MossRoad]

Oreos are my second cookie of choice after chocolate chip. But there again, I limit myself to 3 or 4 a day. That helps too, because by the time I eat the last ones in the package, they're getting stale.

You skinny, high metabolism guys piss me off. If I take in more than 1500-2000 calories a day, I gain weight. A lady friend that stayed here for a couple of years ate constantly, easily 3 or 4 times what I ate in a day and stayed thin. Then to make it worse, she was always baking something, bread, cookies, cakes, or pies. The good thing was that if I didn't eat some soon after she made them, they were all gone.

My wife was on a weight watchers points program for several years. It worked great for her. She was very disciplined about it. She was allowed 26 points per day. She figured out I was eating something like 140+ points per day and not gaining a pound. She was not happy.

 

[MossRoad]

Oreos are my second cookie of choice after chocolate chip. But there again, I limit myself to 3 or 4 a day. That helps too, because by the time I eat the last ones in the package, they're getting stale.

You skinny, high metabolism guys piss me off. If I take in more than 1500-2000 calories a day, I gain weight. A lady friend that stayed here for a couple of years ate constantly, easily 3 or 4 times what I ate in a day and stayed thin. Then to make it worse, she was always baking something, bread, cookies, cakes, or pies. The good thing was that if I didn't eat some soon after she made them, they were all gone.

I like to take 2 mint Oreos and 2 chocolate Oreos and a nice cold glass of milk once in a while. But you are correct that they'll go stale before I can finish the pack. So I suffer.... and eat them anyway!

 

[Oaktree]

You skinny, high metabolism guys piss me off. If I take in more than 1500-2000 calories a day, I gain weight.

I've never been skinny, but I used to have a fairly high metabolism. More than once I've been told by someone that if they ate as much as I did they'd weigh 400 lb. Unfortunately, as I've gotten older the metabolism has slowed, but not the appetite.

You know you are old when.... the amount of miles you drive dwindles to the "annual" oil change interval.

I'm down to 2 oil change intervals a year, but that's a bit deceiving...modern vehicles can go longer between changes.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

My mother made great cookies. One of my favorite Almond ons she called "Mexican Wedding Cookies" or "Fingers".
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I just called them Mexican wedding fingers.
When I met my wife I was 6ft & 125#! I wore a 24 waist jeans. Now it's a 38 waist...unless I pull them up an inch then I'm in a 50.

 

[WinterDeere]

You skinny, high metabolism guys piss me off. If I take in more than 1500-2000 calories a day, I gain weight.

Age is catching up with me. Although I haven't gained a pound, weight started moving from bone density and muscle into small "spare tire" in my late 40's. Still skinny due to being tall, but now at age 50, I'm starting to watch what I eat for the first time in my life. Not fun!

 

[ultrarunner]

I could never stand coffee, probably haven't drank an entire cup in my whole life. When I worked on construction in the 70s, sometimes people would bring us coffee at break time in the cold months, and I just had to thank them, but politely decline it. I would, however, take an ice cold Coke or Pepsi.

First soda at 17 traveling to see distant relatives... Beer was the beverage if choice or mineral water... I saw Coke and grabbed it...

Growing up it was water or milk...

Mom never had sweets around unless event like birthday.

Dad did enjoy ice cream and found he could buy a Thrifty Party pack 4 gallon ice cream very reasonable and he would bring one home for the summer...

It was the same one they used to dispense the nickel scoops from.

 

[sixdogs]

The last time I bought coffee it was so expensive that I'm thinking about dumping it in Boston Harbor and drinking tea.

Everyone would hate me.... no coffee no nice. Even the dogs avoid me until after the second cup.

I stopped drinking coffee decades ago and gradually grew to not even notice it. Sometimes a medium decaf is nice but I don't miss it. I suspect there is some sort of addictive nature to it that is yet undiscovered by the trial lawyers. I feel noticeably better and saved a barrel of $$ along the way. Do the math on that.

