It's Senior Citizen Day !

IKE

IKE

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I didn't realize that us old farts had our own special day.......Happy Senior Citizen Day everyone !

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hollydolly said:
I'm not a senior citizen... but happy SCD to all of you who are.... do you get a prize?... :flowers:
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Actually, you are, Holly, as is wife and I. Remember, this is a Senior forum. You just happen to be a later Senior/Baby Boomer. Like yourself, neither of us really act, let alone look, like a Senior Citizen, but we are. Like you, we don't have the typical look of a Senior, as in a full head of gray hair. You wouldn't believe how many people get surprised when we tell them our age, because of no gray hair showing.
 

HI Classic Rocker,I have gray hair and when I tell people how old I am,they always say'you don't look it'
I've never worn makeup,do alot of walking,which could be one of the reasons people think I look younger than I am Sue
 
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I dunno! Is it just me or does everyday seem like a holiday to IKE? :shrug:
I hadn’t even heard of Bacon Day until he announced it :laugh:
What’s tomorrow’s holiday?
Happy grapefruit day?
 
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Keesha said:
But isn’t that because you use “Just For Men” hair dye? :eek:nthego::playful:

Sorry everyone ! I’m being silly! :laugh:
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Ok, can not tell a lie...…..yes! I use the Mustache & Beard one, but only use it on my temples, short sideburns and mustache. Wife colors her hair fully.
 
Don M. said:
A person is only as old as they let themselves be....lots of truth in the old saying "You don't stop playing when you get old, rather, you get old when you stop playing".
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Don, tell that to many of us that endure arthritis pain of some kind. I can still do certain things, but many things that I could do years ago, including ride a horse and rope a steer (rodeo), I sure can't do today. We are lucky we are still able to handle our 20' powerboat and go to the Range for target shooting.
 
Actually, I have a high school classmate, that I graduated with, that him and his wife look like they could be our parents, due to a head full of gray-to-white hair. I was shocked when I seen what him and his wife looked like on FB. But, then again, there's another guy I graduated with in 1968 that has a head full of really white hair.
 
ClassicRockr said:
Actually, you are, Holly, as is wife and I. Remember, this is a Senior forum. You just happen to be a later Senior/Baby Boomer. Like yourself, neither of us really act, let alone look, like a Senior Citizen, but we are. Like you, we don't have the typical look of a Senior, as in a full head of gray hair. You wouldn't believe how many people get surprised when we tell them our age, because of no gray hair showing.
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Wrong Cody...I've not reached retirement age ..several years to go yet, so I'm not a senior citizen yet!!!
 
lol - funny how things work - when we little, folks will tell us "you look older than that" and we take it as a compliment. By the time we qualify for this site, the opposite is true. No one has ever told a senior, upon hearing their age, "yes and you look every minute of it", or words to that effect. Even if you look like death warmed over, people will still say "gee, you look much younger".

But that's just me. YMMV.

In Ohio, at age 60 you now get your "Golden Buckeye" card, which gets you senior discounts at some places. It used to be 55. AARP starts soliciting us at age 50. One of the things I loved about Target in Hawaii is that the card everyone for any alcohol purchase. Made me feel good to have to show I was old enough to buy that bottle of wine..... :)
 
ClassicRockr said:
Don, tell that to many of us that endure arthritis pain of some kind. I can still do certain things, but many things that I could do years ago, including ride a horse and rope a steer (rodeo), I sure can't do today. We are lucky we are still able to handle our 20' powerboat and go to the Range for target shooting.
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Actually, I have been living with arthritis....and a bit of sciatica....in my left hip/leg for the past 5 or 6 years. When I first went to the doctor with it, the first thing out of his mouth was "do you want a referral to a surgeon?" No Thank You. After some research, I found a series of exercises that allows me to pretty much do anything I want....including wrestling thousands of pounds of firewood for our outdoor wood furnace. In case I've overdone it a bit, I keep a small bottle of Naproxen Sodium (generic Aleve) handy, and take one after supper....that's as close as I want to get to drugs. I keep my weight under control, get plenty of exercise, and REFUSE to grow old without giving it my best shot.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Well, if it's our special day, why aren't there presents, decorations, parades? Especially presents. I want presents.
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Yes!!! I agree, where are the presents?...

All I got was grocery shopping that wore my poor ol' senior back out. I didn't even get a discount.

Where are all those bag boys anyway?
 

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