I wish I was 60

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29 Oct 2012, 5:32 am

Another thing about aging is being the oldest person in your dept at work. I don't mean the jokes, that I can put up with. It's the incredible laziness, staring at their phones all day, the supervisor considering this normal behavior. It goes beyond annoying. I do technical work, and the lack of education in the 'kids' that get hired is ridiculous.

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29 Oct 2012, 5:53 am

I want to be 60 so I'm closer to death.

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29 Oct 2012, 4:20 pm

LeeAnderson wrote:

I want to be 60 so I'm closer to death.

NO, you don't....
Just wait until those near and dear to you suffer and ie from the diseases of old age.
THEN you'll understand.

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29 Oct 2012, 4:24 pm

Life isn't so much about living until you're 60 as it is about living until you're 60 by yourself.

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29 Oct 2012, 4:32 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

LeeAnderson wrote:

I want to be 60 so I'm closer to death.

NO, you don't....
Just wait until those near and dear to you suffer and ie from the diseases of old age.
THEN you'll understand.

Ah so you're assuming I haven't experienced that. Interesting.

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29 Oct 2012, 4:38 pm

LeeAnderson wrote:

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

LeeAnderson wrote:

I want to be 60 so I'm closer to death.

NO, you don't... Just wait until those near and dear to you suffer and ie from the diseases of old age. THEN you'll understand.

Ah so you're assuming I haven't experienced that. Interesting.

You're only 20, so it's a fair assumption.

Unless you have a condition called Progeria or something similar.

Don't assume that you know what it's like to be my age until you've actually been my age, kid.

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29 Oct 2012, 4:51 pm

Being 60 would be terrible. You are much closer to death and could basically die any time. You probably have aches and pains and some type of medical condition. Also, you couldn't hook up with hot young chicks.

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29 Oct 2012, 8:13 pm

Fnord wrote:

LeeAnderson wrote:

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

LeeAnderson wrote:

I want to be 60 so I'm closer to death.

NO, you don't... Just wait until those near and dear to you suffer and ie from the diseases of old age. THEN you'll understand.

Ah so you're assuming I haven't experienced that. Interesting.

I have witnessed people I love going through these things. I don't claim to have actually personally experienced them, that's ridiculous. But alright if you want to belittle me because of my age, I suppose that's not stupid at all.

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31 Oct 2012, 5:08 pm

Perhaps I should have qualified that statement.

I meant people close to your age, whom you love and care about, suddenly being diagnosed with something fatal.
My wife's mother just died last month. As she was calling friends and family, she found out one family friend has liver cancer and her cousin has a type of cancer that is always fatal. This is not to mention being my age and finding someone on Facebook that I know and asking "do you know where Joe is?" and they say, "oh yeah, he died three years ago of a lung problem."
Enjoy your youth and health.

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01 Nov 2012, 4:30 pm

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the social expectations are lower for older people, meaning appearance as well

Older people have to adapt to the norm too. The social pressure to conform is just as strong, perhaps even stronger, as it is when you are young.

People have sort of accepted that I run in circles in the park because I have told them I do it for my dog, but no other dogowner plays with their dog like that. I know they consider me 'a little strange' for running with my dog rather than engage in the social chit-chat of the others. Most of them avoid me. (Not that I mind ).

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04 Nov 2012, 5:21 am

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Joe90 wrote:

the social expectations are lower for older people, meaning appearance as well

One break we DO get is being labelled 'eccentric'. We're considered harmless and odd, which is freedom of a sort. If I walk around talking to the quail I see, nobody takes any notice.

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04 Nov 2012, 10:04 am

LeeAnderson wrote:

Fnord wrote:

LeeAnderson wrote:

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

LeeAnderson wrote:

I want to be 60 so I'm closer to death.

NO, you don't... Just wait until those near and dear to you suffer and ie from the diseases of old age. THEN you'll understand.

Ah so you're assuming I haven't experienced that. Interesting.

You're only 20, so it's a fair assumption.Unless you have a condition called Progeria or something similar.Don't assume that you know what it's like to be my age until you've actually been my age, kid.

A twenty-something assuming to know what it's like to be my age just because he's been around a few old people is like a man assuming to know what it's like to have a period just because he has a few sisters.

You won't know anything until you've been there, kid. The saddest part is that in thirty or forty years, I may not be around to tell you "I told you so".

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04 Nov 2012, 11:01 am

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

NewDawn wrote:

Joe90 wrote:

the social expectations are lower for older people, meaning appearance as well

One break we DO get is being labelled 'eccentric'. We're considered harmless and odd, which is freedom of a sort. If I walk around talking to the quail I see, nobody takes any notice.

True!

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