You Know You Are Old When

[Alan46]

With 100% dark, or really any chocolate, you want to avoid "alkyd" or "Dutch Process" chocolate. I've read that, these processes, while they make the chocolate taste better, are said to add more bad saturated fat and that's not good for the heart. You almost have to buy organic chocolate but there is plenty sold and I've found the best choices at Walmart.

Another good thing that helps is a spoonful of almond butter every day. It's just ground up almonds in a jar but it can help your good cholesterol. Mine improved a lot and I buy at Costco. It does settle in the jar before use so read my attached thread on how to mix peanut butter in 30 seconds. It's much better this way and almond butter mixes quick.

How to stir peanut butter in 30 seconds.

Here's how you can stir a new jar of 100% peanut butter before you finish reading this. Apologies to all if everyone already knows this but I've done it for years and it was news to me when I figured it out. Anyway, I discovered that an electric drill and a certain kind of egg beater-type...

www.tractorbynet.com

That’s really the only way to mix it, we’ve been doing it that way for years!

 

[sixdogs]

I realized today that old is subjective and even though someone may be older, they don't have to be old.

Case in point: I was waiting to check in for my eye doctor's appointed this AM for a typical extra long appt with field of vision, glaucoma tests, etc. It was taking forever because all these old duffers in front of me were aimlessly shuffling about, had no clue where any of their paperwork was, etc. Good grief.

Now, I know "there but for the grace of God go I" and I am not disrespectful in the least. I open doors for old people, tip my hat, let them in line in front of me, etc. But when they give their DOB to check in and I find out I am OLDER than them, sometimes by a lot, it is concerning.

You've got to put some spring in your step, wake up every morning with a vision of what is to be done and how to do it. You have to hug the dog, cut and chip brush, saw stumps, change oil and clean part of the barn. Let's turn that frown upside down and get crackin' in life.

When Clint Eastwood was asked how he remained so spry and accomplished in life, even at age 94 he said he simply "didn't let the old man in". And he doesn't. If I couldn't bite, scratch and kick below the belt, he could probably even whip me in a fight.

 

[BackRoad]

Somebody posted the "Don't let the old man in" song by Toby Keith. I'd not heard it before, but it has become my new favorite.

"...How old would you be if you didn't know your birth date?..."

What a brilliant line!

 

[Oaktree]

But when they give their DOB to check in and I find out I am OLDER than them, sometimes by a lot, it is concerning.

The cashiers at the grocery store in a neighboring town ask everyone buying alcohol for DOB. Many a time have I been behind someone who looked my age or older who turned out to be 10 or more years younger.

 

[WinterDeere]

The cashiers at the grocery store in a neighboring town ask everyone buying alcohol for DOB. Many a time have I been behind someone who looked my age or older who turned out to be 10 or more years younger.

When our local grocery stores started selling alcohol (only beer + wine), they used to have to card everyone, no matter the age. It was downright goofy, as many times I would be telling the kid carding me that I was 21 before they were even born.

I've always looked older than my age, which somehow helped me gain early respect at work, as I never looked like the "new kid". Also helped me avoid ever being carded, even on my 21st birthday. But that appears to be less of an advantage as one gets genuinely older.

 

[Jstpssng]

My younger brother had a full beard at 16. A couple of years after that we would send him in to buy beer, even though he would be the only one who couldn't.

 

[BravoXray]

The cashiers at the grocery store in a neighboring town ask everyone buying alcohol for DOB. Many a time have I been behind someone who looked my age or older who turned out to be 10 or more years younger.

About 10 years ago, at my hangar party at the airport for the annual air show, I introduced my younger sister to a friend, and he said he didn't know I had an older sister. Ooops!
But then, 50 years of smoking, drinking and a lot of sun exposure isn't going to make look like a 20 year old.

 

[goeduck]

My younger brother had a full beard at 16. A couple of years after that we would send him in to buy beer, even though he would be the only one who couldn't.

In College one of my friends was completely bald at 20, he bought all the booze. I ran into him not too long ago, he looked the same, I aged.

