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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:02:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What's the average life span now 78 or so - I guess by the time you are in you 60's you are going to have to claim it (and I'm way too close to it to like saying this). Or so, actuarial is ~83. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:08:59 PM EST
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Old to me is 60+. Im 33 btw When I was in my 30's-40's 60 was old. I'm 60 now and 60 isn't old. 70 is though. As somebody else said your definition of old changes. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:09:52 PM EST
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Old is a state of mind; you have it. It's also the state of my body. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:14:57 PM EST
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Old = 15 years older than you are.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:17:52 PM EST
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I'm 38 and I was just thinking about getting a fishing hat. (Think Filson, Tilley etc). And I thought to myself, fuck it, I'm kinda old now, I can wear that shit. So how old does a guy have to be before he's old? That is about the age I started not giving a fuck about anything...........At a certain point your own happiness is worth more than the perception of others, and thats when you are "OLD". Speed |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:20:49 PM EST
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If you're the least bit sentient you can feel or at the very least take note of yourself getting older. As much as I don't want to admit it, Im not the super human I was at 21.
Shit, at 34 it takes me longer to recover from a hangover, a heavy lifting day, or a night of wild sex then when I was 24 and I could do all those things simultaneously. But I can still keep up with the early 20's crowd since thats primarily who I date/hang with because about 95% of my peer group are married with kids. I don't know if that is a compliment to me or an indictment to the 20's crowd these days. I view a man's 30's as a battle for the rest of his life. You eat right, rest enough, keep fit, and you will probably be set for a pace of life that lags your true age by a decade or more. But on the other hand if you smoke, drink, eat like shit, get fat, etc. you are setting yourself up to have some type of metabolic disorder and other ailments which, while still able to be overcome if enough effort is put forth, will be much harder to do so than if you exit your 30's in as good or better shape then you went into them in. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:22:50 PM EST
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70 is the new old.
I just turned 60. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:24:06 PM EST
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If I had to put an age on when my body started taking a shit it was 38. Enjoy your last good year.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:24:42 PM EST
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It's a state of mind thing.
Known a goodly number of 70yr+ people that were full of life and vigor. Also known a few 30yr olds that were Old Farts. I'm closing in on 60 myself. The old saying, The mind is willing but the body is not is true. 
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:27:14 PM EST
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I have no idea. I used to know exactly what 'old' meant when I was 8, 16, 18, 21, 30, 44, and the big five-0. But the #u@*%! number seems to keep changing.
I've pretty much decided it doesn't have much to do with numbers, but has everything to do with a socially unacceptable topic (one that never ends well on this site). |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:31:58 PM EST
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I just wish there was a better alternative to being old than being dead.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:39:42 PM EST
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I was called sir by a woman/ girl (looked late teens/ early 20s) when I held a door for her...... I'm 29...
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:43:24 PM EST
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What's the average life span now 78 or so - I guess by the time you are in you 60's you are going to have to claim it (and I'm way too close to it to like saying this). Just turned 60, so yeah. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:46:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Or so, actuarial is ~83. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: What's the average life span now 78 or so - I guess by the time you are in you 60's you are going to have to claim it (and I'm way too close to it to like saying this). |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 2:59:28 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yo got me curious so I did a search; the CDC has it at 78.8, SSA estimates if you turn 65 now it is 84.3; so the .gov can't agree with itself - again....still...... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: What's the average life span now 78 or so - I guess by the time you are in you 60's you are going to have to claim it (and I'm way too close to it to like saying this). |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:02:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Two differnt units of measure is not a disagreement. Read what you just wrote, the 78.8 number includes all people who are 65 and above and includes tons from the boomer generation, the 84.3 is a subset of only people turning 65 now (when the data was generated). Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What's the average life span now 78 or so - I guess by the time you are in you 60's you are going to have to claim it (and I'm way too close to it to like saying this). |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:20:17 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was called sir by a woman/ girl (looked late teens/ early 20s) when I held a door for her...... I'm 29... On the way back we stopped at White Castles (yeah, I know  ). He was really hitting on the poor girl taking an order. Hard. He's always had a habit of doing that shit (it's embarrassing - she couldn't have been over 25). Anyway,... when she rang him up, she gave him a 10% 'senior citizens' discount. He looked like he got hit with a 44 magnum! I had to listen to "I don't really look that old, do I? Do I? No,.. really - do I?!" all ... the ... way ... home!  |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:27:13 PM EST
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I'm old and won't wear a Tilley hat.  Boonie or a camo ballcap when out in the sun. I really don't like wearing hats, but....You sound more like a Millennial. I'm 52 and Tilly hats have saved my noggin from more rainstorms and blizzards than I can count. Particularly the one where I was standing in a snowstorm affer being caught up in a four car pile up. What do YOU do in winter, stand in the cold and fashionably freeze? 
