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Title: You Know your getting old when.......
Post by: joe skipp on August 23, 2008, 02:27:00 PM: Thought this might get some interesting results from the guys here who are "getting up in years".

This started the other day when I jumped off a 6 ft ladder avoiding a large yellow jackets nest...which I didn't see. I hit the ground like a pregnant ballerina, twisting my back and now my lower back is killing me! :scared: :mad:

So...
You know your getting older when it takes you 2 hrs to drag a deer 100 yds to the truck...and the next morning you can't move your neck or pull back your bow!
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Post by: Cherokee Scout on August 23, 2008, 03:27:00 PM: You know you are getting older when a person 55 years old calls you "POPS".
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Post by: Jerry Jeffer on August 23, 2008, 03:54:00 PM: Good one Joe. You know your getting old when your 5 year old says "Daddy, you look kind of like Grandpa".
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Post by: JEFF B on August 23, 2008, 04:14:00 PM: you know when ya getting old when ya have to pee about 5 times a nite. :mad:
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Post by: bentpole on August 23, 2008, 04:18:00 PM: Hec Joe, sorry to hear about your pain. First Mike now you!!?? You Bucks gotta get into shape for that Hamburger Hill Push Winter Bow My Brother. You know your getting old when the Young Bucks on the job site start calling you SIR! I have bunch of them but the MODS wouldn't like them to much.
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Post by: hormoan on August 23, 2008, 04:41:00 PM: You know your old when your teeth go out more than you do.

Hope ya feel better Joe, heck of a time to be doing this :(
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Post by: snag on August 23, 2008, 04:50:00 PM: You know you're getting old when.....
Your back goes out more than you do!
Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service.
You don't remember when your wild oats turned into shredded wheat.
You try and straighten out the wrinkles in your socks and discover you aren't wearing any!
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Post by: Dawn Patrol on August 23, 2008, 05:37:00 PM: Ya know your getting old when your Doctors are younger than you are!
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Post by: portugeejn on August 23, 2008, 06:03:00 PM: When you find yourself constantly wondering "Is that person old enough to drive?"
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Post by: mike g on August 23, 2008, 06:28:00 PM: When you hurt allover and like to take naps....That reminds me, it's nap time....
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Post by: Bob Macioch on August 23, 2008, 06:38:00 PM: When you pull a stomach muscle having sex..OUCH
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Post by: Curveman on August 23, 2008, 06:47:00 PM: When it is 9:00PM on a Friday and you are thinking: "It's almost time for bed" rather than "Let's head into Boston!" I just woke up from a nap! :)
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Post by: Blackhawk on August 23, 2008, 07:19:00 PM: When you're at the check out with your teen daughter, and the cashier asks if this is your grandpa.
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Post by: Wednesday Caste on August 23, 2008, 07:31:00 PM: you know...
when you have a response to this post! LOL.
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Post by: always89 on August 23, 2008, 07:33:00 PM: ....when a 5 year old wonders what all those "Cracks" in your face are!
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Post by: Rufus on August 23, 2008, 07:39:00 PM: Was kinda cool first time I was asked if I wanted the "senior discount". Ummmmm not so sure about that anymore.
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Post by: buckeye_hunter on August 23, 2008, 07:39:00 PM: I'm not very old , but....

You know you are old when your grandkids are being called old timers.

-Charlie
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Post by: 3Under on August 23, 2008, 08:24:00 PM: You know you're getting older when your 60 lb. recurve (at 28") only makes it to 26" with a lot of gruntin! :(
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Post by: redant 60/65 on August 23, 2008, 08:32:00 PM: I think it's cool now that I can shoot the senior class at 3-D shoots, and still shoot a score to be in the top three in the adult class, lifes good. :thumbsup:
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Post by: BodarkOkie on August 23, 2008, 08:32:00 PM: You know you're old if you remember when it cost less to fill up your vehicle than it does your lawnmower now. :scared:
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Post by: joe skipp on August 23, 2008, 08:32:00 PM: A TG member just PM'd me with this...
"You know your getting older when you wake up in the morning stiff....and realize...its a good thing."
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Post by: J-dog on August 23, 2008, 08:40:00 PM: Better than the alternative is all I gotta say! -

I ain't old yet - so I aint got nuthin to add. After years of breaking bones when I was a teenager 0I went in to get some feel good shots in each of my shoulders and elbows. Doc said if you think you hurt now wait till you hit your forties! I am only 35 now. So I will sit here and read yalls post and see what I got to look foward to.

