Cascade Crew

[QwkTrip]

Seeing how long some of us have had cars, I realized we're growing old together as well. So I thought that some of us "experienced" guys can help educate the younger crowd to help them recognize the coming signs of age. I'll start.

- Various joints hurt without explanation. And then stop hurting without explanation. Usually accompanied by muttering under your breath, "What the ****?!" because it truly is confusing.

- You try to move a heavy object that you yourself carried into the corner of the garage 10 years ago. Now you can't budge it. You move it with the engine hoist. (Yes, this happened to me)

- Laying down on the couch in a pool of sweat after mowing the lawn.

- You swear everybody cheats at a stoplight race by leaving early.

- The new college grad just hired at work looks like a kid.

- You check History channel and PBS to see if there is anything interesting on TV.

- It doesn't phase you one bit when other adults call you "sir". In fact, sometimes you expect it.

- Most women look pretty as long as there are recognizable features in the generally proper regions. Your standards have really declined.

- You finally own a brutally fast car, but that doesn't mean you go fast.

[turbo_jimi]

I can relate, but it's not all bad.

[alloy]

The older I get, the faster I was

[91RSVert]

Some of them I can say is true for sure!! Esp about the joints, and that is happening right now as I type this.
The Sir one I do expect if I dont know the person. Like wise now, I call them maam or sir even if I know they are younger.


However, I am back to being the youngest person in the office
Being from the south, mowing the lawn and coming in looking like a waterfall is S.O.P.
I'm still the fastest off the line most of the time, because snoozing at a light is my 2nd pet peeve.

[flea]

I'm not so sure the standards in women have really declined.
A 10 is still a ten, it's just that on this side of 40 a 4 or 5 is workable too.

[rjmcgee]

The secret to gracefully growing old, never waste a hard on and never trust a fart!!

Another one I've seen in the last couple years Jon is the ability to get injured sleeping. Feel fine going to bed, wake up crippled.

Far as women go, standards are based on many variables. Location, population, time of night, all kinds if things. I'd holler at girls in other states I'd never talk to in my home town.

[QwkTrip]

[IROCDave]

LOL, great thread.

I miss being the "young pup" at work. I was fortunate to work with a more mature group of guys for along time. Now I am the "old fart" that everyone looks to for leadership. I'm OK with that, but not OK with inexperience and or wasting time. I wish I had the patience that my mentors had with me and or I wish the kids I am now tasked with training had the same work ethic I had.

I also catch myself topping the youngsters stories with my life experiences. "my back hurts" = "yea, well, I had a laminectomy ( back surgery) and went back to work a 5 days later". It's true, but doesn't seem to resonate with the young guys.

It does suck getting old. I tore rib muscles a couple of years ago just coughing. I snuck out of bed and went to the ER because I thought I was having heart problems. My wife was PISSED OFF when she woke up and realized I wasn't home. Obviously everything was cool but what ticked her off the most was that she heard from my cousin who was sitting in the ER room with the same cold symptoms and watched me go to the front of the line because my chest hurt.

Valuable lesson learned. If you want to go to the front of the line in ER tell them your chest hurts, LOL. Just make sure your wife is in the loop.

[RSFreak]

"Most women look pretty as long as there are recognizable features in the generally proper regions. Your standards have really declined."


I've noticed this a lot recently!