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darkstar

(5,797 posts) Sat Mar 7, 2026, 05:24 PM Mar 7

You know you're still young when

you can go up the stairs as quickly as you go down them.

You know you’re getting older when you go up the stairs more slowly than down.

You know you’re getting really old when you go down the stairs more slowly than you go up them. (My current status.)

I’m really not looking forward to a fourth stage, whatever that may be…..

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You know you're still young when (Original Post) darkstar Mar 7 OP

I hear you... LuckyCharms Mar 7 #1

"Retired doctor" on Nervive commercial looks oasis Mar 8 #6

You get wide-eyed and anxious if there's no bannister to hold onto. Golden Raisin Mar 7 #2

I'm at the fourth stage StoolPigeon Mar 7 #3

I'm 69. I go REALLY slow going down the stairs. Especially when my hands are full of my equipment. Ferrets are Cool Mar 7 #4

when Trump gets flak for descending plane steps slowly Skittles Mar 8 #5

The only reason we say something is because of his disparagement of President Biden. Ferrets are Cool Mar 8 #8

Ditto.....tRump has just trashed Joe B for his stair upping, and downing. Oh, and screw him. a kennedy Mar 8 #10

I can bound up the stairs but I'm slow going down nuxvomica Mar 8 #7

I'm really not looking forward to a fourth stage, whatever that may be..... Intractable Mar 8 #9

I'm in a retirement comunity. That's not a problem here. We all have walkers. CTyankee Mar 9 #11

LuckyCharms

(22,683 posts)

1. I hear you...

Reply to darkstar (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 05:38 PM

Mar 7

I'm *almost* like this guy walking down the stairs.

Also, comedian Vic Dibitetto had a comedy routine when he turned 60, where he says "If it's like this now, what the hell is it going to like when I turn 70"!!

oasis

(53,704 posts)

6. "Retired doctor" on Nervive commercial looks

Reply to LuckyCharms (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 01:38 AM

Mar 8

kinda young to be calling it quits.

Golden Raisin

(4,755 posts)

2. You get wide-eyed and anxious if there's no bannister to hold onto.

Reply to darkstar (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 06:19 PM

Mar 7

StoolPigeon

(260 posts)

3. I'm at the fourth stage

Reply to darkstar (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 06:23 PM

Mar 7

I take one look at the stairs and walk away.

Ferrets are Cool

(22,978 posts)

4. I'm 69. I go REALLY slow going down the stairs. Especially when my hands are full of my equipment.

Reply to darkstar (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 11:29 PM

Mar 7

Skittles

(171,791 posts)

5. when Trump gets flak for descending plane steps slowly

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 01:25 AM

Mar 8

WTF. he is old and out of shape and those stairs are steep - I wouldn't be skipping down them either

Ferrets are Cool

(22,978 posts)

8. The only reason we say something is because of his disparagement of President Biden.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 08:46 AM

Mar 8

a kennedy

(36,015 posts)

10. Ditto.....tRump has just trashed Joe B for his stair upping, and downing. Oh, and screw him.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 08:36 PM

Mar 8

have I said how much I totally despise the orange piece of shit???

nuxvomica

(14,104 posts)

7. I can bound up the stairs but I'm slow going down

Reply to darkstar (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 03:38 AM

Mar 8

Because my knees failed separately within a week of each other in November 2024 following other Lyme Disease symptoms. I assume it was a relapse due to stress because it's an unlikely month for tick bites and I was hit with a double-whammy early in that month: I learned I was being laid off and you can guess the other whammy.

Intractable

(2,126 posts)

9. I'm really not looking forward to a fourth stage, whatever that may be.....

Reply to darkstar (Original post)

Sun Mar 8, 2026, 03:09 PM

Mar 8

Maybe something like this ...

CTyankee

(68,230 posts)

11. I'm in a retirement comunity. That's not a problem here. We all have walkers.