Getting Old
Dec 9, 2015 14:58:19 #
Doddy wrote:
Its The magnified shaving mirrors that scare me..there's more hairs growing out of my ears and nose than my head!!!
LOL, I have often wondered who thought it was a good idea to make our bodies grow more ear/nose hairs and to keep your ears and noses growing as we age? I hate my ear and nose hairs and am trimming or pulling them out. Cheers.
Dec 9, 2015 15:23:21 #
flathead27ford wrote:
LOL, I have often wondered who thought it was a good idea to
keep your ears and noses growing as we age.
As opposed to what? :?: :?: :?: :roll: :roll:
Dec 9, 2015 15:54:33 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
retiredsgt wrote:
What amazes me is the Technology! In 1976 I was on... (show quote)
It could have been the codes for launching Nuclear Weapons but the S.S. wouldn't tell you that, would they?
Dec 9, 2015 15:57:08 #
JohnFrim wrote:
As opposed to what? :?: :?: :?: :roll: :roll:
LOL, I could think of other things I would rather have grow still. Other than my ears, nose, and hairs. ;-)
Dec 9, 2015 16:05:46 #
19photo30 wrote:
Jerry,
I'm 85 and still having a hard time recognizing that old man in the mirror. I don't feel that old! I've had a lot of good years between your age and mine. Enjoy yours!
I'm 85 and still having a hard time recognizing that old man in the mirror. I don't feel that old! I've had a lot of good years between your age and mine. Enjoy yours!
Compared to you Mr., I'm still a kid at 72 but I still don't know that "ole" man in the mirror. You're still clicken so recognize or not, I guess you can be happy for that.
Dec 9, 2015 16:38:01 #
rocketride wrote:
They didn't die off, they migrated.
I won't look anywhere else then..if you get my drift!!!
Dec 9, 2015 16:42:54 #
Dec 9, 2015 16:49:30 #
Dec 9, 2015 18:57:06 #
As older people (78), I'd say we lived thru the best of it!! I feel bad for the youth, having to grow up with this crap that now pervades our country and culture!!!
Dec 9, 2015 19:23:07 #
Doddy wrote:
Its The magnified shaving mirrors that scare me..there's more hairs growing out of my ears and nose than my head!!!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup:
That just cracked me up!
Dec 10, 2015 00:31:21 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Im glad that I have finally gotten old (approachi... (show quote)
You have moved from one end of the age spectrum to the other end now so you have a dramatically different perspective to view from. Hardly any actor or actress is still around from that era who's not quite worn out and fighting against death, or their looks have faded. I'm 64, almost 65, and I see the same thing.
On the night of the Frank Sinatra special, 60 minutes talked to Nancy Sinatra. They showed her in her "Boots Are Made For Walking" outfit on Frank's show in the 60's then talked to her at home this year. WOW... what a shocker. Hard to tell it was even her. Ron Howard... bald still-smiling family man but almost doesn't resemble Opie at all. I see the "slipped past middle age" deterioration in Tom Hanks when he's on interview shows. I was surprised to see how much Tom Cruise has aged since the last Mission Impossible. Look at Arnold in Conan the Barbarian and in the most recent Terminator. They must keep going to make money and continue to maintain their legends but it's actually sad to watch.
Another thing I was just telling my wife last night... We were watching Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchem in that river rafting movie they're famous for. When that came out, everybody ran to the theaters to see it because Marilyn was the hottest sex object to ever hit the screen and we were mesmerized by her sensuality, sexuality, furry kittenish actions and facial expressions that raised the hairs on your arms and other things, etc.
The movie was also known as an incredible "Epic Adventure" movie of brave heroism, blah, blah, blah. As we watched it last night on Netflix I was thinking, "You know, there are at least a hundred women on TV today that are so absolutely gorgeous that IN COMPARISON TODAY, not for her time era, Marilyn would actually be considered a dog barely able to have a successful cooking show on an off-brand cable channel. It's not because the current ones are young because she was young at the time too.
And this "Epic Adventure of Heroism" was a very lightweight plot, a bit corny, you knew what the ending was going to be (good guy wins, bad guy dies) since back in the first 1/8 of the plot, fight scenes were lame, Indians were only dangerous when shooting arrows down from the cliffs yet always missed and even that was only because of the big minor-key big wampum orchestral music track, most of the movie was filmed in a studio and a movie of raging rapids played behind them, etc.
Oh, and the mostly emotionless acting was just terrible, almost like a rehearsed Broadway play being done on a sand lot with fake trees.
What I'm saying is something must have been wrong with my head back then to see that as an exciting and extraordinary movie or to see her as the ultimate sex kitten. Everyone seems to think that the newer generation of actors and actresses are lame and talent-less but in reverse I see the current generation in their 30's through 60's as being clearly superior to most every actor of my past - including stone faced John Wayne that everybody raves about.
Were we mesmerized by the "image" that Hollywood hyped into being the ultimate knockout, or was Marilyn actually an ultimate knockout, or was our society so lacking in ultimate knockouts at the time that she easily went right to the top of the list of sex symbols?
Dec 10, 2015 00:50:33 #
Marc-Wi
Loc: Oshkosh Wi
Frank47 wrote:
I agree! Some of the network news anchors look like they are just old enough to be high school student council president.
But not smart enough.
Dec 10, 2015 04:54:24 #
flathead27ford wrote:
LOL, I could think of other things I would rather have grow still. Other than my ears, nose, and hairs. ;-)
Come to think about it..if your ears and nose grow it must pull other body parts in to compensate...no imagination required here then ..lol.
Dec 10, 2015 05:44:26 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
marcomarks wrote:
You have moved from one end of the age spectrum to... (show quote)
It is called "peer pressure" and it works from generation to generation. It was sad to see the last few years of appearances of great blues performers like BB King for the same reason.
Dec 10, 2015 09:20:47 #
JohnFrim wrote:
When quality of life gets below a certain threshold it may be time to go. The tough part is deciding that threshold, or having someone else make that decision without knowing how you yourself may feel at that point. Tough, sad, but reality.
I hope I never see that threshold, and no one sees it for me.
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