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OT Humour: Perks of being over 50

PERKS OF BEING OVER 50

  1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.

  1. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.

  2. No one expects you to run--anywhere.

  1. People call at 9 PM and ask, " Did I wake you?"

  2. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.

  1. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.

  2. Things you buy now won't wear out.

  1. You can eat dinner at 4 P.M.

  2. You can live without sex but not your glasses.

  1. You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

  2. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.

  1. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

  2. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the room.

  1. You sing along with elevator music.

  2. Your eyes won't get much worse.

  1. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.

  2. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service.

  1. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.

  2. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.

  1. You can't remember who sent you this list, so in passing it along they may get it back.

Reply to
jo4hn
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Ain't that the truth....

creak, pop Rob

Reply to
Robatoy

"6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way."

Damn. Well, 19 out of 20 ain't bad, I guess.

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else24

Reply to
wudbuchr

at "70" you no longer have to do jury duty. Something for you to look foward to.

Reply to
wudbuchr

Shoot. I'll miss that. I last had jury duty in, IIRC, 1964. Drunk driving case that lasted almost 45 minutes.

And that bit about sucking in the ol' gut not being a reaction at 50--well, I'm a few years past that (quite a few) and when my wife's niece walked into the restaurant yesterday, my gut just intuitively tried to shrink. That youngster is just short of spectacular. Nice kid, too, for a railroad cop.

Reply to
Charles Self

Clearly written by someone under 30 who has no concept of what 50 will be like. I'm just about to turn 60 and don't anticipate most of those kicking in for another ten years.

Reply to
LRod

I thought about that.

I still have a whack of mistakes to make. I just know it.

Reply to
Robatoy

Something you look forward too? I thought that would be the excitement factor at 70 along with discussing your BM's with you friends and neighbors.

Reply to
Leon

LRod wrote

"Clearly written by someone under 30 who has no concept of what 50 will be like. I'm just about to turn 60 and don't anticipate most of those kicking in for another ten years."

Wow. Best of luck with all those kidnappings. :-) I'm certainly happy MINE are over with.

Reply to
else24

*Everything* is more accurate than the national weather service.
Reply to
Guess who

Maybe not even another 20 years. My dad turned 80 this year, he still farms, Mom still gardens and puts up fruits and vegetables along with helping load cattle. On his 80'th birthday, Dad and Mom bought a combine. The only thing that slows Dad down right now is the fact his hips are giving him problems. They are trying to treat that medically, but he is most likely going to go in for hip replacement this spring. Pretty much nothing slows Mom down at all.

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Reply to
Mark & Juanita

Yeah. Going outside and looking up usually works for me. I can get pretty good two day predictions that way, which is more than the weather service can say.

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Charles Self

Reply to
Pat Barber

I call the dog in and if he's wet, I predict rain. I'm not sure but that's what the weather service does. j4

Reply to
jo4hn

Not sure what the NWS uses, but one thing for sure is that it doesn't involve a window to the outdoors.

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Mark & Juanita

Reply to
wudbuchr

I thought the NWS did the weather predictions when they went out for their first smoke break.... --dave

Reply to
Dave Jackson

Dad bought his first jetski at 74. At 77 he had to stop riding after they had to cut out his voicebox. Given the hole in his neck, he would've just automatically drowned if he fell off while jumping wakes out on the river. Otherwise he would've continued to ride until the day he died.

Dave Hall

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Dave Hall

My Dad is 81. I called up to Kentucky about a month ago and found that he had loaded up his boat and gone fishing. I told Mom that I was concerned about Dad being out there in the boat in cold weather by himself.

"Oh," she responded, "he's not alone. Ben Trail went with him."

Ben is 86. (Isn't Ben Trail a great name?)

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Olebiker

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