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Waking up this morning at 50...
July 16, 2018, 04:29 PM
JDHunzWaking up this morning at 50...
...was the same as going to bed at 49 last night.
Kind of thought there’d be a big ass parade or something outside, but nope.
Luckily, the Mrs. allowed me to fulfill that midlife crisis...by getting a minivan!!!
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July 16, 2018, 04:33 PM
GWbikerWaiting you're pushing age 80 and hoping you will wake up tomorrow.
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"Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them".
July 16, 2018, 04:36 PM
RaiseHalHappy Birthday to you.
It's a shame that youth is wasted on the young --- Mark Twain
Anyone who is not a liberal by age 20 has no heart; anyone who is not a conservative by age 40 has no brain---Winston Churchill
July 16, 2018, 04:50 PM
arfmelHappy birthday. You’ve entered your twilight years.
I’m 61. In my final decline.
July 16, 2018, 05:07 PM
BurtonRWquote:
Originally posted by JDHunz:
Luckily, the Mrs. allowed me to fulfill that midlife crisis...by getting a minivan!!!
Hey, I’m only 38, but my Cherokee is in the shop for a new CV boot and rear axle bearing. The dealer gave me a Pacifica for a loaner.
I like the cup holders.
-Rob
I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888
A=A July 16, 2018, 05:11 PM
two-two-niner-romeoWelcome to the 50+ club! Have you scheduled your colonoscopy yet?
"Being miserable and treating other people like dirt is every New Yorker's God-given right!" - GhostBusters II
"You have all the tools you need. Don't blame them. Use them." - Dan Worrall
July 16, 2018, 05:14 PM
braillediverWelcome to the 50's. I remember when I thought 30 was over the hill.
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The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart.
July 16, 2018, 05:28 PM
Rolan_KrapsWelcome to the club. Pass the Ibuprofen.
Rolan Kraps
SASS Regulator
Gainesville, Georgia.
NRA Range Safety Officer
NRA Certified Instructor - Pistol / Personal Protection Inside the Home
July 16, 2018, 05:33 PM
TigerDore50 is the new 30. I took up P90X at 50. You're just getting started. Happy Birthday!
July 16, 2018, 05:38 PM
BisleyblackhawkWait till you wake up at 65 and you think to your own damn self "just yesterday I waz 55"
...at least you woke up
...actually, I kinda liked my old Villager minivan (it carried a bunch of range stuff).
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Making the best of what ever comes our way
Forget that blind ambition and learn to trust your intuition
Plowing straight ahead come what may
And theres a cowboy in the jungle"
Jimmy Buffet
July 16, 2018, 05:42 PM
LastCubScoutWelcome! I hit 50 in January. This is when the fun really begins. Let's hear it for us Gen-Xers!
July 16, 2018, 06:46 PM
ArtyYou do realize that 50 is half a century!
"Ride to the sound of the big guns." July 16, 2018, 07:17 PM
adobesigCongrats.
Gettin' old gets here faster than anyone thinks.
July 16, 2018, 07:20 PM
roberthHappy birthday!!
55 here, mountain biking at 10K+ altitude here in Colorado. Girlfriend
started mountain biking last year and is making excellent progress riding blue trails already.
July 16, 2018, 07:23 PM
BytesHappy birthday. 50 is hard, you'll be fine. I know because I passed it about 12 years ago.
July 16, 2018, 07:27 PM
bald1Happy Birthday!
Your thread had me thinking back to my 50th. Arrived at work to find a walker planted in my parking space. Opened the door to my office to find it jammed with balloons. The pranks continued all morning. Figured I'd be able to escape at lunch with a per-scheduled meeting with a friend. Ever cautious I scoped out the restaurant parking lot and didn't see any familiar cars. Went inside to find damned near the entire office there. They had parked down the street. The local "cookie lady" had been hired to show up. She was dressed in a French Maid's costume and was quite hot. Sat on my lap and sang "Happy Birthday" in French. All this because I had once (or maybe twice) joked that I needed a French Maid to "help" around the house.
There was a lot more that day and I was gifted with a VCR tape of the highlights. Fun and very enjoyable!
Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club!
USN (RET), COTEP #192
July 16, 2018, 07:33 PM
dsietsI may have to rez this thread in 22 days.
July 16, 2018, 09:42 PM
FredwardHahaha1 50. I remember that. Vaguely.
July 16, 2018, 09:53 PM
Scoutmasterquote:
Originally posted by arfmel:
Happy birthday. You’ve entered your twilight years.
I’m 61. In my final decline.
Once you are over the hill, you pick up speed. (Ask me how I know).
"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it"
- Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 July 16, 2018, 10:10 PM
BassamaticYeah, I have trouble even remembering 50.
Oh, Happy Birthday.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.