# I turned 55 today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332 "2004-08-24T20:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2004, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/21 "2004-08-25T19:36:43Z")
**WHAT!?!** :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: You mean I missed out on almost a year’s worth of discounts? DURN!! That means I only got eight days to make up for it! :mad: Happiest of Birthdays, **AskNott** ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/22 "2004-08-26T02:50:13Z")
Thank you, thank you, thank you, everybody! By the way, I once worked with a lady who said she was pushing 50…with a rope! ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/23 "2004-08-26T03:00:57Z")
I rewarded Mrs. Nott for the heavenly peach pie tonight. I grilled a coupla curried pork loin slices, and we had a TOV salad (home-grown tomato slices, red onion slices, viniagrette dressing, and home-grown oregano, rosemary, thyme, and chives.) Tomorrow, maybe I’ll learn how to spell vinny…uh…vini…ah…GRETTE! Eh, maybe I guessed right. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/24 "2004-08-26T10:34:50Z")
I’m glad to see that there are a few of us around. I was starting to wonder if I was the oldest person here. And I have a few years to go before I reach the age of Asknott. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/25 "2004-08-26T17:25:17Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I’m glad to see that there are a few of us around. I was starting to wonder if I was the oldest person here. And I have a few years to go before I reach the age of Asknott. 😛 Well…gosh. Lemme see, now. The age of Innocence The age of Reason The age of Consent The age of Enlightenment The age of Aquarius The age of AskNott? I dunno, **Cicero.** Would I have to be a guru, or something? I’d have to get some new sandals, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/26 "2004-08-26T17:28:24Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > I’d have to get some new sandals, I guess. Just don’t wear them with black socks, 'kay? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/27 "2004-08-27T00:52:46Z")
Hey, I became eligible for a few discounts when I turned 50 one year and 11 months ago! More depressing was moving into a different bracket in the demographic breakdowns. You know the ones: Age: 18-24 25-34 34-49 50-older than dirt Hey, it beats the alternative, I guess! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/28 "2004-08-28T04:37:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Just don’t wear them with black socks, 'kay? 😛 What? D’ya think I’m from Seattle? I don’t even wear the ones that have straps up to the knees. And I ain’t wearin’ a burlap robe and a turban. A turbocharger, maybe, but not a turban. Timothy Leary’s dead…and he’s not grateful. 😉 ---
**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:** [August 28, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/29 "2004-08-28T05:50:04Z")
Gonna be 61 in less than two weeks. You all try to keep up… k? Oh, Happy B day Asknot. ---
**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/30 "2004-08-28T12:48:59Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Gonna be 61 in less than two weeks. You all try to keep up… k? > > Oh, Happy B day Asknot. Then I’m a week or so older than you. 🙂 The job I went to disability from, there were two other women with birthdays, respectively 3 and 2 days older than I. Never had a cluster of b’days like that since high school. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332/31 "2004-09-07T00:29:12Z")
**HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, EVERYONE!!!** (“everyone” being **AskNott** , **Mr. Blue Sky** , and **asterion** :P) Approximate Phonetic Chinese Version of “Happy Birthday”: (thanks, Nathan!) “Guung juuk nay fook sow yuen teen tsai, hing hong nay sun sun fie lok. Leen leen doe yao gum yut, suuy doe yao gum jzew, guung hay nay! Guung hay nay!!!” Approximate English Translation of Above: “Congrats on this good day of fortune, where we can all gather together. Wishing you a very happy birthday. Every year, this wondrous day arrives; Always, this wondrous time comes. Congratulations! Congratulations!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-turned-55-today/261332.md?page=1)