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This week: I'm Getting Too Old For This Edited by: Sophurky  
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Signs You're Getting Too Old To Drive
It takes more than four minutes to get out of your car.
When backing into a parking spot, you just back up until you hear something.
It scares you to drive the speed limit.
You use cruise control at 25 mph.
You inquired if the dealership could install magnifying glass for the windshield.
Your turn signal has been on since 2003.
Your bumper sticker endorses Carter.
Hi, I'm Sophy - your editor for this edition of the Comedy Newsletter.This week we'll explore the things we are getting too old to do - like camping in a pop-up trailer in your 50's. |
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Getting Too Old For This
As you read this, Mr. Sophy and I are camping on a beach in South Carolina. Yes, camping in February. Let's just say it's warmer in SC than it is where we live in Illinois. Not to mention campgrounds are mostly devoid of loud shrieking children less full in February because most sane people don't camp in winter. Just retired geezers in trailers nicer than my house, and us.
We have been coming here since 2005, after finding this campground via internet searching while looking for someplace warmer than IL that also allowed dogs on the beach. Of course we started our search in Florida, like anyone would, but mean ole Florida doesn't allow dogs on their beaches. South Carolina does. So we found the most southern state park in SC, and landed here for the first time in February 2005. We love it, and have been back every year since.
When we were younger, we were tent campers all the away. We loved tent camping, and how close to nature we could get with a tent. For instance, in Zion National Park, the best camping spots nearest the Virgin River were tent-only spots. Trailers and campers had to park hundreds of feet away - but with a tent we could sleep right next to the river. But in our mid-40's we realized we were getting too old for tent camping - too much work setting up camp, and even with a blow-up air mattress, just not the most comfortable place to get a good night's sleep, even with the river babbling nearby.
So we bought a pop-up camper, which is the next step up from a tent. A tent on wheels, if you will. And it has served us well the past seven years. Yes, we have to sleep further from the Virgin River when we camp in Zion now, but we can walk to the river during the day. And here in South Carolina, well, we reserve the closest spot to the beach that we can (which is pretty darn close - just over that dune, right there, is the Atlantic Ocean).
We sleep better, have a refrigerator and sink, beds, and even a small television for when we can get a signal with our rabbit ears to watch old episodes of "House" and "That 70's Show." Occasionally, if I can get Mr. Sophy to stand just right, we might even catch the local weather report. So we've been pleased with our transition from tent camping to our Coleman pop-up, and though we are always surrounded by $100,000+ Fifth Wheels and motor-homes, we have been happy in our little trailer.
Until this year. It's about a 950 mile drive which we do in 1.5 days. We stop at a motel the first night, but only get a few hours sleep there at best (which is what happens when you drive until 2:30am). We hit the road early the next day, and this year we arrived about 24 hours after we left home the day before. We discovered when we arrived that our potable water hose, which hadn't been used in a year, was moldy and gross, so Mr. Sophy sent me in to town (25 minutes away) to get a new hose and some firewood while he set up the trailer.
I came back over an hour later and saw that Mr. Sophy had just finished getting "Coleman" set up. As I brought him the new hose, a giant trailer backed into a nearby open spot. The man got out of his car, unhooked the trailer, and his wife pulled the truck forward. As she hooked up the electrical cord and water hose, he pushed a few buttons that leveled their rig, and put their awning out. Then, less than five minutes later, they were inside their trailer enjoying a lovely cocktail. Meanwhile, Mr. Sophy was struggling to get our awning set up.
When he was done, we both looked at each other and said, at the same time, "This has got to be our last trip in Coleman. We are too old for this." And the next day we drove to the closest larger city and started shopping for a new trailer ...
So ... What are YOU getting too old for? Write in and tell me while I head off to the beach to look for dolphins!
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Below you'll find some comedy offerings from other WDC members about getting old - some are newer, some are older classics. Either way, don't forget to leave a review and rating if you read the item.
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Growing older might be considered unhealthy. So might be trying to do something about it!
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Now for a few comments about my last newsletter "Comedy Newsletter (January 25, 2012)" about getting engaged on New Year's Eve:
From Mia - craving colour 
Hi Sophy. Loved your story about your engagement. Talk about a corrective therapeutic experience.
Imagine your relationship figures high in the year end reflection and looking forward toward another year together. 
Congratulations on another successful anniversary.
Great pic too.
 Mia
Thanks so much for your kind words! 
From Robert Waltz 
Well, I suppose that's one way to ring in the New Year.
<snort>
From LJPC - the tortoise
Sophy, I'm not usually a romance fan, but that was the sweetest story I've ever heard. I can just imagine the almost-bros-in-law streaking down the highway, hoping you wouldn't find out -- and they wouldn't get pulled over. But their story would have won even the meanest State Trooper's heart.
This line made me laugh the most: "Mr. almost-Sophy would meet some beautiful beach trollop, fall in love on the spot, and never be seen again." Too funny! Ya gotta watch out for those beach trollops!
~ Laura
Exactly!
From scarlett_o_h
Thank you for including my story in your Newsletter. YOUR story was a great read and I'm so pleased it had a happy ending.
Thanks very much.
From troy ulysses davis
A beautiful epliogue. The proposal that started the journey toward the silver annirversary. I am hooked.
Why thank you, so glad you enjoyed it!
From george12
That was sooo funny!! You really know how to make people laugh!!
High praise, thanks!
That's all for this month -- see you next time! And on behalf of the other regular Comedy Newsletter Editors, the King and Queen of Comedy - Robert Waltz and Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥ  - remember to WRITE AND LAUGH ON! Sophurky |
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