How you know you've gotten old.
I notice when doing DIY repairs around the house my focus has shifted from "can I really fix it or am I only going to make it worse?" to "how bad am I going to hurt myself if I try?"
#diy
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I notice when doing DIY repairs around the house my focus has shifted from "can I really fix it or am I only going to make it worse?" to "how bad am I going to hurt myself if I try?"
#diy
#oldpeopleofmastodon
February 11, 2026 at 5:23 PM
How you know you've gotten old.
I notice when doing DIY repairs around the house my focus has shifted from "can I really fix it or am I only going to make it worse?" to "how bad am I going to hurt myself if I try?"
#diy
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I notice when doing DIY repairs around the house my focus has shifted from "can I really fix it or am I only going to make it worse?" to "how bad am I going to hurt myself if I try?"
#diy
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Hi-tech.
Still my absolute favorite tech quote after all these years:
"I couldn't find the power switch so I turned it off with a rock."
When tech goes high, we go primal.
#technology
#nevermindifixedit
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Still my absolute favorite tech quote after all these years:
"I couldn't find the power switch so I turned it off with a rock."
When tech goes high, we go primal.
#technology
#nevermindifixedit
#oldpeopleofmastodon
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Hi-tech.
Still my absolute favorite tech quote after all these years:
"I couldn't find the power switch so I turned it off with a rock."
When tech goes high, we go primal.
#technology
#nevermindifixedit
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Still my absolute favorite tech quote after all these years:
"I couldn't find the power switch so I turned it off with a rock."
When tech goes high, we go primal.
#technology
#nevermindifixedit
#oldpeopleofmastodon
This weather, low pressure, cold and rain makes my joints ache but I'm testing a new therapy. Mulled wine + Paracetamol. It's going ok but more testing needed. #oldpeopleofmastodon
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
This weather, low pressure, cold and rain makes my joints ache but I'm testing a new therapy. Mulled wine + Paracetamol. It's going ok but more testing needed. #oldpeopleofmastodon
Civilization's apex.
I went into town for happy hour at a very nice restaurant this evening with a friend.
I had a rum drink with bona fide fruit slices and a plate of meatball sliders.
How can the future get more amazing than that?
#itsthelittlethings
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#goodfood
I went into town for happy hour at a very nice restaurant this evening with a friend.
I had a rum drink with bona fide fruit slices and a plate of meatball sliders.
How can the future get more amazing than that?
#itsthelittlethings
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#goodfood
January 31, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Civilization's apex.
I went into town for happy hour at a very nice restaurant this evening with a friend.
I had a rum drink with bona fide fruit slices and a plate of meatball sliders.
How can the future get more amazing than that?
#itsthelittlethings
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#goodfood
I went into town for happy hour at a very nice restaurant this evening with a friend.
I had a rum drink with bona fide fruit slices and a plate of meatball sliders.
How can the future get more amazing than that?
#itsthelittlethings
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#goodfood
A healthier, cheaper us.
Do you ever wonder what the price of medical prescriptions would be if pharmaceutical companies stopped all their advertising and commercials and just let doctors prescribe medication as necessary?
I do.
#itsaracket
#pharma
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Do you ever wonder what the price of medical prescriptions would be if pharmaceutical companies stopped all their advertising and commercials and just let doctors prescribe medication as necessary?
I do.
#itsaracket
#pharma
#oldpeopleofmastodon
January 17, 2026 at 12:32 AM
A healthier, cheaper us.
Do you ever wonder what the price of medical prescriptions would be if pharmaceutical companies stopped all their advertising and commercials and just let doctors prescribe medication as necessary?
I do.
#itsaracket
#pharma
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Do you ever wonder what the price of medical prescriptions would be if pharmaceutical companies stopped all their advertising and commercials and just let doctors prescribe medication as necessary?
I do.
#itsaracket
#pharma
#oldpeopleofmastodon
A nice song for the #oldpeopleofmastodon and others, from Amy Grant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAl05lQm4nQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAl05lQm4nQ
January 9, 2026 at 3:29 PM
A nice song for the #oldpeopleofmastodon and others, from Amy Grant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAl05lQm4nQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAl05lQm4nQ
Anticipation.
Off to volunteer our help for a friend who owns the local bookstore. She needs some bookshelves and their contents moved.
You know you're old when you start taking aspirin in anticipation of the day you're about to have.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#freelabor
Off to volunteer our help for a friend who owns the local bookstore. She needs some bookshelves and their contents moved.