 

[Oaktree]

When our local grocery stores started selling alcohol (only beer + wine), they used to have to card everyone, no matter the age. It was downright goofy, as many times I would be telling the kid carding me that I was 21 before they were even born.

I've always looked older than my age, which somehow helped me gain early respect at work, as I never looked like the "new kid". Also helped me avoid ever being carded, even on my 21st birthday. But that appears to be less of an advantage as one gets genuinely older.

Just the opposite here, I've always looked younger than I am. Nice now that I'm in my 70s. but not so much when I was younger.

When did Pa. start allowing stores to sell beer? Back in the 80s when I did field service work, a co-worker and I were at a jobsite in the Philadelphia area. He was a heavy drinker, and stopped in a convenience store to pick up a 6 pack or two to bring back to his hotel room but was told that beer was only sold in bars. Ended up having to buy a case and it was warm.

 

[WinterDeere]

When did Pa. start allowing stores to sell beer? Back in the 80s when I did field service work, a co-worker and I were at a jobsite in the Philadelphia area. He was a heavy drinker, and stopped in a convenience store to pick up a 6 pack or two to bring back to his hotel room but was told that beer was only sold in bars. Ended up having to buy a case and it was warm.

It’s been a progression of small steps. You could always buy cold 6-packs to go from any bar and most restaurants, but I guess the first grocery store I remember carrying beer was Wegman’s back around 2005, or so. They were able to get a restaurant/tavern license, by setting up a small cafe in each grocery store. I think the laws have changed since then, allowing even grocery stores without a cafe to get the same type of license permitted to restaurants and taverns.

These licenses only allow up to 192 oz. (16x 12 oz. or 12x 16 oz.) take out per purchase, but they all allow you to check out with 192 oz., go drop it in your car, and come right back for more.

yeah, the old distributors were only allowed to sell full cases or half cases. But even back then, most had a refrigerator where you could buy cold cases, as that’s where they all stored their kegs. Your buddy must have just found an unusually bad distributor, or maybe just didn’t realize to look for the commercial chiller walk-in at the back of the store.

You gotta remember, PA was “The Quaker State”, and the Quakers were abstinent. They were followed by the anabaptists (Amish, Mennonite, Church of the Brethren), who also didn’t drink… at least publicly. So, we had our “Blue Laws” right up into the 2000’s, disallowing the sale of alcohol on Sundays, etc. I’d assume PA, at least the more-populated eastern half of it, is one of the “drier” states in the union. I’m doing my best to reverse that statistic, but I’m only one man.

Funny aside, my house was occupied by a particularly pious and well-known Mennonite family for about 150 years. But one of them, we think probably one of the son’s of the last generation of that family to live here, was a serious drinker. We found a pile of booze bottles that would fill a van, conveniently hidden in the woods about 300 feet from the house, which would date to that time. I’m guessing that boy’s parents thought he was just very dedicating to “going out to check on the cows”, every night.

 

[masseyrider]

Funny aside, my house was occupied by a particularly pious and well-known Mennonite family for about 150 years. But one of them, we think probably one of the son’s of the last generation of that family to live here, was a serious drinker. We found a pile of booze bottles that would fill a van, conveniently hidden in the woods about 300 feet from the house, which would date to that time. I’m guessing that boy’s parents thought he was just very dedicating to “going out to check on the cows”, every night.

When I was a kid coming back from walking my Dino there was a car on the yard.
Turned out to be RCMP. They had a report that my father was moonshining.
They checked all over and found nothing except for a couple packs of US smokes that my Godfathers wife brought my mother.
Before leaving they gave Pa their card and said if he knew of someone moonshining they'd make it worth while to report them.
My father said they wouldn't find many as most around here were Mennonites.
The guys laughed and said, "Who do you think we catch the most?"

 

[newbury]

My male Dr. Banana Fingers retired a year ago, replaced by a young female. I thought finally, after 30 years, small hands for my prostate exam. "Oh...we don't recommend that after you're 72" she said.

An Uncle (who has passed away, RIP) was a great dentist, but with Banana Fingers. One of his daughters became a great dentist, has her own practice and about 6 petite females working for her. ALL with small fingers. It is such a relief to have a dentist with small fingers.

