Growing old gracefully or disgracefully

Hmmmm, well I wont say I am growing old disgracefully but I will say that am certainly NOT an ant who follows on, is there a word imbetween gracefully and disgracefully ???if no in between word, then I will say ( or sing ) I DO IT MYYYYYYYY WAY ......

Disgracefully! My adult youngsters never know what to expect from me next. I'm in my 50s. I have promised them I have no intention of changing which they know anyway Love colourful colours, acting daft and so on

For most aging won't mean a change in behaviour. If you have a rebellious & non conformist nature you will continue to be like that into old age.
If you have always been pre occupied with superficial etiquette ..like Mrs Bucket... you will go on being like that. Hopefully all older people will be open minded, courteous & kind..that is what matters most imo.

MerylStreep, I missed your comment, so sorry. The Ford 'Y' had just one windscreen wiper for the driver and it worked on a vacuum method. Before that the wipers were operated manually by a hand crank mounted on the dashboard.

The drawback to the vacuum method was the air pressure that was needed to operate the wipers wasn't always up to the task, causing the wipers to get slower and slower. Change gear and the sudden intake of air caused by the gear change and the wipers went off like they were on amphetamines.

What a car the Rover P6 was, mine had the three and half litre V8 engine in it, that was back in 1977/78.

Quite Moonlight. I may feel I can balance along fallen trees and leap from the end or skateboard down the road, but then I turn around suddenly and go dizzy or loose my footing over nothing and remember that if I were to end up sitting on the floor, I'd be stuck!

"...sit down on the pavement when I'm tired"

Huh!

Good luck getting up again.

She has no idea.

Spangler
The car is a Ford model Y, 1937. Obviously some modifications have taken place over the years ?
We had a Rover P6 some years ago, beautiful car to drive, as was the Mercedes 380 SL.

MerylStreep, Your other half's car is difficult to define because he's made it into a fantastic street rod. I'm guessing, only by the radiator, that it was originally a Rover P2. If so, what a coincidence, the fellow who sold me the MG used the money from the sale to buy a Rover P2.

Spangler, love the attire and the car!

MerylStreep, Spangler, beautiful cars and well impressed at your OH racing.
V3ra, yes I have heard of the RTTW, but not done that one, though usually take part in all sorts of other more local charity rides. I also usually go to a weekly bike meet of up to approx 900 bikes (in good weather), at Weston-super-Mare seafront, which raises approx £15,000 each year for the Royal British Legion. Unfortunately all cancelled this year because of that horrible virus.
So to return to the original thread, I think I'm firmly in the disgraceful bracket!

Spangler
Loving your look.?
This is my OHs car that he races at SantaPod. It's also his every day transport.

V3ra, we are into MG's and vintage too.

I sincerely hope the last words I utter before I go to meet my maker are, "I really shouldn't have had that last bottle of Chablis but, goodness it was a wonderful lunch".

GrowingOldDisgracefully, Spangler, Oopsadaisy have you heard of or taken part in the annual Ride to the Wall at the National Memorial Arboretum?

www.rttw.org/start_locations.php#locationlist

It's been cancelled for this year but hopefully will be back next year.

It's a fantastic sight to see all the motorbikes in convoy with everyone lining the streets as they pass, it must be wonderful to take part!

Definitely disgracefully! I am nearly 63 but still have waist length hair (now greying) have a nose piercing (done in my 30's ) and several tattoos. In my opinion anything goes if it feels right for you.

Wow some brilliant posts here. I too love the idea of not conforming to the stereotype of being old. It has been great to read about people still riding their Harley Davidson, listening to heavy metal music, going to music festivals, being a hippy. It shows that many of us are still young at hearty and long may it continue.

Maggiemaybe I’m with you on the ‘ I’m mad,me’ brigade!
There was a programme on C4 or C5 about OAPs behaving badly set in Benidorm which made me cringe, and not because of their age, just the behaviour!
To me, there is nothing ‘sexy’ about ‘mature’ ladies wearing short, tight, PVC, or the various penis related stuff which seemed to be available on the Costa. Still, each to his own, and I don’t think you should ever not do something because of your age.
Bits of the programme is still on YouTube. It was funny to see Leapy Lee ( remember him?) in Tenerife with his sex obsessed girlfriend ( and his Viagra!)

