Whats cool when you're over 30?

[differant thinker]

Ok, look, I'm not tring to cling to a whispery thread of any level of coolness that I once hung from as a youth, but as I get older I still reflect on some things and without analyising them too much just believe them to be cool:

The Avengers
Roald Dahl
Tom Baker
Landrovers
E-types
The prisoner
Omega watches (deffinatly not Rolex)
Extreamly temuiouse links

I know some of these things are from the sixties but I'm not, so no, I'm not living in a time warp but would like to find more cool things purley to make me happy! Any sugestions?

[Laughing Lagomorph]

You mean things a person over 30 might think were cool that a person under 30 either wouldn't or had never heard of?

In the US a lot of over 30s (like me) have fond memories of the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" cartoon series. Also "classic rock" music from the 60s and 70s doesn't seem to get much respect from the younger crowd but over 30s still turn out to see Simon and Garfunkle and such.

When you say "E-Types" and Landrovers you are talking about the cars and not some obscure British TV series, yes? And I have no idea what "Extreamly temuiouse links" means. Not trying to be nasty, I really just don't know what you mean.

[Mal Adroit]

Roald fucking Dahl?!


;) I'm kiddin'. I've always dug his short stories.

[differant thinker]

Yes unfortunatly I am shallow enough to think that some cars are cool, and I appologise for the spelling. What I mean is: (and i think it's a personal thing) tenuouse links like it's cool that John Lennon once signed a Birthday card next to where my mum signed the same card to a mutual friend. It is difficult to define so all I can say is that it is a very shallow link that can be of a personal, situational or technical nature.

Rock & Bullwinkle deffinatly fall into the cool basket

Was Dangermouse ever released in the US (very cool, his hide out was beneath a post box near Downing Street where a curb stone lifted up to let him out).

Well ok perhaps the age comment was not quite what I meant. I believe that if under 30 they may not of heard of some of this stuff but if they were shown it they would believe it to be cool.

[differant thinker]

Yeah
Roald Dahl wrote some of the most imaginative stories that I read as a child, also in WWII he was a fighter pilot (cool)!

[plnnr]

People over 30 don't care about "cool."

[bienville]

Naughty Teen-aged Sluts.

[SJSB]

Dangermouse absolutely rocks. And Chorlton and the Wheelies.

[Doomtrain]

I think it's taking a brisk walk around the Old Folks' Home, followed by a nice bowl of lukewarm oatmeal and a nap in front of the TV while Wheel of Fortune is on...

(I kid! I kid!)

[DeVena]

Sleestaks

<<singing, "Marshall, Will and Holly... On a routine expedition...">>

[alice_in_wonderland]

Top Siders

[Walloon]

Acting cool, hanging out with cool people, doing cool things, and being thought of as cool, is for the young. Trust me, by forty you just don't give a damn.

[lachesis]

what plnnr and Walloon said.

'course, i wasn't overly concerned with "cool" while in the pre-30s timeslot, either.

[Bippy the Beardless]

- UK -
Adam and the Ants,
The Police (Sting, not the fuzz),
Chopper bikes.
The Professionals (Cowley, Bodie and Doyle)

[bughunter]

A wife beater, boxer shorts, and flip flops.

Oh, you mean culturally cool?

A grungy wife-beater, threadbare boxers, and stained terrycloth slippers, and a bottle of Jack Daniels.

No?

Oh, you mean over 30 IQ!

Never mind.

Carry on.

[beajerry]

The sex is a lot better (more experience, less hang-ups).

[Shoeless]

Definitely Rocky and Bullwinkle.

Also The Rockford Files.

[vl_mungo]

Nothing is cool once you are past 30. Life just becomes one endless gray corridor that leads to your inevitable death... forgotten and alone with no knowledge of "cool" or any memory that you were ever interesting, even in the slightest way. And that's the best cast scenario.

[MeanJoe]

Having your house appraised and finding your property value has gone up 20K

Seeing your 401K and IRA make positive gains after 1 1/2 years of blood-letting.

