Mike Wallace is 88???
 

Probably the most boring thread in years, but I just saw on tv that Mike Wallace of "60 Minutes" is retiring. He's 88. I pegged him at 70. Who else is older/younger than we thought?

well, i'm 40 and i friggin' can't believe it. :(
ryan

Ryan,
I guess you're right. I'm 35 and always think everyone is younger than I.

yeah..i hit 40 this past january and it bothered me like no other birthday ever has. it's been a tough past couple of years..i had to quit my career and am trying now to start over in another field..lost my love..so now i'm alone on top of it. i 'celebrated' by myself in a silent house with nothing but a steady rain falling outside..poignant. okay, self-pity rant over..for now..lol. ;)
ryan

I thought Dale Jarrett was 88?

.........Rim shot......

Damn...how old is Mickey Rooney? I think I saw him on the Academy Awards...hes got to be about 90?

I also saw a pic of Mickey Rourke at the Academy Awards... he just looks like he's 90.

Thread hijack: Since I turned 40 I intentionally spend every birthday by myself. If it falls during the week I take the day off. I usually hop on the motorcycle and ride down to southern Missouri with my flyfishing rod. I spend the day in one of the rivers casting and reviewing my life. Doesn't depress me at all, kind of uplifting.

I gotta start doing that.

This site is informative about these things. Here is some of the older known folk.

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.nsf/pages/main

Name Age Date of Birth Field

Brooke Astor 103 03/30/1902 Philanthropy

Phyllis A. Whitney 102 09/09/1903 Literature

Charles Lane 101 01/26/1905 Entertainment

Stanley Kunitz 100 07/29/1905 Literature

Albert Hofmann 100 01/11/1906 Science

Bruce Bennett 99 05/19/1906 Entertainment

Vincent Sherman 99 07/16/1906 Entertainment

Oscar Niemeyer 98 12/15/1907 Architecture

Ernestine Gilbreth Carey 97 04/04/1908 Literature

Michael DeBakey 97 09/07/1908 Medicine

John Kenneth Galbraith 97 10/15/1908 Finance

Claude Lévi-Strauss 97 11/28/1908 Science

George Beverly Shea 97 02/01/1909 Music

Miep Gies 97 02/15/1909 Other

Ernest Gallo 96 03/18/1909 Business

Dolores Hope 96 05/27/1909 Music

Earl Butz 96 07/03/1909 Politics

Luise Rainer 96 01/12/1910 Entertainment

Gordon Hinckley 95 06/23/1910 Religion

Gloria Stuart 95 07/04/1910 Entertainment

Anita Page 95 08/04/1910 Entertainment

Kitty Carlisle 95 09/03/1910 Entertainment

Maurice Papon 95 09/03/1910 Politics,Crime

John Wooden 95 10/14/1910 Sports

Robert Earl Jones 95 02/03/1911 Entertainment

Willem Kolff 95 02/14/1911 Inventing

Joseph Barbera 94 03/24/1911 Entertainment

Teddy Kollek 94 05/27/1911 Politics

Mitch Miller 94 07/04/1911 Music

Gian Carlo Menotti 94 07/07/1911 Music,Theater

John Wheeler 94 07/09/1911 Science

Jane Wyatt 94 08/12/1911 Entertainment

Buck O'Neil 94 11/13/1911 Sports

Naguib Mahfouz 94 12/11/1911 Literature

Jules Dassin 94 12/18/1911 Entertainment

Byron Nelson 94 02/04/1912 Sports

Karl Malden 93 03/22/1912 Entertainment

Studs Terkel 93 05/16/1912 Literature

Art Linkletter 93 07/17/1912 Entertainment

Milton Friedman 93 07/31/1912 Finance

Michelangelo Antonioni 93 09/29/1912 Entertainment

Alfredo Stroessner 93 11/03/1912 Politics

Carlo Ponti 93 12/11/1912 Entertainment

Lady Bird Johnson 93 12/22/1912 Politics

Frankie Laine 92 03/30/1913 Music

Oleg Cassini 92 04/11/1913 Fashion

Risë Stevens 92 06/11/1913 Music

Robert Mondavi 92 06/18/1913 Business

Gerald Ford 92 07/14/1913 Politics

W. Mark Felt 92 08/17/1913 Politics

Levi Strauss is "Science"? Maybe making the science of asses looking good in jeans.

I dont know many of those people on that list.

karl malden, 93, catches my eye..
ryan

My company gives us our birthdays off. I love it. I always treat myself to a nice drive in the P-car down to Mt. Vernon, jog a few miles, grab a Jamba Juice, go shoot at the range and then get spoiled by the lady when she gets home from work. I don't worry about turning 40 at all.

The calendar says I'm over forty, but so what? Life gets better all the time.

At twenty, if I went to a car dealership to buy a car, they assumed I was just kicking tires, and ignored me.

At forty, if I go into a dealership to kick tires, they assume I can buy, and toss me the keys to anything I want.

Buying and selling property no longer freaks me out.

When I ask banks for money, they always say yes.

I don't have to ask banks for money anymore.

The list goes on and on.............