Chess for Oldtimers --- Good Idea !

That one from Rodney Dangerfield, who I loved to watch with Carson on The Tonight Show, gave me a genuine belly laugh.  Thanks for making my evening, Ralph.

Thanks for the nice posts, I'm glad that the little item was well received ( I got a big chuckle out of it as well ).

This a cute item that I saw earlier today: " You know you've had one birthday too many when your cake collapses from the weight of the candles. " 

A toast from Ireland that I had not heard before: " You're not as young as you used to be. But you're not as old as going to be. So watch it ! " 

"Too Soon Old, Too Late Realizing You should Have Saved Up More Money for Retirement."

                                                                                                                          -- motherinlaw

Thanks for the post Motherinlaw. Yes a shortage of cash can be problematic as we get older and that evil inflation gets after us.

Here is a very cute item for the History buffs: You are getting older if you have said " And Francisco Franco is still dead " in a meeting and received blank stares from the twentysomethings in the room.

This little item poses the question of how did we manage to survive ? " You went thru childhood without an infant seat, air bag, or seat belt  --  and lived to tell about it ."   

A cute item for today: " You may be getting older if you need a rest after tying your shoelaces. "

Oh, what a familiar experience -- and I always feel a twinge of sadness for those younger folks  who have such a limited store of funny touchstone memories -- lines that can still make us old-timers smile every time, remembering our delight the first time we heard them ... or, in the case of "Generalissimo Francisco Franco" being "still dead,"  not just the first time, but the second time,  and the third time, week after week.  (Same with Emily Litella's "Never mind," and, in all those Point/Counterpoint sketches, Dan Ackroyd's almost deadpan delivery of his famous "rebuttal" line: "Jane, you ignorant slut!")

Thanks for the post Motherinlaw.

 " You know you are getting on a bit when your clothes no longer fit, and it's you who needs the alterations " ( from Earl Wilson ).

In middle age ( & beyond ) it's helpful to remember a few basic diet rules: 1) If nobody sees you eat it, it has no calories; 2) If you eat snacks quickly, or with your head in the fridge, they have no calories; 3) If you drink a diet cola along with a chocolate bar they cancel each other out. ( some great diet advice  lol ) 

Haven't been on Chess.com for some time, but love your last three posts (I mean posts 2238, 2239 and 2240 becuase that's where the page popped up), Ralph.  I identify with all of them, particularly the last one recently.

welcome back, fightingbob.  have missed your wit and wisdom.

Thank you, Steve.

Couldn't agree more, Mil, but perhaps we're just being romantic about our youth when we think the first five years of SNL were the best.  It was also the prime years for SCTV.  I become a bit sad when I think Gilda Radner, John Belushi and John Candy are no longer with us.

Ohhhhhh how I wish this were true, Ralph.  As a fellow who is Italian on his Mom's side, there must be a corollary rule for bread and pasta.  Perhaps if you give up Swiss chocolate, all carbohydrate-rich Italian food is calorie free.  Not surprisingly, I would never, ever give up bread for chocolate.  I'm getting hungry just thinking of a freshly baked, braided Italian loaf that pulls apart like cotton candy.  Pass the fresh butter, pleeeeeese!

nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Thanks for the posts.