When you’re in grade school, 12th grade seems like forever in the future. When you get old enough to remember things you did, and you’re saying, “How many decades ago was that?”, the years you waited to finish school seem like nothing.
Some once called the ‘senior years’ the Golden Years. I see them as the Triple A+S Years. Acknowledging the changes. Accepting the changes. Adapting to the changes. + Surviving the changes.
Everybody has these transition moments. I’m walking up to the shopping carts to get the last small one and I notice a young guy, doing the same thing, hitting the brakes and letting me go first. I reailze: He’s noticed my gray hair. He’s being NICE TO THE OLD GUY. I smiled and thanked him. I wanted to kill him and dismember the body!
You know how “they” draw The Flash going really fast as a series of latent images of where he was moments before? Aging is like the reverse of that. The solid image is you now, the less distinct images of you are the future,
Chrisdiaz801 about 2 months ago
I didn’t take trigonometry, but I get Caufield’s point.
DorothyGlenn Premium Member about 2 months ago
I didn’t feel middle age until I realized I was referring to the man at the store or whatever as the kid at the store.
Uncle Kenny about 2 months ago
I don’t feel middle aged yet, as long as I don’t have to stand up or move.
Concretionist about 2 months ago
Math is NEVER about how you feel about it. Though trig can help you triangulate on a location that’s not right where you are now.
Bilan about 2 months ago
And the problem with Fridays is that Monday is only three days away.
fuzzbucket Premium Member about 2 months ago
It won’t be in trig unless you can triangulate it.
The Orange Mailman about 2 months ago
Wait, are they bonding?
PoochFan about 2 months ago
When you’re in grade school, 12th grade seems like forever in the future. When you get old enough to remember things you did, and you’re saying, “How many decades ago was that?”, the years you waited to finish school seem like nothing.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 2 months ago
There’s a property of thermodynamics where the hottest part of the day is actually around 3 to 4 PM. Maybe this is related.
Ignatz Premium Member about 2 months ago
When you realize that the 1990s weren’t ten years ago.
sandpiper about 2 months ago
Some once called the ‘senior years’ the Golden Years. I see them as the Triple A+S Years. Acknowledging the changes. Accepting the changes. Adapting to the changes. + Surviving the changes.
goboboyd about 2 months ago
Thursday=Friday Eve. The excitement is building.
sandpiper about 2 months ago
Caulfield has it right.
A boy’s will is the wind’s will,And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, My Lost Youth 1855
A worthy read for anyone ready to accept that time has passed and that much has been forgotten.
sandpiper about 2 months ago
Contemplation . . . the muse of age.
becida about 2 months ago
It is far off, right up until it isn’t.
Uncle Bob about 2 months ago
The world is now run by children…
christineracine77 about 2 months ago
I have felt solidly middle-aged for nearly a decade now, though according to an elder in my family, I only entered middle age 3 and a half years ago.
rugeirn about 2 months ago
Everybody has these transition moments. I’m walking up to the shopping carts to get the last small one and I notice a young guy, doing the same thing, hitting the brakes and letting me go first. I reailze: He’s noticed my gray hair. He’s being NICE TO THE OLD GUY. I smiled and thanked him. I wanted to kill him and dismember the body!
Hydrohead about 2 months ago
Caulfield, it will get to you way faster than you would have liked.
rshive about 2 months ago
At some point, one is always old. But one only gets the Senior Discount for one week a year.
Michael Helwig about 2 months ago
This strip gets more unrealistic all the time.
gammaguy about 2 months ago
After “middle age” comes “muddle age”, or so many folks try to convince us. And then they’re surprised that I don’t seem to be there… yet?
But I blame (/s) that on the genetics of both my mother’s and father’s ancestors.
poppacapsmokeblower about 2 months ago
You know how “they” draw The Flash going really fast as a series of latent images of where he was moments before? Aging is like the reverse of that. The solid image is you now, the less distinct images of you are the future,
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 months ago
You know you’re middle aged when your age starts showing up in your middle.
Ancient Wise Guy about 2 months ago
I love senior discounts. Even professional escorts are giving them now.
Retrac Premium Member about 2 months ago
Every Cannabis shop offers senior discounts and often a “senior” day.
That is a real sign of knowing how to market to their market!
PoodleGroomer about 2 months ago
Hump Day is Thursday evening with Roller Coaster Friday.