The Baby-Boomers are getting old - how did it happen so soon.
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Oh, I've heard what is yet to be. Indeed. Booms follow the aging process. I've heard too many of them.
When you stand up out of a chair, Boom! Oh, yes. I've heard them.
When you step, Boom! One individual, poor old fellow, took a step -- boom! Then another step -- boom! after about 6 steps, I heard "Oh for crying out loud."
When you laugh, Boom!
When you're just standing and minding your own business, Boom!
And some folks don't hear their boom. They'll be boom-boom, bam-bam, KAPOW! and Wheezy DO DAW DEE DI DOE. And they just continue on. Not even a twitch. Nothing. They've just expelled a category 10, and they don't know it.
Oh, I pray the Boom don't overtake me in my older years.
Boom! Oh, no.
When you stand up out of a chair, Boom! Oh, yes. I've heard them.
When you step, Boom! One individual, poor old fellow, took a step -- boom! Then another step -- boom! after about 6 steps, I heard "Oh for crying out loud."
When you laugh, Boom!
When you're just standing and minding your own business, Boom!
And some folks don't hear their boom. They'll be boom-boom, bam-bam, KAPOW! and Wheezy DO DAW DEE DI DOE. And they just continue on. Not even a twitch. Nothing. They've just expelled a category 10, and they don't know it.
Oh, I pray the Boom don't overtake me in my older years.
Boom! Oh, no.
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Oh, I've heard what is yet to be. Indeed. Booms follow the aging process. I've heard too many of them.
When you stand up out of a chair, Boom! Oh, yes. I've heard them.
When you step, Boom! One individual, poor old fellow, took a step -- boom! Then another step -- boom! after about 6 steps, I heard "Oh for crying out loud."
When you laugh, Boom!
When you're just standing and minding your own business, Boom!
And some folks don't hear their boom. They'll be boom-boom, bam-bam, KAPOW! and Wheezy DO DAW DEE DI DOE. And they just continue on. Not even a twitch. Nothing. They've just expelled a category 10, and they don't know it.
Oh, I pray the Boom don't overtake me in my older years.
Boom! Oh, no.
When you stand up out of a chair, Boom! Oh, yes. I've heard them.
When you step, Boom! One individual, poor old fellow, took a step -- boom! Then another step -- boom! after about 6 steps, I heard "Oh for crying out loud."
When you laugh, Boom!
When you're just standing and minding your own business, Boom!
And some folks don't hear their boom. They'll be boom-boom, bam-bam, KAPOW! and Wheezy DO DAW DEE DI DOE. And they just continue on. Not even a twitch. Nothing. They've just expelled a category 10, and they don't know it.
Oh, I pray the Boom don't overtake me in my older years.
Boom! Oh, no.
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Ah yes, the greatest generation laid the groundwork for our failure. Let's blame them! Actually you are right, too many of them gave too many of us spoils that we then didn't appreciate because we didn't have to earn it and therefore didn't learn the value of it. So we passed that along to our progeny (the me generation) who then amplified it for their progeny (the me-me-me generation) and narcissism and un-appreciation for things exploded!
Yeah I know I'm a buzz-kill
Yeah I know I'm a buzz-kill
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Hubby is a Vietnam War era vet. (He was on an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, thankfully, so the closest he got to war was the Six-Day War in Israel, and the only thing the ship did was turn around to leave the Med.) He's 67.
I'm 59, so I'm on the other end of Baby Boomers.
We went to the VA Hospital last week. I saw people with gray hair or no hair wearing VN caps showing which war they were associated. My mind got boggled with, "Wait a minute. They're hippies. Why isn't their hair the right color?"
Then I saw others from the Korean War and was equally as baffled. They're my Dad's age. They should only be in their 40s.
Outwardly, I'm 59. Inwardly, I'm the same age I was when I married -- 24. And hubby is still 33. (A 24 year old shouldn't have my bad back. lol)
I have no idea how we survive that time loop. I don't even remember when it happened. lol
I'm 59, so I'm on the other end of Baby Boomers.
We went to the VA Hospital last week. I saw people with gray hair or no hair wearing VN caps showing which war they were associated. My mind got boggled with, "Wait a minute. They're hippies. Why isn't their hair the right color?"
Then I saw others from the Korean War and was equally as baffled. They're my Dad's age. They should only be in their 40s.
Outwardly, I'm 59. Inwardly, I'm the same age I was when I married -- 24. And hubby is still 33. (A 24 year old shouldn't have my bad back. lol)
I have no idea how we survive that time loop. I don't even remember when it happened. lol
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What is taught to salespersons in some stores is that all older people think they are 15 years younger - and to sell to them as if they were.
That is so accurate. I remember the first time someone called me "Ma'm". (did I do that right?) I went home and had to check myself in the mirror. Really?!
And for every year that I age, I go back another year. I'm probably 40 mentally now. But there are some days I swear I think like a 6 year old! And crave to go down a slide - or find a tire swing.
That is so accurate. I remember the first time someone called me "Ma'm". (did I do that right?) I went home and had to check myself in the mirror. Really?!
And for every year that I age, I go back another year. I'm probably 40 mentally now. But there are some days I swear I think like a 6 year old! And crave to go down a slide - or find a tire swing.
