Signs We Are Getting Old

[babybear]

I know I am somewhat in the younger range here, but I couldn’t open a jar the other day and it pissed me off because I knew it was the aging

[fomofo]

I know I am somewhat in the younger range here, but I couldn’t open a jar the other day and it pissed me off because I knew it was the aging

Try putting a thick rubber band around the lid. It'll take years off.

Works on other things too.

[mcski]

Jeezus, wth is the average age here now? Decrepit?

[The SnowShow]

When you have many middle and high school friends’ kids going off to college. Holy shit, this is depressing me and making me feel old.

Also depressing: when a few of those old friends you spent your teenage years terrorizing the neighborhood with end up taking paths that make them multi-millionaires by 50.

[MarsB]

I know I am somewhat in the younger range here, but I couldn’t open a jar the other day and it pissed me off because I knew it was the aging

Pop the air seal by wedging a butter knife between the lid and the jar.

[axebiker]

Over in the Midwest Stoke thread senior maggots are going crazy because Trollhaugen has $25 lift tickets plus free coffee for ages 62+.


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Only 10 more years...

[xyz]

Either Hall or Oats was a pretty keen tele skier I recall.


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[XXX-er]

yeah Oates was the tele skier ^^

people start to call you " sir " last week the cashier at Canadian tire called me " dude " and so i thanked him

[MontuckyFried]

I know I am somewhat in the younger range here, but I couldn’t open a jar the other day and it pissed me off because I knew it was the aging

For impossible jars, I bust out my old oil filter wrenches. The cheap-o ones with the rubber straps. Pops the lids off easy peezy! You can find them super cheap most places, so go pick up a 2-pack sometime, if you don't have some lying around in your garage somewhere already.

Like this $5 pair from ye ole Harbor Freight...

[XXX-er]

Most of you married folk are used to being IN the hot water but if you run the hot water on just the lid it always lets go

[gravitylover]

Just tap the side of the top firmly on the counter 2 or 3 times. It should open relatively easily after that.

[skaredshtles]

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Also depressing: when a few of those old friends you spent your teenage years terrorizing the neighborhood with end up taking paths that make them multi-millionaires by 50.

Why? Keeping Up With the Jones is a fool's errand.

[rideit]

Pussies.

[Ted Striker]

Just knowing who Gallagher is qualifies one for this thread.

[PB]

Just tap the side of the top firmly on the counter 2 or 3 times. It should open relatively easily after that.

This.


Or this: https://www.zoro.com/ridgid-chain-wr...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

[Johnny H]

I know I am somewhat in the younger range here, but I couldn’t open a jar the other day and it pissed me off because I knew it was the aging

We use a 4-1/2”diameter, 1/16” thick soft rubber sheet which is flexible as
well. Grabs really well and really increases the mechanical purchase.

[rideit]

Just knowing who Gallagher is qualifies one for this thread.

And that Gallagher has tribute fans.

[riser4]

I can't shit as well as I used to. Metamucil makes the problem worse. Even if I drink enough water, but definitely if I don't.

[El Chupacabra]

We use a 4-1/2”diameter, 1/16” thick soft rubber sheet which is flexible as
well. Grabs really well and really increases the mechanical purchase.

And you never really know when a dental dam will come in handy in the kitchen.

[Flounder]

Another good jar opener. https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop...ley-jar-opener

[warthog]

Went for my first MRI today. The nurse made me feel pretty good-
" No surgeries, no previous MRI's, NOTHING!!??"

Just looking at the list of shit that could be wrong with me on the pre-checklist makes me feel like it has been a pretty damn good run for 50 years.
God knows I wasn't being too cautious. Especially when it came to skiing, wakeboarding, and all sports in general.

[PB]

Seems like we should have come up with a better jar top by now .......

[goldenboy]

Just knowing who Gallagher is qualifies one for this thread.

I rang him up one summer in college when I worked at Safeway. All 3 carts worth of watermelons, etc. So I guess I qualify.

[MakersTeleMark]

What really gets me is trying to open the bags with the rip top and ziplock combo. I can never get my fingers to grab the damn thing and usually just grab a knife and slice the damn thing open. Same with easy peal corners. And stickers in general. I could spend an hour trying to separate the backing from the sticker if there isn't a split in it. I guess my fingers are all dead and I don't rock nails.

For jars, the tap tap and hot water has always worked. Rubber band works great for lens filters that are stuck.

Signs: growing up we had a mechanical jar opener. It was olive green and I can picture it to this day:

[mcski]

We will know we are beyond old and probably dead when cereal makers start using ziplock bags instead of those shitty wax ones that haven’t changed for 50 years