Disposable income

Wedding anniversaries

HGTV



MeanJoe

[shelbo]

Felsina Chianti Classico Riserva 1995
gnocci with a braised ox-tail ragu
kisses from your daughter and/or son
naps

[Laughing Lagomorph]

Originally posted by Walloon
Acting cool, hanging out with cool people, doing cool things, and being thought of as cool, is for the young. Trust me, by forty you just don't give a damn.

I took the OP to mean stuff WE (over 30s) think is cool, regardless of what anyone else thinks. That has been one of the very liberating things for me the past few years...not caring anymore about what anyone else thought was a cool car, cool TV show, or cool music. If I think something is cool, that's good enough for me. I'm closer to 40 than 30 myself.

[elf6c]

Friends. Actually losing weight. Smoking a guy ten years younger then you in a bike race. Owning your car free and clear. Having fun hobbies to look forward to, and time to do them.

Crown molding. A bitchen Riding Mower (I want to have flames painted on mine when I get it). A four day holiday weekend.

:cool:

[Bottle of Smoke]

To echo MeanJoe, HGTV is way cool.

And so are those new Toyota minivans.

And my compound miter saw.

And playing Madden against my son and sometimes winning.

And personal finance software.

Or maybe I just need to get out more...

[Small Clanger]

The Rockford Files! Thanks Shoeless Yeah! They're showing them now on Saturdays on BBC2. I haven't see the show in twenty years.

Also, ahem, The Clangers.

Positive equity.

No desire to put metal in face.

[Cloverbee]

NPR!!!

Being able to pay your mom's cable bill and buy your dad a hearing aid.

A nice quiet Saturday night watching Whale Rider with a hubby, two cats and two dogs in your pajamas at 7:30 pm.

Not worrying about make-up or hair-spray and feeling good about yourself.

The Food Network and (to echo MeanJoe) HGTV.

[Snake]

Originally posted by DeVena
Sleestaks

<<singing, "Marshall, Will and Holly... On a routine expedition...">>


Hahahahha ! My buddy Joe and I used to call our boss Enick (sp?) and nobody knew what we were talkin about.

[Epimetheus]

Ha! I am only 26 and I am enjoying some of these things.

I will second NPR and Classical rock!

[John Mace]

Originally posted by Epimetheus
Ha! I am only 26 and I am enjoying some of these things.

I will second NPR and Classical rock!

Knowing how uncool it is to say "Classical Rock":)

I'll second the "smoking someone ten years younger in a bike race", or any race for that matter. Even sweeter when you're over 40.

[Shodan]

Originally posted by beajerry
The sex is a lot better (more experience, less hang-ups). Especially the one in the spring.

Regards,
Shodan

[Missy2U]

WLUP Radio
Bonanza
TLC
HGTV
Food Network
Reading the newspaper instead of just the comics
Coupons

[Philster]

Big screen Plasma TV to enjoy all the movies on. Surround-sound and the latest video games.

Make them poor youngsters drool.

[John Mace]

Philster:

One of my (40-something) buddies once said: I don't feel old at all, I just feel like a 25 yr old with money!

[Philster]

John, so true!

Hey, bagging a 25 year is cool when you're over 30, too.

[PunditLisa]

Plasma t.v.'s

CD's are way cooler than albums, but album covers are way cooler than c.d. covers

Kick-ass sound systems

Being able to download your own music

Those personal DVD players

Not having to do homework anymore

Not having a curfew

Passing off the garbage duties to your offspring

Being able to vote

Being a mom.

Yoga

512Mb RAM

Flat screen monitors

The internet

Dogs

Straight leg jeans and white cotton t-shirts

Color printers

Granite countertops

Unca Cece

[BizarroRonJeremy]

Not having to do homework anymore

Helping your child do their homework (makes me feel so smart)

Being able to fit into my Garanimals underwear

[don't mind me]

Standing in front of an open refrigerator as long as I damn well please.

[Kiger]

Originally posted by BizarroRonJeremy
Being able to fit into my Garanimals underwear

On first review, I thought this said Grandma's underwear. :eek:

Carry on...