# I'm Old **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011 "2003-09-11T18:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/21 "2003-09-12T05:11:59Z")
I’m competition … to **Scotticher**??? :eek: Wow. Thanks! 😃 See, **Quasi**? Now we’re tusslin’ over you. I think. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/22 "2003-09-12T13:59:48Z")
Old? Rubbish. 53 is the **perfect** age to be. ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/23 "2003-09-12T14:38:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by happylittlevegemite \* > **but I only just found out what ‘bling’ means a few weeks ago.** Care to share that info with a clueless old(45) guy? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/24 "2003-09-12T15:09:13Z")
Can another ancient join this thread? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Palewriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Palewriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palewriter)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/25 "2003-09-12T16:22:51Z")
Hell, I’m 54 and I’ve never felt better. I wouldn’t be in my 20s again for nuttin. Today, I’m smarter, more experienced, sexier, richer and happier. Youth is totally overrated. 🙂 - PW ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/26 "2003-09-12T16:27:49Z")
Hey **Quasi** , I’m older than you by a bit and I’ve missed, and still miss, a lot too. Don’t worry about it, pal. A lot of it isn’t worth getting. Oh, and for those of you in your 30s and 40s bemoaning how old you are, you don’t have the proper perspective…yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/27 "2003-09-12T16:32:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VenusProbe \* > Care to share that info with a clueless old(45) guy? “Bling” was used to describe the flash of light off jewelry; “bling-bling” has become a slang term for same said jewelry - the flashier (blingier?) the better. Oh, and we love you anyway, **Quasi** , even if you’re feeling like a geezer. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/28 "2003-09-12T17:21:09Z")
Let me know if I can bring your walking stick and dentures, ya fogey. Lawrence Welk Reruns are on at 7.30 on sundays. Of course, I feel like I am 30 going on 78 so you’ve already got me beat. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/29 "2003-09-12T17:37:55Z")
Cool, another domino player. ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/30 "2003-09-12T18:32:11Z")
Oh **Bumba** yer just jealous from watching me run up and down the stairs at Portland Dopefest… I swear that child made me lose 10 pounds that day!😃 Psst **Bumbazine** make a really yummy pot of jambalya( ummmmm better than I can spell it apparently)… oh I see aya… silly kitty… _purrrrr_ ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/31 "2003-09-12T19:24:16Z")
I told you **Krisfer** , duct tape!. If you tape their ankles together it slows them down considerably. 😉 Now get out of that catnip, that’s for special occasions. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/32 "2003-09-13T10:10:17Z")
Appreciate the comments and the good-natured jibes, y’all. 😃 I really didn’t mean to come off sounding as “low” as I did, but sometimes I catch myself getting all wistful and stuff, and wondering " where did the time go?" I gotta stop doing that. Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/33 "2003-09-13T10:14:32Z")
Oh, and a special thanks to **Maureen** , **Cheri** , **Salem** and **Icy** for those lovely words of encouragement. Y’all made this old “geezer” feel really good. 🙂 Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/34 "2003-09-13T21:21:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*Let me know if I can bring your walking stick and dentures, ya fogey. \*\* Cool! Can you bring me one of those canes like Barnabas Collins used in **Dark Shadows**? Oh shit, that’s right. You don’t _know_ Dark Shadows, do ya’? 🙂 I’ll expect it at our next Dopefest! 😉 The dentures can wait. May not need 'em till I hit my late 70’s. (If I’m still eating solid food then, that is!:D) Q ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/35 "2003-09-13T22:29:01Z")
What does ‘emunctory’ mean? And what brought this all on, anyhow? Not keeping up to date with current slang? We’re not supposed to; it’s our job to ask what it means. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_In\_Anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@Not\_In\_Anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_In_Anger)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/36 "2003-09-13T23:17:59Z")
Dude, I’m 46 and I WISH I was 53. Little incidents aside, I am happier year by year, having solved the problems that plague young folk so. When I mention to my gf that I’m 46, her eyes turn as wide as pie plates. She considers me, and herself, 19. I WISH I was this happy at 19. Age is a silly thing to think or worry about. Happy b’day. champ. ---
**Author:** ![Pelleas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Pelleas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pelleas)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/37 "2003-09-13T23:58:29Z")
Like the song says, youth is wasted on the young. I’ll be 68 my next birthday (about three weeks before **Quasimodem** turns 54) and I have never wanted to be any younger than I was at any particular time. Other than a few more aches and pains and a little less energy than I used to have, I feel as good as I ever did. You’ve got a lot to look forward to yet, **Quasi**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Krisfer\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krisfer_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/38 "2003-09-14T05:04:11Z")
Hey **Quasi** I dont see that dingy **Blonde** around anywhere… Wanna play Doctor?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/39 "2003-09-14T07:17:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by j66 \* > \*\*And what brought this all on, anyhow? Not keeping up to date with current slang? \*\* Hell, I don’t know anymore, **j66**. Just felt the need to explain some stuff to y’all, I reckon. 😃 Q ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011/40 "2003-09-14T07:33:29Z")
I’m 420 (in dog years …or is that Vulcan years?). That’s why I took the name “Geezer”. I figured, ‘why fight it?’ It doesn’t feel so bad…except that I can’t get up out of a chair these days without groaning. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-old/201011.md?page=3)