Guest guest Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 > > Eventually you will reach a point, as I have, when you > stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. > > Don't let anyone tell you you're getting old. > Squash their toes with your rocker! > The older I get,the fewer things seem worth waiting in line > for. > 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. > Maturity means being emotionally and mentally healthy, it is > that > time when you know when to say yes and when to say no, and > when to say " WHOOPEE! " > How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? > when you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, > think of Algebra. > You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or > leaks. > I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the > top. > The golden years are really metallic years, gold in the tooth, > silver in your hair and most of all lead in the pants... > Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born > at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18. > One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that > it is such a nice change from being young. One must wait > until evening to see how splendid the day has been. > Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. > It is more often a succession of jerks. > Yah; being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable. > Old age is when former classmates are so gray and wrinkled, > and bald they don't recognize you. > If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything > to laugh at when you are old. > First you forget names, then you forget faces. Then you forget > to pull up your zipper, then ... oh my goodness... you forget > to > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 > > Eventually you will reach a point, as I have, when you > stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. > > Don't let anyone tell you you're getting old. > Squash their toes with your rocker! > The older I get,the fewer things seem worth waiting in line > for. > 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. > Maturity means being emotionally and mentally healthy, it is > that > time when you know when to say yes and when to say no, and > when to say " WHOOPEE! " > How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are? > when you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, > think of Algebra. > You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or > leaks. > I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the > top. > The golden years are really metallic years, gold in the tooth, > silver in your hair and most of all lead in the pants... > Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born > at the age of 80 and gradually approach 18. > One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that > it is such a nice change from being young. One must wait > until evening to see how splendid the day has been. > Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. > It is more often a succession of jerks. > Yah; being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable. > Old age is when former classmates are so gray and wrinkled, > and bald they don't recognize you. > If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything > to laugh at when you are old. > First you forget names, then you forget faces. Then you forget > to pull up your zipper, then ... oh my goodness... you forget > to > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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