For the "older" members

[Falcons Talon]

When did you realize that you were not a "spring chicken" anymore? My revelation was last weekend. I was showing my kids that I could cross the playground monkeybars. Grabbing the first bar and putting my weight on my right arm shot excrutiating pain out of my fairly recently operated right shoulder. I grabbed out of pure reaction for the next bar and released all my weight onto my left hand and ripped a callous off of the base of my ring finger. I gracefully plopped to the ground, thankfully landing on my feet, told the kids to keep playing, and sat my humbled ass on a park bench.

Getting older sucks.:(

[Sishir Chang]

When my back and knees hurt even when I'm not doing anything.

I've injured every major joint in my body along with several smaller ones and a few multiple times. I used to heal from those but now I'm pretty much in a state of permanent injury with at least one or more parts of my body hurting at any time.

It takes me about 15 minutes just to tape up before I work out.

Yep getting old sucks and the worst part is I'm not even that old yet. :(

[Harrisment]

There are many times that I will get out of bed in the middle of the night for a drink of water, and my back is hurting so bad I have trouble standing up straight. It's not like I have some piece of junk mattress either, it's actually a really nice one.

And I'm only 25!! :eek:

[Fatty FatBastard]

I learned a long time ago that I'm indestructible.

[Isabel]

Really, I haven't seen anything yet... except I wish I could have just a little facelift. Occasionally I look tired and older, and have perpetual circles under my eyes. In terms of working out, energy, etc., I don't think I notice a difference yet. (and I'm 30, but all things considered, have held up well... helps to not actually realize you're that old :) )

I have found a few things that looked like potential gray hairs. I remove them. They usually come with teaching stress.

Basically, for all I know, I still am a spring chicken. Because I insist. So there. :)

[Another Brother]

I have a membership at the old and bald gym (OB/GYM).

[Harrisment]

Originally posted by Another Brother
I have a membership at the old and bald gym (OB/GYM).

What are you, a comedian or something? :D

[Pole]

Originally posted by Another Brother
I have a membership at the old and bald gym (OB/GYM).

That's pretty funny...even for a professional :)

I learned what an old fart I was when the girl who always cuts my hair started running the clippers along the edge of my ears when she was cleaning up my neckline.

[JuanValdez]

Originally posted by Fatty FatBastard
I learned a long time ago that I'm indestructible.

:D

[Falcons Talon]

Don't get me started on my white hairs...I also noticed that I have more pairs of slacks than jeans...

[GladiatoRowdy]

For me, it happened on October 12th, 1997 at the ripe old age of 27. We had watched Barkley's first game in a Rox uniform at the Superdome in New Orleans (that is the Superdome, isn't it?) the night before and partied hard on Bourbon Street afterwards. The next day, we were driving home and stopped in Beaumont for a bio-break. When I stepped out of the car, my right knee (the one that got the worst of my football and volleyball years) didn't even pretend to hold.

I laid there on the pavement without much physical pain, but writhing with the mental anguish from experiencing the first time my body didn't cooperate with my mind.

[GladiatoRowdy]

Originally posted by Falcons Talon
Don't get me started on my white hairs...I also noticed that I have more pairs of slacks than jeans...

Been there for YEARS.

[NJRocket]

when i realized that i am older than most active professional athletes

[PieEatinFattie]

While my user name isn't as appropriate as it used to be I still get tired alot quicker than I used too. I also realized that being in good shape for your age has nothing to do with being in game shape. I can run 3-6 miles at a 9-8 min pace pretty easy, but I made the mistake of running sprints with my daughters freshman softball team the other day and I thought that I was gonna die. Being old sucks!

[Another Brother]

Originally posted by NJRocket
when i realized that i am older than most active professional athletes

I hate that!

[Falcons Talon]

Age wise, I'm 34, 35 in November, but when asked, I want to blurt out 32...I don't know why...It just feels right...I guess I'm in denial...

[swilkins]

When I found out that i couldn't just eat whatever I wanted anymore. Otherwise, I have digestive/intestinal problems. :(

When it takes nothing to pull muscles in my back.

And I'm not quite 40 yet.

[mc mark]

When someone called me sir....

:(

[swilkins]

Originally posted by mc mark
When someone called me sir....

:(

I get that all the time.:(

At least those young farts are respective of their elders.

[Isabel]

Originally posted by mc mark
When someone called me sir....

