Most of you folks aren't anywhere near old enough for this to apply to you yet..........but [hopefully] you will be some day in the far distant future..... How are you, my friend? I'm fine. How are you?
There's nothing the matter with me, I'm just as healthy as can be, I have arthritis in both knees, And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze. My pulse is weak, my blood is thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
All my teeth have had to come out, And my diet I hate to think about. I'm overweight and I can't get thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
And arch supports I need for my feet. Or I wouldn't be able to go out in the street. Sleep is denied me night after night, But every morning I find I'm all right. My memory's failing, my head's in a spin. But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
Old age is golden I've heard it said, But sometimes I wonder, as I go to bed. With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup, And my glasses on a shelf, until I get up. And when sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself, Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
The reason I know my Youth has been spent, Is my get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went! But really I don't mind, when I think with a grin, Of all the places my get-up has been.
I get up each morning and dust off my wits, Pick up the paper and read the obits. If my name is missing, I'm therefore not dead, So I eat a good breakfast and jump back into bed. The moral of this as the tale unfolds, Is that for you and me, who are growing old. It is better to say "I'm fine" with a grin, Than to let people know the shape we are in. I'M FINE!! HOW ARE YOU?
~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. At late or early hour now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will, Place no faith in time. For the clock may soon be still. -"Easy " Eddy O'Hare
Pat
Most of you folks aren't anywhere near old enough for this to apply to you yet..........but [hopefully] you will be some day in the far distant future..... How are you, my friend? I'm fine. How are you?
There's nothing the matter with me, I'm just as healthy as can be, I have arthritis in both knees, And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze. My pulse is weak, my blood is thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
All my teeth have had to come out, And my diet I hate to think about. I'm overweight and I can't get thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
And arch supports I need for my feet. Or I wouldn't be able to go out in the street. Sleep is denied me night after night, But every morning I find I'm all right. My memory's failing, my head's in a spin. But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in.
Old age is golden I've heard it said, But sometimes I wonder, as I go to bed. With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup, And my glasses on a shelf, until I get up. And when sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself, Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?
The reason I know my Youth has been spent, Is my get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went! But really I don't mind, when I think with a grin, Of all the places my get-up has been.
I get up each morning and dust off my wits, Pick up the paper and read the obits. If my name is missing, I'm therefore not dead, So I eat a good breakfast and jump back into bed. The moral of this as the tale unfolds, Is that for you and me, who are growing old. It is better to say "I'm fine" with a grin, Than to let people know the shape we are in. I'M FINE!! HOW ARE YOU?
~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop. At late or early hour now is the only time you own. Live, love, toil with a will, Place no faith in time. For the clock may soon be still. -"Easy " Eddy O'Hare
OMG! THIS IS GREAT PAT!! (And I see its old.. as you realized many oldies but goodies can't read green font very well.. ) I personally don't read the PINK font easily... :)
OMG! THIS IS GREAT PAT!! (And I see its old.. as you realized many oldies but goodies can't read green font very well.. )
I personally don't read the PINK font easily... :)
Hello, Attaboy. I can't believe I actually got on here tonight, my computer is so screwed up....
Thanks for your comment.....And, yes......we all have to keep smiling----no matter what......[I think that's what you said.....my laptop is so messed up...WHO KNOWS?????????
Pat
Quoting attaboy127
Hello Pat, Too soon we get old and not smart. Opssss! I guess at 78 I can say that with a grin. I love my life and being above the grass. Hang in there as it really does get ......! (LOL) John PS I don't know anyone who aged prematurally--CD? J PPS Loved Pat's poem or ODE to older Citizens--what ever comes first! J
Quoting attaboy127
Hello Pat, Too soon we get old and not smart. Opssss! I guess at 78 I can say that with a grin. I love my life and being above the grass. Hang in there as it really does get ......! (LOL) John PS I don't know anyone who aged prematurally--CD? J PPS Loved Pat's poem or ODE to older Citizens--what ever comes first! J
Hello, Attaboy. I can't believe I actually got on here tonight, my computer is so screwed up....
Thanks for your comment.....And, yes......we all have to keep smiling----no matter what......[I think that's what you said.....my laptop is so messed up...WHO KNOWS?????????
Hello Pat, Too soon we get old and not smart. Opssss! I guess at 78 I can say that with a grin. I love my life and being above the grass. Hang in there as it really does get ......! (LOL) John PS I don't know anyone who aged prematurally--CD? J PPS Loved Pat's poem or ODE to older Citizens--what ever comes first! J
Hello Pat,
Too soon we get old and not smart. Opssss! I guess at 78 I can
say that with a grin. I love my life and being above the grass.
Hang in there as it really does get ......! (LOL) John
PS I don't know anyone who aged prematurally--CD? J
PPS Loved Pat's poem or ODE to older Citizens--what ever
comes first! J
Thanks Pat. Sometimes I feel I can relate to all of this.
I do feel pretty fabulous at the moment, although a bit tired and sick of studying for exams all the time. I've decided to take summer break and work on establishing myself at work and returning in the fall... Hopefully, this will break some of the tension...
Quoting Curious2078
Take another look, Courtney. You are not aging AT ALL!!!!! You just think you are.....!!!!
Pat
Quoting Curious2078
Take another look, Courtney. You are not aging AT ALL!!!!! You just think you are.....!!!!
Pat
Thanks Pat. Sometimes I feel I can relate to all of this.
I do feel pretty fabulous at the moment, although a bit tired and sick of studying for exams all the time. I've decided to take summer break and work on establishing myself at work and returning in the fall... Hopefully, this will break some of the tension...
I've been wearing glasses since the beginning of 4th grade. Coke Bottle, Anyone??????
Don't sweat it, Shaz. Nobody any longer cares if you're wearing glasses or not. So many cool frames out there to choose from these days.....
Pat
Quoting shazbot82
I lI liked it ,Pat. Too funny and OH SO true. At 53 my vision is going and I am not happy about that AT ALL. Glasses ??OUCH ! At least I still have my site and that makes it all ok. fun read, thanks D
Quoting shazbot82
I lI liked it ,Pat. Too funny and OH SO true. At 53 my vision is going and I am not happy about that AT ALL. Glasses ??OUCH ! At least I still have my site and that makes it all ok. fun read, thanks D
I've been wearing glasses since the beginning of 4th grade. Coke Bottle, Anyone??????
Don't sweat it, Shaz. Nobody any longer cares if you're wearing glasses or not. So many cool frames out there to choose from these days.....
I lI liked it ,Pat. Too funny and OH SO true. At 53 my vision is going and I am not happy about that AT ALL. Glasses ??OUCH ! At least I still have my site and that makes it all ok. fun read, thanks D
I lI liked it ,Pat. Too funny and OH SO true. At 53 my vision is going and I am not happy about that AT ALL. Glasses ??OUCH ! At least I still have my site and that makes it all ok. fun read, thanks D
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