# Little things that remind you how young you're not

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-remind-you-how-young-youre-not/438221>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 19, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-remind-you-how-young-youre-not/438221 "2008-02-19T06:17:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-remind-you-how-young-youre-not/438221/121 "2008-02-26T17:10:14Z")

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I started a PhD program last fall, after more than a few years working as an engineer. In the first week, I met a guy, also new to the school, who had done his undergrad at a school I had attended as a part-time masters student. He was about five years younger than me, but we talked for a couple of minutes about the school and the city before he had to run. After that, I didn’t see him at any of the grad student orientation/social events. A week later I found out why.

He was a new professor.

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-remind-you-how-young-youre-not/438221/122 "2008-02-26T17:36:48Z")

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Finding out today that AARP is sponsoring the Foreigner concert tour.

I’ll just go curl up in my corner and die now.

[You think I’m kidding, don’t you? You think I’d make something like this up?](http://jeffatwood.typepad.com/atwoodzoo/2008/02/foreignerpresen.html)

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-remind-you-how-young-youre-not/438221/123 "2008-02-26T18:36:02Z")

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[QUOTE=ivylass]  
Finding out today that AARP is sponsoring the Foreigner concert tour.

I’ll just go curl up in my corner and die now.

[You think I’m kidding, don’t you? You think I’d make something like this up?](http://jeffatwood.typepad.com/atwoodzoo/2008/02/foreignerpresen.html)  
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OMG. That is terrible. OMG. :eek:

I may need to lay down.

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-remind-you-how-young-youre-not/438221/124 "2008-02-26T18:56:29Z")

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I just mentioned the Foreigner tour to a guy here at work. He told me about a recent conversation with his wife:

“The other day, I saw a video by Def Leppard. I remember seeing them at the Civic Center.”  
“Um, I was in middle school then.”

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**Author:** ![vickimc62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a87d85/32.png) [@vickimc62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vickimc62)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-remind-you-how-young-youre-not/438221/125 "2008-02-26T22:53:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Antinor01]  
Or my co-workers husband who threw his back out by sneezing.  
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My husband (34) quite often sneezes and ruins his shoulder for the rest of the day. Bless him

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