You know you're old when you start taking aspirin in anticipation of the day you're about to have.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#freelabor
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Anticipation.
Off to volunteer our help for a friend who owns the local bookstore. She needs some bookshelves and their contents moved.
You know you're old when you start taking aspirin in anticipation of the day you're about to have.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#freelabor
Off to volunteer our help for a friend who owns the local bookstore. She needs some bookshelves and their contents moved.
You know you're old when you start taking aspirin in anticipation of the day you're about to have.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#freelabor
Low expectations.
I've now been asked on three separate occasions if I'd like a job here.
My current working theory (yes I did that on purpose) is that they think I'll work cheap. What they don't realize is, I'd also work poorly.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#moderntimes
I've now been asked on three separate occasions if I'd like a job here.
My current working theory (yes I did that on purpose) is that they think I'll work cheap. What they don't realize is, I'd also work poorly.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#moderntimes
January 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Low expectations.
I've now been asked on three separate occasions if I'd like a job here.
My current working theory (yes I did that on purpose) is that they think I'll work cheap. What they don't realize is, I'd also work poorly.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#moderntimes
I've now been asked on three separate occasions if I'd like a job here.
My current working theory (yes I did that on purpose) is that they think I'll work cheap. What they don't realize is, I'd also work poorly.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#moderntimes
Out of round.
My basketball at the gym this morning seemed an appropriate metaphor for 2025.
Lumpy, hard to get a grip on and it bounced in funny directions.
#metaphors
#life
#oldpeopleofmastodon
My basketball at the gym this morning seemed an appropriate metaphor for 2025.
Lumpy, hard to get a grip on and it bounced in funny directions.
#metaphors
#life
#oldpeopleofmastodon
January 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Out of round.
My basketball at the gym this morning seemed an appropriate metaphor for 2025.
Lumpy, hard to get a grip on and it bounced in funny directions.
#metaphors
#life
#oldpeopleofmastodon
My basketball at the gym this morning seemed an appropriate metaphor for 2025.
Lumpy, hard to get a grip on and it bounced in funny directions.
#metaphors
#life
#oldpeopleofmastodon
How old people communicate.
Miasma: "So all that is really the secret of my soul."
Mrs Miasma: "I'm sorry, I had my head in the sink washing my face. Did you say something?"
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#timing
#communication
Miasma: "So all that is really the secret of my soul."
Mrs Miasma: "I'm sorry, I had my head in the sink washing my face. Did you say something?"
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#timing
#communication
December 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How old people communicate.
Miasma: "So all that is really the secret of my soul."
Mrs Miasma: "I'm sorry, I had my head in the sink washing my face. Did you say something?"
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#timing
#communication
Miasma: "So all that is really the secret of my soul."
Mrs Miasma: "I'm sorry, I had my head in the sink washing my face. Did you say something?"
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#timing
#communication
Habits.
I usually read news articles for a little while before getting out of bed in the morning.
It occurs to me I've been micro-dosing anger and sadness for my entire adult life.
There's a winning strategy... 🤦♂️
#modernliving
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I usually read news articles for a little while before getting out of bed in the morning.
It occurs to me I've been micro-dosing anger and sadness for my entire adult life.
There's a winning strategy... 🤦♂️
#modernliving
#oldpeopleofmastodon
December 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Habits.
I usually read news articles for a little while before getting out of bed in the morning.
It occurs to me I've been micro-dosing anger and sadness for my entire adult life.
There's a winning strategy... 🤦♂️
#modernliving
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I usually read news articles for a little while before getting out of bed in the morning.
It occurs to me I've been micro-dosing anger and sadness for my entire adult life.
There's a winning strategy... 🤦♂️
#modernliving
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Top Coloring Tip.
When you've sat down to your Zen coloring book to color you way to inner peace and harmony, *don't* have a documentary about greed playing on the TV in the background.
You'll end up centered, but angry.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#coloring
When you've sat down to your Zen coloring book to color you way to inner peace and harmony, *don't* have a documentary about greed playing on the TV in the background.
You'll end up centered, but angry.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#coloring
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Top Coloring Tip.
When you've sat down to your Zen coloring book to color you way to inner peace and harmony, *don't* have a documentary about greed playing on the TV in the background.
You'll end up centered, but angry.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#coloring
When you've sat down to your Zen coloring book to color you way to inner peace and harmony, *don't* have a documentary about greed playing on the TV in the background.
You'll end up centered, but angry.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#coloring
Anybody else going with the "Whiz-bang" hairdo for Saturday morning chores?
