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106. I got my Medicare card last month

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 12:19 PM

Dec 2013

It felt worse after turning 50 and getting all that AARP stuff in the mail! lol You get used to it and just go about living your life.

Personally, if I had to go back in age, it would be 45 and never 25.

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Crap - I turned 59 today. It's good night Irene as far as I can tell. [View all] AAO Dec 2013 OP

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

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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