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Gob
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Older, but wiser?

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Happy Birthday O-n-W!!
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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Have a Happy Oldr!
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is

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'BACK IN MY DAY...': THE TELL-TALE SIGNS YOU'RE OVER THE HILL
1. Feeling stiff
2. Groaning when you bend down
3. Saying 'It wasn't like that when I was young'
4. Saying 'In my day'
5. Losing hair
6. You don't know any songs in the top ten
7. Getting hairy ears, eyebrows, nose, face etc
8. Hating noisy pubs
9. Talking a lot about joints / ailments
10. Forgetting people's names
11. Choosing clothes and shoes for comfort, rather than style
12. Thinking policemen / teachers / doctors look young
13. Falling asleep in front of the TV
14. Needing an afternoon nap
15. Finding you have no idea what young people are talking about
16. Struggling to use technology
17. Losing touch with everyday technology such as tablets and televisions
18. When you start complaining about more things
19. Wearing your glasses around your neck
20. Not remember the name of any modern bands
21. You avoid lifting heavy things due to back concerned
22. Complaining about the rubbish on television these days
23. Misplacing your glasses / bag / keys etc
24. You move from Radio 1 to Radio 2
25. You start driving very slowly
26. Preferring a night in with a board game than a night on the town
27. Taking a keen interest in The Antiques Road Show
28. You talk to colleagues who are so young they don't know what an Opal Fruit is
29. Taking slippers to friend's houses
30. Listening to the Archers
31. Falling asleep after one glass of wine
32. Never going out without your coat
33. Getting bed socks for Christmas and being very grateful
34. When you can't lose six pounds in two days any more
35. Gasping for a cup of tea
36. Taking a flask of tea or coffee on a day out
37. Joining the WI
38. Taking a keen interest in the garden
39. Spending more money on face creams / anti-aging products
40. Spending money on the home / furniture rather than a night on the town
41. Taking a keen interest in dressing for the weather
42. Putting everyday items in the wrong place
43. Obsessive gardening or bird feeding
44. Really enjoying puzzles and crosswords
45. Always driving in the slow lane, or below 70 in the middle lane
46. Consider going on a 'no children' cruise for a holiday
47. Your ears are getting bigger
48. Joining the National Trust
49. Drinking sherry
50. Feeling you have the right to tell people exactly what you are thinking even if it isn't polite

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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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Happy birthday oldr mate!
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?

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Happy Birthday My friend and Co- adventurer! 8-) 8-) :ok :ok
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

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Thank you all. I completed 55 years today, starting on my 56th. My futures so bright I have to wear shades (prescription of course). :D

Thanks again to all.

Gonna miss my AA meeting tonight as the wife and kids are taking me out to dinner. Lobster night at a local grill.

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And on gobs list I think I got 100%.
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Happy Day o_n_r!

(And FWIW, I got about 75% on gobs list)
Where am I, and why am I holding a handbasket?

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what everyone else said......... :mrgreen:

Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.


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Thanks again everyone. Went out to dinner last night with my wife and our kids. Went to a seafood place down in Port Jefferson. The wife and daughter each got a pair of lobster tails and me and the son got all you can eat crab legs. The lobster bisk was very good as was the rest of the meal. I did want steamers for an appitizer, but it's not the season for them.

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Belated b-day wishes, oldr! Sounds like a good time was had by all.
GAH!

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We actually talked, more importantly, I listened. I didn't have that voice in my head wondering when the waitress was bringing my next drink. And the bill wasn't too bad. Usually it's $50 higher from all the cocktails I would have.

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Remember: A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age!

*runs*

(And FWIW, you share a birth date with my sister.)
Treat Gaza like Carthage.

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Jarlaxle wrote:Remember: A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age!
What if I had/have both?

(And FWIW, you share a birth date with my sister.)
Tell her happy birthday from me.

I have two friends whose children were also born on June 18th.

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Happy belated birthday my friend. I have been busy with the grandson and not attending to the computer lately. I hope your day was great, you certainly deserve it. :ok
I expect to go straight to hell...........at least I won't have to spend time making new friends.

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Thanks Buddy. Grandsons are more important then my birthday. Enjoy your time with him.

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oldr_n_wsr wrote:
Jarlaxle wrote:Remember: A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age!
What if I had/have both?
Then....err...you make Jim Steinman's head explode...? :shrug

(And FWIW, you share a birth date with my sister.)
Tell her happy birthday from me.

I have two friends whose children were also born on June 18th.
Wait, I think the International Date Line got me again...hers is the 17th.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.

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Still a Gemini.
Twins we are.

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