:(

I still remember the first time someone referred to me as a "lady". It was in a public restroom, where a woman told her daughter to move and "let the lady by". I'm not a lady, I remember thinking - I'm only 15!

Fair enough... but I've had the same thought every time since then. "I'm not a lady yet... I'm just a girl! Don't let the number of years I've been around fool you."


(oh, and one more confession... when I was about 27, I started having to carry Rolaids around. They are a teacher's best friend.)

[MadMax]

body just doesn't recover as well as it used to. i'm 30...will be 31 this weekend...and i jog pretty regularly over 2 miles or so. but any time i do short sprints...playing football or something...then it just beats me up the next morning.

[RIET]

When I stopped getting carded which happened until i was about 32.

Im now 34 and people can tell Im old.

What's a good face rejuvenator? Clinique?

[FranchiseBlade]

A: When I farted dust.

I can't remember any of the other lame old jokes that I heard in jr. high. Maybe that is the the real sign right there.

[Falcons Talon]

Originally posted by FranchiseBlade
A: When I farted dust.

I can't remember any of the other lame old jokes that I heard in jr. high. Maybe that is the the real sign right there.

A: When I looked in my yearbook and saw Moses.

[bnb]

Originally posted by RIET
When I stopped getting carded ...

That day really hurt.

When i knew...without any doubt...the only time i'll get carded is when they're messing about :(

[Sishir Chang]

Originally posted by Isabel
Really, I haven't seen anything yet... except I wish I could have just a little facelift. Occasionally I look tired and older, and have perpetual circles under my eyes.

I'm fortunate that I still look pretty young, although I do find a few white hairs here and there, I feel my age all internally.

I like to tell people when I play sports, "I look like I'm in my 20's but my joints feel like they are in the 50's."

[Sishir Chang]

Originally posted by Falcons Talon
A: When I looked in my yearbook and saw Moses.

Malone or Heston?

[Rookie]

I went to my doctor this morning. The clinic is located in a hospital. I ws really dismayed that they had proudly named the clinic the "Center for Healthy Aging"

[MadMax]

Originally posted by Sishir Chang
I'm fortunate that I still look pretty young,




i still get carded!!! :) i'm 31 :D i'm getting to an age where i'm actually flattered by that.

[bnb]

Originally posted by MadMax
i still get carded!!! :) i'm 31 :D i'm getting to an age where i'm actually flattered by that.

So innocent and naive there, smarty...one day you're on top of the world...the next you're just another old horse ....

The day will come when you'll find yourself sitting in a bar without ID, fretting about being carded...and then realizing it ain't going to happen. That's a sad day. You'll stay at that bar a long time...

[GladiatoRowdy]

Originally posted by bnb
That day really hurt.

When i knew...without any doubt...the only time i'll get carded is when they're messing about :(

On my 21st birthday, I went to Stop-N-Go to buy a wine cooler (I was sober at the time, but just wanted to buy alcohol since I could) and the girl behind the counter looked at me and said "that will be $1.53."

:mad:

[mr_gootan]

I was talking to a pre-teen about the movie National Treasure, and asked her if it was as good as Raiders of the Lost Ark.

"What's that?"
"You know, Indiana Jones."
"Never seen it."
"You should. Harrison Ford is classic in that trilogy."
"Who's he?"

/falls in faint

[MadMax]

Originally posted by bnb
So innocent and naive there, smarty...one day you're on top of the world...the next you're just another old horse ....

The day will come when you'll find yourself sitting in a bar without ID, fretting about being carded...and then realizing it ain't going to happen. That's a sad day. You'll stay at that bar a long time...

damn, that's dark, dude. your office doesn't have windows, does it?

[RIET]

Originally posted by bnb
So innocent and naive there, smarty...one day you're on top of the world...the next you're just another old horse ....

The day will come when you'll find yourself sitting in a bar without ID, fretting about being carded...and then realizing it ain't going to happen. That's a sad day. You'll stay at that bar a long time...

This is very Al Pacino-esque. To make it more authentic:

So fu*king innocent and naive there, Mr. Smarty ass ***** for brains...one day you're on top of the world...the next you're just another old fu*king horse ....

The day will come when you'll find yourself sitting in a bar without ID, fretting about being fu*king carded...and then realizing it ain't going to happen. That's a sad fu*king day. You'll stay at that fu*king bar a long time......fu*king ***** head.

