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50 is still nifty, sort ofPosted by Randy on: 2005-10-12 08:07:06 in category:
Retirement Headlines [ Print | Permalink / 0 Comment(s) ] 50 is still nifty, sort of If life begins at 40, as they say, then I'm still a young whippersnapper. I think whoever "they" are, they're full of baloney because my whip snapped a long time ago. It was just six months ago that I was celebrating turning 50. That means I've hit another milestone already -- 50 and a half. Those "halves" are very important to us as kids, as it makes us seem so much closer to the next age that we can't wait to reach. Once we're adults, that half doesn't amount to a hill of beans. At least for a few decades. Then it's suddenly looming, teasing, and dragging us, kicking and screaming, towards the next age we're trying to avoid. Sigh... For the record, I don't feel 50, nor 50 and a half. People tell me I'm over the hill. I tell them that it's better than being under the hill. I try to tell them that "50 is nifty" but using a word like nifty makes me sound even older. That's just swell. Oops... there went another one! Before I even hit 50 I started getting mail from AARP, wishing me a happy birthday and wanting my membership. I might as well call the undertaker to make arrangements and go out and buy me a new suit to get buried in! Just because I have more gray matter in my hair than I do between my ears these days doesn't mean I'm ready for any of that. Sure, there are days when I feel more like a sprung chicken than a spring chicken. And yes, you could say I've reached my "snap dragon" stage, wherein something has snapped and the rest of me is draggin', but the fat lady hasn't sung yet. I may be playing my music a bit louder than I used to, but that's not a sign of any kind of second childhood or midlife crisis I've entered -- it's because my hearing ain't what it once was. Speaking of ears, are we supposed to be growing hair from within them at a certain age? Mine aren't bad yet, I just want to be prepared because sometimes I see guys with it so thick that it looks like one of those big ol' hairy trap door spiders has backed into their ear and is waiting to pounce. And this is part of the Golden Years? At least what my friends Jack and Cheryl wrote in my birthday card this year was true -- I can shop at Beall's Outlet on Mondays and get 15 percent off because I'm 50! Been there, done that and bought the T-shirt, literally. One I almost bought said "Retired - Leave Me Alone!" but I gotta wait three years, two months and 19 days before wearing that so it wouldn't be false advertisement. But who's counting? Once in awhile I feel like my body's a lot older than me, like I'm driving around in an old clunker of a vehicle and can't trade it in for a new model. I can live with that, as long as it cranks up in the morning and gets me around. And as long as I don't start rusting and losing my parts! You can e-mail Luke at troubador55@earthlink.net. Business open community website http://www.business-business.biz Submit articles http://www.business-business.biz/submitstory.php Retirement forum http://www.business-business.biz/forums.php Retirement open community website http://www.retirement-retirement.com Submit articles http://www.retirement-retirement.com/submitstory.php Retirement forum http://www.retirement-retirement.com/forums.php Investment open community website http://www.investment-investment.us Submit articles http://www.investment-investment.us/submitstory.php Investment forum http://www.investment-investment.us/forums.php |
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