Odd things begin to happen at fifty years old.

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This blog is for everyone who is 49 years old or wants to know what happens when you reach that age. I am aware of a few.
I’ve done a lot of study by speaking with people who have turned fifty, which is the age at which odd things start to happen to you.

Below are a few, not in order of significance:

1. Your doctors begin to inform you that, considering your age, you’re in great health. (I don’t want that report.)
2. Commoners are always remarking, “You look great.” You can tell by the tone of their voice that those who say that don’t finish it the way your doctor does. All they are is more courteous.
3. Some even ask, “How do you stay looking so young?” incredibly. or even “When did you begin coloring your hair white?”
4. The adolescent shoe aficionados who despise large department store chains or niche brands stop purchasing shoes in your size.
5. More of your clothing is shrinking at the dry cleaners. I know they do it because I play tennis (singles) at the Country Club every Sunday and work out at Pacer Fitness Center three or four times a week. Usually, I come out on top. My rival responds, “Well, you should. I’m younger than you are.
6. The Department of Transportation begins using smaller lettering on highway signage.
7. They began enhancing the strength of wine because they noticed that after two glasses, people would have headaches.
8. Architects begin to create higher, thinner stairways.
9. Someone enters your home covertly and lowers the thermostat in both the winter and the summer.
10. A greater number of girls than ever before had navels at shopping malls.
11. Compared to before, General Electric now produces much weaker light bulbs.
12. An increasing number of emails are sent to you offering to sell you Viagra and/or expand your body parts.
13. Every night, Mother Nature rouses you to use the restroom more frequently.
14. Every year, Joe Castiglione elevates my seat at OU’s Gaylord Stadium.
15. Nostalgia leads you into believing that the time you spent in the Army was “the good old days” and begins to play dirty tricks.
16. When you walk through the line to board the aircraft, airport security personnel require you to remove an extra piece of clothing.
17. The pacer continuously adds a lap to extend your stroll to a mile.

49ers, happy birthday!