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AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 8:34:28 AM   
wodin


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Status: offline 		50 today, what the hell happened!!

Scary how time flies the older you get!

I was a fresh faced 31 when I joined here!!

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 8:42:28 AM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 9:25:44 AM   
sPzAbt653


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Just turned 60 myself. It's pretty horrifying.

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 11:22:02 AM   
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ORIGINAL: wodin

50 today, what the hell happened!!

Scary how time flies the older you get!

I was a fresh faced 31 when I joined here!!


But you're probably a lot wiser today

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 11:33:08 AM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 11:37:44 AM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 12:19:47 PM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 1:58:50 PM   
wodin


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Times like this I think of friends and family no longer here including forum members like Parusski

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 2:03:30 PM   
sol_invictus


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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 2:32:22 PM   
Rebel Yell


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I have said this to people about age forever.

I'm 58 but I'm blessed to feel 35, so age truly is just a number.


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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 2:37:13 PM   
OldSarge


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ORIGINAL: wodin

Thanks.

Times like this I think of friends and family no longer here including forum members like Parusski


I wish that I could tell you that it gets any easier, but it doesn't. It seems like every month I get word of somebody passing, it happens all too frequently these days.

Years ago, I was working with a grizzled WWII air force veteran. He kept two sheets of names and dates, one listing people he knew who had serious medical emergencies and the other listing those that died. I thought it was a bit depressing, but now I know that was just how he never forgot to remember his buddies from time to time.

Oh, happy birthday!

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 3:09:35 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: wodin

Thanks.

Times like this I think of friends and family no longer here including forum members like Parusski


I wish that I could tell you that it gets any easier, but it doesn't. It seems like every month I get word of somebody passing, it happens all too frequently these days.

Years ago, I was working with a grizzled WWII air force veteran. He kept two sheets of names and dates, one listing people he knew who had serious medical emergencies and the other listing those that died. I thought it was a bit depressing, but now I know that was just how he never forgot to remember his buddies from time to time.

Oh, happy birthday!


Too true.





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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 5:47:39 PM   
MrsWargamer


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Status: offline 		I made a key decision at 50. It involved among other things ditching my old self. You've heard of second childhood, I went back mentally, even if not physically. I have no plans to be an adult ever again.

I recommend it. Adulthood is not worth anything. Been there and I know from experience.
If I seem immature, great, it means a lot to me that I don't seem mature. Immature is not the insult some want it to be.

Time does seem to speed up as you age. Actually, I was so successful, that I managed to reset that clock. Time has actually slowed down again. It is of course speeding up in the usual fashion. Everything in 2014 seemed to go a lot slower but I was only 2 at the time. I'm 9 currently. It feels weird some days. But I don't really mind.

You probably think I'm kidding, I'm not. Yes, I agree, I sound quite smart for a 9 year old. It's ok.

Now if you don't mind, it's time to go and play. I'm building a model of a Tamiya 72nd scale Mosquito FB Mk IV/ NF MKII.
I think I'm going to watch the Bourne movies as well.

Never trust adults. Never trust anyone that doesn't talk to teddy bears. And never trust anyone with no active imagination.
Best part of being a kid again, I don't really need human opponents for my wargames. I can play against my toys (and they don't cheat :) ).

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 6:42:49 PM   
MrRoadrunner


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ORIGINAL: wodin

50 today, what the hell happened!!

Scary how time flies the older you get!

I was a fresh faced 31 when I joined here!!


LOL! It's all perspective?
I'd take fifty again. I'm just shy of 70 by almost two years.
If I make it that far I will let you know what it feels like.

But, I am sure that an eighty year old will tell us that they would take seventy again?

RR

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 8:50:38 PM   
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ORIGINAL: wodin

50 today, what the hell happened!!

Scary how time flies the older you get!

I was a fresh faced 31 when I joined here!!
warspite1

Happy birthday

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 9:43:27 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 9:45:33 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 9:55:16 PM   
DD696

 

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But, I just served my country for almost 10% of my life. Therefore, I know nothing.

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 10:01:54 PM   
OldSarge


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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 10:07:02 PM   
DD696

 

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 10:24:01 PM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 10:52:17 PM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 10:54:49 PM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/3/2021 10:56:30 PM   
OldSarge


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Maybe a picture...





Nice!!

See Wodin, getting older isn't as bad as it might first seem. At 50 you have plenty of time for new adventures, even if it means diving into the past.

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/4/2021 1:45:25 PM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/4/2021 2:03:16 PM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/4/2021 4:47:15 PM   
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PS Welcome to the club...lol

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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/4/2021 5:23:22 PM   
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RE: AAAAAARRRRGHHHHHHH!! - 8/4/2021 8:43:47 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: wodin

50 today, what the hell happened!!

Scary how time flies the older you get!

I was a fresh faced 31 when I joined here!!


LOL! It's all perspective?
I'd take fifty again. I'm just shy of 70 by almost two years.
If I make it that far I will let you know what it feels like.

But, I am sure that an eighty year old will tell us that they would take seventy again?

RR


If I'm still around I'll let you know. I turn 80 next year!

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