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:34:35 PM EST
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When you are thirty, you will think you are old and be nostalgic for when you were 20.
...but when you are Forty, you will think you are old and you'll be nostalgic for when you were 30, You will also feel foolish for thinking you were old at 30. ... but when you are Fifty, you will think you are old and you'll be nostalgic for when you were 40. You will also feel foolish for thinking you were old at 40. ...but when you are Sixty, you will think you are old and you'll be nostalgic for when you were 50. You will also feel foolish for thinking you were old at 50. See how it works? |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:35:16 PM EST
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I'm late 20s and feel fucking old right now
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:35:55 PM EST
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Old to me is 60+. Im 33 btw I'm 60 and I don't feel old in the least. I can still ride a mountain bike for two solid hours 3 times per week. I can eat like a pothead and not gain any weight. The only thing I complain about is all the gray hair sprouting from odd places. 
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:36:21 PM EST
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To me, you START to get old at around 40. That's when your vision starts to go (and you start needing reading glasses). It's when you notice that injuries don't heal as quickly as they used to, and you never QUITE get back to 100%, etc. At 50, I think you start to REALLY notice that you can no longer easily do things that you used to be able to - but you can still stay relatively fit and active if you are willing to put in the effort - but it takes a lot more effort, and is a lot more difficult to sustain without constant injury. To my mind, 60 is when you officially reach the status of "old" - and have to accept that you are on the final lap. Obviously, YMMV. Interesting. My aunt is in her 90's and she's more mobile than any of the kiddies nowadays who are glued to their PlayStations. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:49:02 PM EST
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You sound more like a Millennial. I'm 52 and Tilly hats have saved my noggin from more rainstorms and blizzards than I can count. Particularly the one where I was standing in a snowstorm affer being caught up in a four car pile up. What do YOU do in winter, stand in the cold and fashionably freeze? http://www.pediwear.co.uk/images/shoes/tilleyhats/tilleyhats-tw2_winter_hat-5419_hd.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm old and won't wear a Tilley hat. Boonie or a camo ballcap when out in the sun. I really don't like wearing hats, but....You sound more like a Millennial. I'm 52 and Tilly hats have saved my noggin from more rainstorms and blizzards than I can count. Particularly the one where I was standing in a snowstorm affer being caught up in a four car pile up. What do YOU do in winter, stand in the cold and fashionably freeze? http://www.pediwear.co.uk/images/shoes/tilleyhats/tilleyhats-tw2_winter_hat-5419_hd.jpg I'm older than you are. 
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:49:57 PM EST
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Old to me is 60+. Im 33 btw yup and I'm roughly the same age. I'm guessing I'll feel older when I can no longer pull women in their mid 20's
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:53:36 PM EST
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To me, "Old" is when you pause and realize you can't do certain things anymore as easily as you used to.
I did an 8 mile hike a month ago...and hurt like hell for days afterward. Fuck
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Posted: 5/6/2016 3:56:36 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm older than you are. OT: EdSr just had a birthday last week. He's 21. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:09:46 PM EST
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I'm 60, but I can out hike, backpack and cycle most of you basement dwellers.
It's more a state of mind if you take care of yourself. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:12:20 PM EST
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Old is when every morning you hear "Snap! Crackle! Pop!!!" and it's before breakfast. And you're not eating Rice Crispies.
Old is when you realize that you are not as young as your mental image of yourself has been for most of your life. Old is when the DMV worker tells you that you've written your hair color wrong when you filled out your driver's license renewal and they change it to "GRAY". Old is when you start wondering how much steeper the hills have gotten because you just can't climb them like you used to without breathing hard and having to stop to take a break. Old is when you realize that you have fewer years ahead of you than you have behind you, if you are lucky enough to live as long as your longest lived relative. Fuck it, OP. If you want to wear a fishing hat to keep the sun off your bald spot, neck, face and ears, go for it! |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:19:09 PM EST
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Old is a state of mind; you have it. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:30:29 PM EST
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Old is when you only care about your own opinion of yourself. It's when you wear whatever you please because it suits you. It's when you treat other people the way you'd like to be treated. I think that's called the, "golden rule," by some. It's when you've got better things to think about than how old you are, and what you lack, and instead choose to think positively and look for the good in life and other people. It's when you love more and know that it's more blessed to give than to receive. I'm 64 and I've got a lot more living to do, however long that is.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:31:54 PM EST
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Days seem shorter as you age. I'd say when they seem about 1/3 of what they were when you were in your teens, you're old.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:32:39 PM EST
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I'm older than you are. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm old and won't wear a Tilley hat. Boonie or a camo ballcap when out in the sun. I really don't like wearing hats, but....You sound more like a Millennial. I'm 52 and Tilly hats have saved my noggin from more rainstorms and blizzards than I can count. Particularly the one where I was standing in a snowstorm affer being caught up in a four car pile up. What do YOU do in winter, stand in the cold and fashionably freeze? http://www.pediwear.co.uk/images/shoes/tilleyhats/tilleyhats-tw2_winter_hat-5419_hd.jpg I'm older than you are. Hell, I'm older than all you fuckin' guys. 
