The Baby-Boomers are getting old - how did it happen so soon.

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I am a Baby-Boomer and I am 66 years old, it is hard to realize that I am this old. I'll tell you that my mind is the mind of a 50 year old or maybe I should say my heart. I am young at heart and happy that I am; I am excited about living. I can't believe that I am older that my father when he was living.
 
Joidevivre

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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.

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I was reading just the other day that 60 is the new 40 and no longer considered "old" but middle-aged. Yippee. I haven't even reached middle aged yet....oh hang on will someone please tell this to my body? LOL
 
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oldthennew

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we 'BOOMERS', we sumpin else!!!

what a ride we each have had, thus far!
oh the BOOKS
 
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oldthennew

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see, I wasn't even done and they cut out my words!:p

here's the rest,,,

we 'BOOMERS', we're sumpin else!!!

what a ride we each have had, thus far!
oh the BOOKS we could all write -
would others be interested?
not so much these days,

but we are destined to witness -
to much distraction,
to many inventions,
not enough time for friends or families,
not enough SINCERE LOVE,
not enough TIME,
to much violence,
the loss of true empathy and respect.
the list goes on and on......

we haven't forgotten all the blessings,
but the grief will always be a bummer!
 
Joidevivre

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MadParrotWoman said:
I was reading just the other day that 60 is the new 40 and no longer considered "old" but middle-aged. Yippee. I haven't even reached middle aged yet....oh hang on will someone please tell this to my body? LOL
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Body of MPW - listen carefully now. You are really only 40. Quit lying to yourself! And get all those lumps and bumps back where they should be. Stand tall - remember you are 40.

Joi
 
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passing_through said:
I am a Baby-Boomer and I am 66 years old, it is hard to realize that I am this old. I'll tell you that my mind is the mind of a 50 year old or maybe I should say my heart. I am young at heart and happy that I am; I am excited about living. I can't believe that I am older that my father when he was living.
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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.
 
RickyZ

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What I want to know is how it happened that our generation (the boomers) raised such ill-equipped progeny?
 
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RickyZ said:
What I want to know is how it happened that our generation (the boomers) raised such ill-equipped progeny?
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Not my progeny! Change your circle of friends?
 
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I took a nap, something not uncommon among Boomers and when I woke up I found eight replies, I didn't expect such a turnout, I am not a big thread starter.

Thanks to all.
 
Joidevivre

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Oh yeah! Those naps. I can't believe you just said that - I just woke up from one.
 
RickyZ

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Joidevivre said:
Not my progeny! Change your circle of friends?
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I am changing my circle of friends, by moving 2000 miles out of the cesspool (Los Angeles)!

And of course there are good kids. But consider that our boomer generation:

1. was the first to hand down a standard of living that was worse than we had

2. has the highest number of "boomerang kids" as they have become known as

3. supports political agendas that have seen to it that the average worker hasn't seen a raise in pay for over 30 years, while their productivity has skyrocketed and the mega rich have pocketed the increase

4. has given away benefits like retirement and healthcare by abandoning collective bargaining for an "every man for themselves' society

5. has codified the largest inter-generational theft of funds ever

6. has enabled greed and avarice to thrive and be rewarded

7. produced a world in which defective products rule

8. has raised a generation who are turning apostate

9. has polluted the world to an apocalyptic level

10. has produced a society in which rudeness and narcissism abound.

As a boomer, I am aghast and embarrassed by the world we have left behind.
 
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Baby Boomer?
I still fall down and go BOOM!!
 
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"Kids Of The Baby Boom"
Bellamy Brothers

Our daddies won the war then they came home to our mom's.
They gave 'em so much love that us kids were born.
We all grew up on Mickey Mouse and hula hoops.
Then we all bought BMW's and new pick-up trucks.
And we watched John Kennedy die one afternoon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

It was a time of new prosperity in the USA.
All us fortunate offspring never had to pay.
We had sympathy for the devil and the Rolling Stones.
Then we got a little older, we found Haggard and Jones.
A generation screaming for room.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Kids of the Baby Boom,
We have freedom, we have money.
Baby Boom, here in the land of milk and honey.
Counting our chickens way too soon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Now we all can run computers and we all can dance.
We all have Calvin Klein written on our underpants.
And at 6 o'clock like robots we turn on the news.
And watch those-world countries deal out more abuse.
Remember the first man on the moon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Kids of the Baby Boom,
We have freedom, we have money.
Baby Boom, here in the land of milk and honey.
Counting our chickens way too soon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

As our lives become a capsule we send to the stars,
Our children look at us like we came from Mars.
As the farms disappear and the skies turns black,
We're a nation full of takers, never giving back.
We never stop to think what we consume.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Kids of the Baby Boom.
We have freedom, we have money.
Baby Boom, here in the land of milk and honey.
Counting our chickens way too soon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Our optimism mingles with the doom.
Kids of the Baby Boom.
 