 

[WinterDeere]

An Uncle (who has passed away, RIP) was a great dentist, but with Banana Fingers. One of his daughters became a great dentist, has her own practice and about 6 petite females working for her. ALL with small fingers. It is such a relief to have a dentist with small fingers.

When I moved into my current neighborhood, one of the neighbors invited to their annual crab bake, a big party with truckloads of boiled and grilled Maryland blue claws. We'd been in the neighborhood all of 2 or 3 weeks at that point, just learning the names of our 9 or 10 neighboring households.

I guess I must have mentioned I needed to find a local doctor, my prior one was an hour's drive from our new home, and one of the neighbors said "we all see Hal". Apparently Hal was one of the other neighbors.

One of the other guys at the same table overheard, and said "you know why we all see Hal, right?" Of course I didn't.

So he waves and yells "Hi Hal!" to another guy across the patio, and the other guy waves back. Then he says, "see how small his hands are? That is why we all see Hal."

 

[masseyrider]

When I moved into my current neighborhood, one of the neighbors invited to their annual crab bake, a big party with truckloads of boiled and grilled Maryland blue claws. We'd been in the neighborhood all of 2 or 3 weeks at that point, just learning the names of our 9 or 10 neighboring households.

I guess I must have mentioned I needed to find a local doctor, my prior one was an hour's drive from our new home, and one of the neighbors said "we all see Hal". Apparently Hal was one of the other neighbors.

One of the other guys at the same table overheard, and said "you know why we all see Hal, right?" Of course I didn't.

So he waves and yells "Hi Hal!" to another guy across the patio, and the other guy waves back. Then he says, "see how small his hands are? That is why we all see Hal."

A female Dr. knows how things measure up in her community.

 

[WinterDeere]

A female Dr. knows how things measure up in her community.

My doctor is a woman, and a very attractive and fit one, at that. She's never given me a prostate or hernia exam, though... I've never had that pleasure. You could say my b'hymen is intact.

Or would that be buhymen?

 

[WinterDeere]

I've always liked the guy, but after seeing this, I think Jay Leno is my new "old age superhero".

 

[Alan46]

I've always liked the guy, but after seeing this, I think Jay Leno is my new "old age superhero".

Being an old drag racer, I’ve seen that video many times!
Way back when, I remember seeing that car in action along with Miss Hurst, Linda Vaugh

 

[WinterDeere]

Being an old drag racer, I’ve seen that video many times!

My FIL actually got a ride in that car, and also a jet powered truck. He was the ranking executive at a large utility company, who used to sponsor various racing events. So when there was an opportunity for a ride along in one of the exhibitions, he usually took it.

But I don’t think his ride was quite as exciting as Jay’s.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

I'm thinking Jay Leno paid to have the Hemi repaired.

 

[Sigarms]

Son came home over the weekend.

He got up early Sunday morning and I thought he was having breakfast with us.

His buddy in town 30 minutes away called him because he has a flat tire and needed help to go to his part time job.

Kid apparently comes from a wealthy family (kid wrecked a new 2020 auto, they go and buy him a new 2023 auto) and father and mother are in Charleston SC for the weekend.

I ask my son why he has to go. We'll, his other buddy is sound asleep and won't wake up.

This kid (who has a flat tire) has a older brother, but apparently he doesn't drive because he doesn't like spending money on gas, but he still lives at home.

Apparently new cars are sold now without a spare doughnut tire.

Apparently this kid doesn't have a set of jumper cables or a portable air compressor in his car (but guess who does LOL).

Apparently because this kid drives like a idiot, he's not allowed to drive his mom's Porsche sitting in the garage.

Love my son to death and he's a good friend, but I told him he needs to teach his buddy to be more self sufficient on his own. If his parents have so much money, let them buy the tools the kid needs because this isn't the first time this has happened, but it should be the last time.

I'm just getting older enough that I sound exactly like my grandmother bitching at my parents generation, and my own parents bitching about my generation, and now I'm bitching about my son's generation.