old people, lol

[b i o n i c]

how old is old? how old can you be and still be young? i don't wanna grow up, im a toys r' us kid

[Videodrome]

Originally Posted by b i o n i c

how old is old? how old can you be and still be young? i don't wanna grow up, im a toys r' us kid

90 is old. didn't you just turn 90 a few days ago? happy belated!

[taquitos]

you're only as old as you feel

[Adam]

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?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by taquitos

you're only as old as you feel

you're only as old as the person you are feeling

[hpdrifter]

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.

[b i o n i c]

ever wanna get your old teenage mutant ninja turtles out and play with them? yeah, i dont. he-man, motherfuckers!

[Videodrome]

Originally Posted by Adam

you're only as old as the person you are feeling

whoa!

[Lyman Zerga]

im too old to be a virgin

[Videodrome]

Originally Posted by b i o n i c

ever wanna get your old teenage mutant ninja turtles out and play with them? yeah, i dont. he-man, motherfuckers!

what about storm shadow versus snake eyes?

[b i o n i c]

i used to think that old is when you start calling things running shoes, tennis shoes, slacks

[b i o n i c]

Originally Posted by Videodrome

what about storm shadow versus snake eyes?

kwik-kick, mofo!

[b i o n i c]

Originally Posted by hpdrifter

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.

i've always felt this way too.

[b i o n i c]

Originally Posted by Lyman Zerga

im too old to be a virgin

go get laid already

[Adam]

Lyman - you should totally do Bob. Then there could be a sticky* mega thread about it all.

*sorry (half intentional pun)

[jabumbo]

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

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jabumbo

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

Reminds me of a line from Charile Brooker's guardian article from Monday

Originally Posted by Charlie Brooker

encouraging them to "have a quick go" on some new release with the promise that it's "easy" and "intuitive", only to spend the next half-hour trying to explain that "you have to press X to open the door ... press X ... that's the blue button with an X on it ... no, you can't climb that tree in the background, it's just a bit of decoration - look, you just can't, so stop trying - oh ... you've accessed the inventory now ... the inventory, that's what you're carrying ... no, you've gone back to the menu now ... oh for Christ's sake, just give it here. Just get out and leave me alone ... "

well more than a line but you know what I mean.

[funk63]

If you gotta ask, you're old.

[b i o n i c]

yeah^

watching my grandpa die and noticing some changes in my parents, it kind of reminds you of your own mortality. i think old = stagnation

[Adam]

Originally Posted by define:old

Definitions of old on the Web:

* (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how ...
* of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money"
* old(a): (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old story"
* skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"
* erstwhile(a): belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
* honest-to-god: (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"
* of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
* past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
* previous(a): just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"
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* "Old" is a song recorded by American heavy metal band Machine Head. It was released as a single in two different versions. The title track is taken off of the 1994 album Burn My Eyes.
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* Old, the seventh full-length album released by Starflyer 59, was released on Tooth & Nail Records in 2003. It is often considered one of the best albums by Starflyer 59, as it reintroduces the band's rock oriented sound. ...
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* OLD (originally an acronym for Old Lady Drivers) was a grindcore and industrial metal band from Bergenfield, New Jersey, signed to Earache Records ...
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* Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time; Of a living being, having lived for relatively ...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/old

* a planetary surface that has been modified little since its formation typically featuring large numbers of impact craters (compare young). Oort, Jan Hendrik 1900-1992
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* A roasted coffee that has been left for too long changes aroma and acquires a specific and disagreeable flavor. Similar to oldish but with stronger hay-like flavor.
www.coffeesage.com/coffee-glossary-of-terms/

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[Nuzzolese]

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.

[camo]

I'm 28 soon and I'm starting to feel old. Humpth.

[Nuzzolese]

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.

[b i o n i c]

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.

[Nuzzolese]

bionic, what do you think you'll be like as an old man?

[b i o n i c]

im gonna be dead by my mid 50s, probably of a heart attack like my other grandfafa

[Nuzzolese]

You may not if you live healthy. Don't you take care of yourself?

[ms.peachy]

Originally Posted by Nuzzolese

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.

I had a similar feeling after reading The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. Thinking about people living in London through the war, through the Blitz, the whole "make do and mend", "keep calm and carry on" thing - people getting on with life with desperate shortages of everything, not knowing if a V2 was going to land on their heads in the middle of the night. The way they just bloody got on with it and did what needed to be done with the most minimal supplies; and people of my generation on down, we freak out and become incapacitated if we can't get a signal on our mobiles, you know?

[b i o n i c]

there are still just as many people like that around. and there were just as many dumb people back then as now

[ms.peachy]

Originally Posted by b i o n i c

there are still just as many people like that around. and there were just as many dumb people back then as now

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.