Getting Old

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farseerlum

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just last week i had a bad afternoon where i tried to rememeber as much of my young life as i could.

it wasn\'t nearly enough to show for 10 years of my life.

so i went and got very drunk and emotional.
 
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AinuLainour

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Sorry to hear that, farseerlum.

I don\'t know, my outlook on life is entirely different than it was near the start of 2007, and it\'s been changing weekly. I\'m learning more about science and philosophy everyday with research and a lot of thinking. A LOT of thinking..

I say, do things that you may regret not doing while you still can, and rock and roll (of course the last part can be replaced with whatever you like to do in your spare time :D).
 
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Arkzein

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Glasses... I recently found leave in day and night 30 day contacts, bloody fantastic, it\'s like having perfect vision again without laser treatment.

On life, could write an essay but will just say I\'m a young pup on the right side of the fence (22) but try and take on what everyone with more life experience keeps saying. Don\'t waste your time, do what you yourself want and don\'t live for anyone else. Really makes a difference for me anyway, changed my view on the very few big decisions I\'ve made and I\'m the better for it, but still too young for any regrets. I\'m sure at 42 rather than 22 I\'ll still look back and wonder what I was at and where all the time went, I can do that now for my teens and lord knows at the time I thought I was the mutts nutts, dead right, and would never change. lol
 
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usurpator

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I don\'t know why there is all that myth about the beauties of being 16 or 20: I **HATED** my teenage years, my twenties were a nightmare. I\'m just starting to have some fun with toys now and I\'m 45.
We live in a wonderful age in that NOW adults have a right to have toys (and I don\'t mean vibrating ones :twisted: only) have fun and do \"pointless\" things like have fun.
In the 60 Peter Cushing - great mini builder and comics, cards, toy cars, collector once demanded that adults be allowed to love these without passing for nutcases.
Bless the man, he would love it today.
U. (45 and female - how shocking that I\'m not in the kitchen all day, by the 60s standards)
 
Sand Rat

Sand Rat

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Welcome to the jungle man -

Been wearing glasses since I was 10.

As for 36 being old - I was 36 when I decided to have the most life altering experience of my life to date and go on a tour of senic Iraq. I spent almost 3 years over there with a group of mid 30\'s to late 50 year olds working our 18 to 24 year old military counterparts into the ground mainly because we had the experience to know how to get the job done in the fastest manner possible with the least amount of fuss. So, look at it this way - age and guile beat youth and a bad hair cut anyday.lol
 
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MPJ

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Thought I might throw up a new pic of me in my glasses. I don\'t actually mind the look. If anything perhaps they make me more distinguished looking (though not with that daft smile I have in the pic).

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Think I\'ll be keeping my non-glasses pic in my profile though. :drunk:

Can\'t see myself getting contacts any time soon. I shudder at the thought of touching my eyes with anything.
 
Dragonsreach

Dragonsreach

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Well I\'m 18,725, have worn glasses since I was 24, have a lot of grey hair now and I couldn\'t give a rat\'s ass.

Age has given me a few good things I cherish;
Experience,
Knowledge (I\'m omitting Wisdom. Don\'t want to be render people into hysterical laughter)
A hobby that I can still enjoy (And not care about any sarcastic comments)
Friends
Family
Someone to love.






[size=-2]And that figure above is my age today in days. What\'s more I have 5018 days until I retire so there[/size]:p
 
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McKenna35

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I\'m jealous it took so long for you to have the joy of wearing glasses - I\'ve been wearing them since the first grade! :mad:

I guess I can thank dear old mum for that, since my Dad is farsighted and STILL doesn\'t have to wear glasses for anything other than reading.
 
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IronWorker

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I know I\'m going to have to get some glasses soon. I can barely paint eyes on my minis and I\'ve never had a problem with that in the past.
 
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MPJ

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FYI for you fear of balding types... It is said that \'baldness\' is inherited from the mothers side, not from your father. In my case this seems true enough sinc by my age my father was quite bald.

Thought that might cheer a few of you up. :drunk:
 
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finn17

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Originally posted by usurpator
I don\'t know why there is all that myth about the beauties of being 16 or 20: I **HATED** my teenage years, my twenties were a nightmare. I\'m just starting to have some fun with toys now and I\'m 45.
We live in a wonderful age in that NOW adults have a right to have toys (and I don\'t mean vibrating ones :twisted: only) have fun and do \"pointless\" things like have fun.
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I enjoyed being young and raising a bit of hell, but you are right. I\'m 48 and am loving it. My house is full of \'toys\' and I am as happy as a sand boy:D
 
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TAB Studio

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Originally posted by finn17
A couple of years back I went for a regular eye test and was told I needed new glasses...By the time the sales person had finished with me I was up to about £450/$800!!! The price was hugely bulked up by \'extras\' and I eventually just said \'forget it\' and walked out.

A quick search of the web came up with this place:

http://www.optical4less.com/

I got identical, varifocal specs for less than1/4 of the price:D

Get your eyes tested..get the prescription and just order online..it\'s dead easy and you will save an absolute fortune:bouncy:
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Thank you for this info, my glasses are 400 us and I foresee a huge savings here.
 
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usurpator

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Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Well I\'m 18,725, have worn glasses since I was 24, have a lot of grey hair now and I couldn\'t give a rat\'s ass.

Age has given me a few good things I cherish;
Experience,
Knowledge (I\'m omitting Wisdom. Don\'t want to be render people into hysterical laughter)
A hobby that I can still enjoy (And not care about any sarcastic comments)
Friends
Family
Someone to love.
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BRAVO Dreagonreach!!! I\'m 200% with you!
Puberty is awfull, teenagehood is hell, youth is in the mind.
Sorry to quote Peter Cushing again (well, he was a great mini artist among other things and I confess to having an everlasting crush on him :drunk:) but he used to go swimming with the ten and eight year old kids next door as he lived by the sea. Once the two kids started saying \"when I\'m big I\'ll be a pilot\" \"and I\'ll be a spaceman!\" and then they turned to him and asked: \"what about you Pete, what do you wanna be when you are big?\"
He was 54 years old.
What a fantastic compliment!
It\'s all in the mind and attitude
 
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uberdark

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i once asked someone how old they were and she said i feel 25 today. she was actually 44. its all relevant. some days i say old and grouchy. other days i feel like a teenager. *maybe all those kids i teach keep me young* but i am 30, have money to spend on mini\'s, i have my own kid and another on the way and a beautiful wife who i have loved since i was 16. age is relevant. life is not. i cherish it all.

god i can be profound when i want to be. :rolleyes:
 
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yack

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hey im 64, bald, fat, nerdy and have an aversion to the opposite sex, they seem to give me a rash of some kind...

only jokin im 14 so i have the rest of my life ahead of me and a full head of hair.

um sorry if im rubbin it in that your all old but i couldnt resist it.
 
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