My problem with getting old...

...is when all the professionals around me are almost young enough that I could be their father. It's hard to take them seriously.

But damn my doctor's fvcking hot.

Fvck you, father time, Fvck. You. :evil:

All you other old foggies here, what's difficult for you to accept as you age?

more prone to injury when active, longer recovery times when injuries occur. comp_atkins

I'm to the point now to where if I wake up with a new pain, I figure that's just life from here on out.

I'm getting to the point where most of my students could be my legitimate, non-teen parent children. 

I'm only 33 but I'm one of the older guys at the company I work at. I like working with young people, they keep you sharp.

That a lot of people I have known and loved are dead. And I miss them terribly.

Other than that, I am enjoying getting old and slowing down, "gracefully surrendering the things of youth."

It's better than the alternative.

How old are you, TC?Stranger_36

[QUOTE="Stranger_36"]How old are you, TC?dave123321

Yeah, 37.

Old. :?

[QUOTE="dave123321"][QUOTE="Stranger_36"]How old are you, TC?br0kenrabbit

Yeah, 37.

Old. :?

Oh, baloney. I'm older than you and yet, I can still scrimmage in soccer with the younger folks. Gotta watch my right knee though.

Edit:

 :lol: Oh. I still get a boner without needing boner pills. But, whenever the wife mentions, "How about a boy?" I say, "Hell no! I'm done making kids."

I'll be one of those young looking doctors in a few years. :P

I'm 25 so I'm not old or anything. But I'm really stressed out about wasting the rest of my life in this hellhole. I can't get rid of the feeling that I should have left a loooong time ago. In fact I should never have spent a day in Gaza but I was not in control of my life which adds to the frustration. I keep thinking about the things I've missed out on and I keep asking myself what I would have turned to be if I lived somewhere decent. Its really patronizing and frustrating, you have no idea how it feels.GazaAli

Ha I'm that young professional. I started working at an engineering firm earlier this spring as a co op when I was 19. Lots of high schoolers look older than me, so people were probably wondering if I was someone's kid or something the first week or so of work :P

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]I'm 25 so I'm not old or anything. But I'm really stressed out about wasting the rest of my life in this hellhole. I can't get rid of the feeling that I should have left a loooong time ago. In fact I should never have spent a day in Gaza but I was not in control of my life which adds to the frustration. I keep thinking about the things I've missed out on and I keep asking myself what I would have turned to be if I lived somewhere decent. Its really patronizing and frustrating, you have no idea how it feels.The_Lipscomb

[QUOTE="The_Lipscomb"][QUOTE="GazaAli"]I'm 25 so I'm not old or anything. But I'm really stressed out about wasting the rest of my life in this hellhole. I can't get rid of the feeling that I should have left a loooong time ago. In fact I should never have spent a day in Gaza but I was not in control of my life which adds to the frustration. I keep thinking about the things I've missed out on and I keep asking myself what I would have turned to be if I lived somewhere decent. Its really patronizing and frustrating, you have no idea how it feels.GazaAli

Have you considered the refugee route?

On topic: even the milfs are too young :cry:

[QUOTE="GazaAli"][QUOTE="The_Lipscomb"] Can you get out of Gaza? I honestly don't much about the region. I don't pay a lot of attention to the middle east.SUD123456

Have you considered the refugee route?

On topic: even the milfs are too young :cry:

[QUOTE="SUD123456"]

[QUOTE="GazaAli"] If I could I would. My efforts to obtain a schengen visa have been in vain so far.GazaAli

Have you considered the refugee route?

On topic: even the milfs are too young :cry:

Gotcha. If you were desperate enough could you enter illegally and then just declare yourself e.g. smuggler's run

On topic: even the milfs are too young :cry:

SUD123456

I feel you, bro. :cry:

Im not aging in looks except for a few grey hairs. People are joking about me being an old man because I take tablets for my excess stomach acid and have tinnitus already.

