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    neph93
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    Joined: 18 Aug 2014

    @Snowy:

    I hated being young. I do miss being able to take drugs and party all night without having a care in the world the day after tho. Responsibilities and age. Life. Would I change anything if I could? No. Would I do it again if I was young? No.

    If you ask people what age they’d like to be again if they could, no one ever says 16-18.

    “Some of those that work forces
    Are the same that burn crosses”

    • Virginia Woolf
    last edited by 16 Oct 2019, 10:51 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      BloodnThunder
      Raw and Unwashed
      Joined: 20 May 2015

      That's definitely a tough one.  I'm not that old so I don't have many years to choose from but there are positives and negatives to all.  When you're a kid you aren't in real life which has it's benefits and downfalls.  20's you have your youth, independence, but most likely are limited financially, and lack some life experience/wisdom.  30's (so far) you still have some youth, are independent, stronger financially which opens doors, have gained some wisdom, but also don't have the youth of your 20's, and most likely have a fuller life plate with many more responsibilities (which can be good and bad).  For those older I'm sure they can enlighten me on the next few decades to come.

      IG: Shadesofindig0

      last edited by 16 Oct 2019, 17:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        steelworker
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        Joined: 16 Apr 2014

        It's all downhill after 21, @BloodnThunder  😃

        And for all those guys who are enthralled by their own wonderfulness and insist the kindly old snowtop precede them through the door-you can fuck right off. If I needed any shit from you I'd squeeze your head.

        Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
        Well, I have others.

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          Jett129
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          Joined: 17 Aug 2011

          At 66 I just might be the oldest one hanging around on The Forum. So I'm not getting old,lets face it I am old,at least chronologically. I work out as hard as I can as often as I can,and people tell me they can't believe my age,to which I reply "Just trying to stay ahead of the curve" I'm with Giles in that I don't give a fuck as to what people think about me. I still ride a motorcycle and can still play drums albeit both a little slower. Like a lot of you I love to drink good beer and other spirits,but am no longer willing to pay the price of excessive consumption. A friend said to me if you ever wake up and nothing hurts,you're probably dead.

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            steelworker
            見習いボス
            Joined: 16 Apr 2014

            I'm growing irritable in my declining years.

            Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
            Well, I have others.

            last edited by 16 Oct 2019, 23:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Chris
              Raw and Unwashed
              Joined: 28 Jun 2010

              Getting old just means you can afford the hottest concert tickets in town

              last edited by 17 Oct 2019, 00:44 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                motojobobo
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 22 Aug 2015

                At 55, I have an ever increasing intolerance to disconnected conversation between friends/family. Drives me nuts when people don’t address in their response the points raised inmediately before…or worse, completely change subjects and ignore your recent comments. This happens even when the topic being discussed was brought up by them.

                Not sure whether conversations were ALWAYS like that and I just didn’t notice it due to youth. Sometimes I tend to think it may be influenced by attention deficit in pur modern multitasking lives.

                The journey is the objective.

                last edited by 17 Oct 2019, 05:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  madmonday
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 13 Oct 2009

                  thought this was the jokes thread

                  love it

                  head high, middle finger higher

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                    mclaincausey
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                    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                    @motojobobo:

                    At 55, I have an ever increasing intolerance to disconnected conversation between friends/family. Drives me nuts when people don’t address in their response the points raised inmediately before…or worse, completely change subjects and ignore your recent comments. This happens even when the topic being discussed was brought up by them.

                    Not sure whether conversations were ALWAYS like that and I just didn’t notice it due to youth. Sometimes I tend to think it may be influenced by attention deficit in pur modern multitasking lives.

                    I think you nailed it man. We have more information available than ever before and can connect more easily to more distant and diverse people more quickly than ever before, yet we seem to have less knowledge, wisdom, empathy, and time for focusing on tasks and objectives, much less on one another, than ever before.

                    Think it, be it.

                    last edited by 18 Oct 2019, 00:55 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      madmonday
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 13 Oct 2009

                      learned or correct way 2 frame it is actually believe all those old golden rules actually apply in real life and that i appreciate all that happens cause i learn from it

                      not so focused on myself as i was in my younger days as i start 2 value my functioning dysfunctional relationships and nothing is more important than my relationships with my friends and family.

                      super annoyed with salt and pepper pubes though, right @Matty123

                      head high, middle finger higher

                      last edited by 18 Oct 2019, 04:02 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        DougNg
                        Joined: 24 Sept 2009

                        I really miss having the lock thread button right now

                        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

                        last edited by 19 Oct 2019, 15:51 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          Chris
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                          @DougNg:

                          I really miss having the lock thread button right now

                          last edited by 19 Oct 2019, 19:54 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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