The first limerick in the "look inside" of this book is too long to print here, but I love it! Your children's perception of what you should/shouldn't be doing in "old age"
www.amazon.co.uk/Growing-Old-Dis-Gracefully-Limericks-ebook/dp/B0819Y2S3X/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Growing+Old+Gracefully&tag=gransnetforum-21&qid=1597741360&sr=8-4

I'm 65 now, I was widowed at 57, men friends around I love male company but don't want one living with me

In the last 6 years I've had lots of new experiences & hope to continue for many years to come, my DD & DGS1 think I'm adventurous & love the fact I'm enjoying life

The other week I was out shopping with DD, an item I wanted was out of stock & I muttered a vey rude word, DD heard me, think she was a bit taken back but she laughed & said Mum I've never heard you say that before All I can say is it's a good job she can't hear me at home!

I can behave when I'm out & in company. I love a good laugh I've got a really filthy laugh & am shockproof

I am less tolerant of idiots & am more prone to having the odd rant. Grumpy Old Woman comes to mind. I am not concerned about what people think about me, what you see is what you get, mostly I've a smile on my face & am always polite. There are two choices like me or don't, I won't lose sleep over it

I actually like being mature, 68 this year. What is considered disgraceful? I have various tattoos, wear what I like and the best bonus of being older I no longer give a fig what people think of me. I dress quite bo ho, love long skirts even though I'm vertically challenged at only 5 ft 1 in. When I was young my anxiety caused me to wonder all the time if people liked me, now I don't give a damn. I'm my own person, I let my hair go silver as I think it suits me and it's a nice silver more blondish I would say. We get one life and so many get their's cut short, I'm going to enjoy all the years I have left and be my kind of disgraceful

Roll on the beginning of November, when I decide exactly how I am going to grow old.
Our last little one will have moved on to her adopters, so the end of 43 years of having my own and Fostered Little Ones in my life. I haven't been able to grow old yet.
Tomorrow we get the keys of our new home, lots of things to do there, In September I become 70 and in October 2021 I am completing the London Marathon. Perhaps I will grow old disgracefully, but first I have to be old

I don't think anything others have said is disgraceful. Just because we are getting older doesn't mean we have to change who we are.
I am in my 70s and I am much the same as I was in my 30s but without all the constraints. I can now do what I like when I like and really don't care that I am this age. S*d 70!

Don't knock wearing beige mothertrucker. It's a wonderful base for really big jewellery, scarves, shawls etc in fluorescent colours.

Lizziepopbottle and Spangler - nice ones and excellent both of you?
Mothertrucker - I like your style too?

I quite like being old, insofar as nobody now expects me to do things that I never wanted to do anyway. For instance, I never have to go camping ever again. I have only had to spend a few nights in a tent during my life but I always hated it. Now I am confident that I will never be expected to live under canvas. If only I could think of a reason why old folk can't go to barbecues.

As far as changing my behaviour, I'm not going to become more wild or more respectable. I don't worry about having white hair and a walking stick, or liking to listen to loud music and to swear (a lot.) Inside and outside don't always match - sometimes I look like a granny and think like a teenager - but it's fine. My girls just say, "Mum's an old hippy. She's unshockable."

One thing I have found as I age is that I am more angry about politics. I have been on what is known as "the radical left" all my life and I was an activist in my youth, but then I became preoccupied by everyday life, particularly my kids. Now I feel passionate like I did in my teens. I suppose it is social media that has affected me. Where I would have moaned to friends and family about an issue, I can now find posts online to support or to argue against. I do wonder, though, where all the 1960s radicals have gone. Have they all become conservatives as they aged, or were there never really that many?

If I wasn't so bad on my feet, I would go to demos again. Or, to be honest, I wouldn't because of Covid-19. Plus my family says that I would get hurt and my daughter says that, if I try, she will push me to the floor and sit on me. So I guess I will confine myself to online rants. Maybe I am suffering from Daily Mail Syndrome - getting irate about things in old age - but from the opposite side of the political spectrum.