Old age memories

Dorsetmike

Dorsetmike

Member
My forgetter's getting better,
But my rememberer is broke
To you that may seem funny
But, to me, that is no joke
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[/FONT]For when I'm 'here' I'm wondering
If I really should be 'there'
And, when I try to think it through,
I haven't got a prayer!

Oft times I walk into a room,
Say 'what am I here for?'
I wrack my brain, but all in vain!
A zero, is my score.

At times I put something away
Where it is safe, but, Gee!
The person it is safest from
Is, generally, me!

When shopping I may see someone,
Say 'Hi' and have a chat,
Then, when the person walks away
I ask myself, 'who the heck was that?

Yes, my forgetter's getting better
While my rememberer is broke,
And it's driving me plumb crazy
And that isn't any joke.​
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marval

marval

New member
That was a good song, I like your poem Mike. Here is another one.


Just a line to say I'm living
That I'm not among the dead.
Though I'm getting more forgetful
And so mixed up in the head.

I got used to my arthritis
To my dentures I'm resigned.
I can manage my bifocals,
But, Oh God, I miss my mind.

For sometimes I can't remember
When I stand at the foot of the stairs,
If I must go up for something
Or I just came down from there.

And before the fridge so often
My poor mind is filled with doubt.
Have I just put food away, or
Have I come to take some out?

And there's times when it is darkened
With my night cap on my head.
I don't know if I'm retiring,
Or just getting out of bed.

So, if it's my turn to write you
There's no need for getting sore.
I may think that I have written,
And don't want to be a bore.

So remember that I love you,
And I wish that you were near.
Now it's time to post this letter
So must say goodbye, my dear.

Here I stand beside the mail box
With a face so very red,
Instead of mailing you my letter,
I have opened it instead!


Margaret
 
JHC

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
I wish it was my only problem, I'm sitting in front of the B... computer again, wife gone to golf for the day, district nurse is due any time now to do do stuff to me.
Margaret could you write that in a Pam Ayres accent? at least this thread is making us laugh
 
marval

marval

New member
Sorry I am not too good at her accent.


This is what Francis Duggan wrote about her.


A marvellous woman so witty and bright
And her whimsical verses are born of delight
And with the finest of poets she is one who can rate
And Pam Ayres is a name that we must celebrate.

And though some literary critics they do not rate her high
They cannot down grade her though hard they do try
And they failed to stop Pam in her rise to renown
It's so true a great talent cannot be kept down.

Her beautiful smile adorns her pretty face
And her infectious humour not hard to embrace
With immortal humourists like Lear and Belloc she is one who compare
And people like her sad to say seem so rare.

In years she is one who is beyond her prime
But she remains the queen of the humorists of rhyme
She is one who was born with the great gift of song
And if you cannot find a laugh in her verses with you something wrong.

Whenever I feel down and burdened by cares
I open a book of the poems of Pam Ayres
And she brings some happiness into my day
For she has me laughing my worries away.


Margaret


 
JHC

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Aw shucks, she is a better poet then he lets on and a super hero comedienne to boot
 
marval

marval

New member
I have always liked Pam Ayres, her poems are very clever. Certainly very comedic as well.


Margaret
 
marval

marval

New member
Old is when.


Your sweetie says, "Let's go upstairs and, make love" and you answer, "Honey, I can't do both!"

Your friends compliment you on your new alligator shoes and you're barefoot.

A sexy babe catches your fancy and your pacemaker opens the garage door.

Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.

You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

When you are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police.

"Getting a little action" means I don't need to take any fibre today.

"Getting lucky" means you find your car in the parking lot.

An "all nighter" means not getting up to pee.


Margaret
 
marval

marval

New member
The prayer of senility

God grant me the Senility
to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune
to run into the ones I do,
and the eyesight
to tell the difference.


Margaret
 
wljmrbill

wljmrbill

Member
Alittle old age quiz...

Older Than Dirt Quiz :
Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about.










Ratings at the bottom.










1.. Blackjack chewing gum
2.Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water
3. Candy cigarettes
4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles 5. Coffee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes
6 . Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers 7. Party lines on the telephone
8 Newsreels before the movie
9. P.F. Flyers
10. Butch wax
11.. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning. (there were only 3 channels [if you were fortunate])
12. Peashooters
13. Howdy Doody 14. 45 RPM records
15. S& H greenstamps
16. Hi-fi's
17. Metal ice trays with lever 18. Mimeograph paper
19. Blue flashbulb
20. Packards
21. Roller skate keys
22. Cork popguns
23. Drive-ins
24. Studebakers
25. Wash tub wringers

If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young
If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older
If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age,
If you remembered 16-25 = You' re older than dirt!











I might be older than dirt but those memories are some of the best parts of my life.



 
JHC

JHC

Chief assistant to the assistant chief
Well I only remember 13, I have not heard of some of them and HiFi's never died out but you now pay thousands for a good set up
 
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