It's not right
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It's not right
...to be rudely reminded how old you are. I mean when it's deliberate, yeah...it's all in fun. But when it just smacks you in the face out the blue, for totally innocent reasons, it sets you back a bit. Or does me anyway.
I took a stock transfer to another warehouse in the area. Hadn't been there before. When I got there a guy was helping me unload my truck and outta the blue he asked me if my name was Larry and I said yeah...he says I'm Eric! And I'm like ...I can't pull anyone named Eric out of recent memory...
"From the house on Jackson. You rented the back part of our house..."
ERIC! Yeah I remember you...except you were a 13 year-old kid that followed me around and handed me tools and beers while I worked on my car and tried to explain what I was doing. AND YOU PICKED UP ON IT WELL. I put your dad's Honda CL350 back on the road after it sat for too many years. You rode on the back of it while we terrorized the neighborhood proving that it worked right. Yeah, Eric! Cool kid. Everything wrong with you, you probably learned from me.
Except now you're 41 years old. ...wow...all that stuff was almost 30 years ago....
I'm old.
I took a stock transfer to another warehouse in the area. Hadn't been there before. When I got there a guy was helping me unload my truck and outta the blue he asked me if my name was Larry and I said yeah...he says I'm Eric! And I'm like ...I can't pull anyone named Eric out of recent memory...
"From the house on Jackson. You rented the back part of our house..."
ERIC! Yeah I remember you...except you were a 13 year-old kid that followed me around and handed me tools and beers while I worked on my car and tried to explain what I was doing. AND YOU PICKED UP ON IT WELL. I put your dad's Honda CL350 back on the road after it sat for too many years. You rode on the back of it while we terrorized the neighborhood proving that it worked right. Yeah, Eric! Cool kid. Everything wrong with you, you probably learned from me.
Except now you're 41 years old. ...wow...all that stuff was almost 30 years ago....
I'm old.
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Re: It's not right
Ohhh Buddy
Didnt anyone ever tell you Dont get old??
I know that feeling
Depressing
I just try to have as much fun as I used to and laugh as often as I can
Didnt anyone ever tell you Dont get old??
I know that feeling
Depressing
I just try to have as much fun as I used to and laugh as often as I can
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I was supposed to die doing something gloriously stupid in a car before I was 30.FallenAngel wrote:Ohhh Buddy
Didnt anyone ever tell you Dont get old??
I know that feeling
Depressing
I just try to have as much fun as I used to and laugh as often as I can
And I didn't even get that right
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Im still not sure what I am supposed to do
Probably why I still feel young
That and I only look in the mirror when I shave...... If and when I shave
Probably why I still feel young
That and I only look in the mirror when I shave...... If and when I shave
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Re: It's not right
The only thing worse than talking about stuff you did 30 yrs ago is talking about stuff you did over 50 YRS AGO!!!
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To be completely honest Im still not sure I wont die doing something completely stupid
The "Hey we gotta post this on YOU Tube stupid"
The "Hey we gotta post this on YOU Tube stupid"
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lonerider wrote:The only thing worse than talking about stuff you did 30 yrs ago is talking about stuff you did over 50 YRS AGO!!!
50 years ago??? You mean Talking about fun playing outside with my friends that where also having fun??
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50 yrs ago I had just joined the military and was learning new cuss words!FallenAngel wrote:lonerider wrote:The only thing worse than talking about stuff you did 30 yrs ago is talking about stuff you did over 50 YRS AGO!!!
50 years ago??? You mean Talking about fun playing outside with my friends that where also having fun??
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lonerider wrote:50 yrs ago I had just joined the military and was learning new cuss words!FallenAngel wrote:lonerider wrote:The only thing worse than talking about stuff you did 30 yrs ago is talking about stuff you did over 50 YRS AGO!!!
50 years ago??? You mean Talking about fun playing outside with my friends that where also having fun??
Good Lord That is old
I still had a few years before I signed up
Thank you for your service and welcome home
What new curse words did you learn?? The kid in me wants to know
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Re: It's not right
Good news here!!! The great thing about old age is it don’t last very long!!! Cheer up!
“Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury…
Signifying nothing”
Signifying monkey, stay up in your tree. Always lying and signifying, but you better not monkey with me.
It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury…
Signifying nothing”
Signifying monkey, stay up in your tree. Always lying and signifying, but you better not monkey with me.
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Re: It's not right
FallenAngel wrote:lonerider wrote:The only thing worse than talking about stuff you did 30 yrs ago is talking about stuff you did over 50 YRS AGO!!!
50 years ago??? You mean Talking about fun playing outside with my friends that where also having fun??
Like playing army or cowboys and Indians...
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Oh ya Army ,Voyage to the Bottom of the sea,Time tunnel,Batman and RobinJFL Live wrote:Like playing army or cowboys and Indians...
I remember when all I needed was a Stick and a can to have fun. A time when all the boys had toy guns and all the girls had cooties. The best bikes was the Schwinn Stingray.
I remember a time when a wave to a cop would get a wave in return and sometimes he would hit the siren and light up the roof
I could just keep going on and on
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FallenAngel wrote:
The best bikes was the Schwinn Stingray.
I had one of those. Used to set up ramps and jump garbage cans. No safety gear back then...
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Re: It's not right
I didnt jump mine
I cruised it looking for chicks and trouble. Like all good bad ass bikers did
mine was the 5 speed with the long shifter on the back bone
I cruised it looking for chicks and trouble. Like all good bad ass bikers did
mine was the 5 speed with the long shifter on the back bone
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RoadKing wrote:Good news here!!! The great thing about old age is it don’t last very long!!! Cheer up!
How true.
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It really hit me that I was getting old when the cute little gal behind the counter at Arby's gave me the senior discount without me asking for it.
REALLY depressing...
REALLY depressing...
I can't seem to win the lottery. I think I have used up all of my good luck riding motorcycles.
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On the bright side, I bought a can of spray paint at Walmart and the checkout lady asked for my ID.
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Or when the cute gal at wally world, when discovering a six pack of Henry's Hard Soda in my basket, asked me if I was over 40 [emoji106]
She did it with a big ole smile that clearly disarmed this ole coot.....
She did it with a big ole smile that clearly disarmed this ole coot.....
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Then there was the clerk who informed me that "If yer not old enough now, you never will be!"