Evening to all - turned 81 August 31. Talk by phone to 2 of my 3D ACR buddies in their early 90’s who were Korean War era. One browses this site from time to time.

Regards, Blackhorse4

My gun show buddy was 80 yesterday. His Bday party is Sunday, and I've got to drive/ride way downstate for his party. He's a bit afraid he may not live that long. Me too. There's nothing wrong with him except his age. Me too.

Where are all the young pups like DoubleSharp and Frakes?

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Same here. Don't we have the same b-day- Oct 6?

Actually, I'm Oct 29.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
The gentleman in question is HJrocket.

Here's a post from him about the Civil War vets:
Link

Thanks, OKCGene for mentioning him. And...

thanks for that, Doc!

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Originally posted by sig229-SAS:
79 in a few weeks

Amazing! I still use your salt and pepper mills everyday!

Henry Youngman drum roll please.

An old man limped into the doctor's office and said, "Doctor, my knee hurts so bad, I can hardly walk"!

The doctor slowly eyed him from head to toe, paused and then said, "Sir, how old are you"?

"I'm 98", the man announced proudly.

The doctor just sighed, and looked at him again. Finally he said, "Sir, I'm sorry. I mean, just look at you. You are almost one hundred years old, and you're complaining that your knee hurts? Well, what did you expect"?

The old man said, "Well, my other knee is 98 years old too, and it doesn't hurt"!

Badda bing badda boom!

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Originally posted by davetruong:

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Originally posted by sig229-SAS:
79 in a few weeks

Amazing! I still use your salt and pepper mills everyday!

Ha! I have a pair sitting right in front of me!

Doctor gave an old man an extended physical and determined the guy had 6 months to live, then found out the old guy was short on funds and couldn't pay the Doctor visit.

So, the Doctor gave him another 6 months to live.

BTW, I'll be 82 in late November.

Shoot, I don't feel so bad...I'm only 74.

We may never know who the oldest guy is on the forum.

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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
Shoot, I don't feel so bad...I'm only 74.

Add another here born in 1947.

Born in 1950 here. You REAL old guys can keep it up, you're making me feel young!

Guess I’m not really old at 42 but my body sure feels old.

I go to work and I feel like the old guy.
I come into this thread and I’m feeling quite young at 46. I’ll be 47 in two weeks and two days.

I turned 71 this month.

Before I retired I had a chance to interview some very elderly people. A fun part of the job. I remember one guy in his 90s who had never used Medicare (which is why he drew the attention of SSA - to verify he was still alive.) Absolute perfect health. Said he hadn't seen a doctor in 30 years. He was a Black guy who was a truck driver in the US Army during WW2. He had some unforgettable stories of his military service in Italy during the war. He could have written a book.

Perhaps the most interesting thing he told me was that his mother didn't know exactly when she was born, but the family maintained that she was almost 120 when she died. Who knows if it's true, but he believed it was.

I'm a youthful 57, but with the maturity curve factored in, I'm a bouncing baby boy!

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Originally posted by Shaql:

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Originally posted by kkina:
Same here. Don't we have the same b-day- Oct 6?

Well, that makes 3 of us!

Me too! I’ll be 51 this coming 10/06

72 last July. In a few weeks I have to start receiving required distributions from another account. What am I going to do with all that money?

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
84 here. Not the oldest, but probably in the top 32%.

Just turned 65 this month

In the famous words of Jack Benny. I’m 39 years old.



Actually I was 39 in 1985 an next week marks my 16th year of retirement.