# Name something that you currently enjoy that you once thought was only for old folks **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 12, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459 "2023-10-12T13:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/81 "2023-10-20T17:50:55Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > But a lot of people with sleep apnea do wake up several times a night in an attempt to breathe, they just aren’t consciously aware they are waking up, and they report feeling more rested on the machine. " Several times a night " might be an understatement - my husband stopped breathing ( and therefore “woke” ) about 20 - 30 times per hour. He didn’t fully wake up, but it was enough to make him tired all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/82 "2023-10-25T11:20:38Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > That depends on the size of the haemorrhoid. Or if you are using it while cooking How do you use a hemorrhoid to cook? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/83 "2023-10-25T13:46:19Z")
As a plate warmer, I imagine. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/84 "2023-10-25T14:07:02Z")
Wearing socks every waking hour. Otherwise my feet get too cold. Matlock reruns. Old movies. My personal retirement countdown is now 128 days from my second career (my first lasted 40 years). Looking forward to not giving a darn about what day of the week it is or having to go to bed early so I can wake up for work. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/85 "2023-10-25T14:19:30Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Pension? I thought most US companies threw out pension plans in favor of 401Ks years ago. Either you must work outside the US, or for a generous company. In any case, congrats to you! An interesting question we might discuss is what percentage of Americans have pensions, what percentage use 401Ks, and what percentage have no retirement plans, although it’s really a question for its own thread, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/86 "2023-10-25T15:33:30Z")
This was an explanation(in reply) for using too many tubes of ointment. But there must be piles of ways to cook using hemorrhoids, given adequate preparation. How do _you_ think they make haggis? ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/87 "2023-10-25T16:17:43Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > But there must be **piles** of ways to cook using hemorrhoids, given adequate **preparation**. How do _you_ think they make haggis? ISWYDT. Good one! ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/88 "2023-10-25T17:14:15Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Heh. My wife and I go to be at about 7:30. Then get up 3:30-4:30. That’s us, as soon as Jeopardy is over, mama is headed upstairs, I take the house dog out for one last tour, check on my last dog left in the kennel, then I turn in. Try to read til about 9, but it’s wide awake at 3:00 or 3:30 regardless. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/89 "2023-10-26T00:45:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Older women. Indeed. I recall being a teen who’d notice young girls. Now, they look like children. Their mothers, on the other hand… (I read something recently that talked about how, as you age, somebody who is too young - and lacking the lines of age - looks _incomplete_. I think that’s apt). Also, I’m another napper. Especially on the couch on the weekend. Give me the dulcet tones of Forensic Files, or maybe a golf tournament, and I’m good for a few hours. That stupor you feel when you first wake up feels _good_. I’d add in High Fiber food Staying Hydrated A Regular Bedtime Documentaries A Sale on Clothes ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/90 "2023-10-26T02:04:14Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I recall being a teen who’d notice young girls. Now, they look like children. Returning to this an hour later, I feel I should clarify. I recall being a teen who’d notice young _teenage_ girls. Now, they look like children. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/91 "2023-10-26T11:15:29Z")
We knew what you meant. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/92 "2023-10-26T13:28:49Z")
In my 50s now, and I’m much more appreciative of fall colors than I used to be. Spring is still my favorite season - I really enjoy watching the plants come back to life - but multi-hued trees in bright autumn sunlight is really pleasing to the eye. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/93 "2023-10-26T14:04:00Z")
