Pearls of wisdom for middle-aged folks?

[salinqmind]

@Dripping

Why? It’s well-established that exercise and moderate weight-lifting type things are important for the body as one gets older. Carrying 30 pounds of laundry up and down the stairs is a FREE and EASY way to help keep muscles toned.

Should I also park as close as possible to the grocery store so I don’t have to walk a single step more than necessary? :rolleyes:

My mother fell down the basement steps trying to hold onto the railing while holding onto a heavy laundry basket. She broke both legs (well, one was fractured). I fell down lugging a laundry basket down the basement stairs and luckily landed on both my arthritic knees on the concrete instead of my head. IT’S FUCKING DANGEROUS the older you get. If you want to lift weights, lift weights. If your eyesight and balance are starting to fade a bit, use your head and stop putting your life in danger in a vain attempt to keep “muscles toned”.

[TheMadHun]

Go ahead and buy that red sports car. You know you want it. Mine was my favorite ever. No regrets there.

[Tim_R.Mortiss]

@tdn

OK, fashion question here.

I’ve recently joined the Four Eyes Club. I’m supposed to wear my glasses all the time, but I mostly find them annoying. I’m perfectly good to go in any situation except when I’m reading or watching a DVD with subtitles. (They’re trifocals.) So there is really no problem except when I go to certain places like restaurants. The dim lighting and small print are sometimes a nuisance, so I should probably take them along.

But where could I carry them, other than on my face? Not many of my shirts have breast pockets. Putting them in my pants pockets seems like a really bad idea – either they’ll get bent, or if I use a glasses case, I’ll have a big bulge in my pants where I don’t really want one. I don’t have a backpack or fanny pack. I obviously don’t carry a purse. I only wear a coat for part of the year.

So… Where do I carry them?

Have your girlfriend carry them in her purse. That’s what I do…TRM

[Savannah]

It’s never too late to learn something new or try something new.

It’s never too late to stop bad habits and start taking up good ones.

Appreciate that being middle-aged may mean you don’t have to follow every silly trend that comes along, whether it be ugly boots or current slang.

That’s all I have.

[twickster]

@Savannah

Appreciate that being middle-aged may mean you don’t have to follow every silly trend that comes along, whether it be ugly boots or current slang.

Man, the not-giving-a-shit-what-people-think thing has to be the single best thing about middle age. It’s so incredibly liberating to be able to just be yourself, sans angst.