# So, I turned 50 today. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493 "2005-08-24T21:14:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/21 "2005-08-25T01:49:33Z")
Happy birthday! I hope you get your pit thread, if that’s what you really want. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cranky\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cranky\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cranky_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/22 "2005-08-25T02:25:09Z")
Happy Birthday! One of the best things about getting older is not caring nearly so much what other people think of you. Very liberating! ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/23 "2005-08-25T02:43:32Z")
My dad turned fifty about a week ago. One of his friends mentioned something about feeling old, and he replied: “Well, I don’t mind. I can use the steak and champagne rule now.” Friend asks: “What’s the steak and champagne rule?” Dad replies: “After you turn fifty you can steak and champagne for dinner every night!” So, **koeeoaddi** enjoy the steak and champagne. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/24 "2005-08-25T03:06:24Z")
Happy Birthday. I’m just a few years from the big FiveO and I’m rather looking forward to it. Hell, even Oprah rocks after 50~ ---
**Author:** ![633squadron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/ee59a6/32.png) [@633squadron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/633squadron)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/25 "2005-08-25T03:09:39Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Meh. Most stuff still works, some stuff doesn’t. > > I just didn’t want a half a century to pass without a mundane and pointless virtual marker. Congrats. 'Course, I turned 52 on the 12th, and celebrated by running my third triathlon a week later. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/26 "2005-08-25T04:26:21Z")
Go out and get yourself one of those t-shirts that says “This is What 60 Looks Like!” People will tell you you look great for sixty. So, you going to join AARP? ---
**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 25, 2005, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/27 "2005-08-25T10:59:03Z")
I have two years on you. It’s not bad except everyone else thinks you are an old fart. And all your friends die. But I like my slippers. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/28 "2005-08-25T13:40:33Z")
> [@Duck Duck Goose](#): > > I turn 50 on Monday. They sent me a letter–should I join? What do I get, really? They promised me juicy, life-enhancing, amazingly valuable discounts; is that true? Or do I basically just get a membership card that, when produced at Hickory Point Cinemas, will cause the teenaged help to burst into mocking laughter? Feh. I got in just by being married to a geezer. I find it geared more toward old people with expendable cash than it is toward the People Who Didn’t Plan So Well Club ™, of which I am a charter member. I read an issue of their magazine a while back, and it’s very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/29 "2005-08-25T14:17:29Z")
There are discounts to be gained by flashing the AARP card around. The membership fee is cheap and I figured I’ve more than recouped it in the year and change I’ve been using it. Then again, being the cheap bastid that I am, I’ll take _every_ discount I can find. I say go for it and sign up. **Twicks** who knows, your local pharmacy might even give ya a discount on Clearisil. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/30 "2005-08-25T14:42:42Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Meh. Most stuff still works, some stuff doesn’t. > > I just didn’t want a half a century to pass without a mundane and pointless virtual marker. Wishing you a good day, a good year and a great life. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/31 "2005-08-26T02:11:22Z")
Okay, I’m going to count that as 1-1/2 votes “for” and no votes completely “against”, so I’ll send in the $12.50. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/32 "2005-08-26T02:25:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Twicks** who knows, your local pharmacy might even give ya a discount on Clearisil. 😃 Whoa. Dada middle age. I _like_ it! ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/33 "2005-08-28T01:19:16Z")
Happy Birthday **koeeoaddi**. I’m sorry that I was at the beach on the big day and have to post belatedly. But you can take solace in the fact (as I’m sure you’ve pointed out before) that you’ll always be younger than me. Cheers and welcome to the club. I guess after all these yes votes, I’ll have to drag that aarp envelope out of the drawer and rethink. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/34 "2005-08-28T01:58:41Z")
Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/35 "2005-08-28T02:51:56Z")
_sprays champagne everywhere_ Happy birthday! _smooch_ ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493/36 "2005-08-28T04:53:40Z")
Thanks again, you guys! As a little exta sweet icing on the old broad’s cake this year one of my 20-something co-worker’s said on hearing I turned 50 “No way, ko. You must, like, eat right or not smoke or something. You look way younger than my mom.” You turn 50, you just live for moments like that. > [@Watcher of the Skies](#): > > But you can take solace in the fact (as I’m sure you’ve pointed out before) that you’ll always be younger than me. By one year and ten months. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-turned-50-today/318493.md?page=1)