I live in the land of all four seasons and I’ve always enjoyed the changing from one to the other, but as I get older, I appreciate them more, both the beauty of the changes, but also looking forward to the next set of outdoor activities we do for that season. Right now is a tough period because it is hunting season and we have to pick our outdoor activity locations carefully. I don’t mind hunting, but each year I get a bit more surly that this one group can completely take over the outdoors. Now would be a fantastic time for us to be out mtn biking or hiking but we can’t. Or, are extremely limited on the locations we can do so. We’ve done it, but we’ve run across the hunters on their side-by-sides and they can be pissed that we are out during their season. Sorry, side-rant over. I also love season changes and appreciate them more as I get older. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/94 "2023-10-26T14:12:18Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I recall being a teen who’d notice young _teenage_ girls. Now, they look like children. Yep, every woman 30 or under looks like a child to me now. On the other side of the coin, it was a few years ago when I finally realized I was getting old: I got a haircut, and when I paid, the pretty young girl at the register was being extremely friendly to me. My first thought was “is she… flirting with me?”. I’m not a creep, I didn’t attempt to flirt back, but for a second I admit I smugly thought “still got it”. Then the truth hit me-- she was almost certainly being so nice not because she considered me an attractive older man, but a harmless, kindly old grandpa type. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/95 "2023-10-26T14:19:32Z")
Are you in the East? Here in the West it’s hunting season for _something_ pretty much all year. Of course, big game is the most popular, but other that wearing some blaze I’m not staying indoors for hunters (and I have been one). Especially with MTB and moto trails I say if you’re hunting on those, you’re doing it wrong. Although my wife did come around the corner on a trail in SW CO to a bow hunter in full draw… I like to think there’s less of a drinking/hunting culture in the mountains, although that may be delusional. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/96 "2023-10-26T15:16:42Z")
Pacific NW. It is the deer and elk modern firearm seasons that we are concerned about. I don’t care about bow or muzzle season, or duck and upland bird game hunting, or moose/bear/cougar/mtn goat/bighorn sheep for that matter. Modern firearm hunting for deer and elk. That is when there are more folks per sq miles out with long-range rifles. Like I said, there are places we can still go, but some of our favorite places are very sparsely used except for these periods of time by hunters. We wear our own orange, along with our dog. Sorry for this hijack…would’ve been better elsewhere. Now for something on topic: I’ve always hiked and backpacked and enjoyed those, but in younger years I was not a big fan of just recreational walking in town. I’d do it to walk dogs, but would never just go out for long walks. My wife on the other hand loves walking and we starting doing Sunday morning walks of 6-12 miles. Over the years I’ve grown to love these walks and look forward to them. We have a little bluetooth speaker and can listen to podcasts or just talk as we walk. We walk at a quicker pace (we go around 3.5 miles in an hour) so these are typically 2-4 hour walks. A couple times per month, we drive to convert them into long hikes (see rant above 😉 ) but for those weekends we don’t have the time, we start from our doorstep. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/97 "2023-10-26T18:06:02Z")
> [@solost](#): > > she was almost certainly being so nice not because she considered me an attractive older man, but a harmless, kindly old grandpa type. Please don’t dash my dreams and fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/98 "2023-10-26T18:48:06Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I live in the land of all four seasons and I’ve always enjoyed the changing from one to the other, but as I get older, I appreciate them more, both the beauty of the changes, but also looking forward to the next set of outdoor activities we do for that season. Right now is a tough period because it is hunting season and we have to pick our outdoor activity locations carefully. I don’t mind hunting, but each year I get a bit more surly that this one group can completely take over the outdoors. Now would be a fantastic time for us to be out mtn biking or hiking but we can’t. Or, are extremely limited on the locations we can do so. We’ve done it, but we’ve run across the hunters on their side-by-sides and they can be pissed that we are out during their season. > > Sorry, side-rant over. I also love season changes and appreciate them more as I get older. I’m the opposite. As I get older I appreciate summer more and dislike the cold immensely. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/99 "2023-10-26T19:20:25Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I recall being a teen who’d notice young _teenage_ girls. Now, they look like children. Except in TV shows, where the High schoolers look about 25 . > [@solost](#): > > Then the truth hit me-- she was almost certainly being so nice not because she considered me an attractive older man, but a harmless, kindly old grandpa type. I got called a “silver fox” recently, and I took it as a great compliment. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459/100 "2023-10-26T19:29:12Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Then the truth hit me-- she was almost certainly being so nice not because she considered me an attractive older man, but a harmless, kindly old grandpa type. I started feeling old the first time a high school girl called me “sir”. Now cops and MDs are starting to do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-something-that-you-currently-enjoy-that-you-once-thought-was-only-for-old-folks/991459.md?page=6)