You know you're getting old when..

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After about 12 years I healed up enough to resume cross country skiing. The plastic baskets shattered right away. I didn't know that stuff got that brittle. I went to a ski shop to get new ones, no can do. They quit making parts like that years ago. I bought one online for newer skis and made it fit. I decided to try my hand at a very short biathlon. First my technique is classic style. I can't even do the new skate style. Then I tryed shooting my trusty CZ 452. I can't see well enough to use open or peep sights anymore so I used a scope. I have shot biathlon rifles pretty well so I thought I was good. Nope. I had to reduce the distance and use my skis for support and I still had one miss. It wasn't until later that I reliazed I had completely forgotten the biathlon shooting stance. Not that it would help much without a biathlon stock. So any
hopes I have of ever doing anything with biathlon envolve a tv and cold beverage. Oh, and a couple pain killers.
 
Dude, if you can still ski or shoot, you are not old, you are just older. Old is when you get out the bicycle and the wheel on the front is really large and the one on the back is really small!

Thanx, Russ
 
You're getting old when you and the wife go to wal-mart and go your separate ways in the store. I bought bullets and looked at some stuff in automotive. Went to the truck and took off. Half way I remembered my wife was at the store still. The beauty of this is that I got away with it. As I was parking my cell rings and its the wife...she can't find me. I tell her I'm in the bathroom. I tell her to pay and I'll meet her outside. As we were walking towards the truck she has a puzzled look in her face and she says "I don't remeber parking here" I replied with a very dissmissive voice and sarcasm..."You never pay attention where we park anyway"...It worked.
 
Being old is when your oldest child tells you that he has only three years to go before he retires.
 
My wife and I joined a bicycle club so we'd have someone else to ride with...we thought.

The rest of the group was mostly retirees, while we were kind of 50-ish, and we couldn't keep up with them!

During a rare stop, we overheard some conversation between older members. It consisted of comparing notes on surgeons and pain medication.

So, in our definition, getting older is when you qualify for Teflon knees. :)
 
When the "kids" at the range call the first firearm that you bought with your own money "a cool old gun..Is that an antique?"
 
You know you are old when your brothers visiting gran-kids see part of your gun collection and ask you if you ever shot any Indians with that old Winchester that you have. Followed closely by "We were learning about the old west and Indians in school last week, wait until we go for show and tell". :what:

I thought I still looked like I did when graduating college.:eek:
 
You know you're old when your son is close to retiring from the Navy after 30 years of service and his son, my oldest grandson, is now a university graduate!
 
"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." (John Barrymore)

"Growing old is a privilege that some of us never had." (SleazyRider)

Had the very same experience with my cross country skis ... and my compound bow ... and my "antique" guns ... and my cordless drills ... well, you get the picture. Despite all this, I actually enjoy growing old.
 
You're getting old when you and the wife go to wal-mart and go your separate ways in the store. I bought bullets and looked at some stuff in automotive. Went to the truck and took off. Half way I remembered my wife was at the store still. The beauty of this is that I got away with it. As I was parking my cell rings and its the wife...she can't find me. I tell her I'm in the bathroom. I tell her to pay and I'll meet her outside. As we were walking towards the truck she has a puzzled look in her face and she says "I don't remeber parking here" I replied with a very dissmissive voice and sarcasm..."You never pay attention where we park anyway"...It worked.
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WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

You stop looking at the daughters and start checking out the mothers.
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I can sympathize there. I realized several years ago, that I'd rather deal with adults than children and have mostly adjusted my eyes to suite. Having said that I have a friend who says that young women are like fine art. Not to be touched, but rather to be admired - from a afar.
 
You know you're getting old when you are pleased to read the article that says college women prefer middle aged men. Then later in the article it mentions that they consider middle aged to be 25-30 years old.
 
I had a very frightening experience recently. I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt. Thought for a moment I had passed away during the night. :D
 
You know you're getting old when

You are getting out of the shower and you can't remember if you washed your hair or not.

You walk into a room and forget why you're there.

And to keep it gun related:

You buy an AR-15 33 years after you carried one for Uncle Sam and you can't remember the point of aim at the varying distances.
 
I had a very frightening experience recently. I woke up in the morning and nothing hurt. Thought for a moment I had passed away during the night.
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ROFLMAO!

You know you're getting old when your arms are too short to focus on the front sight. :scrutiny:
 
LOL, I can say amen to most of these posts. Some really good ones. I'm sure I had a point and it was about guns but what was the topic again?
 
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