We are indeed growing a bit older, but no need to let it get us down. The following inspirations are sent to cheer up those who are "Chronologically Challenged."
GETTING OLD
Don't let anyone tell you you're getting old
The older we get, Some people try to turn back their odometers.
Maturity means being emotionally and mentally healthy.
Spring is here and so am I,
You know you are getting old when everything
I don't know how I got over the hill
Experience is that marvelous thing
My ambition is to live forever. So far, so good.
This is my favorite time of day..........
"Wrinkled" was not one of the things I wanted to be when I grew up.
Health is merely the slowest possible rate
Never knock on Death's door; ring the doorbell and run.
It's not the pace of life that concerns me,
When did my wild oats turn to prunes and All Bran?
I finally got my head together,
It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be...
It was all so different before everything changed.
You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair Time may be a great healer, Age doesn't always bring wisdom, Life not only begins at forty, You don't stop laughing because you grow old,
Your investment in health insurance Kidnappers are not very interested in you. It's harder and harder for sexual harassment charges to stick. If you've never smoked, you can start now Your secrets are safe with your friends Your supply of brain cells is finally down Your eyes won't get much worse. Adult diapers are actually kind of convenient. Things you buy now won't wear out. No one expects you to run into a burning building. There's nothing left to learn the hard way. Your joints are more accurate In a hostage situation
Squash their toes with your rocker!
the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
Not me. I want people to know why I look like this.
I have traveled a long way.
And some of the roads were not paved.
It is that time when you know when to say yes,
when to say no,
and when to say WHOOPEE!
But at my age I wonder why.
If nature can be born anew,
Why can't I be recycled too?
either dries up or starts to leak.
without getting to the top.
that enables you to recognize a mistake
when you do it again.
well, there it goes.
at which one can die.
(he hates that).
it's the sudden stop in the end.
now my body is falling apart.
Funny, I don't remember being absent minded.
that you once got from a roller coaster.
but it's a lousy beautician.
Sometimes age comes alone.
it begins to show.
you grow old because you stopped laughing.
is finally beginning to pay off.
and it won't have time to hurt you.
because they can't remember them either.
to a manageable size.
than the National Weather Service.
you are likely to be released first.
Some people handle the passing years with grace and style, while others cringe whenever they hear the song HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Take this True-False quiz to see how well you deal with aging.
1. Wisdom helps me to accept life's upsets much more easily.
2. If I grope for a fact I can't remember, I just laugh and say, "I'm not a teenager anymore."
3. I take better care of my appearance now than I used to.
4. I'm more willing to let go of grudges than I did when I was younger.
5. Experience, more than intuition, tells me whether a person is trustworthy.
6. If I go into a room and forget what I went to get, I just wait until I remember.
7. My sexual interest is not hurt by concerns about being older.
8. When someone asks my age, I jokingly say: "I'm over 21."
9. I rarely complain about everyday aches and pains.
10. I don't fear living alone in later years because I live for today.
9 or 10 True: You blow out your birthday candles with a smile. You lead a productive life, accepting what you can't change. You can be a role model for members of the younger as they search for the secrets to ideal aging. ~~~~~~ How many do you remember?
Blackjack chewing gum
If you remembered 0-5 - You're still young.
7 or 8 True: You're doing OK, but may want to rethink some of your sterotypes about aging. To feel younger at any age, you need to be mentally flexible. The key to a youthful attitude is a good sense of humor.
6 or fewer True: You tend to frown when your birthday comes around. Perhaps you should discuss your feelings with someone close to you. Then focus on the positive attributes of being older--for example, life experience and a tendency to handle adversity more easily. Also, practive laughing at life's little pitfalls and you'll be forever young at heart!
Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
Candy cigarettes
Soda pop machines that dispensed bottles
Coffee shops with tableside jukeboxes
Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers
Party lines
Newsreels before the movie
P.F. Flyers
Butch Wax
Telephone numbers with a word prefix (Olive - 6933)
Peashooters
Howdy Doody
45 RPM records
S&H Green Stamps
Hi-fi's
Metal ice trays with levers
Mimeograph paper
Blue flashbulbs
Beanie and Cecil
Roller skate keys
Cork popguns
Drive-ins
Studebakers
Wash tub wringers
If you remembered 6-10 - You are getting older.
