You Know You're Over The Hill When...

Category: Retired life

  • You find yourself beginning to like accordion music.

  • You're sitting on a park bench and a Boy Scout comes up and helps you cross your legs.

  • Lawn care has become a big highlight of your life.

  • You tune into the easy listening station...on purpose.

  • You discover that your measurements are now small, medium and large...In that order.

  • You keep repeating yourself.

  • You start video taping daytime game shows.

  • Your Insurance Company has started sending you their free calendar...a month at a time.

  • At cafeterias, you complain that the gelatin is too tough.

  • Your new easy chair has more options than your car.

  • One of the throw pillows on your bed is a hot water bottle.

  • Conversations with people your own age often turn into "dueling ailments."

  • You keep repeating yourself.

  • It takes a couple of tries to get over a speed bump.

  • You begin every other sentence with, "Nowadays..."

  • You run out of breath walking down a flight of stairs.

  • You look both ways before crossing a room.

  • You go to a Garden Party and you're mainly interested in the garden.

  • You find your mouth making promises your body can't keep.

  • You keep repeating yourself.

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