Fit old codger - The 55 year Old Royal Marine Commando.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QW4_P1vMXc

Did I just hear you call 55 old????!!!!!!


** Ancient Chinese saying:

It takes a year to grow crops.

It takes a century to grow a tree.

It takes 50 years to grow a man...


**at least that what the quote on the bathroom stall said it was.....

BTW, I'm only 44 3/4 years old and I still got some growing up to do or so my wife says and she's always right....

Wait a minute, in less than five years I'll look like samhain?! Oh dear God...

-Blast

Hey, Blast. Forget the six week program. Imagine how many push up's you could do after 32 weeks with the Royal Marines!

44 and 3/4 years... whippersnapper.



Now you know why I don't show a picture. It would only drain the kids will to live. LOL.

I was an "old codger" of 55 once...

It's being 50 with 90 years of mileage that really S**KS!!!!

I hit 60 in a few days, God willing!

Recently completed Paul Castle's CQC pistol course, and have joined an Elite Special Forces Team called
FOCOM
..fraternal order of cranky old men.

Our Motto:

"Don't pick a fight with an old man. We have nothing to loose, and will just go ahead and kill you."

My new credo!!

i agree with this line of thought:

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: ‘Wow – what a Ride’!"

Quoting Bette Davis
"Growing old isn't for sissys:

I've been working on my rocking chair now for a while, couple of more years and it'll be just right

An adage from my old neighborhood was that: 'You don't fight old men or junkies because neither has anything to lose.'

This was brought up after an old guy with a artificial leg took it off and beat a mugger to death. The state wanted to prosecute but blanched when the guy told the judge that to him jail would be 'three hots and cot', three meals a day and a warm place to sleep, and free health care.

Don't know who said this, but:

"Youth is a gift of nature -
Age is a work of art."

Nurit

"..."Don't pick a fight with an old man. We have nothing to loose, and will just go ahead and kill you."..."

When I was still working, I used a slight variation of that many times on young guys covered with jailhouse tattoos and bulging muscles. Never had to fight (or shoot) one, so I guess it worked...

Quote from 'Frasier'

Frasier: "I'm not middle aged, that's 50, or 55"
Niles: "Sure; if you live to 110!"

The Sock

I have always been fond of:

For a mountain, I am not yet begun.
For a fly, I am incomparably ancient.
For me, I am just right.

We won't even get into what you can't see in the picture...


Warning: True story not for the faint-hearted:


When I was in nursing school I was helping an patient transfer from bed to chair, he was in his 90's.

When I sat him up on the side of the bed, he recoiled in discomfort saying "oh, oh, oh!"

I asked him if he had pulled his abdominal incision, he replied "no, I'm sitting on my balls! The damned things just get in the way sometimes... I should just cut them off and be done with it...."

Reminds me of a Saturday Night Live skit!!