Mike Wallace is 88???

[gassy]

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?

[bigchillcar]

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

[gassy]

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

[bigchillcar]

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

[lendaddy]

I thought Dale Jarrett was 88?

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

[Sonic dB]

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

[Sonic dB]

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

[Rot 911]

Originally posted by bigchillcar
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

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.

[gassy]

I gotta start doing that.

[TerryH]

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

[Sonic dB]

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

I dont know many of those people on that list.

[bigchillcar]

karl malden, 93, catches my eye..
ryan

[Rick Lee]

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.

[Dantilla]

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.............