Do you act your age?

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GP44

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I told my wife that I never had the slightest idea that I would live to be 81 years old so I never gave it a lot of thought on how old people should act.
I asked her if she thought I was acting my age and she told me “ we’re old and we act old.”
So I guess I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing.
You can’t just use your parents or grandparents as an example of how to live because times have changed so much from the days when they pumped a pump handle to get water and used an outhouse when you had the urge to go.
But those old people were adaptive to the conditions they had to live with.
I know they used chamber pots when they slept upstairs so that they didn’t have to run outside like I would have had to do every hour and a half to two hours all night long.
 

Acting one's age? Depends how you define that. Many a time I have been told that I don't look my age, but what people see is how I present myself in what I wear. Chances are that if I wore tee-shirt and jeans, my appearance would simply blend in with most others and my age would surprise no-one.
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I blame my wife, she turned me out like this,
having made my shirt, tie and trousers.
 
Let's see....

I own exactly one suit, two pairs of dress shoes and 3-4 dress shirts, 4 ties (one of which is the Three Stooges). Everything else is jeans, tee shirts, most of which have Baltimore Orioles on them.

I have a fort down in the basement with vinyl albums, rock posters and action figures, model cars, rockets, planes, helicopters, autographed baseballs and hats.

My wife once said it was my man cave, and I asked her..."Name one thing in there that would suggest a man has ever been in there"

Hence, it's my fort.

So, to answer the question...no, I don't act my age.
 

The age of my Inner Child or my Outer Hag? Depending on the weather, the day, the location and whether or not I remember how much I hurt last time I tried to do (fill in the blank), the answer is yes and no, yes and no.

Right now, the Outer Hag is holding the reins. In a couple of weeks, the Inner Child might pop out like the groundhog and see how things look......
 
I like to think I have a great sense of humour. Always enjoyed a good laugh and ready to tell a new joke. I would never call myself a 'stuffed shirt'. Acting my age doesn't come into the picture. I was very reserved when I was younger, maybe you could say I was very shy, being the middle child, I always held back. When I finally left school and got my independence that's when I started to shine. Meeting the love of my life had a lot to do with it as he had the best sense of humour and never acted his age.
 
It depends on what we’re talking about. I will be 78 in a few weeks. I still bushog with the farm tractor, mow with the John Deere sub compact and ride the 4-wheelers almost as good as I did when I was 40. I say almost because you won’t see me jumping moguls these days.

My lifelong friend thinks staying young means going to the local pub on a Friday night and drinking the younger ones under the table . Although those Fridays are becoming less and less frequent.

It all depends how we each look at ”act your age”.

@horseless carriage is one dapper looking dude🤠. I could easily envision you on cruise ship with Hercule Poirot wondering if you’re the one he’s looking for😇😇
 
GP44 said:
I never had the slightest idea that I would live to be 81 years old so I never gave it a lot of thought on how old people should act.
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Same here. When I was about 10, I learned all about nuclear war and figured that's how we were all going to die so I'm amazed I'm (or anyone else is) still here. And of course, humans have figured out ways other than nuclear wars to wipe all life out, so there's that.
 
GP44 said:
I told my wife that I never had the slightest idea that I would live to be 81 years old so I never gave it a lot of thought on how old people should act.
I asked her if she thought I was acting my age and she told me “ we’re old and we act old.”
So I guess I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing.
You can’t just use your parents or grandparents as an example of how to live because times have changed so much from the days when they pumped a pump handle to get water and used an outhouse when you had the urge to go.
But those old people were adaptive to the conditions they had to live with.
I know they used chamber pots when they slept upstairs so that they didn’t have to run outside like I would have had to do every hour and a half to two hours all night long.
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I absolutely do use my grandparents as role models.. My mother died when I was young and so was she.. and I cut my father off soon after.. so the only relatives I saw grow old were my grandparents..

They were divorced.. and lived in seperate houses.. both of them had indoor toilets and bathroom. and both of them lived in one floor apartments so no chamber posts were necessary...

My granny loved the pop music of the day, and she would buy the music magazines and papers to keep up with the lyrics and her grandchildren....she'd also play the music on her mouth organ on her old people's day trips to the coast.. of which she enjoyed immensely..

Everyone who knows me personally, thinks I'm much younger than I am... even just yesterday , I had someone repeat it 3 times because she really didn't believe I am as old as I am.
 
I'll just stick with the question, "Do you act your age?" - which may imply behaviors such as walking stooped and slower, driving slower, having antiquated ideas, focusing on the past and re-telling old events in my life that people have already heard before - then no, I do not act my age.

I don't wear clothing that is out of date, but at the same time, I don't follow the latest trends designed for 20 year-olds in an effort to "fit in" with people who are much younger.

I do exercise more maturity and caution in life affairs than I did in earlier years.
 
I have known Gary Elliott since 1970. . At age 78 he is STILL racing oval track stock cars every summer. In 2025 he will compete in 22 race events in the Canadian Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Ontario. He has been sponsored by Quaker State motor oil, for FIFTY consecutive years of racing. He has not missed a race event in 34 years, and he intends to race into his 80's. He was recently inducted into the Canadian Motor Sports Hall of Fame, as a pioneer and builder of the sport, in Canada.

Gary is a great example of a man who loves what he does, and lives every day, to the fullest. Along the way, he has made thousands of friends in the Canadian racing community, and he has inspired many young drivers to get involved in the sport.

Both his son David, and his daughter Shirley were racing champions in their own careers. Now his Grand Children are continuing the Elliott family racing tradition in Ontario's southern tracks around Toronto.

link to Gary Elliott Motor Sports website.https://garyelliottmotorsports.com/ JIMB.
 
Ive never acted like I should so why would now be any different? :D

I own a two story 1850's brick on 1.5 acres in the country. I still do all my own outside work like mowing and gardening.
After a get a handle on the flower beds Ill go back to building my stone walls.

Ive started hiring out some stuff that I used to do like plumbing cause I can.
Im mindful of my age now so Ive been hiring out the up stuff like gutter cleaning.
 

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