[Deckard]

I could come up with reams of moments when I realized I'd become "old" or "older," but the worst thing in the last year was when my son's former martial arts instructor, although he had met me a couple of times before, referred to me as my 13 year old son's Grandfather. The fool was 3 feet from me. If looks could kill, the dumb azz would be six feet under. :mad:

Really, it hit me one day, many years ago, when I looked in the mirror and saw a stranger. I had always been one of those guys who looked younger than he was, and got carded, sometimes, well into my 20's. I was looking in the mirror, and realized that, instead of looking younger than I was, I looked older than I was.

At least I had a hell of a good time getting there.



Nice topic idea, Falcon. Maybe it's been done before, but I don't remember it. Age? ;)

[gifford1967]

The first time I couldn't remember my age. Blowing by college punks on the Ultimate field makes it all feel better though.

[kgw]

When I heard a song that was popular when I was in high school on the oldies station.

[LonghornFan]

Originally posted by andymoon
experiencing the first time my body didn't cooperate with my mind.

Been there for years, and I'm only 31. I still get carded for beer though, A LOT.

W00t!

[Isabel]

Originally posted by kgw
When I heard a song that was popular when I was in high school on the oldies station.

identify with you there. I hate when that happens. "What, this is 'classic' already?"

Even my traditional students are only 10 years younger than me, which seems like it shouldn't matter, but they don't have some of the same cultural references. For example, I used to say, "this element is lithium. It is used in lithium carbonate medicine, to treat bipolar disorder. Does anyone remember that Nirvana song 'Lithium'?" And no one does. Blank stares. I guess I'm just showing that I come from way back in the early 90's...

[cagey veteran]

Just recently I've noticed a sudden proliferation of BACK HAIR. I've never really noticed any before, and now in my early 30's boom, a sudden proliferation, like the dormant back hair gene just exploded. WTF?

[LonghornFan]

Originally posted by cagey veteran
Just recently I've noticed a sudden proliferation of BACK HAIR.


GROSS!!!! cagey vet has backhair! TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!


:D

[mulletman]

i felt old when i went to rice village for a beer and i ran into a high school friend's little sister drinking there too. when my friend and i used to hang out at his house in high school, she was still playing with barbie dolls

[cagey veteran]

Originally posted by LonghornFan
GROSS!!!! cagey vet has backhair! TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!


:D
Well it's not really a forest back there yet, but it's getting pretty noticable. It may be time for a seasonal wax job....

[MoBalls]

I'm 32 and I got carded last night.....I almost hugged that bartender.

[FranchiseBlade]

Originally posted by Falcons Talon
A: When I looked in my yearbook and saw Moses.

A: When I fell off my dinosaur and broke my wooden underwear.

[BobFinn*]

Having to hold any reading material with semi-small print at a full arms length, yet still being able to only make out some of the words.:(

I refuse to get reading glasses (a sure sign you are "over the hill")

[Sishir Chang]

Originally posted by Deckard
I could come up with reams of moments when I realized I'd become "old" or "older," but the worst thing in the last year was when my son's former martial arts instructor, although he had met me a couple of times before, referred to me as my 13 year old son's Grandfather. The fool was 3 feet from me. If looks could kill, the dumb azz would be six feet under. :mad:

That's another good reason to get good at Martial Arts so you can say stuff like that and not having to worry about the repercussions. ;)

[Isabel]

Originally posted by BobFinn*
Having to hold any reading material with semi-small print at a full arms length, yet still being able to only make out some of the words.:(

I refuse to get reading glasses (a sure sign you are "over the hill")

Stuff up close is fine. I got a little nearsighted around the end of high school; to read stuff that is far away, I can squint and then everything is brought back into sharp focus, like when I was a kid. I don't think it's really gotten worse since then, though. Never have gotten glasses. :)

[mc mark]

Originally posted by BobFinn*
Having to hold any reading material with semi-small print at a full arms length, yet still being able to only make out some of the words.:(

I refuse to get reading glasses (a sure sign you are "over the hill")

Glasses open up a whole new world Bob! Getting a good prescription is like being reborn!

Yes! I am getting old!

:)

[DFW_Rockets_Fan]

When I noticed all the "12 year olds" playing college sports. Man they look young.

I take solace in the fact that I can still beat them sports.

[Manny Ramirez]

The ear hair is a dead giveaway but for me it is also my metabolism finally slowing down. I'll be 32 this year and for years, I NEVER had to worry about gaining weight. So, I ate whatever I wanted and never gained any weight thanks to a very high metabolism.

