SheCan
Oh! I got another. A few months ago, I went to a bachelorette party for somone who is younger by like 10 years. It was mostly her friends and me... it was at some bar, loud music, dark and they arrived having already BEEN to a bar so they were blitzed. I spent the dinner having a "yelling" conversation, with my ears pounding from the music and yelling, and the food was meh and the drunk girl next to me kept talking with her hands and accidently throwing french fries at me. I left as soon as the dinner part was over and they continued on bar hopping. There was a time where I did that almost every weekend. I am way too old for that shit now! Apparently my signature should read "get off my lawn"...
Oh! I got another. A few months ago, I went to a bachelorette party for somone who is younger by like 10 years. It was mostly her friends and me... it was at some bar, loud music, dark and they arrived having already BEEN to a bar so they were blitzed. I spent the dinner having a "yelling" conversation, with my ears pounding from the music and yelling, and the food was meh and the drunk girl next to me kept talking with her hands and accidently throwing french fries at me. I left as soon as the dinner part was over and they continued on bar hopping.
There was a time where I did that almost every weekend. I am way too old for that shit now!
Apparently my signature should read "get off my lawn"...
Hahaha!!!! LOL, love that story!
Cherie
"We do not become the people who this world needs simply by turning our backs on anyone we don’t like, trust, or deem healthy enough to be in our presence. " ---- Shasta Nelson
Antipodean
I'm also too old to get drunk, too old for late night parties, too old for spiky heels, too old for bold makeup, too old for using new expressions, too old for most new technology, too old for Twitter and Facebook. And most importantly, I'm too old to not say what's on my mind. I've earned the right to give my opinion, whether people like it or not.
I'm with Happylily.
I agree with most of ya, actually. But I did surprise myself on the school camp I just got back from. I am apparently not too old to get a decent night's sleep in a tent, not too old to hike and keep up (or pass!) a bunch of 11 & 12 year olds, and not too old to win a rafting race along with 6 kids. Had a fabulous time despite being on the job basically 24 hours for 4 days!
Julie
"It's not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
~ Sir Edmund Hillary
Are we there, yet?
I'm too old to put up with a high stress, full-time job. I'll enjoy my part-time fun job and spend my free time running, reading, and what ever else I want to do.
2024 Races:
03/09 - Livingston Oval Ultra 6-Hour, 22.88 miles
05/11 - D3 50K 05/25 - What the Duck 12-Hour
06/17 - 6 Days in the Dome 12-Hour.
I'm too old to get drunk and wake up with a hangover. It is the worse feeling
I was reminded of this one while sitting in the comfort of my own vehicle at a traffic light tonight; I am too old for secondhand smoke.
Being an ex-smoker, it actually did not bother me for the longest time, but I am finding the older I get, the worse that shit smells! And you know it's bad when you can smell it from another car while driving in your own.
I I agree with most of ya, actually. But I did surprise myself on the school camp I just got back from. I am apparently not too old to get a decent night's sleep in a tent, not too old to hike and keep up (or pass!) a bunch of 11 & 12 year olds, and not too old to win a rafting race along with 6 kids. Had a fabulous time despite being on the job basically 24 hours for 4 days!
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Julie, that's because you are NOT old. Of course you had a fabulous time, you're that cool young teacher! This thread is for us, old geezers. Get out of here! Actually, half the people who posted here so far, including the OP, shouldn't even be in here.
PRs: Boston Marathon, 3:27, April 15th 2013
Cornwall Half-Marathon, 1:35, April 27th 2013
18 marathons, 18 BQs since 2010
I am too old to sleep only 1-2 hours a day. I used to work for 8-10 hours, party for 6 more, and sleep for 2-3 hours at most. Now, if I try to do that, I would pass out on my desk by 8am. Ha.
I am also too old to be lifting my legs atop a fence. Damn that shit hurt when I tried it at MCM (to exit early).
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Staying up past 10 sleeping past 6.
Working 12 hr days.
Pretty much all of the above.
I can't think of much, but I am enjoying being a responsible adult. Unfortunately not everyone in my life feels the same way.
Caretaker/Overlook Hotel
Mostly hard physical stuff......football, wrestling, gymnastics. Even in basketball (which I still play) I try to avoid the "driving to the hoop with wreckless abandon" and "taking the charge" for the same. I'll still be physical but the collisions & such are a no-go.
Heck, I even notice that I am MUCH more fearful of falling than I used to. Skateboarding....rollerblading/skating.....even bicycling. 20 years ago it's a no-brainer, go all out heck, even dive & slide if you're on a skate rink. But today, it's STAY UP AT ALL COSTS and DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES....FALL!!!
Randy
Thanks, Julie, but at 45 I was the second oldest (by 15 years) of the 8 teachers at camp. However, I felt I could easily keep up with the younger ones, none of whom are runners. Having run my first half this year I am fitter than I have been at the previous three camps I've attended and I really noticed that in the rafting - no calf cramps this year and when we got out of the lake I felt like I could have done it again if I had too.
Heck, I even notice that I am MUCH more fearful of falling than I used to.
THAT is true! At camp we had to descend a steep slope, slippery with pine needles, and the kids could race down with no fear. Me, I was cautiously taking small steps and hoping no one saw my trembling limbs!
Hip Redux
I had to scale a smallish fence recently. It was.....awkward. I almost didn't make it over lol That certainly made me feel old.
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Mostly hard physical stuff......football, wrestling, gymnastics. Even in basketball (which I still play) I try to avoid the "driving to the hoop with wreckless abandon" and "taking the charge" for the same. I'll still be physical but the collisions & such are a no-go. Heck, I even notice that I am MUCH more fearful of falling than I used to. Skateboarding....rollerblading/skating.....even bicycling. 20 years ago it's a no-brainer, go all out heck, even dive & slide if you're on a skate rink. But today, it's STAY UP AT ALL COSTS and DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES....FALL!!!
You could probably still handle a figure four leg lock or atomic knee drop.
Mmmmm...beer
I can still party, but not two nights in a row anymore.
Definitely too old to care what anyone thinks about me.
Pretty much everything else, I'm still good to go. But then again, I'm not old, don't turn 40 till next Sept.
-Dave
My running blog
Goals | sub-18 5k | sub-3 marathon 2:56:46!!
The thought of both of those make my knee hurt!
And while a "camel clutch" would probably not make my knee happy, I probably could still dish out a plenty effective "cobra clutch"