If you remembered 11-15 - Don't tell your age.
If you remembered 16-25 - We're older than dirt!
Comes a time in everyone's life when the doctor prescribes a little pill. Might be for your heart, or your knee, or your back.
And, like it or not, you'll have to take one of those little pills every day for the rest of your life. Now, I know a lot of you aren't going to take favorably to this new regimen: "If it's Tuesday, it must be time for my anti-inflammatory." But look on the bright side. The biggest problem in your life right now can be taken care of with a pill.
Think of all those problems you had when you were younger: Love. Money. Work. Children. Neighbors. Couldn't cure any of them with a pill, could you?
You're not getting older, you're getting better medication. So enjoy. And don't forget your pills.
You remember when Jordache jeans
Any photograph of you shows you wearing an Izod shirt
You know any "Weird Al" Yankovic songs by heart.
You've ever rung someone's doorbell and said "Landshark!"
You were once bowled over by the technological excellence
You remember the premier of MTV-or worse yet,
A predominant color in your childhood photos is plaid.
You remember when music that was labeled "alternative"
You took family trips BEFORE the invention of the minivan.
You rode in the back of the station wagon
You've recently horrified yourself
Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you learned things
You ever dressed to look like someone in a Madonna,
You remember with pain the day the Green Machine hit the streets
The age-old question "Where's the beef?"
You remember when film critics raved that no movie
You're starting to believe that having the kids in school year-round
You remember trying to guess which episode of "The Brady Bunch"
"All skate, change directions" means something to you.
You remember when movies were only PG and R.
You remember when your cable TV box
You remember Bo and Luke Duke, Daisy, Boss Hogg,
Your parents paid $2,000 for a top-loading VCR
You found nothing strange about Bert and Ernie living together.
You remember having a rotary phone.
And lastly, A song that will stick in your head for the rest of the day:
with a flat-handle comb in the back pocket
was cool.
with the collar turned up.
of such products as Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco.
you remember its predecessor, "Friday Night Videos."
really was alternative,
and when "alternative comedy" was really funny.
facing the cars behind you.
by using any one of the following phrases:
"You know, back when...,"
"When I was your age...,"
or "When I was younger..."
like grammar, math and history.
(A big hint here is if the only way you can recite
the Preamble to the Constitution is by singing it.)
Cyndi Lauper or Duran Duran video.
(or the sidewalks),
instantly making your Big Wheel obsolete.
still makes you laugh.
could ever possibly have more advanced special effects
than "TRON."
wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.
it was by the first scene.
had a sliding selector switch...
and your "cable remote" was connected to the TV
by a CORD!
or - worst of all -
what Sheriff Roscoe's full name was.
that was almost the size of a coffee table.
The theme song of "The Greatest American Hero."
("BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M WALKIN' ON AIR...
I NEVER THOUGHT I COULD FEEL SO FREE-EE-EE..."
A 60-year old man goes to a doctor for a checkup. The doctor tells him, "You're in terrific shape. There's nothing wrong with you. Why, you might live forever, you have the body of a 35-year old. By the way, how old was your father when he died?"
The 60-year old responded, "Did I say he was dead?"
The doctor was surprised and asked, "How old is he and is he very active?"
The patient responded, "Well, he is 82 years old and he still goes skiing three times a season and surfing three times a week during the summer."
The doctor couldn't believe it! So he said, "Well, how old was your grandfather when he died?"
The 60-year old responded again, "Did I say he was dead?"
The doctor was astonished. He said, "You mean to tell me you are 60 years old and both your father and your grandfather are both alive? Is your grandfather very active?"
The patient replied, "He goes skiing at least once a season and surfing Once a week during the summer. Not only that," he added, "my grandfather is 106 years old, and next week he is getting married again."
The doctor said, "At 106 years, why on earth did your grandfather want to Get married?"
His patient looked up at the doctor and said, "Did I say he wanted to?"