# Now I'm old -- Jimmy Buffet opens retirement community

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-old-jimmy-buffet-opens-retirement-community/781534>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 6, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-old-jimmy-buffet-opens-retirement-community/781534 "2017-03-06T11:30:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-old-jimmy-buffet-opens-retirement-community/781534/1 "2017-03-06T11:30:37Z")

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Sigh… Something about an “active living” community for aging [Parrotheads](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jimmy-buffett-to-open-margaritaville-retirement-communities-w470492) makes me feel old.

Sometimes I miss the days when a new, hip joint didn’t refer to surgery.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-old-jimmy-buffet-opens-retirement-community/781534/2 "2017-03-06T12:50:06Z")

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Right after FL legalized medical weed. Hmm.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-old-jimmy-buffet-opens-retirement-community/781534/3 "2017-03-06T13:13:10Z")

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Margaritaville, where _everybody_ is tryin’ to find their lost shaker of salt.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-old-jimmy-buffet-opens-retirement-community/781534/4 "2017-03-06T18:40:20Z")

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Kinda strange name for the place, don’t ya think?

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-im-old-jimmy-buffet-opens-retirement-community/781534/5 "2017-03-06T18:58:03Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Kinda strange name for the place, don’t ya think?

Especially considering that the first line of the chorus is, “Wastin’ away again in Magaritaville…”