You know how I know I'm old? - Page 2

Nope, different school.

My 20-year high school reunion is next year.

Eat me through my colostomy bag, you fucks.

Sorry, because she was dating a friend of mine.
Also, because I was desperately pursuing other girls that seemed much, much hotter at the time.

Cheeky goddam whippersnappers!

I still like to reminisce about the good old days of VHS and cassette tapes. I heard that there was even a time with no cell phones. Sometimes I like to get back to my roots and watch TV without using tivo, it's like being in colonial times.

TC Williams?

You know, when I was 14-17 I would go with my mom to her company Christmas parties and the people that didn't already know my would always think I was her sister, because I looked older than my age and she looked younger than hers. I figure by the time my daughter is 14 and I am 35 I will start to look more like her sister than her mother. I hope.

I guess 14 and 35 is better than 70 and 90. There should be an episode of "The Office" where they have a party and some woman brings her 16 year old daughter and Steve Carrell says "Introduce me to your sister, she's hot." and then she responds "uh, she's my daughter......and she's 16....(long akward silence)."

I feel shitty that I'm a few of years older than Diva, but at least I'm not the oldest on the site. Fuck you people that feel old at 25. I can't say that I don't remember feeling the same way at 25, but fuck you anyway.

I was telling my wife a few days ago about a buddy of mine back in England who just became a dad. Got onto the subject of his nephew (whose parents are also friends of mine) and I was reminiscing about how when he was about 2 years old he wouldn't stop offering me candy at Christmas. That was about 18 years ago, so I'm thinking he's about 20 now. Made me feel really old.

Today I get an email telling me that he was killed in a car crash this weekend. I hadn't seen him or his parents in years but this has really knocked me today. So bloody sad. Coming just 3 days before the 19th anniversary of my mom dying I guess the shitty feeling has started earlier than normal this year.

Hey Ade,

There aren't any witty remarks to help make sense of something like this. I guess that all you can do is hold onto good memories of the people who've gone out of your life. At least someone remembers a funny little boy who kept trying to give them candy. Hope something good comes your way soon.

Sorry to hear that, Ade.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the thoughts. I'm now racking my brain to try & come up with something amusing to get this thread back to where it was.

I'll keep working on it!

Sorry, Ade.

Had a little mortality scare last week myself. Good friend of the family (known her 25 years outta my 30 year existence) and basically a 2nd mother to me was rushed to the hospital under the suspicion of a stroke. It turned out to be a brain tumor. Diane was hooked up to tubes till they could diagnose and it was touch and go with many hard decisions to be made. She's 74, with 1 kid (Beth = my best friend who's like a sister to me) and she has a living will that states she doesn't want to be on life support. The doctor determined that it was operable, put her under the knife last Thurs (removed tumor, put in a chemo-disc) and by Fri, she was talking and acting more like herself.

The friend/sister of mine, Beth (who's 6 days older than me. we're both 30), just got married this year, is an only child, and has old parents. They're as old as my grandparents. Her father is a cancer survivor (barely) and just turned 80. He relies on Diane, his wife, to take care of him and she nearly died last week (from sudden causes). I hope Diane recovers and sticks around. She's a great lady. I just moved to Florida last year after living in Pennsylvania my whole life and it's times like these that make me wish I didn't live so far away.

Times like these make me feel old as well.

Twentyfifth high school anniversary coming up this November. I'm turning 44 this year. I'm going to buy a new guitar or a Jag or something just to say I'm in the midst of some crisis.

I'm not. But it just sounds better to be able to spout woe and angst at these gatherings.

Ade, Darkmites....condolences to you both. Reminders of mortality should come with drugs or warning stickers or something.

Thanks teledork,

Now here's one. I know I'm old when I watch The Departed & remember seeing Ray Winstone in Scum all those years ago! Still good now.

"Where's your tool?"
"What fuckin' tool?"
"This fuckin' tool!"

I still stand firm in the fact that I'm the oldest teenager you'll ever run into....