Well, about a month ago, I wasn't running like I should and found myself eating out more than usual. All of the sudden, my weight had ballooned from 193 to 200. It was a punch in the gut, but I realized right then that the days of eating all the junk food I could eat was over. It also made me realize how important it is to run so many times a week (which I have happily stepped that up in my life).

One other thing about getting old - I absolutely DETEST having people call me "mister" or "sir", especially when they look like they are only a couple years younger than me.:(

[ima_drummer2k]

Originally posted by NJRocket
when i realized that i am older than most active professional athletes

I feel you, man. They were talking about Aaron Glenn on 610 yesterday saying he getting old. He's 32.... :mad:

Originally posted by Falcons Talon
Age wise, I'm 34, 35 in November, but when asked, I want to blurt out 32...I don't know why...It just feels right...I guess I'm in denial...

I do that too. All the time.

Mine came a few years ago when a bunch of my old college friends decided to get together for a weekend. Kind of like a Big Chill thing. I figured we would all be doing the same things we did in college (ie. drinking and partying) but it turned into a bunch of people sitting around talking about what clothes they buy their kids. :(

[BobFinn*]

Originally posted by Isabel
Stuff up close is fine. I got a little nearsighted around the end of high school; to read stuff that is far away, I can squint and then everything is brought back into sharp focus, like when I was a kid. I don't think it's really gotten worse since then, though. Never have gotten glasses. :)

LOL, Squinting used to work, but not anymore:(

I have an autographed Bible if anyone is interested:p

[mateo]

Well it's not really a forest back there yet, but it's getting pretty noticable. It may be time for a seasonal wax job....

http://www.cleosecret.com/

Tell Ati that Abby sent you.

I realized I was old when I was running to 1st base on a bloop to the outfield and my foot got stuck between the front of the base and the ground. The foot stayed there and I kept moving.

Pop.

Never quite the same since then.

[drapg]

Originally posted by NJRocket
when i realized that i am older than most active professional athletes

Bingo. We have a winner. This fact kills me and eats a piece of my soul everyday.

I still feel like a 12-year old, Warren Moon worshipping, little boy.

[AggieRocket]

Originally posted by BobFinn*


I have an autographed Bible if anyone is interested:p

I don't know how old you are, but if you have an autographed Bible, then I must have a piece of Noah's Ark :)

[Dubious]

When I was about 50.

Seriously, I ceased to be able to run around 40 though I can still walk 18 carry a bag , no problem at 52. I have a diminished lung capacity, from my 30 years pot abuse I guess. (I'm a rare toker now)

When I say no problem I mean nothing 800 mg of Ibuprofren won't take care of.

[Faos]

When I started growing more hair out of my ears and nose than out of my head.

[bigtexxx]

I am currently dating (off and on) a 21-year old. I will never age, friends! Muahahahhaha!

...anybody here have kids who are that old? hee hee hahaha SNORT

[kgw]

NJRocket wrote:

when i realized that i am older than most active professional athletes

You're almost there. Just wait until the number of pro athletes older than you is equal to the number of head coaches younger than you.

[mc mark]

Originally posted by kgw
NJRocket wrote:



You're almost there. Just wait until the number of pro athletes older than you is equal to the number of head coaches younger than you.

Or your favorite player's kids are turning pro.

[AroundTheWorld]

Originally posted by bigtexxx
I am currently dating (off and on) a 21-year old. I will never age, friends! Muahahahhaha!

...anybody here have kids who are that old? hee hee hahaha SNORT

LOL. I am dating a 22-year old, but I think I am a few years older than you, even :D.

But she found three grey hairs on one of my temples :(.

Also, the thing with the professional athletes being younger than me bothers me, too.

[ima_drummer2k]

Originally posted by Sir Jackie Chiles
LOL. I am dating a 22-year old, but I think I am a few years older than you, even :D.
I've got you both beat.

You see, I'm dating a 7 year old.

[BrianKagy]

Hmph, age is nothing but a number. I'm-- well, I'm not going to tell you, but I'm that age, and I look 25 and I feel 16, meaning I am covered in oozing greasy pimples, I masturbate 9 times a day, and my voice sounds like it's hooked up to Jimi Hendrix's whammy bar.

[AggieRocket]

Originally posted by BrianKagy
my voice sounds like it's hooked up to Jimi Hendrix's whammy bar.

