I'm Too Old.....

[Lost Cause]

Do you catch yourself saying to yourself, "I'm not as young as I use to be", or "I'm too old" when you think of trying something new like snowboarding etc.....?
I keep running into peers that hear of a new thing I want to do say, "you're not as young as you use to be". That drives me nuts! When is too old? Is that a phrase used by people that surrender to the false message that after say, thirty, you are to settle into a more docile lifestyle? I'm not afraid to die while trying something new, I face my death the same way I live.

**Does anyone out there encounter the same type of negative attitudes when you do something out of the norm for your age?

**Is there an age when you should slow down?

 

[SleepingWarrior]

Your only too old when you can't get out of your chair without help.

 

[Lost Cause]

My Father always told me, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" That seems to work for me, but I still get the 'tudes from my peers.

**How about, "If it's too loud, you're too old!"

 

[sch00lteacher]

Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die


The old Rocker wore his hair too long,
wore his trouser cuffs too tight.
Unfashionable to the end --- drank his ale too light.
Death's head belt buckle --- yesterday's dreams ---
the transport caf' prophet of doom.
Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams
in his post-war-babe gloom.

Now he's too old to Rock'n'Roll but he's too young to die.

He once owned a Harley Davidson and a Triumph Bonneville.
Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs
and prays that he always will.
But he's the last of the blue blood greaser boys
all of his mates are doing time:
married with three kids up by the ring road
sold their souls straight down the line.
And some of them own little sports cars
and meet at the tennis club do's.
For drinks on a Sunday --- work on Monday.
They've thrown away their blue suede shoes.

Now they're too old to Rock'n'Roll and they're too young to die.

So the old Rocker gets out his bike
to make a ton before he takes his leave.
Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner
just like it used to be.
And as he flies --- tears in his eyes ---
his wind-whipped words echo the final take
and he hits the trunk road doing around 120
with no room left to brake.

And he was too old to Rock'n'Roll but he was too young to die.
No, you're never too old to Rock'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

Pied Piper


Now if you think Ray blew it,
there was nothing to it.
They patched him up as good as new.
You can see him every day ---
riding down the queen's highway,
handing out his small cigars to the kids from school.
And all the little girls with their bleached blond curls
clump up on their platform soles.
And they say ``Hey Ray --- let's ride away
downtown where we can roll some alley bowls.''
And Ray grins from ear to here, and whispers...

So follow me. Trail along.
my leather jacket's buttoned up.
And my four-stroke song
will pick you up when your last class ends;
and you can tell all your friends:
The Pied Piper pulled you,
The mad biker fooled you,
I'll do what you want to:
If you ride with me on a Friday
anything goes.

So follow me, hold on tight.
My school girl fancy's flowing in free flight.
I've a tenner in my skin tight jeans.
You can touch it if your hands are clean.

The Pied Piper pulled you,
the mad biker folled you,
I'll do what you want to:
If you ride with me on a Friday
anything goes.

The Chequered Flag (Dead Or Alive)


The disc brakes drag,
the chequered flag sweeps across the oil-slick track.
The young man's home; dry as a bone.
His helmet off, he waves: the crowd waves back.
One lap victory roll. Gladiator soul.
The taker of the day in winning has to say,
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand,
dead or alive.

The sunlight streaks through the curtain cracks,
touches the old man where he sleeps.
The nurse brings up a cup of tea ---
two biscuits and the morning paper mystery.
The hard road's end, the white god's-send
is nearer everyday, in dying the old man says,
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand,
dead or alive.

The still-born child can't feel the rain
as the chequered flag falls once again.
The deaf composer completes his final score.
He'll never hear the sweet encore.
The chequered flag, the bull's red rag,
the lemming-hearted hordes
running ever faster to the shore singing,
Isn't it grand to be playing to the stand,
dead or alive.

 

[nzwookie]

Age is all in the mind..and I refuse to grow up!!! You are never too old to try something new--But you can be too young

 

[T.H. Oughts]

My young kids asked their Grandfather this afternoon how old he was. He said, "As young are my hair but older than my teeth."

Today he got the chainsaw out and cut up an old pine tree, loaded the biscutts into a trailer himself and then brought them home. Then split 2 square meters of the wood ready for the fireplace.... there are many at 73 that would or could not do that....

Those that do not try are going to find life gives them less.....

It's not just the hard yacker jobs that people turn down. So many people look at my art work at any age and say they could not do that. They have failed themselves before they even tried and given it a go. I tell them once I could not do it either. life is not handed to us always.. we have to learn it.

 

[someplace]

It's a mindgame

I had a grandmother who was still in her 30's when I was born. Even as a child I remember her being very rigid. She decided very early on she was "too old" and wasted her entire life doing very little except being an old person.

I had a grandfather on the other side who lived to be nearly 100 and up until the last couple of years, ran circles around everyone. The guy retired THREE times from three separate, full careers. He was incredible.

I believe it's up to you to decide what & when is too old. Don't let other people make that decision for you -- society or family members, etc.

 

[Shylady]

I keep seeing the saying everywhere " You don't stop laughing because you are old, you are old because you stop laughing"