No? Okay, just me then.
* Yes, of course I know there's a towel-dinosaur behind me...
#hairstyles
#oldpeopleofmastodon
No? Okay, just me then.
* Yes, of course I know there's a towel-dinosaur behind me...
#hairstyles
#oldpeopleofmastodon
December 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Anybody else going with the "Whiz-bang" hairdo for Saturday morning chores?
No? Okay, just me then.
* Yes, of course I know there's a towel-dinosaur behind me...
#hairstyles
#oldpeopleofmastodon
No? Okay, just me then.
* Yes, of course I know there's a towel-dinosaur behind me...
#hairstyles
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I'm ready for my food replicator Mr. Spock.
Life should give you license to be a little grumpy if you have to go to the grocery store when it's snowing outside.
Staying home and reading where it's cozy and warm should be the default setting.
Mrs Miasma agrees.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#modernliving
Life should give you license to be a little grumpy if you have to go to the grocery store when it's snowing outside.
Staying home and reading where it's cozy and warm should be the default setting.
Mrs Miasma agrees.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#modernliving
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I'm ready for my food replicator Mr. Spock.
Life should give you license to be a little grumpy if you have to go to the grocery store when it's snowing outside.
Staying home and reading where it's cozy and warm should be the default setting.
Mrs Miasma agrees.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#modernliving
Life should give you license to be a little grumpy if you have to go to the grocery store when it's snowing outside.
Staying home and reading where it's cozy and warm should be the default setting.
Mrs Miasma agrees.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#modernliving
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Black Friday -
1. A national barometer for measuring just how close to dystopia we're getting.
2. Also, combat training for those unable to commit to more formal curricula.
I hope we thoroughly disappoint the retail industry today.
#lifeinamerica
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#buynothingtoday
1. A national barometer for measuring just how close to dystopia we're getting.
2. Also, combat training for those unable to commit to more formal curricula.
I hope we thoroughly disappoint the retail industry today.
#lifeinamerica
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#buynothingtoday
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Black Friday -
1. A national barometer for measuring just how close to dystopia we're getting.
2. Also, combat training for those unable to commit to more formal curricula.
I hope we thoroughly disappoint the retail industry today.
#lifeinamerica
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#buynothingtoday
1. A national barometer for measuring just how close to dystopia we're getting.
2. Also, combat training for those unable to commit to more formal curricula.
I hope we thoroughly disappoint the retail industry today.
#lifeinamerica
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#buynothingtoday
Why is it that everyone is said to be 'going' crazy? I've yet to hear anyone say they've arrived at crazy and are setting up a base-camp.
I guess optimistic societies focus on the journey, not the destination.
#words
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I guess optimistic societies focus on the journey, not the destination.
#words
#oldpeopleofmastodon
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Why is it that everyone is said to be 'going' crazy? I've yet to hear anyone say they've arrived at crazy and are setting up a base-camp.
I guess optimistic societies focus on the journey, not the destination.
#words
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I guess optimistic societies focus on the journey, not the destination.
#words
#oldpeopleofmastodon
My trifecta of t-shirts arrived this morning.
If you happen to see me out in the wild, I hope you'll acknowledge my superior taste in formal wear.
Great movie, great music, great book <- Like I said, three for three.
#tshirts
#oldpeopleofmastodon
If you happen to see me out in the wild, I hope you'll acknowledge my superior taste in formal wear.
Great movie, great music, great book <- Like I said, three for three.
#tshirts
#oldpeopleofmastodon
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My trifecta of t-shirts arrived this morning.
If you happen to see me out in the wild, I hope you'll acknowledge my superior taste in formal wear.
Great movie, great music, great book <- Like I said, three for three.
#tshirts
#oldpeopleofmastodon
If you happen to see me out in the wild, I hope you'll acknowledge my superior taste in formal wear.
Great movie, great music, great book <- Like I said, three for three.
#tshirts
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Bed rest and medication.
Anybody else got a older family member who calls to tell you that WHEN they hit the lottery, they're going to build a compound and everyone in the family WILL come and live with them there?
No? Okay... just checking.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#delusional
#nutter
Anybody else got a older family member who calls to tell you that WHEN they hit the lottery, they're going to build a compound and everyone in the family WILL come and live with them there?
No? Okay... just checking.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#delusional
#nutter
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Bed rest and medication.
Anybody else got a older family member who calls to tell you that WHEN they hit the lottery, they're going to build a compound and everyone in the family WILL come and live with them there?
