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[i]go and watch a Masters MTB race[/i]
to see how the nippers get on?
I heard that at age 57 you don't bounce any more when you fall off your bike.
Well, my mate Pete was following me and he says I definitely [b][i]DID [/i][/b] bounce.
And you start to become proud of being able to do those things that you were last proud of at age 2. You know, eating solid food, not peeing your pants, walking unaided, stuff like that.
I am will be 37 this year, last 12 years have been hell on wheels, running a business, marriage 3 kids messy divorce etc. That said I have been dating a few nice women lately, started back to the gym and am starting to feel better about myself. I value things in life more and think it is important to live for the day etc, sleep with as many beautiful women as you can and dont get too hung up about things. Out of seven of the people I served my time with 6 are dead (three of them were younger than me when they died) and one has Alzheimers, a good friend of mine had a sister die of pancreatic cancer at 29 so LIVE FOR TODAY!
Watched my mate realise he was old last year. Went to Manchester to see a band, he was there at college so we went to a few of his old locals. He soon realised he had become the old fart at the end of the bar he had mocked all those years ago letching at the 20 year olds.
Don't feel old. You just get things creeping up on you and realise daft things like you've been driving a car for 25 years, or it was 30 years since you fancied someone you bumped into again (and time hasn't been kind to her). Or a year has flown past and you still haven't painted that room like you promised to do.
You have lots of mid life crises's. It's awesome!
So far I've done dirt jumping, BMX racing, bought a sports car, sold a sports car, broken a knee skateboarding, looked at motorbikes and this year I'm building myself a six pack.
I'm looking forwards to having an affair with a twenty one year old stunner.
Hope he's blonde.
LOL
When you get old you get a sensible haircut and opt for a stable job rather than some sort of hedonistic rock and roll lifestyle.
HTH.
I found that when I turned 50,my memory started to suffer from lapses,then I had a minor stroke at 54 and ever since,I er um,what were we talking about?
+1 @ 57 most/all off above but the worst is feeling the guilt about oggling 😛 young Ladies dressed in mini skirts/tight jeans & tops/those jegging things(just like they did back in the `70s ) 😯 🙄
When you get old you get a sensible haircut and opt for a stable job rather than some sort of hedonistic rock and roll lifestyle.
tell that to Keith Richards
tell that to Keith Richards
I think I would find a wider and more receptive audience with the people who once aspired to be like Keith Richards. 😉
According to an Europe 1 radio report your brain gets happier. It has learned to cope with all kinds of assaults on it and calmly provides the required responses so you no longer feel stressed. This is useful, it means you can take on a forum full of odious, wound up youngsters and play with them until they are all screaming mad, then log off feeling happy, serene and ready for a night of passion with an older lady that has has also learned the required responses and no longer feels stressed (and knows the best way to get a good nights sleep).
47 here, just did a sub 5hr 100miler at the weekend so pretty much as fit as I've ever been. Seem to enjoy riding my MTB more every year, the only down side being the time it takes to recover after hitting the deck!
When you get old you get a sensible haircut and opt for a stable job rather than some sort of hedonistic rock and roll lifestyle
Err other way around for me, mind you hedonistics probably to strong a word
Torminalis - MemberWhen you get old you get a sensible haircut and opt for a stable job rather than some sort of hedonistic rock and roll lifestyle.
Wayhayyyyyyyyyyy
I ain't old any more
What Ho Hum said.
Am now 40. Generally more content as I've got older.
I don't feel old. But I do think a great deal more - and especially about things that I should do to keep me happy.
I am more self aware the more time goes on.
Not far off 37 here. I'm as fit as I've ever been, and more skilled. I'm the same weight as I was when I was 16 too. Recovery takes longer, and injuries don't heal so quick. I can't do back to back 24 hour days at work like I used to, and only getting 4 hours sleep makes the next day *really* grim.
The big difference now is that I have to work at everything much harder. I can't eat and drink everything in sight with impunity. Getting fit, and staying there takes effort, and I curse myself everytime I let it slip and have to fight to get it back.
JonEdwards - Member
Not far off 37 here. I'm as fit as I've
Jon, this thread is about being OLD. 37 is not OLD...
I'm 45 soon and utterly fail to feel unhappy about my age. I've adjusted my attitude to disregard most peoples expectations of me, my focus is on my kids, securing an adequate income to pursue things I want to do, to be a stoic hedonist. And Mrs iDave is only 28 which helps 😯
😆 at Mr Woppit
anything over 31 is old, unless you're mrsconsequence then anything over 25 is old.
