Old Age.

kneemos

Any advantages to old age?say 60 plus.
Can think of plenty of downsides but surely there's got to be a few good points about it?

Timberrrrrrrr

Skipping queues.

jester77

When your wife starts to get the shakes, happy days.

5rtytry56

Cheaper cinema seats haircuts etc.

dodderangler

Can randomly sit in a field and shout abuse at the youth of today

5rtytry56

dodderangler wrote: »

Can randomly sit in a field and shout abuse at the youth of today

And hold a placard saying " Down with this sort of Thing"

You will look like Father Jack but maybe that's OK.

Ruu

Seniors discount everywhere.

kfallon

Free Travel once you hit 65!

You can ignore all the cúnts in your life and people will just put it down to Alzheimers!

ardmacha

Senior interrail at 60.

SEPT 23 1989

10% off everything in Woodies of a Thursday

actuar90

Invited to more funerals

hairyslug

My dad is 93 and the amount of flirting he gets away with is unbelievable,

And you get to poop yourself and no one judges you for it

Tesco Massacre

Advantages? Yes, one.

If you die before the end of May you won't have to suffer the sight of those ghastly homosexuals getting married all over the place. Eww

The Backwards Man

Nobody bats an eyelid if you lie in watching snooker in the middle of the day.

_Whimsical_

kneemos wrote: »

Any advantages to old age?say 60 plus.
Can think of plenty of downsides but surely there's got to be a few good points about it?

Retirement. Getting paid to indulge your many hobbies and do the things you've always wanted to. I can think of several relations having the time of their lives in their 60s, jetting off to holiday homes several times a year with the excuse "it's good for my knees" etc. I know people doing things they've never done before,teaching art, bee keeping,enjoying classes they'd never have taken, doing the rounds of cafes every morning. It looks bloody great if you have the health to enjoy it.

tayto lover

You can play Seniors golf and get a buggy on the cheap.

Antar Bolaeisk

You won't have to put up with it for very long?

libelula

Retirement

Miall108

kneemos wrote: »

Any advantages to old age?say 60 plus.
Can think of plenty of downsides but surely there's got to be a few good points about it?

Having someone there and on hand to change your nappy for you. Saves the physical effort of going to the toilet

TOMP

No cooking or washing up in the nursing home

anncoates

The final flowering of the nascent cantankerousness of your 30s and 40s.

Lando Griffin

Lie ins followed by a few hours on the Golf course.
Then straight to the pub for a few pints before you go home to your lonely wife for some dinner, then go to sleep and do it all again tomorrow.:)

nullzero

Being able to holdup supermarket queues by paying for everything in small change that you choose to count only after querying the checkout operator over the cost of your shopping for a number of minutes which feel like a lifetime to those whippersnappers behind you in the queue.

Day Lewin

60+ isn't "old age". The things described are more like 80+. #huffy

El Weirdo

Pants that go all the way up to your armpits.

naughtysmurf

Hopefully the kids will have buggered off

bb1234567

No worries really apart from some health problems which can be kept to minimum if you keep a healthy lifestyle..elderly people don't spend too much on entertainment so its pretty much just fuel and food so I would say money struggles for the elderly on a pension aren't ever a worry

ygolometsipe

kneemos wrote: »

Any advantages to old age?say 60 plus.
Can think of plenty of downsides but surely there's got to be a few good points about it?

dress up as Mr Burns for fancy dress.

children/grandchildren

not 65, applies when 75, 85, 95 etc

when you bend down to pick something up, you can play the cracking game
was the knees or the hips, ah no I farted

seamusk84

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Retirement. Getting paid to indulge your many hobbies and do the things you've always wanted to. I can think of several relations having the time of their lives in their 60s, jetting off to holiday homes several times a year with the excuse "it's good for my knees" etc. I know people doing things they've never done before,teaching art, bee keeping,enjoying classes they'd never have taken, doing the rounds of cafes every morning. It looks bloody great if you have the health to enjoy it.

I always thought that it is sad we only really get to enjoy ourselves like this when we are old and not in our prime.

The phrase "your best days are yet to come" always depressed me. We should be able to enjoy life now.