 

[Eagle1]

I stopped drinking coffee decades ago and gradually grew to not even notice it. Sometimes a medium decaf is nice but I don't miss it. I suspect there is some sort of addictive nature to it that is yet undiscovered by the trial lawyers. I feel noticeably better and saved a barrel of $$ along the way. Do the math on that.

Coffee is cheaper than Beer and I wasted plenty of $$$ on that... I don't miss the beer.
I'm down to Coffee, Ice Tea and pipe tobacco, got to have a couple of vices.

 

[masseyrider]

That's willpower!!!

I'm down to 3-4 cookies and 4 pieces of dark chocolate most days.

But once in a while, I break into the Little Debbies.

Little Debbies are the WORST!
Made my teeth hurt just trying them.

 

[MossRoad]

Oatmeal cream pies
Nutty buddy
Fudge rounds
Swiss rolls

Get the Big Pack family pack... the items are larger than the normal pack

 

[LouNY]

I've never been skinny, but I used to have a fairly high metabolism. More than once I've been told by someone that if they ate as much as I did they'd weigh 400 lb. Unfortunately, as I've gotten older the metabolism has slowed, but not the appetite.

I'm down to 2 oil change intervals a year, but that's a bit deceiving...modern vehicles can go longer between changes.

Don't feel lonely,
I'm under 6 foot and have been over 200 pounds since before I graduated HS. Marine boot camp I actually went up too 220. When I was young I was constantly doing physical labor. Stayed at 220 to 230 in the Marines, crept up to 240 till I hit my upper 50's then it started creeping up and moving down. So as you the metabolism has slowed down as well as the hard work but not the appetite and love of food.

I'm still doing two or three oil changes a year on the pickup even though it's under 12,000 miles a year.

 

[George2615]

Oatmeal cream pies
Nutty buddy
Fudge rounds
Swiss rolls

Get the Big Pack family pack... the items are larger than the normal pack

Just ate 2 of those big pack Oatmeal Cremes then checked in here and see the ad.

 

[Jstpssng]

I stopped drinking coffee decades ago and gradually grew to not even notice it. Sometimes a medium decaf is nice but I don't miss it. I suspect there is some sort of addictive nature to it that is yet undiscovered by the trial lawyers. I feel noticeably better and saved a barrel of $$ along the way. Do the math on that.

I like a cup or two in the morning but over the last decade have cut back and may have to give it up completely, as it keeps me awake at night.Some people can drink it all day, have a cup at night then go to bed and sleep like a baby but not me.
If I drink too much or have a cup after 10:00 AM or so won't sleep that night. I'm down to one (20 oz) cup, any more than that and I regret it. A few months ago I thought about having another and couldn't sleep that night. Go figure.

Even more disappointing though is that nobody even recognized the joke I tried to make. That's typical though. When I make a joke people take me seriously. When I'm serious, they think I'm joking.
That must be a sign that I'm getting old.

 

[WinterDeere]

I like a cup or two in the morning but over the last decade have cut back and may have to give it up completely, as it keeps me awake at night.Some people can drink it all day, have a cup at night then go to bed and sleep like a baby but not me.

I guess everyone is different, but I suspect for most, age has something to do with it.

I used to drink coffee all day and night in my 20's, and even my own mother (heavy coffee drinker) would ask me how I could sleep after an after-dinner coffee. I could literally have coffee right before bed, and be nearly unaffected.

As I reached my late-30's or early-40's, that began to change. I remember being really surprised the first time an evening coffee kept me from getting to sleep that night, thinking "well sh*t, this is new."

Now, I try to avoid all caffeinated coffees after 3pm, and have a hard/fast rule at 5pm. If I want an after-dinner coffee these days, which is common here, it has to be decaf. Thankfully, many roasters are making very good decaf beans, these days.

 

[bigtiller]

I'm down to one 8oz. cup. But there was a time when, if I couldn't sleep, I would get up and re-heat a large cup of leftover coffee. It would put me to sleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.