Angela53510

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Speak for yourself! My kids are all productive members of society. And they only time they returned was in college, to work two jobs all summer.

As for me, my body is diseased, not old. Once I get back on meds, I'm going to terrorize the roads of my new home town on my bicycle, see if I can log 3000 km this summer. Yes, that is my goal!

My other goals are to start and complete a Ph.D. And get back into ministry in my new church and in the long term care facility here.

Sometimes I think about how I should be retiring. But because of the baby boomers thing, I kind of lost a decade or so being stupid, so really, my 61 is 41 or less. So not even close to it!

We were special, our generation. There will never be another one like us!
 
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Thank you, Angela

Most kind.

I feel the song does draw the spirit a bit low. This for several reasons: It's a sound of country music that is no longer heard or appreciated. And the words of course. But the tune, it's able to stir good memories, but then it also sounds like a days gone by and forever tune. To my ears. And all this especially if one was of the BB generation hearing it when it came out.

Terrorize the road? Ph.D? YOU GO GIRL. :)
 
RickyZ

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Galahad said:
"Kids Of The Baby Boom"
Bellamy Brothers

Our daddies won the war then they came home to our mom's.
They gave 'em so much love that us kids were born.
We all grew up on Mickey Mouse and hula hoops.
Then we all bought BMW's and new pick-up trucks.
And we watched John Kennedy die one afternoon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

It was a time of new prosperity in the USA.
All us fortunate offspring never had to pay.
We had sympathy for the devil and the Rolling Stones.
Then we got a little older, we found Haggard and Jones.
A generation screaming for room.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Kids of the Baby Boom,
We have freedom, we have money.
Baby Boom, here in the land of milk and honey.
Counting our chickens way too soon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Now we all can run computers and we all can dance.
We all have Calvin Klein written on our underpants.
And at 6 o'clock like robots we turn on the news.
And watch those-world countries deal out more abuse.
Remember the first man on the moon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Kids of the Baby Boom,
We have freedom, we have money.
Baby Boom, here in the land of milk and honey.
Counting our chickens way too soon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

As our lives become a capsule we send to the stars,
Our children look at us like we came from Mars.
As the farms disappear and the skies turns black,
We're a nation full of takers, never giving back.
We never stop to think what we consume.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Kids of the Baby Boom.
We have freedom, we have money.
Baby Boom, here in the land of milk and honey.
Counting our chickens way too soon.
Kids of the Baby Boom.

Our optimism mingles with the doom.
Kids of the Baby Boom.
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Wow

and wow again for the quota...
 
RickyZ

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Angela53510 said:
Speak for yourself! My kids are all productive members of society. And they only time they returned was in college, to work two jobs all summer.

As for me, my body is diseased, not old. Once I get back on meds, I'm going to terrorize the roads of my new home town on my bicycle, see if I can log 3000 km this summer. Yes, that is my goal!

My other goals are to start and complete a Ph.D. And get back into ministry in my new church and in the long term care facility here.

Sometimes I think about how I should be retiring. But because of the baby boomers thing, I kind of lost a decade or so being stupid, so really, my 61 is 41 or less. So not even close to it!

We were special, our generation. There will never be another one like us!
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Galahad said:
Thank you, Angela

Most kind.

I feel the song does draw the spirit a bit low. This for several reasons: It's a sound of country music that is no longer heard or appreciated. And the words of course. But the tune, it's able to stir good memories, but then it also sounds like a days gone by and forever tune. To my ears. And all this especially if one was of the BB generation hearing it when it came out.

Terrorize the road? Ph.D? YOU GO GIRL. :)
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Angela you're awesome, and I don't mean to demean your kids. I know people with good and Godly kids and God bless you for providing some. But as we march into the tribulation they are becoming fewer and farer between. And we have left them very little to resource themselves with. I am grateful I never had any in this environment... altho I sense I'm about to adopt one in the new. And I plan to be on my bicycle in my new home town soon too. Actually, according to my wife, it'll be a surrey and guess who's drivin'!

Galahad, it could drive the spirit low, or it could give the spirit warning. Yeah it is about a day gone by, and different days we are entering even now. Let the Spirit discern.

God bless and protect you both.
 
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