Boatnik

Being a machinist has its perks and draw backs. The perks are being able to do just about anything I want as far as wrenching and modifing my toys without having to explain what I need to someone else. The draw back is everything is either black or white. There is no room for gray. There is right and there is wrong, not almost and notso bad. Yes we work to a tolerance and everything isn't perfect, otherwise there wouldn't be scrap metal bins. Where I am going with this I am not quite sure but, how many times do you proof read a post that you have writen just to find that when you post it there is always something in there that you need to edit? I cannot remember ever writing anything that came out exactly right the first time.

Mexstan

Boatnik, is this you?:

Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt doesn't work.
The gleam in your eye is from the sun hitting your bifocals.
You feel like you were out all night but haven't been anywhere.
You get winded playing cards.
Your little black book contains only names ending in MD.
You join a health club and don't have the strength to go.
A dripping faucet causes an uncontrollable bladder urge.
You look forward to a dull evening.
You need glasses to find your glasses.
You get your hearing aid mixed up with the suppository.
You turn out the lights for economic rather than romantic reasons.
You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.
Your knees buckle but your belt won't
Your back goes out more than you do.
You have too much room in the house and not enough in the medicine chest.
You sink your teeth in a steak and they stay there.


Does this sound familiar?

I'm the life of the party .. even when it lasts 'till 8 p.m.
I'm very good at opening child-proof caps .. with a hammer.
I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I'm going.
I'm good on a trip for at least an hour without my aspirin, antacid.
I'm the first one to find the bathroom wherever I go.
I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.
I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a word you're saying.
I'm very good at telling stories..over & over & over & over & over--
I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not as bright as mine.
I'm so cared for; long-term care, eye care, private care, dental care.
I'm not grouchy, I just don't like traffic, waiting, politicians...
I'm sure everything I can't find is in a secure place.
I'm wrinkled, saggy and lumpy, and that's just my left leg.
I'm having trouble remembering simple words like... uh....
I'm a walking storeroom of facts...I've just lost the storeroom.
I'm realizing that aging is not for sissies.
I'm walking more (to the bathroom) and enjoying it less.
I'm sure they are making adults much younger these days.
I'm in the *initial* state of my golden years: SS, Cd's, IRA's, AARP
I'm wondering if you're only as old as you feel.. Am I 150?
I'm anti-everything: anti-fat, anti-smoke, anti-inflammatory....
I'm supporting all movements.. by eating bran, prunes & raisins.
I'm a Senior Citizen and I think I am having the time of my life.
Do I have Alzheimer's? I don't remember. But, I'm happy, I think!


TOP 10 OLD FOLKS' PARTY GAMES

1. Sag, You're It!
2. Pin the Toupee on the Bald Guy
3. 20 Questions Shouted into your Good Ear
4. Kick the Bucket.
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the Nurse Says Bend Over
6. Doc, Doc Goose
7. Simon Says Something Incoherent
8. Hide and Go Pee
9. Spin the Bottle of Mylanta
10. Musical Recliners

kandgo

Boatnik you got me by 10yrs and even at that you and I are in the same boat, we have nothing but to row or jump out! I started just recently being aware that my name changed to sir, mister etc. etc. and my wife thinks I am crazy cause I am all of a sudden aware of these utterences. So hang in there you are not alone my fellow DTR friend we are all adding days on, it's just some are more aware than others. Goodluck,,,Rick {{{{{ I like your poetry Mextan!!!!}}}}

Fronty Owner

I used to be that way.

Basically, I spent so much time in real time chat rooms that I would literally think in key strokes (if I wanted to say something, I first had to think about how to type it). My typing speed was readable at over 500 key strokes per minute, perfect at 400.

My point being, I could basically type as fast as I spoke and thus would say things in a way that I didn't mean. Hence the go back and edit available in a forum.

Geico266

What do you think the EDIT button is for?

I always go back and reread my posts and edit them.

Boatnik

[QUOTE=Mexstan]Boatnik, is this you?: Not yet but I am working on it.


Does this sound familiar? No, not at all
Does what sound familiar? Did I read that between naps? I may have missed this one;
Do you read the obitiuaries first thing in the morning to see if you are alive and can get out of bed?

I only have halfheimers. I can't remember half the things I used too.
My friends say I have "CRS".

Chrisreyn

A man feared his wife was not hearing as well as she used to, and he
thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to
approach her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem.

The doctor told him there is a simple informal test the husband
could perform to give the doctor a better idea about her hearing loss.

"Here's what you do," said the doctor. "Stand about 40 feet away
from her and in a normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears
you.

If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a
response."

That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he
was in the den. He says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away. Let's see what
happens."

In a normal tone he asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

No response.

So the husband moves to closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from
his wife, and repeats, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

Still no response.

Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from
his wife and asks, "Honey, what's for dinner?"

Again, no response.

So, he walks up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey,
what's for dinner?"

Again, there is no response.

So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"



"Ed, for the 5th time, CHICKEN!"