# So I'm officially old...

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-officially-old/95288
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 26, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-officially-old/95288 "2001-11-26T15:35:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2001, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-officially-old/95288/1 "2001-11-26T15:35:18Z")

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Lady Chance hits me yesterday with the fact that she wants to replace the living room furniture. Drop the couch and chair, put in a new home entertainment center and effectively re-orient the entire space.

Fine. No worries.

But the **first** thing that I thought of is that now…_finally_…I’d be able to get a recliner.

And then it hit me how that sounded.

Yep, I’m old.

_sigh_

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### Author: ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-officially-old/95288/2 "2001-11-26T16:11:11Z")

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Hey!!! Mrs. Heap and I have only just moved into our first _real_ house and a recliner was one of the first things I bought. And I’m fairly certain I’m not old.

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### Author: ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-officially-old/95288/3 "2001-11-26T16:16:06Z")

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Just broke the half century mark here. But I don’t really feel old.

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### Author: ![SteverinoAlaReno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SteverinoAlaReno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteverinoAlaReno)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-officially-old/95288/4 "2001-11-26T16:40:39Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \*  
> \*\*Hey!!! Mrs. Heap and I have only just moved into our first _real_ house and a recliner was one of the first things I bought. And I’m fairly certain I’m not old. \*\*

Me too! I have a home theater system and bought recliners for the whole family. Mine’s got the vibrating massage AND a refrigerator AND a phone built into it. Don’t use the fridge much, but the phone sure comes in handy…

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### Author: ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-officially-old/95288/5 "2001-11-26T16:47:29Z")

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[droooooool]

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### Author: ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-officially-old/95288/6 "2001-11-26T16:57:49Z")

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Only asked for clothes this Christmas. Feeling ancient.