Getting old is really the short straw!

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Getting old is really the short straw!

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Isn't it just!

and if you aint got yer teeth then straws are very very useful
:(

What do you hate about getting old?
I hate all the extra layers!
and I aint talking wrapping up warm!

that turkey neck under the chin!
gobble gobble!
awful just awful might have to wear a wig to hide it!

The white hairs in the eyebrows
the shame of it!

and if that wasn't enuff
deafness!
rubbish eyesight
and saying the same thing over and over again!

and this cold weather makes the joints so creaky!
yeah getting old sucks
but as Rob says I suppose is better than the alternative

:(

what do you hate about getting old
or do you embrace it!
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Arthur ritus in my big toe. :lol:
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Jimmy wrote:Arthur ritus in my big toe. :lol:



Arthur ritus?? :lol: :lol:
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Jimmy wrote:Arthur ritus in my big toe. :lol:


I got him Jimmy!
he is a real pain!

and his mate Jack Frost doesn't help!

is it gout?
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The Doc says Arthur ritus.
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Jimmy wrote:The Doc says Arthur ritus.


Can you wear heels?
I can't anymore
and I used to love my high heels
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I wear Cuban heels, about 1 and half inch, which is what I have been wearing for the last 40 odd years, (not the same pair though) :roll: .
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and snoring!
how awful is that!
and it has to be an age thing!
:shock:
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Who snores?
I 'know i don't but who will admit to the fact?
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Old age is not bad it's what comes with it like Northern Lass say's bad eyesight, deafness . grey hair and creaking joints I have got the lot also like Jimmy Arthritisin all my joints, the only thing I don't grumble about out of those is the 'grey hair' . :roll: :lol:

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Jimmy, ode pal thats Gout!......all the Booze or Water Tablets.......no Pottasium !
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I don't take water tablets, and I only drink the lower strength Lager. I can't bend my big toe unless I bend it by hand.
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Its probably osteoarthritus that's is what my x rays showed
bone on bone
no chance of bending it like we used to
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1. Turkey neck, got one of those and it looks worse in different mirrors.
2. Dark hair on top lip.
3. Black hairs on chin.
4. Holding on to the bath when getting off and on the loo (too much information :lol: )
5. Making sure that I look at every step when walking down the stairs.
6. Holding on to something to get up of my knees when I'm on the floor.

And I'm only 40 :lol: :lol: :wink:
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BC Wench wrote:1. Turkey neck, got one of those and it looks worse in different mirrors.
2. Dark hair on top lip.
3. Black hairs on chin.
4. Holding on to the bath when getting off and on the loo (too much information :lol: )
5. Making sure that I look at every step when walking down the stairs.
6. Holding on to something to get up of my knees when I'm on the floor.

And I'm only 40 :lol: :lol: :wink:


Why do we get that turkey neck!! and why won't it go!
no neck persons we become!
and you can't hide it with make up
only big scarves!
and it makes us look soooooooooooo old
:shock:
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