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Life goes on, elleng Dec 2013 #1
"It gets better!" No kidding! SharonAnn Dec 2013 #110
Beats the alturnative libodem Dec 2013 #2
It's a good time to become a vegan. ... JEFF9K Dec 2013 #3
Tfb-I turned 60 in August. Discovered roody Dec 2013 #4
Are you saying that being stabbed BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #20
Because of various issues/disabilities thucythucy Dec 2013 #29
Oh, I truly believe in PT BlueToTheBone Dec 2013 #50
LOL. Seriously, the pain relief is great. roody Dec 2013 #72
Sounds right to me, 59 is the new 25 right? HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #5
Oh yes! Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2013 #6
Funny, I just turned 25 and feel about 59 in my head. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #7
Nuclear energy will do that... n/t ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #59
I always thought it was a nice healthy glow. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #63
Nice =) lol n/t ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2013 #64
But you're only imagining what 59 is like - it's actually much worse than that. AAO Dec 2013 #81
"Hell is only a word. The reality is much much worse." NuclearDem Dec 2013 #85
you are "approaching middle age"??? hfojvt Dec 2013 #8
You beat me to it PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #22
Well, I would disagree slightly with your definition of "middle age" whathehell Dec 2013 #31
"Boomers have pretty much re-defined age" woolldog Dec 2013 #70
Yup, whathehell Dec 2013 #79
.... woolldog Dec 2013 #118
and to you, sir.. whathehell Dec 2013 #123
Yes, I do indeed plan to live over 120. I live well, smoke plenty of maryjane, and drink vodka to AAO Dec 2013 #80
I would listen to your head! .... polly7 Dec 2013 #9
Getting older is great in most ways. You're less driven by status concerns, more able to see the El_Johns Dec 2013 #10
What beautiful verse. truedelphi Dec 2013 #61
Meh. I just pretend I'm 21 LadyHawkAZ Dec 2013 #11
That's my exact problem. No Mirriors, No fearers! AAO Dec 2013 #82
59!?! Haha, a spring chicken. Believe me, if you think it's winding down, enough Dec 2013 #12
I turned 59 in early November - but I would not believe it - if I did not work it out logically and Douglas Carpenter Dec 2013 #13
I enjoy myself some Spacetime, from time to time. :) adirondacker Dec 2013 #19
Exactly this, you two. It's why I've written time travel fiction, I think.... villager Dec 2013 #33
for sure the older I get the least significant the amounts of time. Perhaps that is partly because Douglas Carpenter Dec 2013 #54
That's it -- the subjective experience of time has nothing to do with the objective one villager Dec 2013 #58
Maybe you're supposed to die of SIDS in a few days after birth. AAO Dec 2013 #83
Happy Birthday - TBF Dec 2013 #14
I turned 75 in October. skamaria Dec 2013 #15
I will be 75 in January and I wonder how I got so old so soon. RebelOne Dec 2013 #16
it is poor form to complain about aging Skittles Dec 2013 #47
Haaa! Pharaoh Dec 2013 #57
Is it easier to get percoset scripts when you're 75? AAO Dec 2013 #84
I have a great Doc and a bad hip and knee. Thirty six years of delivering the US Mail. skamaria Dec 2013 #129
Happy Birthday! etherealtruth Dec 2013 #17
I can't even remember 59 and you know what? OffWithTheirHeads Dec 2013 #18
I turned 60 last Monday you will survive this. Trust me. n/t MuseRider Dec 2013 #21
FIVE sleeping pills! Auntie Bush Dec 2013 #23
Still alive! Most drugs have little effect on me so I need to take more than most people. AAO Dec 2013 #88
59 is a good age to start thinking about getting old. msedano Dec 2013 #24
59 is the new 59 ! RagAss Dec 2013 #25
So, turn off the light for Irene WheelWalker Dec 2013 #26
"approaching Middle Age"? VanillaRhapsody Dec 2013 #27
Turned 50 last Feb and just joined the colonoscopy club. Do I now get a membership card? yourout Dec 2013 #28
You got the secret handshake... Thor_MN Dec 2013 #41
LOL! Adsos Letter Dec 2013 #74
If you could stuff your arm all they way down through your intestines to your colon AAO Dec 2013 #89
snap out of it Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #30
I'm about to turn 60 spinbaby Dec 2013 #32
Happy Birthday! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2013 #34
The fifties are good, the sixties are good, the 70's No Vested Interest Dec 2013 #35
