I know I am getting old
- Thread starter Manatee
- Start date
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
she's a similar age to a lot of us here...
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
is that your baby..or the family Baby ?...
My little sister who is the family Baby will be 61 this Christmas...she was only 10 years old when my mother died and she has zero recollection of her
gruntlabor
Well-known Member
- Location
- Last Frontier, Age 83
I know I'm getting old when even my hair and fingernails hurt.
horseless carriage
Well-known Member
We haven't got any children so you might think that wouldn't happen. Yeah right! When my wife's sister passed away a few months ago we met up with a couple of nieces at the funeral that we hadn't seen for many a year. One was 61 and the other 59, talk about freak me out. it also brought back a reminisce when my father said much the same when I turned 60.
DaveA
Well-known Member
- Location
- Coastal Massachusetts, USA
We must have been out of control back in the late 50's-early 60's. Our 4 kids, all married with a flock of grands and great grands are now 66, 65, 63, and 62.
We still get to see them all on a fairly regular basis and they inter-act amongst themselves. Families can be a "mixed bag", some good some not so good but we've been one of the lucky ones and will be forever thankful for our good fortune.
We still get to see them all on a fairly regular basis and they inter-act amongst themselves. Families can be a "mixed bag", some good some not so good but we've been one of the lucky ones and will be forever thankful for our good fortune.
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
you must be around the same age as my parents would have been
horseless carriage
Well-known Member
People ask me what I'd most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them: "A paternity suit." George Burns.
Our son is 62, his 2 sisters are older, that makes him the baby of the family.
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
so your children are around my age ?
1DomesticGoddess
Member
This really cracked me up
Yes but I gotta tell ya, our 62 year old son started going gray at 17. He is completely gray now . My baby is grayer than I am, and grayer than his dad too!This really cracked me up
Georgiagranny
Well-known Member
Old? I tried to make a phone call using the tv remote. Realized there weren't any numbers on it. Picked up phone and was going to use it to change tv channels because I forgot that the intention was to make a phone call to begin with
In simpler times we didn't have "devices." Actually in simpler times we didn't have remotes for the tv. We got up and walked to the tv to change the channel. Even simpler than that? We didn't have tv.
In simpler times we didn't have "devices." Actually in simpler times we didn't have remotes for the tv. We got up and walked to the tv to change the channel. Even simpler than that? We didn't have tv.
Don M.
SF VIP
- Location
- central Missouri
After my last old Aunt passed away, earlier this year at the age of 96, I now have the "distinction" of being the oldest member of the entire family....cousins, etc.
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
Oh I've done all this several times... even put the phone handset in the fridge at one time..jeez... lol... and I'm only 27....Old? I tried to make a phone call using the tv remote. Realized there weren't any numbers on it. Picked up phone and was going to use it to change tv channels because I forgot that the intention was to make a phone call to begin with
In simpler times we didn't have "devices." Actually in simpler times we didn't have remotes for the tv. We got up and walked to the tv to change the channel. Even simpler than that? We didn't have tv.
gruntlabor
Well-known Member
- Location
- Last Frontier, Age 83
Old? I tried to make a phone call using the tv remote. Realized there weren't any numbers on it. Picked up phone and was going to use it to change tv channels because I forgot that the intention was to make a phone call to begin with
In simpler times we didn't have "devices." Actually in simpler times we didn't have remotes for the tv. We got up and walked to the tv to change the channel. Even simpler than that? We didn't have tv.
Old? I watched the washing machine for three days, thinking it was the TV.
gruntlabor
Well-known Member
- Location
- Last Frontier, Age 83
May you reign for many happy years.
oscash
Senior Member
- Location
- Sydney - Australia
Isn't it a shame that we only meet up with family at funerals.?
Alizerine
Senior Member
Me too, Don. At one point I was the youngest of the cousins and siblings. Now they are all gone.
Jules
SF VIP
My cousin always contacted me when a family member died. Then he died and no one told me for a couple of months. They’re used to be oodles of cousins. Now there are only six left and everyone is over 70. Those numbers just shocked me.
oscash
Senior Member
- Location
- Sydney - Australia
I told family members "Don't come to my funeral, come and see me while I'm still alive". My father used to visit a nursing home where my grandmother was a patient and entertained the people with his ukulele, they loved him. One day he didn't come, and the matron said, "Where were you, we missed you". Dad said, "I was asked to sing at a funeral", and she said, "Why sing to the dead? sing to the living, they can still hear you."