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Location: UK | Oh dear i seem to have bought tickets for a Will Young concert , for those that dont know a sort of English gay Micheal Bolton, any remote fantasies that im still young and hip are gone gone gone
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | What did you pay? Concert tickets are $4.50, $5.50 and $6.50, Right? :rolleyes: |
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Location: Vernon CT | And you remembered your glasses so you could read the date of the concert because you're short term memory isn't what it use to be, right??? :D |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | When the guys at the gig are playing stuff from the 80s and you never heard of any of it. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Finding yourself in the middle of a flight of stairs and not remembering if you were going up or coming down... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | Wait...that might be senior aged...
Nevermind. |
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Location: big island | ...you get out of the shower and are glad that the mirrors are steamed up. |
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Location: GA USA | When you know any of the songs in the Southern Style songbook. |
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Location: big island | dass a good'un, jas. :D |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by lanaki:
...you get out of the shower and are glad that the mirrors are steamed up. +1 |
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Location: big island | ...you recognize at least 80% of the songs in the "insomniac pop quiz" thread. |
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| Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
When you know any of the songs in the Southern Style songbook. change any to all, and include Otto's... :eek: |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Weaser reminded me of a recent event. I was in a hotel looking for my wife and carrying a box of her crap. I started down the escalator just as I saw her coming up, so I turned around. Those steps move! I fell and skinned up my knee and hand. That wasn't bad enough, but then a bunch of people, including hotel people came up and asked if I was alright etc. I felt old as well as stupid. |
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Location: GA USA | Then they saw you had spilled a box of crap, and left. |
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Location: big island | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
...That wasn't bad enough, but then a bunch of people, including hotel people came up and asked if I was alright etc. I felt old as well as stupid. well, you shouldn't have said, "help, i've fallen and i can't get up!" |
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Location: NJ | coulda' been worse.
the escaltor coulda' broke down & you woulda' been STUCK there yelling for help . . . |
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Location: GA USA | ... with a box of crap. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | ...actually,a box of his wife's crap.... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | or I could have slid down and stopped at the bottom with the steps hitting me as they came down. |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | Andrea - I'm so sorry ! You'll be able to tell if you're middle aged if come back saying you've enjoyed the concert. (It'll never replace entertainment!) |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | Oh and by the way Arthur, Will Young's concert tickets aren't worth $2 ! |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | First guy--
"There's no capo for this song right?"
Second guy--
"That's right, no capo."
First guy (after waiting a couple of seconds out of courtesy)--
"Maybe you should take your capo off then?" |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | The Michael Bolton bit may be a bit misleading, Will Young actually makes Tiny Tim look like Dog the Bounty Hunter. |
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Location: big island | is this the will young from "idol"? |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | Yes, It was the `X' Factor over here in the UK.
Supposed to find the next Elvis or Beatles - What a fine job they did of that. (Don't get me going on this one !) |
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Location: Jet City | You know youre middle aged when ....
You starting clicking on the Viagra spam and saving it to your "favorites" |
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Location: big island | at least tiny tim was post-pubescent...i think. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | ......when you tell your twenty-something son that you'd like to get yourself a bicycle to tool around your quiet, residential neighborhood (carefully avoiding the highway and busy streets) and he looks at you and says, "Mom, are you NUTS?? You don't bounce as well as you used to!!!" :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
The really degrading part about that is, he's right... :(
(I guess it's a good thing I didn't mention the skateboard... :D :D ;) )
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Location: SE Michigan | You know your're middle age when.......
When the repairs you made to your house years ago, repairs that you did so well that it should never need repairing again, needs repairing again. |
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Location: SoCal | gee, you guys are all old..... |
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| As I said to the barmaid last night, "Do I come here often?" |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | You forget to zip up your fly.
You're just plain old when you forget to zip it down. |
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Location: big island | exactamundo, mark! you ain't a lawyer for nuthin'.
i know, i know...you get paid buku bucks. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | An older lawyer told me that one. I thought he was old then, but he was younger than I am now. In fact, he spends about half his time over on the big island. Maybe that's why he's still doing so well when he's in his 80s.
