When I was young I used to worry about my car being ready for the weekend, washed, waxed, tuned and ready to go where ever. Now I look at my truck and say, what's another week or two it's not that dirty, Were not going anywhere anyway and if we do, we can go in the old lady's car.
As far as dressing up goes, forget it, tennis shoes, t-shirt and levis and I'm ready, too bad my wife doesn't agree though. She likes to see me all dressed up when we go somewhere. There was a time when I was young when I used to dress up, of course I was in the Army in Europe at the time. Now I just like to be comfortable. I would wear levis and a t-shirt if I was invited to visit the president of the United States, of course my wife and kids would disown me. For me getting dressed up is not important, I'm still the same person inside regardless of how I look on the outside, so what's the big deal. There are times when I don't mind getting a lil natty, but it depends on what's going down.
I was always known for the nice rides that I had. nice paint, wheels, stereo and low to the ground. I used to ride low and slow, now I just ride slow with about ten cars behind me, they can honk all they want because I don't hear to well. People are always in too much of a hurry anyway.
I don't particularly like being called sir, but when these young kids call me sir, it's o.k. because they are just trying to show respect, something that this world is lacking a lot of, if you know what i mean.
I'm starting to live some of the jokes I used to tell when I was younger. There's this one joke that goes, you know your getting old when you bend down to tie your shoes and you look to see if there's anything else you can do while your down there. It's not funny anymore, because I've found myself doing that.
One thing I noticed is, the things that used to matter to me before are just not all that important now. The only thing that really matters now is my family and friends and the good lord. The sooner you figure that out the better off your going to be. No matter how much your worth, your still going to have problems. Can money buy happiness ? I think not, I've seen poor people that are just as happy as can be. It's called being responsible and living within your means, I think you get the picture. Some people are just happy most or all the time and some people's lives are just full of drama, some even seem to enjoy the drama, don't know why that is, I guess it just comes down to, it takes all kinds of people to make this world go round , of course this is just my opinion, but I think there's some truth in there somewhere.
My hearing is starting to get bad. My wife and kids will sometimes ask me a question and I have no idea what they said, so I just say yes, as if I heard them. Sometimes they give me a funny look and just walk away. Not Maya though, she'll keep on until I understand what she's talking about. There has been a few times when she just says oh Grandpa never mind. Sometimes not being able to hear well has it's advantages, I'm sure the men out there know what I'm talking about. I heard ear phones are not worth buying, unless you buy the real expensive ones. Sorry family your just going to have to except me the way I am.
I told my wife when I retire, no more haircuts and no more shaving. I'm semi-retired and my hair is down to my shoulders and my beards getting longer every day. let's see how this plays out. Hey I told you guys I think a little different. My wife tells me I'm crazy. I'm not hurting anybody so what's the problem.
I bought me a Harley when I was sixty-four, some of the young folks "that are already old" ask me, why would I buy a Harley at my age, well why not, I like them, getting older doesn't mean you stop liking things that are cool, older people stop liking/doing things because they listen to other people that tell them," your too old to do that" but not me, if people don't like what I do, well so sorry. How does that song go, I'll do it my way. well folks, that's me. I still like the old Bomba's too and if the opportunity presents itself, I'll buy one. Lowriders are still cool to me. One thing I did notice is that I'm running over more curbs lately and I keep scraping the curb with the side of my tires, I think the side of my tire is showing more wear then the bottom, this is something I would not allow on my cool rides before. When I bought my Harley my wife and kids wanted me to get all dressed up the way they do on t.v. I still say what's the big deal, if I ride my Bike with levis with holes in em and an ol greasy t-shirt, what's wrong with that. w.t.f. I'm a biker....hah
One good thing about getting old is your taste in a lot of things starts to change and you start paying attention to things that you didn't care about before, like some music for instance. A lot of the music I didn't care about before, I find pretty cool now, I'm reading a lot more and I'm reading books I wouldn't even think about reading before. Your taste does change for the better as far as I'm concerned.
Being called Dad and Grandpa by your children and Grandchildren is the most honorable and respected achievements that I have earned in my life, it's just special when your kids call you Dad or your Grandchildren call you Grampa. It's something I can't get enough of, no matter what they are up to.
Now here's some good advice for you youngsters out there, more then likely your going to run into some bad times with your health, probably after the age of fifty. Hopefully not, but if you do, meet it head on whatever it is, read all you can about it, research your condition on the internet, ask lots of questions, try and become an authority on your condition, exercise regularly and eat well. Exercising and eating well are the two most important things you can do to help yourself out. When you exercise, concentrate on your legs mainly, "they say the legs are the first to go" because when you do this, whatever exercise you are doing will help you with your cardiovascular also, which is very important. O.k. enough of that, I just thought I would just throw that in here, because I think it's important.
Brain farts are tough, sometimes you'll be talking about something and the next thing you know, you have no idea what the hell you were talking about, sometimes you just have to wing it and make it sound like you do, depending on the situation, but I usually just say "oops brain fart" most people understand.
When I was in the Army, I was in an Artillery unit and my ears got blown out, Rock and Roll didn't help much either. Later my legs started getting real weak, but as I stated above, exercise and it will help you more then you can ever imagine. I play softball all summer long on three different teams, I wouldn't be able to do this if I didn't exercise.
I'm just trying to give you an idea what it's going to be like when you get older. I know a lot of you will handle getting old a lot better then I have, hopefully that's true for all of you, In essence, this is just my perspective on what it's like on your journey in becoming an old fart...hah
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