Later

J
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Post by: b.glass on August 23, 2008, 09:31:00 PM: You know your getting old when you start getting mailings from AARP.
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Post by: mcgroundstalker on August 23, 2008, 09:41:00 PM: You know you're gettin' old when... when... ummm... I Can't Remember! :rolleyes:

... mike ...
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Post by: Earl E. Nov...mber on August 23, 2008, 10:21:00 PM: I just bought an old oil lantern and told the kids I can remember when we depended on them for light..

No what does it mean though if all your hair is white and the gal at the register questions you when you ask for seniors discount???
(Sure made my day.)
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Post by: woodchucker on August 23, 2008, 10:44:00 PM: You know your getting old.....

When your friends take and post pictures of ya doin "The Three Legged Boot Dance" :rolleyes:
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Post by: Killdeer on August 23, 2008, 10:49:00 PM: Dang! I gots no reply. I can only speak of what I know, and I am ignorant of this subject. Bummer!

Killdeer~clueless in the closet. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Bill Kissner on August 23, 2008, 10:50:00 PM: I suppose I'm gettin old cause I now walk 300 yards to the gate when I usta jump over the fence!
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Post by: Brian Krebs on August 23, 2008, 11:31:00 PM: when you start stories by saying "back in 77" or " I remember in 82" .....
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Post by: JEFF B on August 23, 2008, 11:35:00 PM: now i know why you live in fibber McGee's closet killie :p :biglaugh:
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Post by: blueslfb on August 23, 2008, 11:46:00 PM: You know you are getting old when the barber asks if you want the hair in your ears trimmed.
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Post by: RRock on August 24, 2008, 12:48:00 AM: You know your getting old when you understand what this means, " It takes me all day to do what I used to do all day".
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Post by: Danny Rowan on August 24, 2008, 01:03:00 AM: you know you are getting old when everytime you have a Dr's visit you have a new perscription.

Where's my drugs,LOL.

Danny
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Post by: bear1336 on August 24, 2008, 03:38:00 AM: When the bows your purchased new in the late 60's for $55.00 and hunted with now sell for $250 as collector items.
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Post by: Stone Knife on August 24, 2008, 06:52:00 AM: When your favorite wool pants start getting longer
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Post by: Killdeer on August 24, 2008, 07:51:00 AM: OK, you know you are old if you know about Fibber McGee's closet!

Killdeer :biglaugh:
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Post by: hockey7 on August 24, 2008, 08:52:00 AM: I do this all the time...going upstairs to get something, then can't remember what you went up for.
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Post by: fingers on August 24, 2008, 10:31:00 AM: When your wife no longer has much leverage,,, When you don't have to buy anything to get ready for the season opener,,,When you and your partner glass a big buck in a clear cut below you and both agree it is a dandy buck and then drive away,,, When your partner says, "I'm getting tired of driving! You drive the truck and let me hunt." When you learn to have a big "pee bottle" by your cot in camp.
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Post by: jacobsladder on August 24, 2008, 10:40:00 AM: 3 things to remember when you think your old.

1..never pass a bathroom
2..never waste a hard on
3..never trust a fart

:biglaugh:
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Post by: swp on August 24, 2008, 11:21:00 AM: ....when you pull a hamsting sitting down.
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Post by: Pat B on August 24, 2008, 11:43:00 AM: You know you are getting old when you read through 3 pages of "you know you are getting old" posts so you can compare notes. Pat
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Post by: backwater on August 24, 2008, 05:11:00 PM: When you fart and get nothing but dust.
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Post by: bentpole on August 24, 2008, 05:14:00 PM: You know your getting old when; you have more hair in your ears and nose than on your head.
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Post by: Dick in Seattle on August 24, 2008, 07:09:00 PM: I knew I was getting old when I took my foster son to dinner and HE got a senior discount!
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Post by: Recurve50 LBS on August 24, 2008, 07:36:00 PM: Today was my birthday so......I'm not getting older,I'm getting wiser.