No? Okay... just checking.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#delusional
#nutter
Anybody else got a older family member who calls to tell you that WHEN they hit the lottery, they're going to build a compound and everyone in the family WILL come and live with them there?
No? Okay... just checking.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
#delusional
#nutter
Note to self:
In future do not enter the dentist's office and announce loudly to the receptionist that I'm here for "The Reckoning"
It seemed like the right word.
#words
#oldpeopleofmastodon
In future do not enter the dentist's office and announce loudly to the receptionist that I'm here for "The Reckoning"
It seemed like the right word.
#words
#oldpeopleofmastodon
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Note to self:
In future do not enter the dentist's office and announce loudly to the receptionist that I'm here for "The Reckoning"
It seemed like the right word.
#words
#oldpeopleofmastodon
In future do not enter the dentist's office and announce loudly to the receptionist that I'm here for "The Reckoning"
It seemed like the right word.
#words
#oldpeopleofmastodon
It's when?
What kind of idiot schedules a yearly furnace maintenance appointment for 8am on a Monday? *
Me. I'm that particular kind of idiot.
*Any professional making an appointment with me should probably administer a cognitive test first.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
What kind of idiot schedules a yearly furnace maintenance appointment for 8am on a Monday? *
Me. I'm that particular kind of idiot.
*Any professional making an appointment with me should probably administer a cognitive test first.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
October 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It's when?
What kind of idiot schedules a yearly furnace maintenance appointment for 8am on a Monday? *
Me. I'm that particular kind of idiot.
*Any professional making an appointment with me should probably administer a cognitive test first.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
What kind of idiot schedules a yearly furnace maintenance appointment for 8am on a Monday? *
Me. I'm that particular kind of idiot.
*Any professional making an appointment with me should probably administer a cognitive test first.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Member of a privileged species.
I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed to be part of the only species mother nature allows a retirement.
I take that back. Cats can retire. Actually, I think cats are born retired.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed to be part of the only species mother nature allows a retirement.
I take that back. Cats can retire. Actually, I think cats are born retired.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Member of a privileged species.
I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed to be part of the only species mother nature allows a retirement.
I take that back. Cats can retire. Actually, I think cats are born retired.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I don't know whether to be proud or embarrassed to be part of the only species mother nature allows a retirement.
I take that back. Cats can retire. Actually, I think cats are born retired.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Nope. Not them either.
I just want to go on record saying that I'm not surprised that not a single person in our small town was raptured.
Make of that what you will.
(I know I have.)
#rapturehumor
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I just want to go on record saying that I'm not surprised that not a single person in our small town was raptured.
Make of that what you will.
(I know I have.)
#rapturehumor
#oldpeopleofmastodon
October 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Nope. Not them either.
I just want to go on record saying that I'm not surprised that not a single person in our small town was raptured.
Make of that what you will.
(I know I have.)
#rapturehumor
#oldpeopleofmastodon
I just want to go on record saying that I'm not surprised that not a single person in our small town was raptured.
Make of that what you will.
(I know I have.)
#rapturehumor
#oldpeopleofmastodon
The older I get the better I understand mom’s penchant for sticking her tongue out at the world.
Really. She did it every time we tried to take her picture or whenever someone teased her.
It's become one of my most precious memories.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Really. She did it every time we tried to take her picture or whenever someone teased her.
It's become one of my most precious memories.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
September 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The older I get the better I understand mom’s penchant for sticking her tongue out at the world.
Really. She did it every time we tried to take her picture or whenever someone teased her.
It's become one of my most precious memories.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Really. She did it every time we tried to take her picture or whenever someone teased her.
It's become one of my most precious memories.
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Same experience, different lenses.
Retirement?
Milcom Miasma: "I'm just wondering how long I get to ride the bus before my ticket expires."
Mrs. Miasma: "I'm just trying to find a way to never leave my house again."
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Retirement?
Milcom Miasma: "I'm just wondering how long I get to ride the bus before my ticket expires."
Mrs. Miasma: "I'm just trying to find a way to never leave my house again."
#oldpeopleofmastodon
September 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Same experience, different lenses.
Retirement?
Milcom Miasma: "I'm just wondering how long I get to ride the bus before my ticket expires."
Mrs. Miasma: "I'm just trying to find a way to never leave my house again."
#oldpeopleofmastodon
Retirement?
Milcom Miasma: "I'm just wondering how long I get to ride the bus before my ticket expires."
Mrs. Miasma: "I'm just trying to find a way to never leave my house again."
#oldpeopleofmastodon