He made all the buku bucks and then lost it on real estate investments. If I made buku bucks, I'd be a much better guitar player and golfer. |
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Location: Utah | You know you're getting old when your daughters' friends start looking good.
You know you're getting old when you have professional coworkers younger than your own kids.
You know you're getting old when your goal isn't to be on the first chair up the mountain in the morning so you can ski 100,000 vertical feet in the week. When your kids can outski you down the expert runs, and you were on the ski team in college. When you are the one calling for a 'hot chocolate' break and complaining about your boots hurting. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I hear you on the skiing. It's a great feeling though when your kids pass you. I told this punk on the chairlift once that I was about done for the day because my thighs were burning. He suggested I see a doctor for that. |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | You know you're old when....
....you find yourself saying the same thing you heard your grandfather say; "That's not music!", "When I was your age we....", and "Humf, y'can't get good service these days." |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Thank You Phil...
When your boss feels weird telling (asking) you to do stuff, cuz you're older than his Dad... |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | ... You sit down to breakfast and hear Snap, Crackle & Pop... and you're NOT eating cereal! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | ... unbutton your vest, pull out your tie and wet your pants!  |
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Location: big island | ...passing gas helps move you forward or upward. kinda like jet propulsion. |
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Location: NW NJ | Originally posted by Brian T:
You know your're middle age when.......
When the repairs you made to your house years ago, repairs that you did so well that it should never need repairing again, needs repairing again. AND you hire someone else to do it this time... |
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Location: NW NJ | Or, when you bend down to tie your shoes, you end up looking around for something else to do while you're down there... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | ....you go to the bar and even the waitress looks underage. |
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Location: Yorkshire, England | Are we turning into our Dads in regard to our reaction to what passes for modern music?
(although me and my Dad did appreciate a fair bit of the same kind of music - we both recognised talent I think !)
I believe I started to lose interest in the UK music charts around 1990.
Or....... Could it actually be CRAP?
A case of `the king's new clothes' methinks !
Most of the stuff over here is crap, but people tell us we're supposed to like it. |
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Location: Utah | You know you're middle aged when you really like the new strings you put on your Ovation last week, but you can't remember what brand they are! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Your kid shows you the cool new pop hit and you can remember two acts from two different decades that did it first. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | The other night, my 2 year old daughter was having trouble getting to sleep. I read her a story and told her that I would stay with her until she fell asleep. I ended up laying on the floor next to her bed for a good 45 minutes until she FINALLY nodded off.
Now, all I had to do was to sneak out without waking her. As a went to stand up, my knee sounded like someone stepping on a a roll of bubble wrap. Of course, that was enough to disturb my daughter's fragile sleep. I ended up going back to my position on the floor until she nodded off again. Needless to say, I crawled out the second time! |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Originally posted by John B:
The other night, my 2 year old daughter was having trouble getting to sleep. I read her a story and told her that I would stay with her until she fell asleep. I ended up laying on the floor next to her bed for a good 45 minutes until she FINALLY nodded off.
Now, all I had to do was to sneak out without waking her. As a went to stand up, my knee sounded like someone stepping on a a roll of bubble wrap. Of course, that was enough to disturb my daughter's fragile sleep. I ended up going back to my position on the floor until she nodded off again. Needless to say, I crawled out the second time! John....this one had me absoluately cracking up as I just went through it with my 2 yo grand daughter who stayed with us a couple of nights. Only it wasn't bubble wrap...It had to be those durn kids and fire crackers.
On a bright note, guy that works for me mentioned he hired a fellow and referred to him as a youngster. I inquired, "how old is he", he said, born in 1958....THANK YOU BILL....I WAS BORN IN 1957 SO I WILL TAKE THE YOUNGSTER CLAIM TOO. Now if only my back wasn't hurting so much. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by FlySig:
You know you're getting old when you have professional coworkers younger than your own kids. My coworker and I happen to have the same last name. A week after I had helped one of our saleswomen through a computer problem over the phone he mentioned that he had called her to see if the problem was resolved. She answered, "Oh, yes! Your dad helped me with it and it works fine now."