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:34:34 PM EST
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I just turned 42. I got called "sir" by a hot barista at the coffee shop. She's in college. That made me feel old.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:38:07 PM EST
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Old to me is when mind & body doesn't work anymore, time to move on to the next life.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:38:46 PM EST
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Old is when every morning you hear "Snap! Crackle! Pop!!!" and it's before breakfast. And you're not eating Rice Crispies. Old is when you realize that you are not as young as your mental image of yourself has been for most of your life. Old is when the DMV worker tells you that you've written your hair color wrong when you filled out your driver's license renewal and they change it to "GRAY". Old is when you start wondering how much steeper the hills have gotten because you just can't climb them like you used to without breathing hard and having to stop to take a break. Old is when you realize that you have fewer years ahead of you than you have behind you, if you are lucky enough to live as long as your longest lived relative. Fuck it, OP. If you want to wear a fishing hat to keep the sun off your bald spot, neck, face and ears, go for it! Old is seeing the naked guy in the mirror and thinking, "How the fuck did THAT happen?" |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:39:11 PM EST
[#36]
Old is when you think more about the past than the future.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:47:05 PM EST
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Interesting. My aunt is in her 90's and she's more mobile than any of the kiddies nowadays who are glued to their PlayStations. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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To me, you START to get old at around 40. That's when your vision starts to go (and you start needing reading glasses). It's when you notice that injuries don't heal as quickly as they used to, and you never QUITE get back to 100%, etc. At 50, I think you start to REALLY notice that you can no longer easily do things that you used to be able to - but you can still stay relatively fit and active if you are willing to put in the effort - but it takes a lot more effort, and is a lot more difficult to sustain without constant injury. To my mind, 60 is when you officially reach the status of "old" - and have to accept that you are on the final lap. Obviously, YMMV. Interesting. My aunt is in her 90's and she's more mobile than any of the kiddies nowadays who are glued to their PlayStations. Like I said, YMMV.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:49:15 PM EST
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My aching back, screaming knees, and sagging sack all beg to differ with this assessment. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Old is a state of mind; you have it. Exactly. Arthritis (as one obvious example) doesn't care about your "state of mind" I cannot do iaido any longer, because I simply cannot stay in a kneeling position long enough. Same for my kendo instructor. He used to do iaido, but had to stop, because his knees cannot handle it. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:49:23 PM EST
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I remember when I thought 45 was old. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:50:19 PM EST
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Old is when you think more about the past than the future. I heard the opposite: Old is when you stop reflecting on the past and start worry about how much time you have left. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:52:44 PM EST
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Clint Eastwood during an interview said he never has looked at himself as a old guy. Said he thought he was young in his mind and curiosity about the world.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:53:27 PM EST
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depends on how you take care of yourself .. you can be old at 40 or old at 70 its all about diet and exercise imo..
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:56:10 PM EST
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Old is when you stop buying green bananas.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 4:58:40 PM EST
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When a hot women in a mini skirt doesn't excite me anymore...that is the day that I will be "OLD"
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Posted: 5/6/2016 5:00:39 PM EST
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I heard the opposite: Old is when you stop reflecting on the past and start worry about how much time you have left. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Old is when you think more about the past than the future. I heard the opposite: Old is when you stop reflecting on the past and start worry about how much time you have left. The glass - half full or half empty? A.W.D. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 5:03:15 PM EST
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Most days I feel like a 20 year old. Problem is, they think I'm old.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 5:10:04 PM EST
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I think 15-20 years older than me is old.
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Posted: 5/6/2016 5:41:33 PM EST
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I was called sir by a woman/ girl (looked late teens/ early 20s) when I held a door for her...... I'm 29...
Go back and find her in 20 years. Make her call you "Sir" in her screams of passion . . .
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Posted: 5/6/2016 5:42:04 PM EST
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Old, you will know when it smack you in the face.
Or when looking at yourself naked in a full length mirror. Is your ass still there? Or do you look like someone made a frog stand on its hind legs? Or when a hot young girl runs to get to the door before you...so she can hold it open for an old guy like you. |
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Posted: 5/6/2016 5:44:55 PM EST
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4,600,007,542 years is old.
But I am a geologist and have a different view of "old." |
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