You know your getting old when kids start calling you sir......
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Post by: joe skipp on August 24, 2008, 07:37:00 PM: Happy Birthday Larry!! You old fart... :scared: :saywhat: :eek:
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Post by: sendero25 on August 24, 2008, 07:45:00 PM: When you lose hair where it used to be (the head) and grow hair where it wasn't before(ears and eyebrows) I also look for a gate instead of climbing a fence.
And how come they make pick-up truck tailgates so high up now...even on 2 wheel drive?
John
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Post by: Billy on August 24, 2008, 10:51:00 PM: ...when your Dad looks like Einstein and your kids look at you like you are Stupid...
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Post by: Paul WA on August 25, 2008, 02:52:00 AM: when "Beano" doesnt stop the gas...PR
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Post by: Kevin Bahr on August 25, 2008, 03:12:00 AM: When you pass up an easy shot at a deer just because it's heading AWAY from the truck...
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Post by: LostNation_Larry on August 25, 2008, 09:55:00 AM: When whatever doesn't hurt, doesn't work.
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Post by: Paul/KS on August 25, 2008, 09:58:00 AM: When you get old you start thinking a lot about the hereafter...
As in you walk into a room look around and think, "What am I here after...?"
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Post by: Takedown on August 25, 2008, 10:13:00 AM: You know your getting old when all of your favorite hunting bows (which were made in the 50's and 60's) are still a decade or more younger than you are!
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Post by: Tom Leemans on August 25, 2008, 10:14:00 AM: When you can't remember why you clicked on this topic.
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Post by: coon crick on August 25, 2008, 10:48:00 AM: Last year my dad and I were squirrel hunting with my mountain cur. Dad is 80 and I am 60. The dog treed and we were walking to her about 100 yards away and came to a ditch about 4feet wide and 3feet deep. We stop and dad looks over at me and says "now what are we going to do" We stood there a second and dad realized what he had just said, we both started laughing until we had to sit down and rest.
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Post by: looselystrung on August 25, 2008, 11:35:00 AM: What's worse than "getting old"

Not "getting ANY " :saywhat:
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Post by: Don Stokes on August 25, 2008, 12:11:00 PM: I thought up a good one, but forgot it before I got to the end of the thread.

It's not too bad when you go to the refrigerator and can't remember what you wanted. It's when you can't remember what a refrigerator IS that you should start worrying.

Still can't remember, but here's another:

...when the WalMart greeters are some of your old classmates.
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Post by: Paul WA on August 25, 2008, 12:41:00 PM: when you are looking for a girlfriend with Parkinsons
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Post by: Ron LaClair on August 25, 2008, 12:59:00 PM: You know you're old when your friends start complaining about getting old and you're old enough to be their dad. :readit: .... :biglaugh:
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Post by: bentpole on August 25, 2008, 04:40:00 PM: Happy 41ST Larry your still a young Buck!
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Post by: kurtbel5 on August 27, 2008, 05:24:00 PM: Aug 3rd (day of infamy in my book)squated down to pick up something and coughed, something bulged and twanged, Sciatic nerve? holy sheep dip Batman.
I did Manual labor for 20 yrs and I can say this was a new and wonderful experience.
I'm 45 and feel 80, walk like I'm 90
I have only just started up and around,cancelled my 1st Deer camp,have not shot since,hoping by the end of this week.
Kurt
PS Nobody has mentioned the famed Proctologist "visit" or your going to put what??? where??? and then watch it on a TV.
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Post by: Don Stokes on August 27, 2008, 06:18:00 PM: ...when you realize you just looked twice at the good-looking lady with the blue hair.
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Post by: TXRED on August 27, 2008, 11:23:00 PM: ...when ya notice that yer hide is headin south & takin yer hair with it. :(
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Post by: GR on August 28, 2008, 08:32:00 AM: When you say
"I remember when"
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Post by: nutmeg on August 28, 2008, 08:41:00 AM: When you check the Obits. each day for someone you know. (nut)
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Post by: Old York on August 28, 2008, 10:36:00 AM: You know you're getting old when you're back at full draw and your bowhand comes in four inches. :p
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Post by: smokin joe on August 28, 2008, 11:04:00 AM: You know you are getting old when you realize that getting old isn't so bad, and that still being alive beats the alternative....

and that things you used to do without thinking twice are things you would not think of doing now, not even once.

