you know that you are getting old when....

['andersom']

I remember when... when...

Damn, I forgot.

There are ways to help you you know. Memory books, made complete by your family, with pictures of all the mundane and important things you might want to remember.


(damn, I must be old, if I already know about things like that, and where to get it)

[Eclair]

I remember when... when...

Damn, I forgot.

I see....that stage happens after the relaying a story 50 times over through the years as if you've never told it before.

[odeon]

I remember when... when...

Damn, I forgot.

I see....that stage happens after the relaying a story 50 times over through the years as if you've never told it before.

I'd plus you if I knew you were talking about.

["couldbecousin"]

I forget things I'm not supposed to forget: names of bands, names of cool diseases, and, even worse, last year I totally blanked on the last name of a woman with whom I'd had frequent appontments for four years. A couple of months ago I forgot the name of a restaurant where I've eaten many times. I'm not talking about "tip of the tongue," I almost remember! forgetting; I mean this information was, temporarily, gone. (I remembered the woman's name about 10 minutes later; someone at work reminded me of the name of the restaurant; I've begun "going through the alphabet" when I forget, hoping to hit upon a familiar letter.) My psychiatrist assures me that this is normal for my age, but I worry about dementia anyway. 

Then I lighten up, and come here to forget about it for awhile! 

[Al Swearegen]

When being old gives you concessions for not being cool, hip, trendy or fitting in.

[odeon]

I forget things I'm not supposed to forget: names of bands, names of cool diseases, and, even worse, last year I totally blanked on the last name of a woman with whom I'd had frequent appontments for four years. A couple of months ago I forgot the name of a restaurant where I've eaten many times. I'm not talking about "tip of the tongue," I almost remember! forgetting; I mean this information was, temporarily, gone. (I remembered the woman's name about 10 minutes later; someone at work reminded me of the name of the restaurant; I've begun "going through the alphabet" when I forget, hoping to hit upon a familiar letter.) My psychiatrist assures me that this is normal for my age, but I worry about dementia anyway. 

Then I lighten up, and come here to forget about it for awhile! 

QFT

['andersom']

When being old gives you concessions for not being cool, hip, trendy or fitting in.

It's a free pass to eccentricity. 

[Al Swearegen]

When being old gives you concessions for not being cool, hip, trendy or fitting in.

It's a free pass to eccentricity. 

Damn right. Time these whipper snappers got with the program.

["couldbecousin"]

Gray hairs definitely remind me that I am getting older. Fortunately, my gray hairs are bright silver...so pretteh! 

[odeon]

Mine are dark silver. And white.

["couldbecousin"]

Mine are dark silver. And white.

What was your original hair color, and is any of it still there?

[odeon]

Mine are dark silver. And white.

What was your original hair color, and is any of it still there?

Brown. And yes, some of it is still there.

[TheoK]

It was  

["couldbecousin"]

Mine are dark silver. And white.

What was your original hair color, and is any of it still there?

Brown. And yes, some of it is still there.

Mine is brown with just a few silver strands!

["couldbecousin"]

It was  

Eh? Having a moment here...