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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Swoop on July 09, 2014, 11:04:10 AM
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...you find yourself watching Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear and thinking "That's a great jacket..."
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Looking good never goes out of style.
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you remember the prices of everything being 1/2 or less of what they are today.
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...you find yourself watching Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear and thinking "That's a great jacket..."
:airplane: I keep looking behind me to see if I am losing any body parts! LOL
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you are surprised that people born in 1996 are already old enough to vote.
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you refer to anyone under the age of 40 as a youngster.
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When you move so slow you think your first in the race.
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...you find yourself watching Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear and thinking "That's a great jacket..."
How about when you realize that you and Clarkson look the same in a wetsuit. :uhoh
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The thought of being with a woman in her '20s makes you feel absolutely ridiculous.
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When you realize that people entering highschool this year were born in 2000.
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The thought of being with a woman in her '20s makes you feel absolutely ridiculous.
well I am still a young un..... :)
although the wife don't like that idea anymore :(
you feel old when...you show up your kids... you can still walk on your hands...
and realize that ya you may still be able to do it....but now it damn hurts after. :rofl :rofl
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you remember the prices of everything being 1/2 or less of what they are today.
I remember gas prices being .29 cents a gallon
68valu
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I remember packs of marlboro going for 2 bucks and change..
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I remember packs of marlboro going for 2 bucks and change..
I remember saying I was going to quit smoking if they ever got to $2 a pack. :bhead
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I remember packs of marlboro going for 2 bucks and change..
I remember buying Marlboros for a buck a carton.
I quit smoking when they reached 50 cents a pack.
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...your kids refer to your childhood years as "the Olden Days"
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You know you're old when....
What were we talking about?
:salute
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You know you're old when....
What were we talking about?
:salute
winner
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I remember gas prices being .29 cents a gallon
68valu
I remember buying Sinclair premium for my big blocks.
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You know you're old when....
What were we talking about?
:salute
:rofl Did you say something?
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I remember 100LL being .79/gallon.
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A few months ago a new hire was talking to me and asked me what year I hired in. I told him 1989. He said " I wasn't even born yet". Ugh.
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The thought of being with a woman in her '20s makes you feel absolutely ridiculous.
*coughs and walks away slowly*
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Actually, this thread wasn't about getting old.....it's about me wanting Clarksons jackets:
(http://citroen.org.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013-05-19/klarkson-o-novom-focus-rs_1.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/23/article-1369213-0B4DB94F00000578-894_468x286.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/VVEqSdq.jpg)
(http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/top-gears-jeremy-clarkson_100301898_m.jpg)
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you refer to anyone under the age of 40 as a youngster.
When you think anyone under 60 is "just a d**n kid". :old:
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Actually, this thread wasn't about getting old.....it's about me wanting Clarksons jackets:
(http://citroen.org.ru/wp-content/uploads/2013-05-19/klarkson-o-novom-focus-rs_1.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/03/23/article-1369213-0B4DB94F00000578-894_468x286.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/VVEqSdq.jpg)
(http://images.thecarconnection.com/med/top-gears-jeremy-clarkson_100301898_m.jpg)
I always wanted an Irvin Sheepskin Pilots jacket. My better half was going to shell out over £600 on one a couple of years ago, except when i put it on I looked ridiculous in it. Maybe it was the lack of a wired silk scarf or perhaps i was not doing the coat justice by being in it :headscratch:
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I actually caught myself the other day looking at a couple of kids in a Stanley Steemer van driving down the road blaring ( i mean BLARING) rap music.....the first thing that came to mind was " not a very good advertisement for that company"
That thought was quickly followed by the thought...." Dear god, thats something my dad would have said" :cry
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When a customer rides his motorcycle to my store and introduces himself and then says, "My Grandfather used to race against you.......................... .............."
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When a customer rides his motorcycle to my store and introduces himself and then says, "My Grandfather used to race against you.......................... .............."
Age means nothing. I came across a guy on a Kwakker W650, hardly a sports machine, tailed him for a while filtering through some traffic and then went to overtake him on a section of country road. This old boy, with a zztop beard, gave me a lesson in bend appreciation. I was on a T955 Daytona, but the speed this chap carried through corners was incredible. We both ended up at the same bike shop a few miles later. He was in his late 60's. He was a TT Marshal and had come 19th in the TT sometime in the late '70s. Turned out he live not far from me, we spoke regularly until I moved house 40 miles away. No substitute for experience.
On a similar note, my Uncle Keith was a Gloster Regiment soldier, he fought at Imjin after the big U.S withdrawal. He was Imperial Forces Light Middleweight Boxing Champion. About 8 or 9 years prior to his death he was on a bus in our local town and some youths were kicking off, when he asked them nicely to desist on of the guys raised his fists and said 'come on then Grandad'.
Keith knocked him cold in the isle with a single straight left, he was 69 :old:
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The thought of being with a woman in her '20s makes you feel absolutely ridiculous.
Or thinking how much work this would take.
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I remember buying Marlboros for a buck a carton.
I quit smoking when they reached 50 cents a pack.
Gas was .19 / gallon
quit smoking when I had my hip replaced...... Having hip replaced was probably all I need to say
:old:
NwBie
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Keith knocked him cold in the isle with a single straight left, he was 69 :old:
:aok
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You begin to find yourself attracted to older women..................Then you realise most of them are younger than you. :cry
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You begin to find yourself attracted to older women..................Then you realise most of them are younger than you. :cry
Twin Peaks aired when I was in high school but I never watched it untill a couple of weeks ago. Those hot chicks are all like 50 now.
Classic rock stations now play nirvana and nine inch nails.
Eminem's daughter graduated high school.
Soon aces high will be older than most of the people playing it.
