# 78 years old today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194 "2018-03-26T11:22:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/1 "2018-03-26T11:22:40Z")
I am now 78 years old and I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/2 "2018-03-26T11:36:52Z")
Happy Birthday. Have you considered talking to a career counselor? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/3 "2018-03-26T12:44:02Z")
Happy Birthday! Keep trying out new things, and, sooner or later, youā€™ll find the one that fits the bill. In the meantime, have fun trying to figure it out. With any luck at all, youā€™ll have all the fun of exploration and wonā€™t even have to grow up. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/4 "2018-03-26T12:47:40Z")
Iā€™m 64. Watching the Parkland kids lately, Iā€™ve realized I want to be like them when I grow up. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/5 "2018-03-26T13:00:23Z")
Congratulations!! šŸ™‚ Wow, you have a unique and incredible perspective. You grew up watching black and white TVs with tubes, and now you are watching ultra high definition flat screens. There are a million other examples of how youā€™ve personally witnessed an incredible amount of change. Throughout the history of man, I doubt any person has witnessed that kind of change in the span of one lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/6 "2018-03-26T13:27:17Z")
Donā€™t grow up! Thatā€™ll show 'em. šŸ˜ƒ Happy birthday,\*\* Louis\*\*. Be sure to do something nice today. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/7 "2018-03-26T13:29:10Z")
Forgot to say: Happy birthday, **LouisB**! And many more! > [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Donā€™t grow up! Thatā€™ll show 'em. šŸ˜ƒ Thatā€™s worked for me so far. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/8 "2018-03-26T13:37:53Z")
Congrats. You earn a bigger piece of cake each year. Youā€™re ought to be up to the whole cake by now. I hope I make it to 78, most males in my family line donā€™t last that long. All those extra years to laugh at my kids and the problems they are having with their kids. Awesome ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/9 "2018-03-26T13:46:35Z")
**HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!** Iā€™m only 60 but my wife and I are the same way. Weā€™ve had a countdown clock running since our favorite amusement park closed in the fall and while the size of the toys has changed the spirit remains the same. And I hope 18 years from now its still like that for us. ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/10 "2018-03-26T14:22:03Z")
Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/11 "2018-03-26T14:37:36Z")
Happy Birthday old feller! Good job not growing up. I almost did that once, but I wised out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/12 "2018-03-26T14:43:51Z")
If you hurry, you could become a [Toys R Us kid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJJ-ZLdrTwY). ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/13 "2018-03-26T14:49:51Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Iā€™m 64. Watching the Parkland kids lately, Iā€™ve realized I want to be like them when I grow up. That is a worthy goal. When and where I was a teenager, we were to be seen and not heard. Had we walked out of class to protest something (anything) we simply would not be allowed back in school until our parents showed up and promised to beat us to death if we didnā€™t straighten up and fly right. I honestly am very favorably impressed with those kids and I hope they keep the faith and vote the guilty out of office when they are able to vote. I hope now that I live long enough to see it happen. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/14 "2018-03-26T15:49:31Z")
There is no need to grow up - you are an eighteen year old with sixty years of experience and wisdom. Enjoy the day! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/15 "2018-03-26T15:56:33Z")
Happy Birthday! You are, as my mom used to say, ā€œ29 and holdingā€. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/16 "2018-03-26T16:05:26Z")
Happy birthday, old man! I canā€™t tell you what a pleasure it is to meet a Doper older than I am! šŸ˜ƒ Have fun today and always and enjoy forbidden pleasures. I likewise donā€™t know what Iā€™m going to do with my life. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/17 "2018-03-26T16:24:43Z")
Happy Birthday! Iā€™m 5.5 years behind you, and I donā€™t know what I want to be either. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/18 "2018-03-26T16:41:25Z")
Happy birthday and congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/19 "2018-03-26T16:57:07Z")
Hang tough & keep on keeping on. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194/20 "2018-03-26T17:03:55Z")
Happy Birthday, dude!! My grandpa is gonna be 90 this year! And he is still a tough old bastard! A lucky bastard too. Bought his little house in Queens (NY) on a VA Loan for a pittance, way back in the 60s and lived there forever, then sold that same house a few years ago for $950,000 in CASH to a buyer from China. He and my grandma retired in luxury. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/78-years-old-today/811194.md?page=2)