I'm 67, and I can tell you, it's not so bad. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #36
Amen! silverweb Dec 2013 #42
you're 59 and approaching middleage? Skittles Dec 2013 #37
i was thinkin too, but didnt want to be a debbiedowner. lmao. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #44
aw, AAO is a cheesehead Skittles Dec 2013 #51
i turned 72 in october. i don't look it or think DesertFlower Dec 2013 #38
Just pipi_k Dec 2013 #39
you want I should kick some complaining kid ass, pipi_k? Skittles Dec 2013 #52
I know, huh? pipi_k Dec 2013 #100
Billy: I feel so old! Mom: What does that make me, a mummy? AAO Dec 2013 #90
Hah! Or maybe pipi_k Dec 2013 #101
Just don't let this guy in! AAO Dec 2013 #104
Except for the additional aches & pains... silverweb Dec 2013 #40
I got 41 on that test. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #68
There you go! silverweb Dec 2013 #69
I misunderestimated! I took the test and I'm really 32! I didn't think I was that mature! AAO Dec 2013 #99
Mellow, brighten, lighten... silverweb Dec 2013 #114
Next week for me! I actually lost track and thought I would be sixty... Walk away Dec 2013 #43
Little TMI, but you're as young as you feel. And 59 ain't old. Skip Intro Dec 2013 #45
Hang in there, baby. It can only get worse cliffordu Dec 2013 #46
59 in a coupla months...... Uben Dec 2013 #48
happy birthday to you, (FIVE sleeping pills? ) just remember this statement I heard eons ago: niyad Dec 2013 #49
Brrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Pharaoh Dec 2013 #53
I beat you. I'm over 60 and I feel about 23, so there! Kablooie Dec 2013 #55
You imature party pooper! Grow up! At least to 25! AAO Dec 2013 #91
so what Chaco Dundee Dec 2013 #56
Life beyond 59 is easy. Just SDjack Dec 2013 #60
All I can say is.... Pharaoh Dec 2013 #62
Papa, is that you? AAO Dec 2013 #92
Damn, I miss it. flt rsk Dec 2013 #65
Happy Birthday! And learn how to say "Is there a discount?" Lifelong Protester Dec 2013 #66
I'm "only" 51, but I've lost so much weight and gotten in such good shape lately... Silent3 Dec 2013 #67
Ummm..... TeeYiYi Dec 2013 #71
Hey! I'm a whole week older than you, whipper-snapper! nolabear Dec 2013 #73
Lucky you. mstinamotorcity2 Dec 2013 #75
You mean I'm really forty! YEEHAH!! AAO Dec 2013 #94
I read that sixty is called the Sun Birthday in China. raging moderate Dec 2013 #76
It's your body that's growing old. Indi Guy Dec 2013 #77
Happy Happy blue14u Dec 2013 #78
I turned 60 in August. Ganja Ninja Dec 2013 #86
Yes, you feel my pain! Thank you for backing me up on this. AAO Dec 2013 #95
Keep lookiing foward, but look behind you also Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #87
59 is the new 39. DCBob Dec 2013 #93
Crap! Now I'm 39!! If we can keep this thread open maybe I can get down to 29. AAO Dec 2013 #96
ha! DCBob Dec 2013 #108
Thanks for all the Birthday wishes. DU'ers are nice compassioate, and FUNNY people!! AAO Dec 2013 #97
Approaching middle age? LWolf Dec 2013 #98
Take heart. You've got six years to go. Florida, full of old people, has these rules. Rule #1: ancianita Dec 2013 #102
Happy Birthday AAO - from "Miss 60"! };D calimary Dec 2013 #103
You still there? CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #105
I got my Medicare card last month HockeyMom Dec 2013 #106
I turned 60 a few weeks ago. magical thyme Dec 2013 #107
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2013 #109
Whatever you do, DON'T LOSE YOUR JOB! stopbush Dec 2013 #111
As Dear Abby would say, "Kwitcherbellyakin!" (I'm 64.) WinkyDink Dec 2013 #112
Well, you're only young once Spirochete Dec 2013 #113
"... yet I am approaching middle age." Carolina Dec 2013 #115
I'll be 60 in March. Jazzgirl Dec 2013 #116
I have milestone birthday ass kicking specials, Jazzgal Skittles Dec 2013 #121
Tomorrow I will be 85 years old. You haven't seen anything... yet, Bucko. lumpy Dec 2013 #117
Happy Early Birthday, lumpy! polly7 Dec 2013 #120
So far my 60s have been quite nice lunatica Dec 2013 #119
Wishing you a belated Happy Birthday life long demo Dec 2013 #122
Well lucky you dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #124
I'll be 59 on Monday... pink-o Dec 2013 #125
I refer to 59 as "the good old days." LOL. Vinca Dec 2013 #126
Happy Birthday! ScreamingMeemie Dec 2013 #127
Hate to tell you this, AAO, but "middle age" is about 35-40. We don't live to be 120! BTW I will be catbyte Dec 2013 #128
Well Happy Birthday! TuxedoKat Dec 2013 #130
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