[sygazelle]

...when you can totally relate to this photo and message:

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when you can totally relate to this photo and message:

I still have to go to work, and don’t have an allowance yet. Otherwise I can relate.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when you can totally relate to this photo and message:

I've heard people make snide comments about older folks with Corvettes or other sporty cars. Shit like "senior acting like a teenager" or just "mid-life crisis car." I've been the target of such comments when I owned a Z4. If I bother to reply, it's to explain that the reason folks who own these cars are older is often because it's the first time in their lives that they've had the discretionary funds to buy such a car. Usually a high salary at the end of a career, kids are gone and through college, house is paid up, etc. Now it's time to enjoy the fruits of decades spent working your butt off to get to this point.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by M_Six

.....Now it's time to enjoy the fruits of decades spent working your butt off to get to this point.

^^^This!

[cmyx6go]

Maybe not so old. I’m at the doctor’s office. They asked the woman in front of me her date of birth. She says ‘61. I almost fell over. She looked old enough to be my mother instead of 2 years older than me. I feel pretty good right now. Happy Friday!

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I still have to go to work, and don’t have an allowance yet. Otherwise I can relate.

I still have a pop the occasional zit

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Maybe not so old. I’m at the doctor’s office. They asked the woman in front of me her date of birth. She says ‘61. I almost fell over. She looked old enough to be my mother instead of 2 years older than me. I feel pretty good right now. Happy Friday!

If you go to high school reunions the same thing can happen. I've got classmates that look more like parents than classmates. It's amazing how different we can all age.

While there is no evidence to support it, I am pretty certain that driving BMWs makes us all look younger.

[Esteban]

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[3798j]

^He was 3 yrs old back then, today...Mikey is 55.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by 3798j

^He was 3 yrs old back then, today...Mikey is 55.

That’s my son’s name. He’s 36 now and lives out of state.

We still call him Mikey.

[tturedraider]

Mikey won’t eat it. He hates everything!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

Mikey won’t eat it. He hates everything!

Hey Mikey!

[M_Six]

Used to eat Life cereal all the time when I was a kid.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Used to eat Life cereal all the time when I was a kid.

Me, too

[sygazelle]

....if you remember these hit songs with modified titles:

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Used to eat Life cereal all the time when I was a kid.

Used to eat it too, plus a 100 other cereals that weren't so good for you, like these. Mmm...

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I was lucky enough to see George Carlin in Vegas at one of his shows in his final years. Comic Genius!

I was fortunate to see Sammy Davis Jr. do his thing in Germany in 1968. Singing, dancing, quick-draw. Amazing talent!

About a year later, I was fortunate to watch the New Christy Minstrels perform at the EM club at our base camp near Cu Chi, Vietnam, 1969. I was rarely at our base camp, so really lucked out on that one. One night of hot meals, a beer and great entertainment. Flew on a UH-1 back to our field camp the next day. The venue change was dramatic. Back to the sandbags and ringworm and...

[Lady Jane]

[M_Six]

You know you're old if you remember when the Christmas season started after Thanksgiving, not Labor Day. Wifey and I ate at a restaurant today that was playing traditional Christmas carols. And the McMansion neighborhood across that way is all lit up for Christmas. I mean, WTF? We're nearly 2 months from Christmas.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by M_Six

You know you're old if you remember when the Christmas season started after Thanksgiving, not Labor Day. Wifey and I ate at a restaurant today that was playing traditional Christmas carols. And the McMansion neighborhood across that way is all lit up for Christmas. I mean, WTF? We're nearly 2 months from Christmas.

Yes, and you know you’re old if you remember when we celebrated Christmas and not the “holiday” season. I don’t mean to be harsh, but regardless of what your faith is or isn’t the reason we have this “holiday” season is the untold years of tradition celebrating Christmas. I guess it could be said it appears everyone who isn’t Christian now wants to “culturally appropriate” Christmas. (sorry for that little political commentary)

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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There's at least one more simultaneous skill that is not on your list. You may learn about it as you move toward the center of the lawn in a few decades.

[Suds]

I turned 65 last month, working part time since last November, best thing I could have done because I was ready to retire. I went from being the Mechanical Engineering Manager to just a part time staff ME with money to blow on random shit.

Originally Posted by Llarry

I have a question for the Medicare-eligible (65 and over) folks: How many are still working full time or part time?

With my military retirement and other income, I fully retired many years ago -- at age 48! I stayed semi-busy with home improvements and a small llama herd for some years, but now I've pretty much stopped the former (my swan song was a little shed I built for my wife's goats -- now gone -- five years ago) and the herd is down to three geriatric llamas now. Not much hard labor involved.