I must be gettling close AARP is sending me mail..
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I must be gettling close AARP is sending me mail..
Yes 50 is creeping up on me.. by mail. Does Nashbar have an AARP discount?
BTW when I turn 50 will I suddenly want to wear black support socks and ride a recumbent?
BTW when I turn 50 will I suddenly want to wear black support socks and ride a recumbent?
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Welcome to the club, well almost. AARP sure is active in recruiting new dues paying members. Heck of a lobby. Perhaps I will join when I am on a walker. Don't worry about the bent yet, all in good time... Bob
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Originally Posted by velonomad
Yes 50 is creeping up on me.. by mail. Does Nashbar have an AARP discount?
BTW when I turn 50 will I suddenly want to wear black support socks and ride a recumbent?
BTW when I turn 50 will I suddenly want to wear black support socks and ride a recumbent?
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Wait until you get the "pre-planned" funeral fliers.
Have you bought your burial plot yet?
Then you start reading the obituaries and find guys my age and younger dropping off regularly.
And TV and rock stars of the 50's - 60's are meeting their maker. Lots of them, lately.
Have you bought your burial plot yet?
Then you start reading the obituaries and find guys my age and younger dropping off regularly.
And TV and rock stars of the 50's - 60's are meeting their maker. Lots of them, lately.
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Originally Posted by velonomad
Yes 50 is creeping up on me.. by mail. Does Nashbar have an AARP discount?
BTW when I turn 50 will I suddenly want to wear black support socks and ride a recumbent?
BTW when I turn 50 will I suddenly want to wear black support socks and ride a recumbent?
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I hate to break it to you, but getting AARP mailings is the first sure sign of old age.
Actually, they say there are three sure signs of old age. One is loss of memory, and I forget what the other two are.....
Actually, they say there are three sure signs of old age. One is loss of memory, and I forget what the other two are.....
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Card carrying member here!! But will not renew. I get monthly publications that occassionally has an article worth reading. Interesting to see the "celebs" coming of age as well.......
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I love this thread. 50Plussers:
1. Wait till their children start saying, "Careful, Dad, let me get that for you".
2. Get coupons in the mail for incontinence pads
3. Walk to the other end of the house and can't recall why they're there.....and then wonder if this isn't the first forerunner of Alzheimer's.
4. Think of clever ways in conversation to describe someone they're referring to because they can't remember the person's name, as in--"I saw old, uh [thinking as rapidly as graying graymatter will allow] old "Mr. Litespeed" yesterday." [Damn, what's his name, guy rides a Litespeed at least I remember that]
5. Don't play catch in the street with the neighborhood kids because a) They've all grown up, or b) The ball passes too quickly through 50Plus trifocal lenses to focus on it
Etc. etc...........wish I could remember more of these to post! Maybe after my nap.
1. Wait till their children start saying, "Careful, Dad, let me get that for you".
2. Get coupons in the mail for incontinence pads
3. Walk to the other end of the house and can't recall why they're there.....and then wonder if this isn't the first forerunner of Alzheimer's.
4. Think of clever ways in conversation to describe someone they're referring to because they can't remember the person's name, as in--"I saw old, uh [thinking as rapidly as graying graymatter will allow] old "Mr. Litespeed" yesterday." [Damn, what's his name, guy rides a Litespeed at least I remember that]
5. Don't play catch in the street with the neighborhood kids because a) They've all grown up, or b) The ball passes too quickly through 50Plus trifocal lenses to focus on it
Etc. etc...........wish I could remember more of these to post! Maybe after my nap.
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Originally Posted by Granny Gear
3. Walk to the other end of the house and can't recall why they're there.....and then wonder if this isn't the first forerunner of Alzheimer's.
4. Think of clever ways in conversation to describe someone they're referring to because they can't remember the person's name, as in--"I saw old, uh [thinking as rapidly as graying graymatter will allow] old "Mr. Litespeed" yesterday." [Damn, what's his name, guy rides a Litespeed at least I remember that]
4. Think of clever ways in conversation to describe someone they're referring to because they can't remember the person's name, as in--"I saw old, uh [thinking as rapidly as graying graymatter will allow] old "Mr. Litespeed" yesterday." [Damn, what's his name, guy rides a Litespeed at least I remember that]
You too? I thought I was the only one, err . . . what was your name again - the guy on that nice (can't remember the brand) bike?