Joe -- soon to be 60
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Post by: JAG on August 28, 2008, 11:09:00 AM: You know you're old when:
All the Firemen in your station cal ya, PaPa!

Your teen aged son says you're older than dirt, and you tell him you're only as old as the trees growing in the dirt!

You used to be able to ride anything with teeth, hair and eyeballs, and now you're just proud to have teeth, hair and reading glasses!
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Post by: madness522 on August 28, 2008, 11:09:00 AM: You know you're getting old when you re-read this thread and don't remember you already read it.
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Post by: bbairborne on August 28, 2008, 11:38:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by HO'NEHE JEFF:
you know when ya getting old when ya have to pee about 5 times a nite. :mad:
...... and half those times you sit down to do it. Ugh! :knothead:

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Post by: Paul WA on August 28, 2008, 01:57:00 PM: When someone says, "Have a good day" and you respond. Every day above ground is a good day...PR
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Post by: swamp donkey on August 28, 2008, 04:59:00 PM: ya know your getting up there when you're sittin around talking about old times n laughing about how your parents always talked about their ailments and then realize thats what you do now
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Post by: sagebrush on August 28, 2008, 10:08:00 PM: .....when a very young person asks if they had cars when you were little. Gary
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Post by: bawana bowman on August 28, 2008, 10:26:00 PM: You know your gettin old when your kids suddenly begin calling to see how your Doctors appointment went. And you overhear your son and grandson discussing why each feels they are the better choice to receive your house. (and I'm only 53!) :confused:
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Post by: ron w on August 29, 2008, 09:47:00 AM: When you and your wife both finish each others sentences.
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Post by: ronp on August 29, 2008, 10:36:00 AM: You know you're getting old when the next president of the USA might be younger than you.
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Post by: ronp on August 29, 2008, 12:59:00 PM: After this recent news, I stand corrected! You know you are getting old when the next vice president of the USA is younger than you.
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Post by: DRR324 on August 29, 2008, 01:27:00 PM: when you go to bed wondering what is going to hurt when you wake up tomorrow....
the back, shoulder, knee....
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Post by: Dozer on August 29, 2008, 01:31:00 PM: I'm only 26 but I jokingly asked the old timer in my diesel shop a few years back "How old were you when you first got electricity in your house?" His God's honest reply.... 17!!!
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Post by: jeff w on August 29, 2008, 01:50:00 PM: When you realize those 'vintage' bows you are shooting were bought by you then they were new.
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Post by: britts on August 29, 2008, 02:06:00 PM: When your granson looks at a picture of you and says "Look at grandpaw when he was newer".
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Post by: Ron LaClair on August 29, 2008, 02:57:00 PM: "You know your getting old when you look in the mirror and notice your getting that" Wenzel" look !!"

:biglaugh:
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Post by: Skinner on August 29, 2008, 03:39:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by britts:
When your granson looks at a picture of you and says "Look at grandpaw when he was newer".
Priceless britts. Still laughing.

Skinner
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Post by: joe skipp on August 29, 2008, 05:06:00 PM: You walk 100 yds down your driveway to get the mail...then forget what you just walked down there for...turn around and head back to the house thinking you forgot something there!
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Post by: Jock Whisky on August 30, 2008, 12:49:00 AM: Now hold on a minute..old doesn't start until you hit three figures...and then it's negotiable.