37 isn't old Jon.
I'm not old by some folks reckoning but by others standards I've lived 3 lifetimes..
I'm just getting mellower.. 8)
... and greyer
... and I ache much much more
Oh and after 30 every time you laugh a bit of wee comes out. 😀
Knot in the end of the 4skin solves that one.
Oh and after 30 every time you laugh a bit of wee comes out.
Must be a man thing.
As well as starting my midlife crisis early (see above), I've also realised the value of two important things:
1. Openly saying one is old means that one really is old. My FIL, who retired at 56, describes himself at 63 as old. He doesn't do anything and seems willing himself just to get older.
2. Most important. You have to do stuff. If you don't have the time, you have to make the time - become one of those people who packs more into every day and maximises life. I like to think of them as Time Weavers.
In short: do more, moan less.
Must be a man thing.
Women it just happens anyway, I've seen the ads.
stoic hedonist
I like this term iDave.. but could you explain it to me a little..?
my focus is on my kids, securing an adequate income to pursue things I want to do
This is my plan also but the money side of it seems to take up all my time so far. Need to fix that.
yunki - I pursue whatever I want to pursue, whatever goes 'wrong' isn't bad, it's just stuff. It's just something that happened and my level of contentment in life relates to my response rather than the event itself. But central to it, is that I seek fun places and people and experiences and other peoples opinion about anything I do is none of my business.
“Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed and you haven’t been.” Marcus Aurelius
I find that when you get to 52 you turn into a dirty old man and start fancying younger women. Then when you get to 56 you start to wish you hadn't ......... oops.
don't know I'm only 56.stop worrying
more money for toys, still feel 18 at 42, not really slowing down, but stay in nice places rather than a karrimat on any available floor, then go out and still kick the a..e out of whatever it is.
variety is good. Learnt to snowboard and surf (fairly well) in my 30s
1st kid on way. looking forward to buying Scalextric and damaging my hips on the parents' sports day against all the 20 year olds.
I personally think most of my mates still get v v pished, just as much as they used to in their 20s, but it tends to be behind closed doors, allowing us to tut at those collapsing outside clubs and pubs (to mask our jealousy?)
don't hear as much as I used to, but a career blowing things up didn't help with that...eh? you what?
less inclined to blow up, though the two fat birds what talked all through spinning last night almost got a mouthful- maybe that's the difference, in my 20s, I 'would have had to' tell em, whereas now I just think, 'grrrr.... bless em, @*&*@@ and breath'....
iDave = my personal hero 🙂
lol i think everyone on STW has noticed your man-crush mol!
That's exactly what it sounded like it should mean.. I'm gonna adopt that little phrase if you don't mind.. very neat.. 🙂
Getting philosophical now. "Choose not to be harmed and you won’t feel harmed" is about having a choice about how you behave - not being enslaved by your immediate reactions and feeling. It's got value as a life philosophy.
A slight warning though - I think experiencing feelings of hurt are actually quite important in developing empathy toward others. By feeling/understanding the sensations of hurt, one comprehends other peoples' hurt and can avoid actions and words that hurt them, either intentionally or unintentionally.
A life of Hedonism is not all orgies, grapes and Bacchanalia you know?! 😆
Good old Rubens
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Emotions should not enslave you, but that does not necessarily mean they should be denied imo.
I suppose what I mean is that I'm not going to waste my emotions on stuff that I can't do anything about or dreary crap that comes from ****wits.
dreary crap that comes from ****wits
And you log on here? 😉
From the other perspective.
Can't wait to be older, sick of having no money, sick of people treating me like a child, sick of learning, want to DO! Somethings I have adult responsibility, but I'm not often treated like an adult.
even saying 20 will hopefully make a difference. Find myself daydreaming about job, house, car, settled, y'know?
Find myself daydreaming about job, house, car, settled, y'know?
It's not all it's cracked up to be!
Well - some folk like that kind of thing, I don't.
cottage, real fire, snuggled on the sofa. maybe a cat.
Sleigh Bells playing at top volume, LOL
The only thing that genuinely worries me about being 45 is the speed at which time flies past. I don't think it's solely a factor of age, but it does seem that being 60 is going to come round straight after 50.
Otherwise I'm still an immature, opinionated **** who annoys people, and I still crash from trying too hard/being crap.