And if that doesnt make you feel old, look up your classmates on facebook. Now they really are seniors.
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Twin Peaks aired when I was in high school but I never watched it untill a couple of weeks ago. Those hot chicks are all like 50 now.
I loved Twin Peaks. It aired when I was in graduate school. I wanted one day to visit the towns where they filmed parts of it. Now I live near there.
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I loved Twin Peaks. It aired when I was in graduate school. I wanted one day to visit the towns where they filmed parts of it. Now I live near there.
Then.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/AudreyHorne.jpg)
Now
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AtIlH0TCMAAoJhE.jpg)
That's why you shouldn't look up old girlfriends on facebook. At my age it's just depressing.
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You know your getting old... when you cant order from the resturaunt due to forgetting your glasses..
Lawndart
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And if that doesnt make you feel old, look up your classmates on facebook. Now they really are seniors.
Most of them are too old to have a FB page!
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Then.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/AudreyHorne.jpg)
Now
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AtIlH0TCMAAoJhE.jpg)
That's why you shouldn't look up old girlfriends on facebook. At my age it's just depressing.
I guess I'm old, still think she looks hot.
semp
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Yeah, getting old when all of your friends are nearly social security eligible....
Here's a small group of friends who gathered at our high school to visit during our 40th HS reunion in 2011.
Interesting group of folks.
The guy standing to the far left is the VP for a specialized security firm. He oversees training of SWAT teams and special hostage teams. The 4th guy standing from the left is a retired Engineering Manager from Raytheon. He oversaw the development of several missiles and guided weapons. Today, he flies his Bonanza and Cessna 172 all over the country. He's nearly finished building an RV7. The next fellow going L to R made a fortune in northern California real estate. The guy in the hideous tie-dye shirt, works of for the Nation Forest Service. He is one of several responsible for managing forest fire fighting efforts in Colorado. The man next to him (sunglasses hooked in his shirt) owns a manufacturing and service company that did more than $85 million in business last year. I'm the guy with the sunglasses. Behind me is a heart surgeon from Maryland. The fellow with the balding noggin and yellow shirt is the retired head of the New York State DEC. The guy over his shoulder is a marketing executive. Among the ladies are two doctors, three retired teachers, a professional musician, the owner of business jet service company (she flies them too), and a college professor. All in all, a rather distinguished group. All are 60 to 61 years old. All very active and busy. We meet a few times each year.
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The group gets to together every winter at Captain Hiram's Resort in Florida...
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Wow what year did Colorado desegregate their schools?
Seriously though, I came up in a dark time. The eighties were over and grunge hadn't happened yet, it was a gap, a sort of void. Hair bands still roamed the earth, in denial of their own extinction and oblivious to the fact that we were only buying tickets for the opening act. Fan's didn't wait around for Guns and Roses after Faith No More finished.
(http://www.autostraddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/80sdean.jpg)
A dark time indeed.
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Power!
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..when younger guys think you're strange for leaving the house without a cell phone...like we did 20 years ago
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This is for the guys and gals over 60.
http://blog.aarp.org/2014/06/26/donnalou-stevens-stands-up-for-older-ladies-in-viral-video/ (http://blog.aarp.org/2014/06/26/donnalou-stevens-stands-up-for-older-ladies-in-viral-video/)
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Interesting group of folks.
Impressive! Is there anything to which you attribute such a level of success across your group of classmates, any element of upbringing or local culture?
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Impressive! Is there anything to which you attribute such a level of success across your group of classmates, any element of upbringing or local culture?
We grew up in an area that was evolving from a rural community. We had five universities within a short drive. (SUNY Stony Brook, Dowling College, SUNY Farmingdale, CW Post and St. Johns (not to mention SCCC, St, Joseph's, NCCC and several others). Some came from blue collar families, farmers and others from more affluent backgrounds. We all grew up on Long Island's Gold Coast. A very high percentage went to college, after attending one of the best school systems in the northeast. Many had fathers who worked for Grumman and Republic. By the same token, we had a percentage of guys and gals who didn't go to college.
Not seen in the photos are a retired Marine Colonel, a retired Army Lt. Colonel, an elected District Attorney. A NASCAR Modified Champion. Dentists, nurses, other school teachers. A Boston College professor. Restaurateurs. Pub Owners. Blue collar highway department foreman. Fire Chief and many other folks who I would call successful in their careers. We also had our share of the dregs too. A few ended up in trouble with the law. Of the 738 students in my graduating class, 61 are known dead and 12 of those died within 2 years of graduation. Two lost in Vietnam, Five lost in accidents, three to disease, one overdose, and a suicide. Most recently, one fellow who was a respected physician in our town, died from complications of leukemia and pneumonia. He was a great guy and doctor. Sorely missed. More than 120 or so have, more or less, disappeared. I recently found one of the missing, working for an aerospace company in New England. She had no real interest in hooking up with old friends, even though she and her husband were invited to a beach party. Some folks simply don't bother.... We did get just over 300 to attend out 40th reunion, most having to travel from out of state. None who came were disappointed. Two dinners, one beach barbecue, and the big dinner at a top Zagat rated restaurant (Three Village Inn, Mirabelle). http://www.zagat.com/r/mirabelle-restaurant-stony-brook?gclid=Cj0KEQjwopOeBRC1ndXgnuvx8JYBEiQAq4RPt11HGYv_In1tXPLO5GrTv0o-2dBPOSUMY7kw83F5zIwaAu0T8P8HAQ (http://www.zagat.com/r/mirabelle-restaurant-stony-brook?gclid=Cj0KEQjwopOeBRC1ndXgnuvx8JYBEiQAq4RPt11HGYv_In1tXPLO5GrTv0o-2dBPOSUMY7kw83F5zIwaAu0T8P8HAQ)