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Why is it that some people don't want people to know how old they are - even people they've never met ha2ha
a lot of my friends on facebook don't fill in the bit that says what year they were born, so you get a reminder that its somebody's birthday today but it doesn't say which birthday (only on about 20%)
I have to say that I notice its mostly the ladies who are shy of showing theyre age
Im always puzzled why though, is it something to be ashamed off ?
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Why is it that some people don't want people to know how old they are - even people they've never met ha2ha
a lot of my friends on facebook don't fill in the bit that says what year they were born, so you get a reminder that its somebody's birthday today but it doesn't say which birthday (only on about 20%)
I have to say that I notice its mostly the ladies who are shy of showing theyre age
Im always puzzled why though, is it something to be ashamed off ?
Yes. I think it can be a bit of fun sometimes playing up to the stereotype of being worried about how old y
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Try again. Accidentally hit post too soon
I think a lot of it is people playing up to the stereotype of being worried how old they are. But some people do seem to take it too seriously. It overestimates how much people would care.
It might also be an overhang from when I was a kid and told it was rude to ask how old someone was. Made it a slightly taboo topic.
Personally Im happy for people to know how old I am. As long as they make suitable insincere comments about how young I look. ;D
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I turned 61 in November
I don't care if people think Im old, that's their problem......Im bloody well proud to have made it to 61 ;)
If somebody asks me how old I am I usually add a few years (like 6 or 7) its funny when they say 'ohh you don't look it'
don't be ashamed of your age !!
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57, I like everything but the aches and pains! ;)
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44
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44
bit of a kid Todd :D
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35
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19
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Funny you should bring up this topic, nimrod. Lately, I've been kind of worrying about getting older. I guess what I worry about is that the typical person in their mid 20s have such and such and done such and such and I haven't. What I also find myself thinking is that I am very childlike and I feel like I don't act my age sometimes (for example, when my sister, her boyfriend and I all went to my parents house for dinner two weeks ago I was playing with my sister's hair, making her giggle and laugh while she was eating, kicking her under the table, putting salt in her juice etc ), I like bumming around, climbing trees, and being plain silly.... But it kind of feels the older you can't really do things like that. But yes, it is all in the mind and a social perspective. Age is just a number.
.... Turning 25 on Friday!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!
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57, I like everything but the aches and pains! ;)
At 58, I resemble that statement!
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59.
It's the new 58!
:P
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35 :)
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I'm a newly minted 50. Doesn't seem much different to 40 to me.
It looks like we have a real spread of ages here. Good to know a forum like this isn't just the preserve of boomers. Given some critics say that Beatle fandom is just a boomer thing and will die out with that generation.
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I'm 24. Twice.
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59.
It's the new 58!
:P
I can't wait!
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45 in April
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I'm 35. Until about two years ago I used to think that I felt much younger than I actually was. But then I had to deal with a group of 17-18 year old interns at work for a while and I thought they were such a bunch of stupid, immature little children... (no offense to all the much, much cooler teenagers on this board, of course... ;D). I've been perfectly content with being in my 30s ever since. ;D
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I'm a brand-new 46. :)
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Funny you should bring up this topic, nimrod. Lately, I've been kind of worrying about getting older. I guess what I worry about is that the typical person in their mid 20s have such and such and done such and such and I haven't. What I also find myself thinking is that I am very childlike and I feel like I don't act my age sometimes (for example, when my sister, her boyfriend and I all went to my parents house for dinner two weeks ago I was playing with my sister's hair, making her giggle and laugh while she was eating, kicking her under the table, putting salt in her juice etc ), I like bumming around, climbing trees, and being plain silly.... But it kind of feels the older you can't really do things like that. But yes, it is all in the mind and a social perspective. Age is just a number.
.... Turning 25 on Friday!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!
Happy birthday, a day in advance, KE! cheer1
Silliness can be a very good thing, I think. It's nice that you have a sense of humor and are in touch with your playful side. So many people aren't! One needs to be able to laugh or else life will just get too overwhelming.
Last week I wrote "Dust Me" in the heavy dust on my TV stand and texted the pic to my friends, joking about my pathetic housekeeping skills. Sometimes it's either laugh, or cry. ;)
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Funny you should bring up this topic, nimrod. Lately, I've been kind of worrying about getting older. I guess what I worry about is that the typical person in their mid 20s have such and such and done such and such and I haven't. What I also find myself thinking is that I am very childlike and I feel like I don't act my age sometimes (for example, when my sister, her boyfriend and I all went to my parents house for dinner two weeks ago I was playing with my sister's hair, making her giggle and laugh while she was eating, kicking her under the table, putting salt in her juice etc ), I like bumming around, climbing trees, and being plain silly.... But it kind of feels the older you can't really do things like that. But yes, it is all in the mind and a social perspective. Age is just a number.
.... Turning 25 on Friday!!!!!!! Woohoo!!!!!
Well its Friday here so Happy Birthday KE :D
Stop worrying and carry on being yourself, its you and you should be yourself, my Mum did silly things all here life and made us laugh, you are very young, (I wish I was) enjoy your life and stop worrying.
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Happy birthday, a day in advance, KE! cheer1
Silliness can be a very good thing, I think. It's nice that you have a sense of humor and are in touch with your playful side. So many people aren't! One needs to be able to laugh or else life will just get too overwhelming.
Last week I wrote "Dust Me" in the heavy dust on my TV stand and texted the pic to my friends, joking about my pathetic housekeeping skills. Sometimes it's either laugh, or cry. ;)
Some pretty good advice right there, KE.
Happy Birthday!