Leejjohno

I still have an iron stomach (a steady diet of peppers has made it so), but the tinnitus in my left ear has become annoying to the point I sometimes think going deaf in that ear would be preferable. If it wasn't so high-pitched I could deal with it, but damn it has to be that particular high note. :evil:

Sorry dude, I'm only 23. I'm far from old. ferrari2001

When I was 23 I wanted to live forever. Now, I'm not so sure.

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]Sorry dude, I'm only 23. I'm far from old. br0kenrabbit

When I was 23 I wanted to live forever. Now, I'm not so sure.

I'll be content just to make it to 75 then die peacefully in my sleep. Either that or die fighting Batman. 

ferrari2001

If I ever get so old I can't stop pissing myself, I'm taking ALL my pills.

It comes and goes with me and it's very slight even then, but it's at it's worst when I try to sleep or get a bath... I think the worst thing is I have barely done anything to sustain hearing damage but the doctor reckons some people are just sensitive to loud noise. 

I take it you got yours by hanging around loud speakers?

Leejjohno

I knew most of the local bands back in the day and would help them set up and sound test and shit, and I was usually just off stage while they played so if any technical issues came up I could jump on it. Never used ear protection.

Thing is, the tinnitus didn't hit me until years later. Even then, it was tolerable. It wasn't until this past spring that it really kicked in to the point of being constantly annoying, and I have no idea why then. I haven't cranked my music up loud in years, and when I wear earbuds it's low enough that I can still hear everything going on around me.

Every once again it will abate for an hour or so, but then it comes back just as loud as ever. I'm trying to get to a specialist to see what's up, but that's taking longer than I thought it would.

Ha I'm that young professional. I started working at an engineering firm earlier this spring as a co op when I was 19. Lots of high schoolers look older than me, so people were probably wondering if I was someone's kid or something the first week or so of work :P

cain006

How did you get a job as an engineer without schooling.  Do you play chess or something?

And you're not old at all.  I thout you were like 60.  37? PSH grow up ;)

I'm only 33 but I'm one of the older guys at the company I work at. I like working with young people, they keep you sharp.

TheFlush

I'm 42 lol

[QUOTE="cain006"]

Ha I'm that young professional. I started working at an engineering firm earlier this spring as a co op when I was 19. Lots of high schoolers look older than me, so people were probably wondering if I was someone's kid or something the first week or so of work :P

GOGOGOGURT

How did you get a job as an engineer without schooling.  Do you play chess or something?

[QUOTE="dave123321"][QUOTE="Stranger_36"]How old are you, TC?br0kenrabbit

Yeah, 37.

Old. :?

Old is 70+ (people live to be 100 now)

37 isn't even middle-aged

There are young teens alive who were born in this century...feels weird

Anyone over 40 here? I'm 23 in College.Netret0120

I recently turned 47. Life doesn't seem much different from when I was in my 20s other than I can put on weight much easier and have to exercise more to keep it off. My kids keep me active. I am grateful though that I don't have any grey hair yet. Both of my older brothers went grey when they hit 30. 

[QUOTE="br0kenrabbit"]

[QUOTE="dave123321"] 36,37 or something like thatAFBrat77

Yeah, 37.

Old. :?

Old is 70+ (people live to be 100 now)

37 isn't even middle-aged

This.  This thread is pointless and TC is having a pity party.

This.  This thread is pointless and TC is having a pity party.

GOGOGOGURT

It's tongue-in-cheek, for those of you with a stick up your ass.

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

This.  This thread is pointless and TC is having a pity party.

br0kenrabbit

It's tongue-in-cheek, for those of you with a stick up your ass.

"I'll break it off and beat you with it"

Garrus: Mass Effect 2.  (might of been Zaeed, but it was describing Garrus, whatever)

 

"I'll break it off and beat you with it"

 

Garrus: Mass Effect 2.  (might of been Zaeed, but it was describing Garrus, whatever)

GOGOGOGURT

Never played the ME games, no interest in doing so, really.

[QUOTE="GOGOGOGURT"]

 

"I'll break it off and beat you with it"

 

Garrus: Mass Effect 2.  (might of been Zaeed, but it was describing Garrus, whatever)

br0kenrabbit

Never played the ME games, no interest in doing so, really.

It's a good game for mid-life crisis.