Reality Slapped My Face Today
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Topic: Reality Slapped My Face Today
Posted By: Unit3
Subject: Reality Slapped My Face Today
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2020 at 11:32pm
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I went to the Pizza Ranch today. The most beautiful young lady behind the counter asked me if I was ready to order. Then she asked me the question that I was just not ready for. I never saw it coming or thought that it would. She asked,"How old are you sir?" I answered," 55". She thought I might be entitled for the senor discount. How I see myself in the mirror and what others see, must be two completely different people. I told her later that I was sitting there trying to think up a smart reply. The best I could come up with was that I am 55. Old enough to be your father and young enough to go to the hardware store, pick up a couple gallons of red, two brushes, and then later, you and I could go out and paint the town. I should have added go out and paint the town, after I wake up from my nap. ------------- 2-8070FWA PS/8050PS/7080/7045PS/200/D15-II/2-WD45/WD/3-WC/UC/C |
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 4:58am
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Yeah,,,Unit,,,that right there is a sure fire case of "Reality" hittin you right where it made the best impression,,,,didn't it,,??
 That "case" tends to hit me some regular too,,!! |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:24am
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A while back was in the service van driving between jobs . 2 young lovely ladies pulled up next to me at a stop light . Passenger kept looking at me and smiling, giggling . She then rolled her window down and motioned for me to roll my window down . When I did she says " Sir , what's the best way to the mall ? We aren't from here ". First time anyone ever called me sir . Was like a kick in the gut. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:44am
| I went to the county fair a couple years ago. Admission prices were in three categories: 19 and under, over 19, and senior citizen. When I pulled up to the ticket taker I was going to have a little fun with her and tell her that I was under 19. But before I could tell her that, she asked me if I was a senior citizen. That stung like after shave lotion on a freshly nicked chin! Ouch. Darrel |
Posted By: fixer1958
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:52am
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I'm 61 now. About 15 years ago I was checking into the hospital to get some tests done. The gal doing it asked me if I was a AARP member. I guess my eyes glazed over because she asked me again. I think I was processing the question trying to figure out what the hell AARP was. Think I heard of it before and it had to do with old people.
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 8:24am
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Most of the girls are 20 years old... You got to think if you are 50 , you are 30 years younger than them... They really dont know the difference between 50- 60 , maybe even 70 years old......... To them EVERYBODY looks OLD. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: TimCNY
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 8:28am
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Well, I turn 62 today, and most people (honest) say I look 35, act 15 lol... maybe the acting 15 is what keeps me looking 35! My Dad died just shy of his 97th birthday. Doctors and nurses (and everyone else) thought he was 65. Their responses were always the same when they saw he was 96. ------------- I need more than 200 characters for my "signature." I'd love to see that changed to 250! |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 9:01am
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Happy Birthday TimCNY! Have a great one! Enjoy your special day! Most of the people around here think I am 52,---- IF they only knew!!!! LOL!!! ------------- http://machinebuildersnetwork.com/ |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 11:14am
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I always have asked for the senior discount. I'm there so I might just as well save some money cause there ain't nothing I can do about my age! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: Grayray
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 11:50am
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About 15 years ago when I was 52-53, We were on a cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. We were at the port in Cozumel Mexico and had about an hour to kill before boarding the ship again. My BIL and I went into a small pharmacy to look around. It was only about the size of my living room, but there was a greeter. My BIL is about 1 year younger than I and went in first. The greeter told him where several things of interest were, then looked at me and said that they had Viagra at the counter without prescription for about $4 per pill. Guess I looked the part.
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Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 1:09pm
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when I was in my early 50's, late one evening I was exiting the elevator in a very dimmly lit parking garage. I walked 100-200 feet towards my truck and encountered a late '20's young lady, verrry easy on the eyes, walking to the elevator. Now, in my experience, under these circumstances, the lady would not make eye contact, usually look down, and at best, offer a forced short smile and hustle past me. Very understandable, must be very uncomfortable for a young lady like that, barely lit garage, no one around, etc. But this lady, looked me squarely in the eye, big smile, and friendly greeting. I was sorta taken back by that. At first I thought 'hooker', it was in an area where that was a possibility, but she was not dressed for that, well dressed, but modest. Anyways, as I was relating this to my wife, it dawned on me......she viewed me as harmless!!! somebodies grandfather! That's when I knew I was OLD! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 4:38pm
| The perspective form the other side is we can't tell if some of those gals are 18 or 25. Went to the buffet with my wife and the young gal working the register gave me the senior discount, didn't even ask, was only 55 at the time but I do have a gray beard. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 4:57pm
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Been a long time since I have seen 55 and sometimes I still have to ask for my senior discount. I am an old goat (greatest of all time) and I gully intend to make the most of it. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:43pm
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I must look younger than my 75 years, cause often I've been to places with my daughter, who's 52, and they've assumed she was my wife!! And she don't look like an old lady!!! |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 7:59pm
| 4 years ago I stopped at a Wendy's for lunch. I studied the menu, picked out what I wanted and did some math in my head so I could start digging out bills and coins. Placed the order and was told by the new-that-day cashier what I owed ,it was almost a dollar less than it should have been and I told her that's not the right price (I didn't want her drawer to come up short on her first day) and she loudly proclaimed that she gave me the SC discount :-( !! I just turned 53 on January 27'th of this year LOL!! |
Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 8:14pm
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Just went to a Basketball game, lady asked how old we were cause 75 and older got in free. We paid and chuckled, not there yet. ------------- 1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner) |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2020 at 8:35pm
| Happy Birthday Tim |