And yet another sign of growing old

The first sign that I was growing old is the hone-wear on my forehead and temples... /rimshot...

Seriously, though... My glasses prescription is 10.25 and 10.75 (left, then right, respectively)... My father is 57, and has had glasses since he was 24... His prescription is (again, respectively) 4.75 and 5.75... I wear COKE BOTTLE glasses!!

According to my Eye Doctor, I'm a prime candidate for Lasiks surgery... Or a legal blindness card...

I shutter to think of my eyes when I'm, no offense, you guys' ages...

on that note, i have been lucky, my lens script is only a total of +1 in both eyes, i have a .25 upper lens, and a .75 bifocal lens, which having to own up to bifocals, was probably the most depressing part of my life. i mean, only old people wear bifocals.

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Originally Posted by wvloony

on that note, i have been lucky, my lens script is only a total of +1 in both eyes, i have a .25 upper lens, and a .75 bifocal lens, which having to own up to bifocals, was probably the most depressing part of my life. i mean, only old people wear bifocals.

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Bifocals? You are old!!;):D

Haha... My father actually has, I kid you not, Tri-focals... I don't even know what the third focal is for!

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Originally Posted by denmason

I'm tellin ya Mark, it don't get easier either. A couple weeks ago while I was out at a job site, I heard a guy on the crew yelling "Hey Pops". I turned to look...!!!!! and he was talking to ME!!!! I've been finding myself calling anyone under 40ish "Hey Kid" since. :rofl2:

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I turn 39 later this year. I'm the second oldest on my team. My OTN tech calls me "pops" too!

I don't know whether to :tu, :rolleyes: or :cry:

:D

Best birthday card I got in the last dozen years
said something like: "You know you are getting
old when people stop sending you money". Now
I always stick a dollar in the birthday card with that line.....

Welcome to the club! You need to PM Lynn and get his 3 tips for turning 50, you will be there soon enough. Hurry before you forget what you are supposed to be doing!

I'm 45 and luckily no glasses, gray hair or hair loss yet, but the day will be near.
I get signs of getting old as well. Few weeks ago my daughter (18 yo) and her boyfriend spent a holidays in Stockholm Sweden. I picked them home from the harbour, and as they were unpacking their stuff i saw a tax-free 24-pack of my favourite beer. "How nice of you..." i started, but they said no. These are not for you but for us :eek:

A friend of mine who retired years once said: Getting old is when you spent your nights running for a pee and then spent your days trying to remember peoples names.

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Originally Posted by JMS

Bifocals? You are old!!;):D

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I prefer the term "Progressive Lenses".

thats a good one man............