Let me just say that I am old enough to remember Jimi Hendrix's career from start to his untimely demise.

BTW, I was born before Jimi Hendrix :)

[KingCheetah]

Things i've noticed as i've gotten older not so much an exact Ahh Ha(!) moment...

Jumping - the hops went away at some point in my late 20s - it just doesn't feel good to even try to jump high anymore.

Sprinting - the explosiveness isn't there anymore - maybe it could come back if I sprinted as much as I did in my younger years, but I doubt it. This my friends can be trouble on the plains of the Serengeti.

Food - Can't eat just anything anymore - not only will I gain weight, but I just feel bad after a high fat/ greasy meal.

Hearing - Oh boy - i'm pretty much deaf in my left ear and have some loss in my right. Generally it's not a problem except in crowds - I have trouble picking out the words among the chatter.

All the pro athletes I have grown up with have retired or are nearing retirement.

Also, the go for broke attitude (especially on a mtn. Bike) has gone away - risk taking in general is way down from the teens and twenties.

Some of the positives:

I'm much stronger now than I ever was even though I probably work out less overall.

I've become very ambidextrous, but this is probably just through years of practice.

I have less muscle pain and aches especially my back through more mellow and focused workouts.

I'm much more rational.

[Deckard]

Originally posted by AggieRocket
Let me just say that I am old enough to remember Jimi Hendrix's career from start to his untimely demise.

BTW, I was born before Jimi Hendrix :)
AggieRocket, you're one of the handful of members here who lived "back in the past," like I did... heck, around 60, right? About five years older than me. Did you get to see Jimi? I feel a bit guilty now, voting for Dylan when it came between Bob and Jimi in Manny's contest, after fighting tooth and nail to get people to realize that he wasn't just a genius with the guitar... the genius with the guitar, but was in a group, and wasn't a solo artist, which was why I voted for Bob at the end. You've stayed out of those contests, which are fun (thanks, Manny and Win), but also frustrating.

Did you get to see him? Just curious. Except for my friends who went with me the three times the Experience played in Houston, and the one time Band of Gypsies did, I don't know anyone else personally who saw him live. That's a bit weird to me. It must be the ages of the members here, of course. They missed so much, and far more than just Jimi. Were you able to go to a lot of concerts? Or did Nam take you away from much of the scene back then.

[Rockets2K]

http://dork457.ggot.org/CameronFrye.jpg

Deckard. you're my hero....


;)

[AggieRocket]

Originally posted by Deckard
AggieRocket, you're one of the handful of members here who lived "back in the past," like I did... heck, around 60, right? About five years older than me. Did you get to see Jimi? I feel a bit guilty now, voting for Dylan when it came between Bob and Jimi in Manny's contest, after fighting tooth and nail to get people to realize that he wasn't just a genius with the guitar... the genius with the guitar, but was in a group, and wasn't a solo artist, which was why I voted for Bob at the end. You've stayed out of those contests, which are fun (thanks, Manny and Win), but also frustrating.

Did you get to see him? Just curious. Except for my friends who went with me the three times the Experience played in Houston, and the one time Band of Gypsies did, I don't know anyone else personally who saw him live. That's a bit weird to me. It must be the ages of the members here, of course. They missed so much, and far more than just Jimi. Were you able to go to a lot of concerts? Or did Nam take you away from much of the scene back then.

Deckard, unfortunately I was not able to see Jimi play live. I really wish I could have. From what I have heard, seeing Jimi live was unreal!!! You had a lot of great guitarists from that time (Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Pete Townsend, Duane Allman, etc.), but no one could give you a "live" experience like Jimi.

People today really missed out on listening to those greats from the 50's, 60's and 70's. Nowadays, you hear people saying that the Edge from U2 is one of the great guitarists. Taking nothing away from the Edge, he is not even in the same league as Hendrix, Page, and Allman.

You have to post to describe your experience seeing " The Experience." I am envious of you :)

[Dubious]

I saw him twice, once with The Experience and once With Band Of Gypsies.

I can't remeber the exact year of the first show but it was an awesome display of prowess, however the lighter fluid on the guitar thing had sort of become cliche', like The Who busting up their equipment at the end of every show.