We all had a good laugh, and I said, "Right, like I'm old enough to be your father." It got real quiet, and one of the secretaries (who happens to be about my age) said, "Uhmmm..."
I did the math. Then I went home and sat in my soft chair and felt really tired. |
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Location: SoCal | Boy John, I hope I don't have moments like that when I get as old as you!
You guys all sound really really old. Is there a youngster division of this board that I can sign on to? |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Boy John, I hope I don't have moments like that when I get as old as you!
You guys all sound really really old. Is there a youngster division of this board that I can sign on to? This is the OFC, I think you're looking for the AARP board. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by John B:
I think you're looking for the AARP board. ...or the Graves Registration blog!  |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Last week I found out that AJ and I are the same age. He's a grandpa and has less hair than me (only because he cuts it shorter), so I felt like a youngster. That was Friday. Saturday and Sunday I was feeling pretty old, but I think I felt better than AJ. |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
You guys all sound really really old. Is there a youngster division of this board that I can sign on to? www.oldfartsindenial.com |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | It won't let me log in. Is there a minimum age requirement? |
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Location: closely held secret | No. Because of the nature of the board, they never set it up because none of the founders would admit they qualified to be members. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by fillhixx:
Is there a minimum age requirement? Naw, just an IQ above a rock...
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
No. Because of the nature of the board, they never set it up because none of the founders would admit they qualified to be members. What do you mean, "they"? |
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Location: Flushing, MI | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
When the guys at the gig are playing stuff from the 80s and you never heard of any of it. That is SO me!
I'm only good up until about 1975. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by tragocaster:
I'm only good up until about 1975. That's past my bedtime! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | you know you're middle aged when all you do is bitch about the change of the new OFC layout, and you bitch cause it confuses the shit out of you. |
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Location: Utah | What new OFC layout?
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
No. Because of the nature of the board, they never set it up because none of the founders would admit they qualified to be members. What do you mean, "they"? |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
I was in a hotel looking for my wife and carrying a box of her crap. That is so Borat! Except he used a plastic bag. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
You guys all sound really really old. Is there a youngster division of this board that I can sign on to? www.oldfartsindenial.com
www.oldfartsindenial.com |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | You know you're middle aged when the nose hairs and the eyebrow hairs are as long or longer than the hair on the top of your head... |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
the hair on the top of your head... ... plays 'snowbird' and heads south!  |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | You know you're middle aged when you need to make a list to remember just three items you need at the grocery store. Then you forget where you put the list.
You know you're OLD when you forget how to GET to the grocery store. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
GET to the grocery store. ... with your list, but have to use a bottle of white vinegar to read the list since you forgot your reading glasses. Don't ask...
NO, vinegar wasn't on the list! Neither was Depends, I'll let ya know...
Geeeeze! YES, my glasses were on the top of my head... Now leave me alone... |
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Geeeeze! YES, my glasses were on the top of my head
What'd you think it was... your sports car driving cap??? :D |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | ......you go out to dinner with your sister, order a small antipasta, one dinner, one order of garlic knots, one dessert--and split it, because you know you can't eat it all by yourself anymore (and still have leftovers.)
This actually happened last night. I haven't quite reached the "food-all-over-the-front-of-myself" stage yet, but I'm sure it can't be too far behind......I think that's probably why they invented those horrific, all-over-flowery-print housedress or caftan things: damage control. (Sorry, guys, I don't know where that leaves you--wide ties, maybe??) :rolleyes: ;) :D
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by cholloway:
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by Jewel's Mom:
...I haven't quite reached the "food-all-over-the-front-of-myself" stage yet, but I'm sure it can't be too far behind......I think that's probably why they invented those horrific, all-over-flowery-print housedress or caftan things: damage control. (Sorry, guys, I don't know where that leaves you--wide ties, maybe??) :rolleyes: ;) :D --Karen Old Farts use Tie-dye T-shirts, or a Hawaiian Print works real well. :p |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | OMA ,
Once permanently soiled, down here they become fishin' shirts! :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Any Harley shirt... You can pretend you were working on your bike, or at Sturgis.
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