Aging...

[Werewolf]

This is not directly gun related but I know that like me there are a lot of THR members that are getting up there in years.

Some thoughts to consider and maybe even bring a smile:

An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation. As he was about to get the anesthesia he asked to speak to his son. "Yes, Dad, what is it?" "Don't be nervous, son; do your best and just remember, if it doesn't go well, if something happens to me . your mother is going to come and live with you and your wife!"
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Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
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The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
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Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
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You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
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I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
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One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young.
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Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
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Old age is when former classmates are so gray and wrinkled and bald and have such terrible eyesight, they don't recognize you.
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If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old.
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Long ago when women and men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today, it's called golf.

Have a GREAT day ... and keep smiling

 

[sm]

You think back to the guns you learned to shoot with. The basic fundamentals of safety, grip, stance, trigger controls, sight alignment, foot position, focus on target, "painting them out of the sky" with a shotgun.

Some things come and go, fads fade in and out, then you remember The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Old farts, what do they know? " I'll probably never think and say stuff like they did.

DAMN...I are one! And I'm only a '55 model myself!
I think and do as those before me. 1911s, K frames, Shotguns, bolt rifles...

Got an itch to shoot that single shot bolt rifle in 22lr - again.

Aging - beats the alternative!

 

[JJohnston015]

Old age is when former classmates are so gray and wrinkled and bald and have such terrible eyesight, they don't recognize you.

This happened to me when I reported to my new job. There are 4 or 5 guys here I went to college with, and hadn't seen since. They're all old and fat!

Me, I still look great.

And to keep this gun related: The daily fee at the shooting range I used to go to has doubled!

 

[BluesBear]

You know you're getting old when you go to a gun show and someone is selling "antique" gun catalogues and you realize that you can remember sending away for them when they were new.

 

[Leatherneck]

What is this? Geezers Anonymous? I remember at my first non-farm job at a service station when the owner reluctantly increased the price of gas to 28.9 cents a gallon!

TC
TFL Survivor

 

[Unisaw]

You know you're getting old when no one else in your office knows a smallpox vaccination scar when they see it

 

[Werewolf]

You know you're getting old when no one else in your office knows a smallpox vaccination scar when they see it

What's even worse is you're so old the thing has faded plumb away (and I'm just in my 50's).

 

[BHPshooter]

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

Truly a wise question. I'm 20, but look and feel much older. I've got as many physical problems as my parents!

But to quote my favorite movie, "It ain't the years, honey, it's the mileage."

Wes

 

[sm]

I have smallpox scar ( ok it faded, just know where to look)

What was the vaccine via surgar cubes we took? Polio vaccine? I recall taking mine in the school cafeteria, and then shooting air guns in the gym afterwards.

Big gas 'war' - dropped from .22 to .17 . Uncle filled up the truck at the Esso station down the street, then we went shooting.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Gunsmith told me to retire my old shotgun, a Remington 11-48, because parts are no longer available. I bought it new a few years ago! (actually it was in 1971).

Ordered a part for my Rototiller at a local small engine shop. The owner asked if I was restoring that antique. Antique? I said... I bought it new! (30 years ago).

 

[Atticus]

What's this thread about...where the hell are my glasses?

 

[cdbeaver]

I bought a Remington 11-48 the year it came out. It may still be working, for all I know, but I certainly have parts that are worn out.

 

[Guy B. Meredith]

About 11 years after I went through the NRA Hunter Safety course with my Remington 514 I filled the tank of my new 1969 VW bug for $2.50.

I had exchanged Guns and Ammo for Hot VW and visions of dune buggies temporarily pushed aside visions of owning a .38 revolver and Ruger MKII like those my friend had.

Have both handguns now, though the revolvers are all .357 magnum. Never did get the hot VW or dune buggy.