I saw Led Zepplin from row #1 in the midde in '73. I spent the whole night having to to look straight up into the rolled up sock stuffed in Robert Plant's jeans. :eek:

[RocketMan Tex]

I finally realized I wasn't a spring chicken anymore on my 40th birthday, in 2001. Someone I was having drinks with mentioned to me "Do you realize that people born in 1980 are now old enough to drink?" That was all it took...I've officially been an old fart ever since!

[JBIIRockets]

Two things,

Playing in the CF.net pick-up and having my shoulder dislocate after a clean strip by macalu. I will be having surgery on it in 4 weeks.

One night, I woke up, starting walking until I made the den, then inexplicabily, my entire left leg became numb and I fell and leaned to the back end of the couch.

[RIET]

Originally posted by JBIIRockets
Two things,

Playing in the CF.net pick-up and having my shoulder dislocate after a clean strip by macalu. I will be having surgery on it in 4 weeks.

One night, I woke up, starting walking until I made the den, then inexplicabily, my entire left leg became numb and I fell and leaned to the back end of the couch.

Aren't you like 24?

[Pipe]

Originally posted by Deckard
Did you get to see him? Just curious. Except for my friends who went with me the three times the Experience played in Houston, and the one time Band of Gypsies did, I don't know anyone else personally who saw him live. That's a bit weird to me. It must be the ages of the members here, of course. They missed so much, and far more than just Jimi. Were you able to go to a lot of concerts? Or did Nam take you away from much of the scene back then.
My wife, who is a bit older than me, saw Jimi - I think at the Coluseum, but I could be wrong. She saw a number of legendary bands, including one concert that got shut down by the police (can't recall who it was).

Her best band/concert story is that ZZ Top played at her after prom party - she graduated from Waltrip in 1970.

As far as the older part, I'll go with Faos. I'll never forget when the barber started trimming stuff besides what was on top of my head. I was thinking, WTF? :mad: :mad: :o :o

[Drexlerfan22]

Well, I'm 20 and already have chronic back problems... mostly from guarding the 270-pound guy every day for 2 hours throughout high school. Damn I'm stupid. :(

[The Real Shady]

Right now when I look at college girls they look so unbelievably young. It doesn't seem like too long ago that I thought they were so much older looking than me.

[TraJ]

Two words: pill box

[Isabel]

Originally posted by The Real Shady
Right now when I look at college girls they look so unbelievably young. It doesn't seem like too long ago that I thought they were so much older looking than me.

Or, when college (guys, in my case) look the same to you, but you look older to them. :(

[Dr of Dunk]

Age 25 : I was called "sir" for the first time.
Age 29 : I found out I had high blood pressure. At 23 it was normal and I was fit and eating like a pig. lol.
Age 33 : Back surgery for a herniated disc.

It's gonna be downhill from here... ;)

But on the plus side, I'm not as broke as I was when I was younger, so I got that going for me... lol. :D

[Dr of Dunk]

Ok, I just had another "old moment".

I just realized I'm now older than 3 of my teachers were in my senior year of high school.

*sigh*

[mc mark]

Another moment!

I was sitting in a bar last weekend and talking to this really fine young lady. And I found out that I'm older than her dad!

:eek:


"sigh"

[bnb]

The daughter of a guy i play hockey with just turned 18!!

(sorry guys....no pics!).

[Sishir Chang]

Originally posted by Dr of Dunk

But on the plus side, I'm not as broke as I was when I was younger, so I got that going for me... lol. :D

I've got more money now but I can't enjoy it as much as when I was younger. Such as going skiing more or other adventure sports.

It is true that youth is wasted on the young.

[BobFinn*]

Originally posted by Dubious
I saw him twice, once with The Experience and once With Band Of Gypsies.

I can't remeber the exact year of the first show but it was an awesome display of prowess, however the lighter fluid on the guitar thing had sort of become cliche',

Hmmmm, I could have sworn I read that Jimi only lit his guitar on fire twice. Once was Monterey and the other was Sweden or Holland.

The time he lit it on fire in Sweden or Holland, he almost burned the place down. That was the last time he did it.

[JBIIRockets]

Originally posted by RIET
Aren't you like 24?

Yup.

[Hammer755]

There are a few things that really make me feel old:

- I have a sister who is a couple of years younger than me. When people asked about my family, I would usually mention that I had a teenage sister. Then it hit me one time - I calculated her age and she was now 25!

