Topic: Signs you are getting really old!!!!!!!

[britman]

Here are two of my most noticeable, but there are many more...........

1.  I have started wearing coveralls when I work in the garage.  They keep your regular clothes clean, are warm, have numerous pockets, and the scary fact is I am thinking of going "Commando" when summer comes.

2.  I ride a Triumph Rocket 3, one the biggest and fastest production motorcycles produced.  Mine has a "Sheep Skin" seat cover.

[BenelliSEI]

1. I have insulated and “regular” coveralls.
2. I sound just like my Dad.....
3. I don’t need a cell phone.
4. Bought a motorcycle hoist. So it goes “up” instead of me going “down”.
5. It’s really worth the extra 5 minutes to put a bike on the hoist before working on it.

[ekpent]

 I don't get up off my knees with a bounce like I used to when working on bikes.

[simon#42]

i dont get up off my knees without an engine hoist

[Stev-o]

Guess I have no signs of getting old...

1.  Have a brand new pair of overalls, never used.
2. I need a cell phone [for work and play]
3. No sheepskin seat covers.
4. Am not set in my ways!

[rb550four]

  I don't have small sissy bars on my bikes because I can barely get my leg over it anymore.
  Wouldn't consider a ride on a hard tail without a kidney belt.
  When working in a cold shop half the day is spent taking a leak.
       and by the way, commando enables one to get it out quicker when time really counts.
   Both flashlights are high intensity so I can find the hardware I dropped on the floor.
        but seems useless when searching for the 10mm socket.
   I don't ride with lace up boots anymore , some days  it's hard enough just to get socks on.
   Buffing aluminium parts should be considered lower back exercise.
   I might have forgotten what this thread may be about , but I'll just hit Post anyways.

[Don R]

 I have a cheater lens in my welding hood plus cheater glasses on my face. Yes, at the same time. 

[Gordon]

I keep a pair of amber safety glasses in my car for when I have to drive in the dark, because those dang HID and LED headlights on all the newer cars really piss me off. 

I set the thermostat to 67 in the Winter and tell my kids to put more clothes on when they complain that they're cold.

I used to ride year-round when we lived in Denver.  Now I warm my car up before driving to work in the morning if it's below 40. 

[Scott S]

 You make noises when you stand up.

[BenelliSEI]

  I don't have small sissy bars on my bikes because I can barely get my leg over it anymore.
  Wouldn't consider a ride on a hard tail without a kidney belt.
  When working in a cold shop half the day is spent taking a leak.
       and by the way, commando enables one to get it out quicker when time really counts.
   Both flashlights are high intensity so I can find the hardware I dropped on the floor.
        but seems useless when searching for the 10mm socket.
   I don't ride with lace up boots anymore , some days  it's hard enough just to get socks on.
   Buffing aluminium parts should be considered lower back exercise.
   I might have forgotten what this thread may be about , but I'll just hit Post anyways.

Laughed so hard..... I had to pee!

[jgger]

Scott nailed it. But that move needs to be planned out in advance.

[HondaMan]

i dont get up off my knees without an engine hoist

[dave500]

yeah getting up of the ground working on stuff,thinking twice about dare devil acts,always having phone/wallet keys in certain pockets.

[70CB750]

You make noises when you stand up.

Getting out of the bed  I make noises I used to make in the bed 

[pmanning]

The one that hurts the most - when I was in my twenties and living in Alabama I was convinced that a motorcycle was the only transportation a person would ever need. From going to work daily to taking weeks long vacation trips whatever the weather, the bike worked just fine. Now, in my seventies and living in the Pacific Northwest, I choose my riding days very selectively.

[Don R]

  My sister brought me an old picture of her holding my then baby nephew, with our parents and grandparents. I was looking at my Dad, realized he's in his 40's in the pic, then did the math on my grandpa's age and realized I'm older now than he was in that pic.    Holy crap. 

[BenelliSEI]

Terrible when you are the very top tip on the “Family Tree”..... I feel your surprise! Me too.

[Bailgang]

I've told my nieces and nephews to consider taking cold showers more often, I can't remember the names of all the "great" nephews and nieces I have as it is.
Started wearing suspenders because a belt wasn't enough too keep my pants up. My wife says it's because I don't have the same arse I had before.
I have no desire for a performance car anymore, can't afford to build one the way I want it anyhow. it's gotten to the point that a car/truck is just something to get from point A to point B, don't need to be fancy.
Going to work and asking myself "does social security really expect me to do this job for another 10 years?"
Went to an indoor go cart track with my 2 sons, I figured I'd show them how its done only to have them lap me 3 times in the first race ..... only once on the last race so I was improving.
When I have my hair cut the stylist always asks which way i part my hair, I always respond "does it really matter?"
Does riding a goldwing count as well?

[72 yellow]

Ran across our wedding pictures.  Wondered where 48 years has gone.  Same feeling when we saw 8mm movies of our now 41 year old daughter as a baby. 

[rb550four]

Bailgang,  Thanks!  I've been having issue with pant drop, tried different sizes ,still pulling them back up . Next I went for a slim cut, cheap hotel pants....no ballroom, still fell down . The belt didn't work either.   Hadn't thought of suspenders before, though I am on fear of chronic wedgie...not sure which might be worse.

[Don R]

 My barber said I got the big part and we didn't need to discuss it any more.  Riding a Goldwing too but I got it almost as a gift. It had been parked 20 years and the PO wanted it to have a good home.  We did the keto diet and I dropped a few waist sizes. I've now used every hole on this belt and made one more.  If I get through the holidays without going out a hole it will be a success.

[Bailgang]

Bailgang,  Thanks!  I've been having issue with pant drop, tried different sizes ,still pulling them back up . Next I went for a slim cut, cheap hotel pants....no ballroom, still fell down . The belt didn't work either.   Hadn't thought of suspenders before, though I am on fear of chronic wedgie...not sure which might be worse.

I'm on my feet all day at work and I just got tired of always having to pull my pants up, if I tightened the belt anymore I'd be cutting circulation. Hot days when I'm sweating were the worst so a few months ago while heading home from work I stopped at a local Walmart and got me a pair. I adjust them just enough to keep the pants up so no wedgie. The guys at work teased me a bit when I first walked into work with them on but they were actually grateful because they didn't have to worry about any unexpected "moon shots" when I kneel down for aomething

[Gordon]

I'm on my feet all day at work and I just got tired of always having to pull my pants up, if I tightened the belt anymore I'd be cutting circulation. Hot days when I'm sweating were the worst so a few months ago while heading home from work I stopped at a local Walmart and got me a pair. I adjust them just enough to keep the pants up so no wedgie. The guys at work teased me a bit when I first walked into work with them on but they were actually grateful because they didn't have to worry about any unexpected "moon shots" when I kneel down for aomething

I also work on my feet all day.  At the beginning of the year I completely gave up and started wearing coveralls to work most days.  I also wear kneepads and ugly, comfortable shoes with steel reinforced toes and slip-resistant soles. 

I sell cheese.   

[evinrude7]

after taking a piss i shake enough times, i might as well be playing with it. 

[BomberMann650]

Figured I'd become old and out of touch when I had no freaking clue what these damn kids were talking about

Get off my longitude