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TexasProgresive

(12,285 posts)
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 09:16 AM Jan 2021

It's official, I am now a curmudgeon.

Yesterday I did something to the back of my left knee, maybe a hamstring strain or something worse. Anyway I am using a cane and have a brace on my knee to make it easier to walk. Just now I heard this commotion on my front porch. Two half grown dogs were raiding our cat Tony's food bowl.

I ran out yelling and waving my stick at them telling them to get out.

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It's official, I am now a curmudgeon. (Original Post) TexasProgresive Jan 2021 OP
I think I have been one for several years now Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #1
Probably I have as well, but it really struck me funny as I realized the truth. TexasProgresive Jan 2021 #2
The most difficult thing for "me" and getting older has been Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #4
My niece is an Occupational Therapist. TexasProgresive Jan 2021 #5
Been Rebl2 Jan 2021 #13
I think curmudgeonhood is a better word Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #11
Next stop TEB Jan 2021 #3
It is better today. Yesterday I had to be Chester Goode from Gunsmoke TexasProgresive Jan 2021 #8
Buster Scruggs: Misanthrope?!?! keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #6
Welcome to The Club! Turbineguy Jan 2021 #7
Sorry, you have to formally apply for membership Chainfire Jan 2021 #9
Congrats! 2naSalit Jan 2021 #10
You're only a curmugeon if you kept the dogs' ball. If you kept all their balls, you might be ... marble falls Jan 2021 #12
This may sound strange, but . . . Callalily Jan 2021 #14

TexasProgresive

(12,285 posts)
2. Probably I have as well, but it really struck me funny as I realized the truth.
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 09:20 AM
Jan 2021

Grumpy old man waving his stick.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)
4. The most difficult thing for "me" and getting older has been
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 09:24 AM
Jan 2021

that my brain thinks I am still 30, and my body realizes that I am 64. My brain thinks my reflexes are as quick as they used to be so when I stumble, my dingbat brain thinks I can move my body fast enough to not fall. My body is winning this disagreement more and more often.

TexasProgresive

(12,285 posts)
5. My niece is an Occupational Therapist.
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 09:35 AM
Jan 2021

I didn't really know what an OT does. After she explained I realized I have been doing OT on myself ever since I passed 60, learning new skills to cope with stuff I used to do without thinking.

Rebl2

(14,677 posts)
13. Been
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 12:16 PM
Jan 2021

Doing that since my late teens since I have had rheumatoid arthritis since I was nine. Am in my 60’s and even with all my arthritis meds, I have to be careful. I rarely go out since Covid because meds I take make me more vulnerable. Can’t wait to get the vaccine so I can go out a little more.

Wicked Blue

(6,647 posts)
11. I think curmudgeonhood is a better word
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 10:58 AM
Jan 2021

because we females need to be the curmudgeonesses. Unless someone has a better term for us. Cranky crones doesn't quite do it.

TEB

(13,689 posts)
3. Next stop
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 09:24 AM
Jan 2021

Your yelling get off my lawn kids or I’ll spray you with the hose. Hope you get better quickly.

TexasProgresive

(12,285 posts)
8. It is better today. Yesterday I had to be Chester Goode from Gunsmoke
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 09:57 AM
Jan 2021

Do not bend the knee. Now it is OK straight and once I get past about 10 degrees.

Sorry to hear about your Mom, TEB, she has my prayers for recovery. I have a warm place in my heart for nurses. At least brother trumper is becoming a bit aware, too bad it had to be through Mom getting ill. Some people would still be in complete denial.

As to kids, none in my rural area any more.

 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
9. Sorry, you have to formally apply for membership
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 10:11 AM
Jan 2021

Send me your application along with $25.00 in small unmarked bills and a self addressed stamped envelope, and if I deem you worthy, (which I probably won't) I will send you your certificate in the mail. Now, do I need to tell you what to do with your stick you old fart?

marble falls

(62,047 posts)
12. You're only a curmugeon if you kept the dogs' ball. If you kept all their balls, you might be ...
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 11:05 AM
Jan 2021

... a small animal vetenarian, too.

Just sayin'.

Callalily

(15,012 posts)
14. This may sound strange, but . . .
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 06:05 PM
Jan 2021

how are your knees? Having problems with them? Your "back of knee" problem may be attributed to a knee problem. Just talking from experience.

Additionally . . . sometimes it's fun playing the geezer card.

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