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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:12 AM Original message |
I just realized today that I am officially old. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Me too |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I don't know if my tired old digestive tract can handle that... |
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mwdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. It was when the checkout clerks started calling me " Ma'am" |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Yeah, I've started getting 'sir'd a lot more than I'd like. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Oh Please! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Still... once you pass that quarter of a century mark, there's no turning back. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
63. Just wait till you turn 40ish, and discover the "B" word. |
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reyd reid reed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. Hell, |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. I realized I was old when a classmate of mine became a grandmother |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That'll do it, all right. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. Yes, that happened to me last fall - now I am the Great Aunt I was named for |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
56. I first realized I was getting old, when one day... |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Doing the math, you are somewhere between 25 and 34, depending on which graduation you refer to |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 05:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. In my Twenties? Hell. no! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. I've been working on B lately |
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NewEnglandGirl (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. 26 is old?????? |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
57. LOL! 26 is old! |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. You know your old... |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. when your physician is YOUNGER than you! Based on that I have been old |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
68. I'm so old |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
13. None of those kids were even born when I graduated. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Awww, but at least you're cute at your age. :P |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
62. No you're not. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. You're not old. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. ... ouch. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. How old are you? |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'm more than a quarter of a century old. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Well then, you're rightly a wizened old sage. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Then I am officially old enough to be your mother! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You can't make me! You're not the boss of me! |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. If you keep sticking out your tongue, |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. You ungrateful brat! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Wait... does that mean you're buying me an Xbox? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. What a coincidence! I am more than a quarter of a century old also. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. They were born only two years before "Smells like Teen spirit" was released |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. ... okay, now I feel REALLY old. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
23. The definitive 'old' question for my generation: where were you when the President was shot |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Err... neither actually. |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. so I am old enough to be your grandmother, most likely nt |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 04:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
67. Damn |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
29. You are seven years younger than i was when my son was born. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
52. Time flies. |
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AwakeAtLast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
30. Nikki Sixx will be 50 this year |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. In ten years, will we call him Nikki Sixxty? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. *Insert expletive here* |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Youngster. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. LOL! |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. My 42nd birthday is tomorrow. |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
34. That´s nothing! |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. Er....they weren't even BORN yet when I graduated. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
41. Welcome to geezerhood! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. ... can I still have a cane though? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Sure! |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Shaking canes sounds like good exercise... it'll probably help keep me healthy enough to live at |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
42. I realized that I was old |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. That's not just old... that's WRONG. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I know. |
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DeposeTheBoyKing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. When kids you used to babysit now have 5 kids, THEN you are old. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. All at once or one or two at a time? |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
46. I got old when some kid on a bus offered me his seat. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. That's another thing... |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. GET OFF MY LAWN! |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
48. I know how you feel man. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
55. Ahhh, you young punk!! GET OFF MY LAWN!! |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
61. ahh you're still a puppy!....christ, their parents were elementary school when I graduated |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
64. The kids I babysat for are having kids of their own now. LOL |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
65. I felt really old for the first time when I realized my grandkids |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. My mom's probably about to hit that point... my neice is that age too. |
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