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I'd love to be 25 again...I'm turning the big 4-0 next month and that realisation is hitting me hard.....

Old 10-09-2012, 01:03 PM
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I did this & wish I had treated myself a little better in my twenties, best to plan on a century.
please listen to this advice. i wish i had..i would be having more fun now instead of trying to catch up on savings..boo!

i would be healthier too..boo!
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just remember -- if you haven't done anything great by 25, then you will likely not be make any outstanding contributions to the field later on...







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Mid life crisis......

I'm 64 and am not planning on having my mid-life crisis until I'm 100!
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Old 10-09-2012, 01:30 PM
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I'd love to be 25 again...I'm turning the big 4-0 next month and that realisation is hitting me hard.....
wish I was turning 40 again...hahaha
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Old 10-09-2012, 01:30 PM
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Well it happened. I knew I couldn't put it off much longer...I turned 25.

Since I conservatively put my lifespan at 50 years I decided to go on a trip. Booked a flight over to AMS the first week of November to see if I still can hang with the young whippersnappers. I may have lost a step or two, but I can still hang with the best of them.

Here's to getting old.
You are going to live to be 200!! The docs can fix ANYTHING you break so go have fun, lots of it. AND STOP THIS SILLY TALK, of 25 being mid-life. Getting old has its upside as well and you are not even close.
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I'm 64 and am not planning on having my mid-life crisis until I'm 100!
Ok, Fred, you have now become my inspiration.

I will challenge all of us to be told that we are immature when we hit 60! What say ye?
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Here's how I dealt with my mid-life crisis: I was 55 and it almost killed me



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For some reason 25 hit me hard. I have now realized that starting today I am now closer to 30 then 25. That's huge to me.

I have a whole lot more to fufill by the time I turn 30 so the next 5 years should be one hell of a ride.

And I hope you guy's know that I am just messing with the old statement. Some of the most fun I have ever had in my life is with guys 40+ so I know I have a whole lot to look forward too.

Are you old enough to rent a car?
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Old 10-09-2012, 02:45 PM
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Don't worry, 25 is the new 5. You're just starting kindergarten...
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If you are depressed about your age at 25... better hide the pills/guns/knifes when you turn 40!
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Reminds me of an old joke, the punchline goes something like:

"Lets walk down and (poke) 'em all!"

Happy Birthday, you whippersnapper!
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Tom, you are an idiot. Keep talking like that and you aren't gonna achieve your New Year's goal!

On the cusp of turning 40 myself, I look back at my 20's and 30's and I had WAY more fun in my 30's. And I anticipate having even more fun in my 40's. There is truly something liberating and freeing about not giving a crap about what other people think anymore.

Now shut your whining and do something a little more productive than getting sloshed at the Saucer, will ya?
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For some reason 25 hit me hard...
A lot of us have been working quite a few years BEFORE you were born...

Have a Poutine and call me in the morning
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For some reason 25 hit me hard. I have now realized that starting today I am now closer to 30 then 25. That's huge to me.

I have a whole lot more to fufill by the time I turn 30 so the next 5 years should be one hell of a ride.

go back an take a math class for one.
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Whoops. Quick math failed me.
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Now shut your whining and do something a little more productive than getting sloshed at the Saucer, will ya?
The flying saucer?
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my birthday is in a few days. this one I'll be one year younger.. for the last couple years I've been thinking I'm turning a year older than my actual age. had to count out the decades yesterday to figure out if I was going to turn 57 or 58 this year. turns out I'm a year younger than I thought I was. doesn't feel any different

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