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How about grunting when you get up from your recliner, or lean over to pick something up?
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How about climbing out of a bathtub? Ugh.
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ah, to be 50 again!
my lifelong friend of over 50 years, who happens to be a year older than me - i'll be 60 in july, came by the other night to pick me up for a "boys night out" dinner together. he was driving his corvette. i can vaguely recall a time when i thought fondly of these cars - no more!
upon arriving at the restaurant, attempting to exit the vehicle, i realized that my friend had apparently unwittingly enabled the gravitational restraint system on the car. i expended a week's worth of energy before i was finally able to overcome the invisible force that held me captive inside of that infernal machine.
DG - i'll see your bathtub and raise you a corvette!
harrumph - to be 50 again!
*sdr*
my lifelong friend of over 50 years, who happens to be a year older than me - i'll be 60 in july, came by the other night to pick me up for a "boys night out" dinner together. he was driving his corvette. i can vaguely recall a time when i thought fondly of these cars - no more!
upon arriving at the restaurant, attempting to exit the vehicle, i realized that my friend had apparently unwittingly enabled the gravitational restraint system on the car. i expended a week's worth of energy before i was finally able to overcome the invisible force that held me captive inside of that infernal machine.
DG - i'll see your bathtub and raise you a corvette!
harrumph - to be 50 again!
*sdr*
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"Wasn't Dad supposed to have arranged for his burial plot and funeral?"
"No, he didn't.....bought that damned LiteSpeed Record bike instead...think its worth anything?"
Bad-taste joking aside, I recall how much easier it was because my parents had a Living Will, funeral plot, etc. A last, gracious parental gesture.
"No, he didn't.....bought that damned LiteSpeed Record bike instead...think its worth anything?"
Bad-taste joking aside, I recall how much easier it was because my parents had a Living Will, funeral plot, etc. A last, gracious parental gesture.
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I joined so I could get their car insurance through Hartford. Even with the dues its the best deal I could find. By the way, when you start wearing those giant square sunglasses you are getting dangerously close to the end.
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Originally Posted by DnvrFox
Wait until you get the "pre-planned" funeral fliers.
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No!! They don't really DO that do they??
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And, I am not against it (my mom, 93, has hers all planned and paid for), but it does come as a shock.
And, you get all sorts of estate planning stuff from a variety of sources.
Yes, we do have a "special needs trust" and legal guardians and successor guardians for my son with a disability, and wills and durable powers of attorney and, most importantly, a durable medical power of attorney (much better than a "living will"). Everyone should have these, no matter their age.
But, I didn't choose my attorney from the bulk mail I received!
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Originally Posted by velonomad
Yes 50 is creeping up on me.. by mail. Does Nashbar have an AARP discount?
BTW when I turn 50 will I suddenly want to wear black support socks and ride a recumbent?
BTW when I turn 50 will I suddenly want to wear black support socks and ride a recumbent?
I'm well under 50, and I want a recumbent. Besides being comfortable, they're WAY cooler-looking than regular bikes, IMHO.
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Originally Posted by DnvrFox
Wait until you get the "pre-planned" funeral fliers.
Have you bought your burial plot yet?
Then you start reading the obituaries and find guys my age and younger dropping off regularly.
And TV and rock stars of the 50's - 60's are meeting their maker. Lots of them, lately.
Have you bought your burial plot yet?
Then you start reading the obituaries and find guys my age and younger dropping off regularly.
And TV and rock stars of the 50's - 60's are meeting their maker. Lots of them, lately.
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Originally Posted by roccobike
Dfox, you're brave. I never read the obituaries. I'm afraid one day I'll read one that starts with "Roccobike, used to post on Bike Forums".
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Originally Posted by Bugtussle
........... By the way, when you start wearing those giant square sunglasses you are getting dangerously close to the end.