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90 is old. didn't you just turn 90 a few days ago? happy belated!
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you're only as old as you feel
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Well I am freaking out this year that I'll be half the age (29) that my Dad died at (58). I hope that doesn't mean I am middle aged?
I use to think 30 was old when I was early teens. But I've dated women who'll now be nearly 40. I dunno what is old - when you have the inability to operate a TV/DVD menu maybe? |
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you're only as old as the person you are feeling
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I don't know, I think I've always felt too old. When I was 16 I thought my life had passed me by and it was too late for me to start anything new. I've felt that way at every milestone pretty much ever since. Sad thing is, I'm a late bloomer.
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Re: old people, lol
im too old to be a virgin
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what about storm shadow versus snake eyes?
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Lyman - you should totally do Bob. Then there could be a sticky* mega thread about it all.
*sorry (half intentional pun) |
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it amuses me to no end watching old folks struggle with technology
things like my dad confused by the difference between uploading and downloading (he says "i still don't know the difference") and a guy at work not being able to search for a document online that i found in about 2 minutes. you're old when you have to get assistance to do basic technological things
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Re: old people, lol
Quote:
Reminds me of a line from Charile Brooker's guardian article from Monday Quote:
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If you gotta ask, you're old.
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Old people have a lot to teach us. They've been through more than you, they've seen more, and sometimes it's worth it to try to pry that information out of them no matter how frustrating that can be. There's a wealth of experience, knowledge, and wisdom tangled up in their yarn-ball mess of brains.
Sometimes their kooky old ways are amusing and at the very least you learn that age doesn't always bring greater sensitivity or tolerance. The fact that some of them are still stuck in a pre-civil rights mindset can give you an idea of what it must have been like to live back then. These people were jerks then and they're jerks now! Also, I know it's grotesque but it's a good learning experience to take a good close look at an older person, physically. Let's face it, you're going there too someday and it's important to get a sense of the terrain before the journey. Several months ago I discovered the TV series Band of Brothers. I rented all the episodes in one shot, watched the bonus features with the interviews with the actual paratroopers from the 101st airborne division - the real men who fought in the battle at Bastogne and captured Hitler's Eagle's Nest and then after the war went on to becme carpenters and teachers and to own business and have families. I know it was just a TV show and it was meant to sort of canonize and create a halo around the soldiers, possibly even to exaggerate their heroism and bravery. But even so, I thought how funny it was that the same guys who had to fight in that war - do suicidal maneuvers, suffer exhaustion and see their friends get blown up - were the men who, years later, maybe got laughed at for not knowing how to use a VCR, for having to take medications, or for becoming forgetful. |
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I'm 28 soon and I'm starting to feel old. Humpth.
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A young man called me "m'am" in the grocery store. I don't know which is more telling of my age, that he called me 'm'am' or that I just now referred to him as a young man. You decide, I'm going to go fall asleep in the chair watching my shows.
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yes. im talking about the not good parts of getting old. like growing out of touch. in this case, im referring to the middle stage of old not the end stage..
i hugely admire a lot of old people i know/have known. i like "old" people who know how to stay relevant, who don't forget who they are, who don't give up, who stay independent. i had a lot of good times with my grandpap, he was one of the funniest people ever. i know he hated being old and was young at heart. i think what killed him faster was realizing that deterioration was final, he wouldnt ever get to go out dancing again, women no longer appreciated his flirting, he couldnt go outside and enjoy the sun anymore, not sit on the porch and have a nice steak again.
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bionic, what do you think you'll be like as an old man?
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You may not if you live healthy. Don't you take care of yourself?
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I'd like to believe that is true, but I am not convinced. I don't think it's a matter of people today being 'dumber', I just think we are a lot softer, on the whole.
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