101 tips for growing old, gracefully...

[LBR]

1) Always take off your reading glasses before you walk around.

[pumpy]

2). Try to remember why you went out to the shed,in the first place.

[grumpy-gran]

I want to grow old Disgracefully what am i talking about silly me I am already there

[invisiblepiper]

.............I saved my youth - I'm going to misspend my middle age!!

3. smile knowingly

[ina]

4. Make long lists of things to do - and then leave a large note on the door telling you where you left the lists...

[theabsinthefairy]

5. Wander out into the garden with your early morning cuppa in your jammies and dressing gown and a pair of wellies and realise that you are still there 4 hours later pulling weeds, collecting veg and have your dressing gown pockets full of seeds that you have randomly collected on your way round and now have muddled together and cannot identify.

(I would not like to point out at this stage that this happened to me yesterday - and strictly speaking I have not even reached mid-life crisis age)

At this point - give a gallic shrug, nonchalently toss out the stone cold dregs of your coffee, and saunter over for your midday glass of medicinal red wine!

[LBR]

6. "Oh dear, what have I started/done, etc.?" When this thought occurs, just smile, think "All right, it's going this way now.", and go on, in some direction you like.

7. Keep supplies of things you use and like on hand. If they haven't stopped making them already, they will soon.

8. Give things away so that you have more room to find the things you've been looking for.

[snapdragon]

9. Use your best china/crockery every day

10. If you've 'always wanted to....' Do It

11. Christmas is an option, not a neccessity

12. Learn when you can.

13. Dig when you can.

14. Rest when you can.

[Rod in Japan]

15. Shake after No.2s more assiduously than I have been wont, maybe with a bit of knee action thrown in for the sake of maintaining suppleness.

16. Get a wife who is too young to know what normal behaviour is.

[Millymollymandy]

17. Wear purple, with a red hat that doesn't go.

[Green Aura]

I keep trying to think of something to add, but to be honest I intend to grow old as disgracefully as possible.

[tiggy]

nurture and grow your sense of humour

[Annpan]

17. Wear purple, with a red hat that doesn't go.

... and pick flowers from other peoples gardens


That is a lovely poem.

[oldfella]

17. Wear purple, with a red hat that doesn't go.

I do, but it still makes no difference.

Now what was I trying to change?

[invisiblepiper]

17. Wear purple, with a red hat that doesn't go.

I do, but it still makes no difference.

Now what was I trying to change?

Ok - so save beermats and pencils in boxes, and eat a pound of sausages in one go.....