JW
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Post by: Eric Krewson on August 30, 2008, 09:06:00 AM: You still have scars from making a rapid decent down a tree while using a Baker treestand or have more scars from hunting with a quickie clamp on quiver without a hood.
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Post by: Buckhorn47 on August 30, 2008, 09:33:00 AM: You know you're getting older when you're too old to be dangerous and just young enough to think you are!!
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Post by: rbaustin on August 30, 2008, 11:00:00 AM: .......when the gap between your shoes and pant cuffs keeps getting wider and wider
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Post by: Shawn Leonard on August 30, 2008, 11:00:00 AM: You know your getting old when ya don't get up to hunt until 9:30 and than use the moon as an excuse!! Shawn
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Post by: ckruse on August 31, 2008, 09:29:00 AM: Now mind you I'm ONLY 45, but I'm beginning to worry less about silencing my bow and more about silencing the elbow of my bow arm!! :eek: CKruse
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Post by: GRINCH on September 01, 2008, 01:55:00 AM: You know your getting old when the popping in your knees is louder than the crunch of the leaves under your feet. :(
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Post by: coaltroll on September 01, 2008, 09:48:00 AM: You know you are getting old (and fat) when your knees buckle and your belt doesnt
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Post by: reddogge on September 01, 2008, 10:45:00 PM: You saw a Howard Hill movie in an actual theater.
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Post by: John3 on September 07, 2008, 10:15:00 AM: When looking through my hunt scrap book finding my first archery deer pic and thinking "man, look at that kid"...
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Post by: Tom on September 07, 2008, 04:58:00 PM: When the bags under your eyes are lower than the lenses of your bifocals.
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Post by: Killdeer on September 07, 2008, 05:04:00 PM: I am old enough to have put a towel over the bathroom mirror, Tom. :saywhat:

I just couldn't take that kind of shock first thing in the morning.
Killdeer :D
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Post by: joe skipp on September 07, 2008, 05:15:00 PM: me neither Killy....I want one of those mirrors like they use in arcades...you know....if your fat, you look thin...if your small...you look large... :eek: :scared:

We could call it..."The Ciconne Mirror"....LOL...
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Post by: Killdeer on September 07, 2008, 07:20:00 PM: WAYSIAH has one... :goldtooth:
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Post by: Bill Tell on September 07, 2008, 09:37:00 PM: When you don't tie your shoes because the laces are just too far away.
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Post by: Widowbender on September 08, 2008, 09:12:00 AM: When you start getting junk mail from AARP...yep, and just happened to have my wife in the car when I checked the mail...She got a good laugh out of that one...she never lets me forget she's younger than me..

David
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Post by: Dave Bulla on September 08, 2008, 12:38:00 PM: Originally posted by HO'NEHE JEFF:
you know when ya getting old when ya have to pee about 5 times a nite.

Reminds me of one I heard where three old fellas were talking about this and the oldest of them all just looks around and says "I wish I could still get outa bed ta pee?"
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Post by: FJTOYMAN on September 08, 2008, 01:15:00 PM: You know your old when your night cap is Metamucil.
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Post by: goodolboy94 on September 09, 2008, 06:01:00 AM: jds3 your not that old you were only deer hunting before i was born lol
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Post by: Jack Denbow on September 09, 2008, 12:53:00 PM: You know your old when the fridge is covered with doctors appointment cards.
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Post by: scriv on September 09, 2008, 06:25:00 PM: You know you're getting old when....You open this thread to see if you're getting old. :D
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Post by: John3 on September 09, 2008, 07:16:00 PM: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
Quote
jds3 your not that old you were only deer hunting before i was born lol
I'm no where near old.. Just seasoned.. LOL
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Post by: possumtrot on September 09, 2008, 07:54:00 PM: When the high school band plays a rendition of Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven" at half time.
I can feel my hair falling out now!...John
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Post by: jwingman on September 10, 2008, 08:18:00 PM: When you read the, shoot now I forgot what I was going to say. Oh yea! When you read the title of this post and know it applies to you! - jwingman
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Post by: Sacred mt on September 11, 2008, 11:13:00 AM: might be getting old when you make coffee without the filter in the electric coffee maker and its tastes better with the grinds...till the wife kind yells at you...oops
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Post by: mcgroundstalker on September 11, 2008, 04:09:00 PM: Wow! This is one heck of a topic Joe! But why did ya have to tell everyone about my Magic Mirror? Geeezzzzz! Ain't you the guy who always looks like he needs a haircut? Whatever....

*** I know I'm gettin' old because "Yes Dear!" puts an end to many problems. :rolleyes: Just ask my wife. It's True!

... mike ...