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  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    when your kids come to visit you for lunch and dinner and spend the day with you
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    People don't believe you that you lived when there was no internet.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    when u have a morning erection and you think you are dreaming
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    You know you're getting old when your eyes start to go.  I had this flash of light glint off my glasses the other day so I took glasses off and the flashes of light were still there.  I thought of my wife who had a detached retina (no picnic!) a few years ago and I started to freak out a bit.  I went right to the eye Doc the next day and he said it's most likely what is called a "posterior vitreous gel detachment"- apparently something common with older folks (also what the heck he means by an "older folk" is beyond me, haha!).  He asked if I had any floater and I said no, not that I've noticed.  And then the very next day I'm looking at the sky and wondering who through that field of black pepper up there.  Oh!  Floaters!    Well, this is interesting!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    brianlux said:
    You know you're getting old when your eyes start to go.  I had this flash of light glint off my glasses the other day so I took glasses off and the flashes of light were still there.  I thought of my wife who had a detached retina (no picnic!) a few years ago and I started to freak out a bit.  I went right to the eye Doc the next day and he said it's most likely what is called a "posterior vitreous gel detachment"- apparently something common with older folks (also what the heck he means by an "older folk" is beyond me, haha!).  He asked if I had any floater and I said no, not that I've noticed.  And then the very next day I'm looking at the sky and wondering who through that field of black pepper up there.  Oh!  Floaters!    Well, this is interesting!
    I have floaters. lots of them. and occasionally I get those flashes too. everything on the internet tells you to be fucking worried about it (and believe me, I have worried about it), but then I read something calming basically saying that as long as you don't have a massive influx of floaters all at once, nothing much to worry about. 

    but man, it can suck when it's a sunny day out. It sucks at work looking at a computer screen all day-can see them all the time. as long as I have sunglasses on outside they don't bother me. 
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    last summer I also noticed something that I call "twinkles" that I noticed in my peripheral vision when I was sitting outside looking up at the blue sky. freaked me out a bit, but no problems and we're 6 months later. incidentally some people at work were talking about those very same things and were told by their eye doc not to worry. so I won't! 
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    I thought when you get old you have to wear white NewBalance sneakers and drive a Buick?
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,392
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I thought when you get old you have to wear white NewBalance sneakers and drive a Buick?
    And wear jorts 
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Bentleyspop said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I thought when you get old you have to wear white NewBalance sneakers and drive a Buick?
    And wear jorts 
    I had to google Jorts, lol.
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,906
    You fuck up your knee playing hockey and now have to go to physical therapy to get back to normal.  I've been limping around for 2 weeks...awful.  It may be time to hang up the skates...
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    Bentleyspop said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I thought when you get old you have to wear white NewBalance sneakers and drive a Buick?
    And wear jorts 
    nothin' wrong with a lady in jorts. dudes? notsomuch
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I thought when you get old you have to wear white NewBalance sneakers and drive a Buick?
    And wear jorts 
    nothin' wrong with a lady in jorts. dudes? notsomuch
    Nothing wrong at all!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    tempo_n_groove said:
    I thought when you get old you have to wear white NewBalance sneakers and drive a Buick?
    Oh gawd!  Or those shoes with Velcro flaps instead of laces.  Me?  NO WAY! 

    Now a Buick, the right Buick, that I could maybe see.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    You know you're getting old when your eyes start to go.  I had this flash of light glint off my glasses the other day so I took glasses off and the flashes of light were still there.  I thought of my wife who had a detached retina (no picnic!) a few years ago and I started to freak out a bit.  I went right to the eye Doc the next day and he said it's most likely what is called a "posterior vitreous gel detachment"- apparently something common with older folks (also what the heck he means by an "older folk" is beyond me, haha!).  He asked if I had any floater and I said no, not that I've noticed.  And then the very next day I'm looking at the sky and wondering who through that field of black pepper up there.  Oh!  Floaters!    Well, this is interesting!
    I have floaters. lots of them. and occasionally I get those flashes too. everything on the internet tells you to be fucking worried about it (and believe me, I have worried about it), but then I read something calming basically saying that as long as you don't have a massive influx of floaters all at once, nothing much to worry about. 

    but man, it can suck when it's a sunny day out. It sucks at work looking at a computer screen all day-can see them all the time. as long as I have sunglasses on outside they don't bother me. 
    I'm not super worried but, yeah, somewhat concerned.  I just have this vague feeling that my left eye is going faster than my right.  Plus night driving with the glare of those damn bright halogen lights is just nasty business!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    You know you're getting old (but not feeling old) when you go to an evening birthday party attended by people mostly your age, some a bit older, and the crowd thins out and you don't like being the last to go so you head to your car, start it up, look at the clock and realize it's only 8:15 PM.  Man, what a bunch of wimps I hang with sometimes.  :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    You know you are getting old (and glad to be) when you see all the memes with this tattoo/clown faced rapper going around and you don't have a clue what they mean.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    edited September 2019
    Last night in the record store section of Barnes & Noble....

    Hipster kid working there (teens/early 20s):  Hi can i help you find something?

    me:  yeah do you have the new Liam Gallagher album?

    kid:  uhh.....Liam..?  Whats the name again?

    me:  Liam Gallagher.  Guy from Oasis

    kid:   Oasis?  So what kind of music would this be?  

    me:  i’ll browse around. Thanks
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,655
    cp3iverson said:
    Last night in the record store section of Barnes & Noble....

    Hipseter kid working there (teens/early 20s):  Hi can i help you find something?

    me:  yeah do you have the new Liam Gallagher album?

    kid:  uhh.....Liam..?  Whats the name again?

    me:  Liam Gallagher.  Guy from Oasis

    kid:   Oasis?  So what kind of music would this be?  

    me:  i’ll browse around. Thanks
    Haha! 

    I shouldn't laugh- if I worked in a record store and a 20 something hipster asked for something current, I might be in the same position. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni











  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Where's @crookedcross Alex at?  He needs to read this thread.

    Oh when older you have to tuck your shirt into your khaki shorts and have a cell phone clip on your belt...
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,368
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