It's not easy being young.
 

It's not easy being young.

I had to laugh, it's quite windy here today and a young guy just rode his skateboad past the house carrying his surfboard while texting, and had his baseball cap on backwards to complete the picture.

The other guys are just concentrating on not dropping their surfboards in the wind.

Yeah, I hear ya. I really struggle with my youth.

Nice, but he looked cool, and that's all that counts.

Hey, he pulled it off right?

I sure miss being young. Miss it more every day.

I don't want to go back, not much I really want to do over, buy something earlier or sell it later, get rid of my first wife quicker, but to be that age again, I doubt I could really change.

It's not that i'd want to do anything over, i just want to do all of it again.

x11ty billion!

tell me about it.... :D :D :D

Oh exactly. I can imagine myself at high school with all those beautiful naive girls around and having the, well the skills I've developed over the years.

Yup, I'm sure it a jealousy thing. I could do one or the other, skateboard, carry the surfboard, txt, wear the cap without looking silly, but not at the same time LOL. Maybe not the cap thing.

i used to be able to throw a football a quarter of a mile. ..if i could only go back to '82....i COULD TAKE STATE!

Bill, I just want to see photos of where you're speaking of. NZ is very charming, IMO.

there are a lot of things I have done I don't want to do again, I was lucky the first time, I'm just saying I don't know that I would be smart enough to change on the second trip. It's to me like playing golf, people whine that the putt missed by an inch but then the shot before was lucky, I might not be as lucky the second time.
I am reasonably happy to be where I am.

DD, I'll put some pics up on my website Lyall Bay Beach, Wellington, New Zealand sometime soon. As per the recent discussions about NZ, Wellington and the north island isn't as nice as the south island http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/504638-anyone-know-perth-well-4.html Wanaka/Queenstown is great.

Cool! I look forward to seeing the photos.

I don't remember it.

If you truly had a good time, THIS is the correct answer. Ditto mois. Not much of it anyway.

Ian

+1

Screw "growing old gracefully". I intend to avoid growing old as long as possible and finally capitulate to it only after much thrashing about, kicking and screaming. I won't go quietly.

Of course I really do wish I knew then what I know now. Youth really is wasted on the young. But I'd still like to have it back again. It's better than getting old.

You are never to old to have a happy childhood.

I plan to live forever or die in the attempt.

Too true.

Although there's something to be said for being "young and dumb and full of ___".

Youth is powerful enough to offset all the stupidity associated with being young. It makes doing very dumb things very forgiveable.

I'd hate to die "peacefully in my sleep" as they say. I'd at least like to make the newspapers.

I think when it's my time I'll get hit by a hearse. The sheer irony and ability to make people laugh from beyond the grave would be worth it.

i've done enough crazy **** in my time..could ave died several times over... to much conflict and reaction to the conflict... i don't miss the crazy days, but i don't regret anything either...I'm single, not married, don't have kids... but i got people i need to take care off... i'm much calmer now, much happier... No more unexplainable urges go out and fight agains t normality...

When George B. Shaw wrote, "Youth is wasted on the young"...he was watching the exact same guy.

And he was wrong.

Youth isn't wasted on the young, it is wasted on anyone afraid to be young.

And believe me, I know it hurts to be slow where I once soared...key is to find other old dudes with a youthful mindset and play the sports you always loved.

A friend of mine mentioned, after our weekly basketball tiff, "I still get my rebounds just like I did when I was 20...under the rim."

Or be young yourself. Just don't try to act too young or you'll just look like a dork. The other side of the coin, I see a lot of prematurely old people too. Especially amongst those that retire early . . .

Ian

I edited my post...I meant playing sports. There is nothing worse than a 50ish guy trying hard to be hip.

I like to compete...and I'm sure I look like a dork, but not in my mind.

old is a state of mind..
acting somewhat mature is what I currently dabble at..

Rika

I started to get old in the '80s (in my 30s). Marriage, house, kids. A divorce solved that. How did Dylan put it?

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"

Ian

i've matured quite a lot in my older days, except for porsches, wine, woman, apple products, cigars, sex, rock & roll, guns................

An old dog is lucky to make it TO the newspapers! :D