Thread: And yet another sign of growing old

So, one of my long time customers is a skinny little Japanese fellow with a heavy accent who owns a bagel shop. Nice man. He has been here in the US for about 5 years. He and his wife and two daughters run this shop seven days a week, no help from anyone else. Numata is his name. Whenever he calls it is the same routine: "MAK, MAK, EMUUUGEENCY! COME QUICKRLY!!!"

So, about two weeks ago I get this call. Its Numata and his familiar refrain. I come to his shop and find he has a problem with his conveyor toaster. I fix the unit as needed and go to write up the invoice. I look on the unit to find the model and serial number but find I have trouble seeing it. I pull out my trusty flash light. At this point I sense Numatas presence behind me. I am still having trouble reading the confounded model and serial number so I slip on my 10 dollar 1.75X magnifying reading glasses. At this point Numata moves in a little closer. I assume he is curious about what I am trying to see. I still can't make out that blasted small print they use...couldn't be my eye sight as I am only 45...could it? At this point I pull out a magnifying glass out of my pocket. Numata falls to the floor laughing like a mad man "I thought I was old" he said at least three times "This is why I rlike you" he says through fits of laughter...The bastard is fifty years old.

Ah well...it had to happen eventually.

mark, you're rather slow. i thought you'd have realized it the first time you had to put on the depends.
actually in all fairness you did say 'yet another sign'....

Originally Posted by gugi

mark, you're rather slow. i thought you'd have realized it the first time you had to put on the depends.
actually in all fairness you did say 'yet another sign'....

I realize misery loves company gugi but you need not make up ailments for your friends so you dont have to feel alone you know.

duh, that's why i do it for my enemies
stinky liberal!!!!!!

I thought i was getting old when this year for my birthday i recieved "home wares" for my birthday.....

I've learned that it is not a good idea for us caucasians to compair ourselves with Asians. I am only 33 and I have a sizable thinning out patch on top of my head, some wrinkles around my eyes and the odd grey hair.

But my 50 something year old Thai father in-law has few wrinkles, and a full head of black hair.

I don't mind this because my wife also looks about ten years younger than she really is.

My girlfriend does delight in pointing out the first few grey hairs that are starting to appear in my sideburns.... She tweezered one out the other night when we were sitting on the sofa.

I thought that was a bit much!

Fortunately they only appear in my sideburns, and they only appear one or two at a time. So far.

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.

That just made my day Mark!

mark, I feel your pain, i just turned 44, and my wife is 34, and believe me she and my kids take great pleasure in torturing this old man whenever i start to enjoy one of those old songs from back in the day. on a side note, my kids really thought i was ancient, when while digging thru a box of junk i have, they pulled out an old walkman, and had no clue what to do with it.