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

['andersom']

When the doctor tells you that a treatment you had has been centuries ago.....

[Queen Victoria]

When the doctor tells you that a treatment you had has been centuries ago.....

Was that the one where the bear walked on your back to cure your backache?  Or the one where a hangman's noose across the forehead cures a headache?

(Actual cures I remember from a high school paper I wrote.)

['andersom']

When the doctor tells you that a treatment you had has been centuries ago.....

Was that the one where the bear walked on your back to cure your backache?  Or the one where a hangman's noose across the forehead cures a headache?

(Actual cures I remember from a high school paper I wrote.)

No, he has said it twice to me, once when I told him I had a wart removed with a soldering iron as a kid, and today, when he heard how long it had been that I had my last tetanus jab.

That man knows how to make a woman feel good about her self. 

[odeon]

When you fondly remember your pre-reading glasses days (when only one pair was enough).

['andersom']

When you fondly remember your pre-reading glasses days (when only one pair was enough).

Aaahhhh, the pre-glasses stage.

I should be getting stronger reading glasses, soon I can fondly remember my first pair of reading glasses. 

[odeon]

I've had mine for ages. 

[richard]

when your body falls apart like mine is

[odeon]

Your body aches whenever it's rainy.

[Queen Victoria]

I've had mine for ages. 

What's even scarier is that they don't make them like they used to   

[odeon]

I've had mine for ages. 

What's even scarier is that they don't make them like they used to   

They certainly don't.

[Queen Victoria]

When you're too tired from lifting a love seat to do any loving on it.

['andersom']

When you're too tired from lifting a love seat to do any loving on it.

Thank goodness you are not so old that you can't try again the day after. 

[Queen Victoria]

When you're too tired from lifting a love seat to do any loving on it.

Thank goodness you are not so old that you can't try again the day after. 

 :lol:

[odeon]

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

[Queen Victoria]

When you read of someone else's impending hip surgery and realise that it's only a matter of time until you are there too.

Or you can remember when they didn't have hip replacement parts.

BTW - do you think we can get a group discount on canes?