The older I get....

[DitchPanda]

The less tolerant I am getting of BS. Always was taught as you age you become more patient, understanding and compassionate. I guess in some ways that's true...but in other ways not so much. I've got no time for lazy people or their dumb excuses. I'm well on my way to becoming a crotchety old wretched by the time I'm 45.

[roadwarrior]

 

 

                         

[A-Jay]

The older I get, the older I want to get.

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A-Jay

[Bird]

When I was working, had very little tolerance for laziness.

Since I'm not working, I've become somewhat lazy.

[DitchPanda]

41 minutes ago, roadwarrior said:

 

 

                         

Accurate!

 

6 minutes ago, Bird said:

When I was working, had very little tolerance for laziness.

Since I'm not working, I've become somewhat lazy.

makes sense. Ill be 40 this year so I've worked full time for 23 years and ive got at least that many to go. That reality has set in and made me even more annoyed with worthless people.

[Mike L]

Since retiring I’m told I’m less tolerant of certain things that I remember never being bothered by before for some reason. 
 

And things that did bother me, I have much less patience for now. 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike 

[Catt]

Age ain't got nuthin to do with it!

 

I was raised by parents who lived through the great depression & then WW2. Now days they're raised by world wide web!

 

Laziness: if any would not work, neither should he eat.

[Captain Phil]

36 minutes ago, Mike L said:

Since retiring I’m told I’m less tolerant of certain things that I remember never being bothered by before for some reason.  And things that did bother me, I have much less patience for now.

 

The older I get the less things bother me.   I used to be in a hurry to do everything.  Driving to work was a race.  Standing in line made me angry.  I wasn't tolerant of people with different views of the world.  Today, I could care less.  TV news channels post stories to make people angry.  If you watch that stuff, you will be angry all the time.  When I go to the grocery store, I don't mind standing in line because I'm not in a hurry to go anywhere.  I read yesterday that the average lifespan of a man in the US is a little less than 80.  I will be 76 in the next few weeks and I want to enjoy the time I have left. 

[Mobasser]

The older I get, the more I think about the past.

[Mike L]

5 minutes ago, Mobasser said:

The older I get, the more I think about the past.

Ain’t it the truth!!

 

 

 

 

Mike

[Woody B]

I've been concentrating on not letting people tick me off.   It's easier to tell myself "just breathe" occasionally than going through life gritting my teeth because some worthless idiot done something.   

[DanielG]

The older I get.... I realize that all those old men who were talking about what it's like to get old were right. At the time I thought... really? Sore muscles and joints, balance not as good, reduced muscle mass and strength, being able to think about Harrison Ford but not remember he was Indiana Jones but it's right there on the tip of your mind as something that you always knew... Ooops. Suddenly it's there and you blurt it out.

 

Also, the older I get, you suddenly realize that thing that happend 8 yrs ago was actually 2 yrs ago.

[Bankbeater]

The older I get the more I want to retire.

[Dwight Hottle]

Welcome to the club.

[Will Ketchum]

I recently turned 80. I feel like I'm sitting on the high perch of what's called time; looking down at those who are younger, and watching them doing the same stupid things I did and having the same attitudes, and I smirk. It's funny to watch.

[Captain Phil]

6 minutes ago, Will Ketchum said:

I recently turned 80. I feel like I'm sitting on the high perch of what's called time; looking down at those who are younger, and watching them doing the same stupid things I did and having the same attitudes, and I smirk. It's funny to watch.

 

Funny thing about life is by the time you have it figured out, it's over. 

[Jig Man]

I don’t think I have changed.  I’ve never suffered fools.

[steve carpenter]

75 and don't let the small stuff bother me anymore

[DitchPanda]

6 hours ago, Jig Man said:

I don’t think I have changed.  I’ve never suffered fools.

God I wish I could be this way

[Tennessee Boy]

I believe I’m suppose to love everybody.  I’m not always successful at doing this.  I’ve learned over time that when you learn to love someone you used to hate,  life gets easier.  

[cheezyridr]

i'm pretty laid back, and i can ignore most stuff that used to make me angry. 

there are 3 things that make me fail, with regularity:

 

1) if you're doing the speed limit in the left hand lane, you need to get the hell outta my way

2) if "we" are working on a project, "you" need to carry your weight. for example, some guys recently approached me to start a band. one guy was so nervous he couldn't play at all, the other guy, all his equipment was held together with duct tape and bailing wire. all of it only partially worked.

3) if i see someone  deliberately giving someone a hard time for no apparent reason,  they're going to see my unfriendly side with a quickness.

[N Florida Mike]

At 62, I can relate. I’m more laid back with most scenarios. The one thing that continually seems to irritate and anger me more is poor drivers. I work 6 days a week, and the majority of time working involves driving.  They go way too fast or way too slow. 

Long lines can bother me, mostly if there’s a dumb reason for it. Like someone buying scratch off tickets with one cashier in a “ convenience “ store.

I can’t do “news” any more either. I figure if it’s earth shattering I’ll know.

 

I look back at the past more, because I have more past to look back at. I see everything so clearly, and wonder why in the world I couldn’t see it then because it was obvious. 

I also look at the future with much excitement and anticipation though.

 

[Captain Phil]

3 hours ago, cheezyridr said:

1) if you're doing the speed limit in the left hand lane, you need to get the hell outta my way.

 

I don't care how fast anyone drives. They can go 100 mph for all I care.   If someone wants to pass me, I move over as soon as I can.  If I can't move over or the traffic is stacked up in front of me, riding my bumper is not going to make it go away.  Never charge up behind another driver or cut them off.  If you are going to change lanes, do it slowly and make sure everyone knows it.   Not everyone on the highway is a perfect physical specimen.  You are sharing the road with everyone from kids who just got their license to 95 year olds who can't see past their hood.  You may have the genes of Mario Andretti and Ken Miles, not everyone on the highway does.

[cheezyridr]

4 hours ago, Captain Phil said:

 

I don't care how fast anyone drives. They can go 100 mph for all I care.   If someone wants to pass me, I move over as soon as I can.  If I can't move over or the traffic is stacked up in front of me, riding my bumper is not going to make it go away.  Never charge up behind another driver or cut them off.  If you are going to change lanes, do it slowly and make sure everyone knows it.   Not everyone on the highway is a perfect physical specimen.  You are sharing the road with everyone from kids who just got their license to 95 year olds who can't see past their hood.  You may have the genes of Mario Andretti and Ken Miles, not everyone on the highway does.

 

i'm talking specifically about those people who believe it's their mission in life to play pace car on the highway. heavy traffic where both lanes are full, is a given that passing is mostly pointless.  however, no one can deny they have seen, while driving down the hiway,  another car in the left lane pacing one on the right, deliberately.  i have even been passing and have had people pull out  in front of me for the sole purpose of blocking what was a previously an empty lane.  

[TnRiver46]

14 hours ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I believe I’m suppose to love everybody.  I’m not always successful at doing this.  I’ve learned over time that when you learn to love someone you used to hate,  life gets easier.  

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