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06-16-14 | 10:27 AM

kc0yef

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06-16-14 | 10:30 AM

raqball

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Happy birthday?

I post here and I'm only 48.. I'll be 49 next month but I like this section of BF because everyone is laid back..

06-16-14 | 10:34 AM

reverborama

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06-16-14 | 10:40 AM

Looigi

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... I like this section of BF because everyone is laid back..

You'd be better off in the recumbent forum then.

06-16-14 | 10:51 AM

raqball

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You'd be better off in the recumbent forum then.

I see what you did there..

06-16-14 | 11:16 AM

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Happy birthday and glad you made it.

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06-16-14 | 03:26 PM

David Bierbaum

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Happy Birthday! Welcome to the great downward slide into decrepitude!

06-17-14 | 05:44 AM

linnefaulk

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Happy Birthday!

Have some cake and pain meds.

06-17-14 | 07:06 AM

Cycle Babble

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Originally Posted by raqball

Happy birthday?

I post here and I'm only 48.. I'll be 49 next month but I like this section of BF because everyone is laid back..

So...is 48 the new 50?

John

06-17-14 | 07:09 AM

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eja_ bottecchia

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So you have finished the first half of a century....congrats and now get ready. The fun really starts during the second half.

06-17-14 | 07:10 AM

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eja_ bottecchia

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Happy Birthday!

Have some cake and pain meds.

Really good pain meds is part of the fun of being 50+

06-17-14 | 10:14 AM

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raqball

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So...is 48 the new 50?

John

My bad.. I can certainly stop posting in this area since I am underage...

06-17-14 | 12:02 PM

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JohnDThompson

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I post here and I'm only 48..

Get off my lawn!

06-17-14 | 12:11 PM

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So...is 48 the new 50?

Depends.

I'm an analog kind of guy so 48 is close enough to keep me happy.
The digit heads who ride circles around the parking lot to make their bike computers record an even number, probably not.

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06-17-14 | 12:33 PM

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Happy birthday?

I post here and I'm only 48.. I'll be 49 next month but I like this section of BF because everyone is laid back..

Me too. I'm just preparing for the inevitable. You know whats ironic though? I am in better shape now than I have ever been in my life

06-17-14 | 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia

Really good pain meds is part of the fun of being 50+

Should we start a thread "Ask the non-stoned 50+ members?"

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06-17-14 | 03:37 PM

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eja_ bottecchia

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Should we start a thread "Ask the non-stoned 50+ members?"

Maybe...

06-17-14 | 10:52 PM

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godeacs

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Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia

So you have finished the first half of a century....congrats and now get ready. The fun really starts during the second half.

Yep, it's all downhill now.......

06-18-14 | 06:43 AM

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Yep, it's all downhill now.......

I'm picking up speed!

06-18-14 | 10:23 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro Grouch

Depends.

I'm an analog kind of guy so 48 is close enough to keep me happy.
The digit heads who ride circles around the parking lot to make their bike computers record an even number, probably not.

Holy crap....I have found myself to do this a few times.

John

06-18-14 | 12:16 PM

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MickeyMaguire

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We Be Fossils.

06-18-14 | 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by kc0yef

I can post here now

Welcome to the club from another member of the 1964 vintage! Though this my first post here too, I had been a underage lurker for some time, appreciating the wisdom I've found here.

06-18-14 | 01:00 PM

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kc0yef

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Already in Depends Wow!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro Grouch

Depends.

I'm an analog kind of guy so 48 is close enough to keep me happy.
The digit heads who ride circles around the parking lot to make their bike computers record an even number, probably not.

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