You Know You Are Old When

   / You Know You Are Old When #3,501  
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.
Just finished a 12 oz. mug of One Village "Nightingale" decaf from the French press. Damn good stuff, but won't keep me up all night. I have another hour of work to do, and maybe 30 minutes of watching the computer to make sure the job I'm setting up is going to run correctly through the night, before calling it a night.
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #3,502  
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.
I don’t typically drink coffee in the evening because I move on to cold drinks after lunch. But I drink iced tea all evening right up until bed time, then sleep well. Caffeine doesn’t keep me awake.
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #3,503  
Speaking of old today was a red letter day.
Our farrier and his wife were out for the horses and when I bent over to hand him his nippers I pooped my pants. It's been 70 years since that happened and luckily I had on brown shorts, the end doors were open as well as the coupla fan was on high.
I'm hoping it was a fluke!
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #3,504  
Speaking of old today was a red letter day.
Our farrier and his wife were out for the horses and when I bent over to hand him his nippers I pooped my pants. It's been 70 years since that happened and luckily I had on brown shorts, the end doors were open as well as the coupla fan was on high.
I'm hoping it was a fluke!
You’re a brave man to share that story.
 
   / You Know You Are Old When #3,508  
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.
I get mine from Dollar General, their chunky chocolate store brand. They are part of my diet program, every time I gain 5 Lbs I take away a cookie. Currently at 190 lbs & 4 per day and holding.
 
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I keep these things called "pencils" and what we call "paper". Very useful. And they work without batteries.
I also use pencil and paper. Paper is hung on the refrigerator. I take a picture of the list before going to the grocery store.
 

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