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I'm four years younger than you, and I'm not old. Nor do I ever intend to be old. "Old" is a mindset I refuse to entertain. A mind set on Christ -- His love shared with others, fulfillment in whatever endeavor(s) He leads one into, in the spouse and family He gives us, in service to Him, in physical activity that keeps not just the body, but the mind and spirit sharp -- cannot be old.
I will not retire. I will simply adopt another career, perhaps two more, the latter phases of me life unfolding before me but still a long road to travel, which I will enjoy every step of with my beautiful wife. She is a younger woman, you know. By four whole days.
Perhaps this will give you some incentive not to think of 66 as "old." 60, not 50, is the new middle age, study says.
I will not retire. I will simply adopt another career, perhaps two more, the latter phases of me life unfolding before me but still a long road to travel, which I will enjoy every step of with my beautiful wife. She is a younger woman, you know. By four whole days.
Perhaps this will give you some incentive not to think of 66 as "old." 60, not 50, is the new middle age, study says.
My youngest brother is 29 years younger than I. He can count the 50's as middle aged. My younger brother has a toddler. That toddler will see 60's as middle-aged. I won't be around to laugh with him then. I hope to laugh with him while we worship God in heaven.
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I'm a baby boomer. I didn't get any of that version though. Dad was Korean War era. (Didn't go, but he was legally exempted.)
I don't remember JFK's assassination. I'm Caroline's age, so just remember the procession, a "donkey" pulling the coffin, (I didn't learn what a mule was until that day), Jon-Jon saluting, and Jackie's black hat. It interrupted my cartoons.
The newest car we ever bought was a 1995 Saturn. (We bought it in 1996 with 60,000 miles on it already.) It's still our car. (We still haven't hit 100,000 miles yet. lol)
Our chickens hatched a couple of times. They tended to die as chicks. Most of the eggs rotted. God's still taking care of us though.
Sorry, I won't be blamed for what I never did, and the blame I do bear was nailed to the cross.
I don't remember JFK's assassination. I'm Caroline's age, so just remember the procession, a "donkey" pulling the coffin, (I didn't learn what a mule was until that day), Jon-Jon saluting, and Jackie's black hat. It interrupted my cartoons.
The newest car we ever bought was a 1995 Saturn. (We bought it in 1996 with 60,000 miles on it already.) It's still our car. (We still haven't hit 100,000 miles yet. lol)
Our chickens hatched a couple of times. They tended to die as chicks. Most of the eggs rotted. God's still taking care of us though.
Sorry, I won't be blamed for what I never did, and the blame I do bear was nailed to the cross.
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I believe the Great Tribulation came and went. Other tribulations continue across the globe, but not in America.
If I had kids, I wouldn't worry about how soft they are. Soft is good. God gives them soft. I don't worry about kids in general, because God can do hard too. I had it soft. God gave me that. God gave me hard. God carries me through soft or hard. It is still God.
While you worry about the Great Tribulation, maybe it's time to read Revelation again. God won/is winning/will win. The books ending is key. God won! The whole book gives us the answer: "through Christ." It shows Man at our worse, and God at his Always. God is always, always, always in control, even when we try to rip it out of his hands. Even as we blame others. Always! God won!
If I had kids, I wouldn't worry about how soft they are. Soft is good. God gives them soft. I don't worry about kids in general, because God can do hard too. I had it soft. God gave me that. God gave me hard. God carries me through soft or hard. It is still God.
While you worry about the Great Tribulation, maybe it's time to read Revelation again. God won/is winning/will win. The books ending is key. God won! The whole book gives us the answer: "through Christ." It shows Man at our worse, and God at his Always. God is always, always, always in control, even when we try to rip it out of his hands. Even as we blame others. Always! God won!
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Oh, I've heard what is yet to be. Indeed. Booms follow the aging process. I've heard too many of them.
When you stand up out of a chair, Boom! Oh, yes. I've heard them.
When you step, Boom! One individual, poor old fellow, took a step -- boom! Then another step -- boom! after about 6 steps, I heard "Oh for crying out loud."
When you laugh, Boom!
When you're just standing and minding your own business, Boom!
And some folks don't hear their boom. They'll be boom-boom, bam-bam, KAPOW! and Wheezy DO DAW DEE DI DOE. And they just continue on. Not even a twitch. Nothing. They've just expelled a category 10, and they don't know it.
Oh, I pray the Boom don't overtake me in my older years.
Boom! Oh, no.
When you stand up out of a chair, Boom! Oh, yes. I've heard them.
When you step, Boom! One individual, poor old fellow, took a step -- boom! Then another step -- boom! after about 6 steps, I heard "Oh for crying out loud."
When you laugh, Boom!
When you're just standing and minding your own business, Boom!
And some folks don't hear their boom. They'll be boom-boom, bam-bam, KAPOW! and Wheezy DO DAW DEE DI DOE. And they just continue on. Not even a twitch. Nothing. They've just expelled a category 10, and they don't know it.
Oh, I pray the Boom don't overtake me in my older years.
Boom! Oh, no.
(And for crying out loud!
) lol
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Ya know, it occurred to me as I was perusing posts, the thread title is off kilter. It asks, "how did it happen so soon?"
It didn't "happen so soon." It happened at the same pace time has always had. But when its not someone else, but us "getting old" it just seems faster. Youth truly is wasted on the young.
It didn't "happen so soon." It happened at the same pace time has always had. But when its not someone else, but us "getting old" it just seems faster. Youth truly is wasted on the young.
