I'm old, and I didn't like how I found out. . .

[nanook 1]

So I am watching the local evening news and seeing the Chargers highlights. Then "Symphony of Destruction" by Megadeth comes on as background music to the tacklings of our defensive team. I was like, "Oh, come on!! My parents ears used to bleed because of this music". I am witnessing this aspect of my teen-aged anthology being lowered to a commercial neuter-fest of muzak!!
I now know how the teens of the Sixties felt with the commercialization and exploitation of the Beatles.

Anyone else get the expierence of the "old fucker" setting in?

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[shropshire 0]

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[skydiverbry 0]

Been getting that feeling since all my music is on the "Classic Rock" stations


Not to mention I use a cane now to walk with and at times I'm thought to be my wifes' father

Talk about feeling old....I can related


Bry

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Growing old is mandatory.Growing up is optional!!

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[Zep 0]

My son came over to visit at Xmas, Picked him up at the airport had the pen with all my favourite music
plugged in to the car sterio, He did'nt reconise any of it, Hell they are all classics

Who on this planet dose'nt know "Freebird, Poison or Hotel California, not to mention Hand bags and Gladrags.

Gone fishing

[flyhi 24]

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Freebird

The national anthem of Florida?

Shit happens. And it usually happens because of physics.

[popsjumper 2]

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Freebird

The national anthem of Florida?

...shows what I know...I thought it was Snowbird.


I nearly fell out of my rocker when the next-door neighbor 14-yr old said she "just loooooooved the Beatles."

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[micduran 0]

A couple of years ago the doctor said "at your age a bone density test would be a good idea".

Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours.

[wayneflorida 0]

Better a little old than the alternative.
Get over it.

[d_squared431 0]

I realized the other night I am old when I told a guy I was tired and would be asleep in an hour and not to come over..

TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1
I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH
You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly

[airdvr 200]

Yea well, I now have to "take my heart meds" like a good little geriatric.

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[d_squared431 0]

Kind of off subject but ..

I was listening to the radio and they were talking about a new study on male health. If a male has sex 2x a week he is less likely to develop heart disease.

TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1
I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH
You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly

[airdvr 200]

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Kind of off subject but ..

I was listening to the radio and they were talking about a new study on male health. If a male has sex 2x a week he is less likely to develop heart disease.

Fail. For me it wasn't about that it was the cigarettes.

What's worse? After having them cut my groin open and shove a wire up through my body and into my heart I still crave a fuckin' cig with my morning coffee. Fuck!

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[warpedskydiver 0]

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A couple of years ago the doctor said "at your age a bone density test would be a good idea".

You should have knotted him in the head, then said "how is that for bone density?"

[airtwardo 6]

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Anyone else get the expierence of the "old fucker" setting in?

Wait...what were we talkin' about?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[grimmie 177]

I was working out at the FD the other morning and a P90X fitness commercial came on the gym TV. I tell the rookie I'm working with that all you need to do is 500 push ups, sit ups and pull ups a day like Herschel Walker used to back in the day.
He looks at me with a blank stare and says, "Who's Herschel Walker"?
Nothing like kids at work that weren't even born when I was hired being the Chiefs now!!!!

[wolfriverjoe 1,366]

Yep.

Bifocals

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

[AggieDave 6]

I recently experienced one of the worst things that can happen. The "classic rock" format station in town (the only station that plays something with out a Gaga, no Nashville and with a guitar) played STP. Seriously? They're not classic rock, they're rock from high school!

My wife laughed at me about this.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[muff528 3]

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So I am watching the local evening news and seeing the Chargers highlights. Then "Symphony of Destruction" by Megadeth comes on as background music to the tacklings of our defensive team. I was like, "Oh, come on!! My parents ears used to bleed because of this music". I am witnessing this aspect of my teen-aged anthology being lowered to a commercial neuter-fest of muzak!!
I now know how the teens of the Sixties felt with the commercialization and exploitation of the Beatles.

Anyone else get the expierence of the "old fucker" setting in?

I still like the old definition of old age.......when you start finding all the good music in the cheap section at the record/cd store. (Now even that is going away with the advent of itunes and other downloadable music. )

[Andrewwhyte 1]

One of the ways I try to stay young is by listening to new music, like Nirvana.

[airtwardo 6]

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So I am watching the local evening news and seeing the Chargers highlights. Then "Symphony of Destruction" by Megadeth comes on as background music to the tacklings of our defensive team. I was like, "Oh, come on!! My parents ears used to bleed because of this music". I am witnessing this aspect of my teen-aged anthology being lowered to a commercial neuter-fest of muzak!!
I now know how the teens of the Sixties felt with the commercialization and exploitation of the Beatles.

Anyone else get the expierence of the "old fucker" setting in?

I still like the old definition of old age.......when you start finding all the good music in the cheap section at the record/cd store. (Now even that is going away with the advent of itunes and other downloadable music. )

...on 8 track?

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[JohnMitchell 14]

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One of the ways I try to stay young is by listening to new music, like Nirvana.

My kids were riding in the shopping cart when I bought Nevermind. Now 3 are in college. I'm saying that's classic.

So many bands I like are having 10th anniversary, 20th anniversary show. Hungry young indie bands are in their forties, raising kids. Whatever never mind.

[Andy9o8 0]

Back when my older kid was, oh, about 14, I was playing a really bitchin' Led Zepplin tune on the car radio. From the back seat: "Dad? Could you please change the station? This song is so lame."

[Squeak 17]

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I recently experienced one of the worst things that can happen. The "classic rock" format station in town (the only station that plays something with out a Gaga, no Nashville and with a guitar) played STP. Seriously? They're not classic rock, they're rock from high school!

My wife laughed at me about this.

Who the hell is STP

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[JohnMitchell 14]

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Back when my older kid was, oh, about 14, I was playing a really bitchin' Led Zepplin tune on the car radio. From the back seat: "Dad? Could you please change the station? This song is so lame."

And yet so many kids are "discovering" this old stuff again. In the car, my 16 yo daughter listens to Zep on the classic rock station, my oldest daughter is a Bob Dylan disciple. They want me to tell them what it was like to see the Who with the original lineup.

In any musical era there are a lot of mediocre bands and forgettable songs, but there's always some Cream that floats to the top. I just hope the Ratt/Poison big hair/spandex thing doesn't come back.

[DavidB 0]

You haven't experienced old until after your first colonoscopy.

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.