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I'm over the hill
July 24, 2017, 05:56 PM
0-0I'm over the hill
I joined this fabulous place a young adult and now realise, sith no room for doubt, that I've become and old fart.
Discuss and shafe your own experience.
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July 24, 2017, 06:12 PM
SilentSame here, and friend boy do I feel lucky and blessed. At this point in life I can number friends, acquaintances, and family members at least as deserving as I (many more so) who had their chances to continue with this thing called life cut short. While I don't enjoy the slowing down, I am glad to be more thankful each day.
Silent
July 24, 2017, 06:27 PM
GustoferMany of us are sir.
Just the other day I was doing a particularly difficult case and nothing was going right. I made the comment, "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking". One of the nurses, a cute young thing, looked up at me and said, "I didn't know you smoked."
Sigh....
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July 24, 2017, 06:31 PM
msfzoeOver the hill is better than under the hill.
July 24, 2017, 06:38 PM
BisleyblackhawkYou are in so some much good company my friend from below the equator
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July 24, 2017, 06:46 PM
jbcummingsIn 14 years? Merely a skip and a jaunt to some of us (not counting membership here). Have good cheer, you're just getting started, there are other hills to go over.
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July 24, 2017, 06:47 PM
HayesGreenerWelcome to the GOFWIG club
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July 24, 2017, 06:47 PM
229DAKThere was a hill?
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July 24, 2017, 07:02 PM
arfmelIt occurred to me this afternoon that if I'm lucky, in ten years I'll be 70.
July 24, 2017, 07:16 PM
Warhorsequote:
Originally posted by msfzoe:
Over the hill is better than under the hill.
Very true!
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July 24, 2017, 07:27 PM
ensigmaticquote:
Originally posted by msfzoe:
Over the hill is better than under the hill.
^5
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher July 24, 2017, 07:31 PM
ArLEOretReference The previous post, in 10 years I will be 92. I'm still going and if my pacemaker keeps going I am still strong, thanks to the VA. NOT ready to be planted!
Officers lives matter!
July 24, 2017, 08:36 PM
ArtieSYou're younger than I am and I'm not admitting it. I have not yet begun to fight! - John Paul Jones
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
July 24, 2017, 09:20 PM
YooperSigsSliding downhill myself.
End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
July 24, 2017, 09:31 PM
Jim ShugartI'm also definitely over the hill, too. Why the fuck can't I remember being on top of the hill???
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
July 24, 2017, 10:20 PM
craglawnmanorquote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart:
I'm also definitely over the hill, too. Why the fuck can't I remember being on top of the hill???
Yes, but more importantly, can you remember what you had for breakfast??
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July 24, 2017, 10:31 PM
beltfed21You know you're over the hill when every morning you get out of bed with sound effects!
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July 24, 2017, 10:52 PM
10X-ShooterI passed 50 and have the mileage of a 70 year old. Wish my eyes hadn't shit the bed, bifocals suck.
July 24, 2017, 11:10 PM
FlyingScotI'm 50 in 1 week. I used to be the youngest, quickest, hungriest wherever I went.
Now I'm the oldest (tech industry), but wiser and better than the foolish young man I was. What leaves me scratching my head is I have been with my wife 30 years, married 25 this New Year's Eve. Seems to have gone by in a blink, and I'm jealous of the time we have each day as well as the time I get to spend with our children.
I've had a plate put in my neck and 4 shoulder surgeries in last 6 years. I'm truly blessed to be here and plan to enjoy my next 50 years
“Forigive your enemy, but remember the bastard’s name.”
-Scottish proverb July 24, 2017, 11:25 PM
BassamaticLots of old folks here on the forum. They bring experience and wisdom. Well, maybe, kind of sorta.
.....never marry a woman who is mean to your waitress.