Everything about getting old is great except for the body parts that work less well and hurt more. Can't beat the perspective and the bank account has had time to grow. If that doesn't cheer you up, compare adding another year to the only viable alternative.
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| Poll: How do you feel about turning 50? This poll is closed. |
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| I loved it | 0 | 0% | |
| I hated it. | 3 | 16.67% | |
| Looking fotward to it. | 3 | 16.67% | |
| I'm scared. | 3 | 16.67% | |
| I don't care/think about it. | 9 | 50.00% | |
| Total | 18 vote(s) | 100% | |
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Yeah, getting older means living longer, and I'm good with that. But now and then I'll hear some 40-something who gets in shape and says "I fell better than I did when I was in my 20s!" And I'm thinking that when I was in my 20s, my joints didn't make all of those funny noises when I got out of bed, or bent over, or crouched, or... ugh, how do I get out of this crouch again?
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-Stephen Jay Gould  (June 22, 2015 at 10:30 am)AFTT47 Wrote: I'm afraid I don't deal with aging well. It was turning forty that really got to me. By the time I turned fifty, I was resigned to being an old fart - and I don't like it. Oh, well; what can I do? You're not old until you bend down to tie your shoelaces and you say, "Now let me see, what else can I do while I'm down here?"
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
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FWIW I thought most of you in this thread were younger than stated....
Yea yea, off the lawn I go (June 22, 2015 at 1:24 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: FWIW I thought most of you in this thread were younger than stated.... Not before you rake the rest of them leaves, young'un.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind. 
Fuck. I can't even remember turning 50.
Which is one of the reasons to avoid it! 
I'll hit 50 in 1 1/2 years. I'm not worried about it.
Happy birthday, Rhonda. 
I wish you a wonderful time!
 I'm approaching 40 now, and I've long since stopped caring about age. When I was young, even 20 seemed like an impossibly ancient age that I would never reach. Feel free to send me a private message.
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I'll be 30 next Monday. I have zero feelings about getting old. Except I am considering having to purchase Rogaine. It's getting thin up top.... I'll get that shit on Amazon so no one knows...
Happy Birthday Rhonda!!! Were you born on July 4th?
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