- My parents still live in the house that I grew up in the Midwest. My mom keeps me informed when we speak on the phone as to what's going on in the neighborhood where I grew up. Every so often she'll say something like 'the neighbor girl got her driver's license yesterday'. Sometimes I'll have a difficult time placing the name until I realize that it was the neighbor girl that was in kindergarten the last time I lived at home.

- This final one just happened last week. I was driving down the road and it hit me: I'm approaching thirty and driving down the road in a minivan listening to the Wiggles with my kids. I don't know how it happened, but I'm the dad now. To steal an Owen Wilson line from Armageddon, that realization was 99% cool and 1% terrifying, or maybe it's the other way around.

[Dubious]

Happy 47th Birthday!

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[hooroo]

Originally posted by Falcons Talon
Grabbing the first bar and putting my weight on my right arm shot excrutiating pain out of my fairly recently operated right shoulder.

That incident has nothing to do with getting older :D

[Bogey]

- This final one just happened last week. I was driving down the road and it hit me: I'm approaching thirty and driving down the road in a minivan listening to the Wiggles with my kids.

I'm starting to get up there (around 31 or something) but I will never let myself be old enough to buy a minivan. Luckily my wife agrees.

[MadMax]

Originally posted by Hammer755


- This final one just happened last week. I was driving down the road and it hit me: I'm approaching thirty and driving down the road in a minivan listening to the Wiggles with my kids. I don't know how it happened, but I'm the dad now. To steal an Owen Wilson line from Armageddon, that realization was 99% cool and 1% terrifying, or maybe it's the other way around.

have you seen the Saturn ad where the guy talks about his new car being perfect for "rolling with his boys....throwing back juice boxes??" and then it flashes to the backseat where his two little boys are sitting. :)

[Falcons Talon]

Originally posted by hooroo
That incident has nothing to do with getting older :D

I see where you're going with this...time for another thread!!!:D

[Tdogg]

I'm 29 years old

While doing classroom observations for my teaching certification for a 6th grade class, I was helping the students with their power point projects on the solar system.

Well, one of the criteria for the assignment was to find the Greek or Roman god associated with the planet they were researching.

While one of the kids was Googling pictures for their planet, one of the pictures that came up was from the old movie "Clash of the Titans."

I made the mistake of saying something like, "Whoa, Clash of the Titans, have you guys seen that movie?"

One student responded with, "I've seen Remember the Titans."

I said something like, "Oh, well this movie was out when I was a kid."

Then another student said, "Sir, I'm only 11 years old."

Needless to say, I felt my age. :(

[Hammer755]

Originally posted by Bogey
I'm starting to get up there (around 31 or something) but I will never let myself be old enough to buy a minivan. Luckily my wife agrees.

My wife and I said exactly the same thing until it came time to actually purchase a family vehicle and we had to determine if we wanted a minivan or an SUV. After comparing sticker prices, fuel efficiency, and energy prices, we determined that retaining any appearances of coolness was going to cost way more than it was worth.

[Deckard]

Originally posted by Pipe
My wife, who is a bit older than me, saw Jimi - I think at the Coluseum, but I could be wrong. She saw a number of legendary bands, including one concert that got shut down by the police (can't recall who it was).

Her best band/concert story is that ZZ Top played at her after prom party - she graduated from Waltrip in 1970.

As far as the older part, I'll go with Faos. I'll never forget when the barber started trimming stuff besides what was on top of my head. I was thinking, WTF? :mad: :mad: :o :o
Found this thread while trying to find a post I'd made about seeing Hendrix in concert, in order to get back to AggieRocket about what it was like... I didn't even realize it was in this thread that I was asked about it. (I'm still looking for my post... not too good at the search thing, I guess)


Pipe, it was the Jefferson Airplane that got shut down by the cops at the Coluseum. The clock had struck midnight, and the cops said, "That's it... gotta stop!" The Airplane refused to quit playing, and when they turned off their power the Airplane became really pissed, the crowd became really pissed, and a little riot broke out. I made off with the triangular end of one of those barricade thingies they used to use. Just walked out with it and had it for years. After that they weren't nearly so eager to turn off the power during a concert. It was a ludicrous rule anyway, because back then most of them had at least three groups play, and they didn't play for 20 minutes, either.


BTW, the times I saw Jimi play he didn't burn his Strat. I have no doubt that he burned plenty before he came onstage, as well as doing a lot of other things of one type or another. ;)

Saw the Moving Sidewalks (pre-ZZ Top) open for the Doors at the same venue. They were great!