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Message 1342575 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 1:18:48 UTC

It was the relaxation, non-bikeing, over winter that did it, not old age ...
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Message 1342699 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 16:02:15 UTC

My kids say I'm old. Then I ask what they think about my granddad (he's 80)and then, cruel as kids can be, they say:"He's almost dead!"
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Message 1342712 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 16:27:25 UTC - in response to Message 1342699.  

My kids say I'm old. Then I ask what they think about my granddad (he's 80)and then, cruel as kids can be, they say:"He's almost dead!"

Yep that cruel alright, but their kids, they'll learn...
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Message 1342747 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 18:40:24 UTC
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I attended my 40th high school reunion this past October. Some of the folks there looked as good as they did when we graduated, some looked like they'd been rode hard and put away wet, and too many were no longer with us...

The band we hired included two of our classmates, and they played "Dark Side of the Moon" and others we grew up on....

The #1 button on my car radio is 95.7 The Fox Classic Rock. They play all that good stuff.
The #2 button is a local station that plays 40s, 50s, and 60s "Nostalgia" music.
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Message 1342751 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 18:57:44 UTC
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Julie, I know your age! It's kids being kids, at their age they would think that :-)

I know:) For them, every grown up seems old...
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Message 1342781 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 20:04:59 UTC - in response to Message 1342751.  

Julie, I know your age! It's kids being kids, at their age they would think that :-)

I know:) For them, every grown up seems old...

My Granddad drank cranberry juice as part of His diet, He was into healthy food before health food was even known as a concept.
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Message 1342845 - Posted: 3 Mar 2013, 23:40:53 UTC

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Anyone over 20 is "old" to your two girls ...
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Message 1342898 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 7:11:16 UTC - in response to Message 1342845.  

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Anyone over 20 is "old" to your two girls ...



I know, I remember I thought the same thing when I was their age...
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Message 1342901 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 7:14:24 UTC - in response to Message 1342898.  

Julie

Anyone over 20 is "old" to your two girls ...



I know, I remember I thought the same thing when I was their age...

I must be the exception, I just never thought of that.
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Message 1342937 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 13:37:47 UTC

I'll start feeling old, when I start looking my age.
Currently a wild guess usually is some 5-10 years short. :)

btw WinterKnight, are you sure you should be doing such strenous exercise at your age? ;) *ducks*
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Message 1342941 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 13:52:57 UTC

LOL.

You better enjoy your age.
Its getting worse.



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Message 1342966 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 16:19:25 UTC

I'm told I don't look like My age at all, My hairline has not receded or started to go grey and My reddish hair is still thick, My Brother had the same problem, except His was greying on the sideburns a bit, but then He was 61 then in 2005, I'm merely 52 by comparison.
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Message 1342982 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 17:17:05 UTC - in response to Message 1342898.  

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Anyone over 20 is "old" to your two girls ...

I know, I remember I thought the same thing when I was their age...

Yeah, but if you say that to them, they'll just roll their eyes at you... or worse.

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Message 1343006 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 18:00:06 UTC

One of my grandsons just turned 14. And one day he said I wish I was older. The wife and I at the same time said dont ever wish that. The the two of us tried to explain that before you know it you will be older. And it goes quick.

When we watch a movie we say oh that was only made a few years ago. Yeah, A few years ago is right, Like 20 to 30 years ago.

Youth is wasted on the young:)
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Message 1343020 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 18:46:20 UTC - in response to Message 1343006.  

One of my grandsons just turned 14. And one day he said I wish I was older. The wife and I at the same time said dont ever wish that. The the two of us tried to explain that before you know it you will be older. And it goes quick.

When we watch a movie we say oh that was only made a few years ago. Yeah, A few years ago is right, Like 20 to 30 years ago.

Youth is wasted on the young:)

Yep, but then I try to hold on to as much Youth as I can...
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Message 1343040 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 19:27:16 UTC

You're only as old as you feel, I always say:)
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Message 1343041 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 19:28:31 UTC - in response to Message 1343020.  

The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path
The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon



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Message 1343043 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 19:32:16 UTC

Something for the poetry thread there, Skildude:)
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Message 1343044 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 19:34:14 UTC - in response to Message 1343043.  

or part of the lyrics from Brain Damage.


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Message 1343050 - Posted: 4 Mar 2013, 19:56:35 UTC - in response to Message 1343046.  

You're only as old as you feel, I always say:)

You're as old as the woman you feel, I always say! :-)




Amen to that :)
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