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Coming up this year...
Paul McCartney/when I'm sixty-four (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtvloYh3gdM#ws)
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will you be renting a cottage in the Isle Of Wight ?
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Yeah. Gotta find me a girl who can knit one of these by the fireside...
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2nhlsmg.jpg)
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Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone. I love birthdays!
How's that for silliness: yesterday I went to lunch and came back to work with a toy alpaca. It was just too cute not to buy! Now he sits on my desk at work :)
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Very silly KE (like supporting Arsenal haha)
Barry you'll both have to scrimp & save
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Barry you'll both have to scrimp & save
Yeah, I could be handy mending a fuse when the lights have gone.
And Sunday mornings we can go for a ride...
1995 Ferrari F355 Challenge at Pocono Raceway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ymWiTGmzIQ#ws)
(http://i43.tinypic.com/23syb5s.jpg)
;D
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Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone. I love birthdays!
How's that for silliness: yesterday I went to lunch and came back to work with a toy alpaca. It was just too cute not to buy! Now he sits on my desk at work :)
Happy belated Birthday KE!
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Happy belated Birthday KE!
Thank you so much!
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Barry is that the version of '64' with Pauls vocal lower in pitch ?
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It's somewhere in between, Kev.
Here's the way it was recorded, in the key of C...
When I'm Sixty Four original (In the key of C major) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDt26gJYVB4#ws)
And here it is sped up the way it appears on the album...
The Beatles - When I'm Sixty Four (2009 Mono Remaster) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcn8fwepOfs#)
You know what happens. As you get older, you get slower. :)
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Happy belated Birthday KE!
It's still her birthday here in the Western Hemisphere, Dave. It's Saturday 25 January for her now, though. But she's still upside down.
Doesn't the blood rush to your head, KE?
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In the Ferrari Baz, is that Vera Chuck or Dave ?
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It's just me in there, Kev. Here in the United States steering wheels are on the correct side of the car; on the left. I reckon you have it the other way around down there, and drive on the wrong side of the road too, because you're upside down.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/29yjtqc.jpg)
I haven't slowed down yet. :)
That's such a neat car, Kev. Only 9 of the 109 F355 Challenge cars built are street-legal; just the 1995 cars. And mine is one of them...
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2411iiv.jpg)
(http://i43.tinypic.com/28am9si.jpg)
I think there are only 2 that are registered for the road in Australia.
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It's still her birthday here in the Western Hemisphere, Dave. It's Saturday 25 January for her now, though. But she's still upside down.
Doesn't the blood rush to your head, KE?
Oh good, I didn't miss it! may your birthday wishes flow downhill!
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you lucky sod Baz, Id love to get me hands on that wheel :D
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Happy belated birthday KE.I hope you had a enjoyable and great day.
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It's just me in there, Kev.
WOW, Barry, that looks like a truly amazing car! And I'm sure I don't know the half of it. The first phrase that comes to mind is "That is so cool!", which seems like a pretty inadequate thing to say. :)
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The first phrase that comes to mind is "That is so cool!", which seems like a pretty inadequate thing to say. :)
Those were my exact words when I first test-drove that car, Kathy.
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Are you going to buy it? Or did you?!
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I bought it two years ago, Dave.
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I bought it two years ago, Dave.
Nice!(understatement)
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You gotta love yellow!
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I'll race ya! ;D
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I'll race ya! ;D
OK! The first one will be for speed . The second will be for load carrying capacity! ;D
You'll get me in the corners no matter what!
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Speaking of age, I found my first gray hair yesterday. Blech. :-\
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Speaking of age, I found my first gray hair yesterday. Blech. :-\
You must be devastated!
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You must be devastated!
Well, I wasn't thrilled, but I figured there are worse things in life. ;)
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I started turning gray when I was 24.
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I started turning gray when I was 24.
Luxury.
I wish I had hair to go grey.
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There's women who think that grey hair is very sexy.
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It's true! I know one very well!
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There's women who think that grey hair is very sexy.
I guess I subscribe to that old stereotype that I know women hate, but to me gray hair on a man IS attractive. I've never looked at a woman with gray hair and thought "Ugh, she should really color her hair" -- actually, I usually don't even notice women's hair color, unless it's something unusual -- but I have noticed many men with gray hair who in my opinion look distinguished. I don't think I'm expressing myself very well . . .
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Early white hair runs in my wife's family so this year she let it go white! it looks great but I am hearing rumblings of back to blond so I assume I will see her walk in soon with the golden mop on top! I think it's that 50's thing rearing it's head! The natural thing is big here in NH so a lot of women let themselves go gray. They also wait for spring to shave their legs! Lol!
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I guess I subscribe to that old stereotype that I know women hate, but to me gray hair on a man IS attractive. I've never looked at a woman with gray hair and thought "Ugh, she should really color her hair" -- actually, I usually don't even notice women's hair color, unless it's something unusual -- but I have noticed many men with gray hair who in my opinion look distinguished. I don't think I'm expressing myself very well . . .
You're expressing yourself just fine.
I think gray hair looks good on a woman. For example...
(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/92511263/Profile+Best+of+Emmylou+Harris+Folder.jpg)
Looks like we both started turning gray at the same time.
(http://natkin.net/wp-content/themes/blackcanvas_20/images/Emmylou%20Harris.jpg)
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01878/emmylou1_1878694b.jpg)
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There's women who think that grey hair is very sexy.
I always find that men get better with age.
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I always find that men get better with age.
It's not fair how they do that. But they do. I thought I just felt that way because I'm getting older but you're a lot younger than I am so it must really be true!