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So true indeed.... The wild nights out were good for 20-somethings, then by mid-30s you realize it is alot of hype, wishful thinking, girl chasing nonsense. By 40 something after 2 or 3 beers you feel dehydrated and nauseous and hungryQuote:
Originally Posted by smartpersona
Took maybe 7 years longer than needed but finally got Mr. Magoo readers :magnify:. Strictly for reading as I can still drive a narrow sidewalk with the best of them ;D. I look like Dr. Bunson Honeydew.
Don't play with your eyesight.
Well the years have passed, actually the decades have passed since I joined this site in 2001 right before they switched over to a new server or platform. I feel this post may be lengthy and winding. My original username was Brocktonblockbuster but I think it was in 2002 after I had posted maybe two or three thousand times that the site went down or changed or whatever you want to refer to it as and I went to try to revive my password and username but it kept saying there was already somebody with that name so I simply dropped off the last two letters to shorten it to brocktonblockbust.
I had that username for about 16 years.
In 2018 I was banned for.,.... 🤔🤔🤔
A fellow poster then created @Fatboxingfan but after an argument he went and sabotaged that username by logging into it and posting stuff --- so I immediately asked the Mods to delete the account which they did thank God
What's my point..... That SIGNS YOU ARE GETTING OLDER really back then seemed like a thread about older people BUT NOW LOOKING BACK ON ALL THESE DECADES AS A MEMBER HERE, I must say it has become a much more relevant thread as time has gone by, logically.
That was a long and winding road to get to the post that I want to make so here it is:
One sign you are getting older is that when you're using your Android you keep on hitting dislike instead of like because you can no longer make out the text because it seems so illegible or unclear.
We used to play outside when we were young..
Hopscotch..Skipping..Or joining in song.
Making Go-Carts out of stuff…
Playing together was enough..!!
There were No Computers .. iPads.. Phones..
NOTHING Hi-Tec … I hear your groans
We were happy with what we had..
“ Our World “ didn’t make us sad.
Today’s Kids are Bullied more in School all the time..
There is No Reason.. There is No Rhyme.
They carry knives.” In case they get hurt “
Now someone lies DEAD… There in the Dirt ..!!
We MUST make this STOP…. We HAVE to Try …
Before more of Our Kids Spirit’s lift into The Sky ….
Have to say, basic glasses make all the difference in the world. You can see all the random ear/nose hairs that get overlooked gazing into a mirror under so so lighting ;D. Ear hair is farking embarrassing. Knees holding up over last 4,5 months. Wasn't the case early 2023. Just walking multi staircases on down time at work. First dozen were literal hell and left me walking around like Fred sanford for two weeks. But after a month easy peazy and not a stab or pain since.
Odd question, does learning to finally say no make you feel old :cwm13:. Basically finally practicing a 'pick your battles' approach on certain tasks. It's a foreign and odd thing to be honest. I used to run into the fire so to speak when it came to a chaotic day and put out a half dozen fires (fiqure of speech). All in the name of company and "every client is the only client" :p. I used to use that with every interviewee ffs. But now I don't lift half sedated 100 lb rotties anymore and do not want to be sitting in on near every x ray restraining or assisting. I really started thinking about the overall 'exposure' that collects thru the years. I had a goofy green as shit relief vet tell a tech "she doesn't need the lead vest on just drape it over her hands" and I told her she could go pound sand and that she was the temp help, not us. Whatever your job or career...it's not that you can't do all the tasks as before and as practiced for decades. But inevitably you find a time to say...nope. It's your turn. Someone else needs to get some dirt under the nails and do the literal heavy lifting. It's a weird thing as the newer people do not 'know' you as you were just a short time ago. But you also have zero need to try to prove anything to someone who was eating applesauce in a highchair when you were early years in. It's a trip. Now I'll fulfill my obligations, cover my clients and tie up lose ends and have noooo qualms about walking out of a 6pm chaotic Friday. Then the next morning listen to twenty-somethings and a bit older whine about being there till 8 o'clock at night. At first I was like "well yeh back in the day we did all that it's crazy" but now it's like "ahh that's a shame but glad you got home eventually" and just smirk like a dickhead ;D. I should have enacted some on the job self-preservation in my early forties but oh well. Better late than never I suppose.
edit...*using a Fred Sanford analogy today. That's when you know you're old :D
I have been going nostalgic in my old age and remember The Littlest Hobo which was about a dog having adventures through USA whilst he was trying to go home. In some of the episodes he had a gun, flew a plane and wore a parachute.
The theme song gave me a warm feeling when it was on and brings me back to days as a child when life was simpler and more enjoyable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p8oeiVDcx4
I don't come in here much (last time was 2018). But I guess it's a fitting thread (and a good one) to vent.
Signs that I'm getting older?
Yeah... I guess that would be the fact that I abhor the direction that boxing has taken the last years. YouTubers... circus fights... old geezers wanting to make that last extra buck... social media's impact on boxing fandom... shortcuts to stardom... the King of Cherry Picking being the top draw in boxing... boxing's confounding refusal to deal with the problems that afflict it (lousy judging, even lousier rankings)... the list could go on and on.
Come to think of it, every time I go on one of these rants I end up forgetting a few points, which in itself is a sign I'm getting older. ;D ;D
Another classic US sitcom intro music that I enjoyed when I was a little boy. I always fancied the brunette and watched it for her in Laverne and Shirley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6tRnbz90R4
When one of your children is turning 21.
At my age
I have seen it all,
I have heard it all and
I have done it all.
I just can't remember it all. :(
I've actually "fired" my first client this month. Broad term we use but basically informed them that I would no longer make appointments for his dogs specifically. It took me 30 years to get to that point of acknowledging 'ya just can't do what you used to do'...and that frankly he's a complete assholes (owner) and it's not worth my time ;D. Now I've delt with high maintenance aka assholes clients the entire time but there comes a point and I'm there. Also totting around 130 lb half sedated great Pyrenees has taken its physical toll. Beautiful sturdy dogs these two. But I also enjoy walking upright in the morning. So, weight restrictions hence forth. Frankly should have happened before I hit 50 ;D
Becoming a grandparent. Which happened a week ago. I'm not sure about the whole grandad thing. I'm far too young and cool to be grandad. Pop-pop is the front runner for titles.
Rowan
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Marathoner grandpappy is nothing to be ashamed ofQuote:
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Absolutely awesome bud! He'll be squared away in one of those oversized jogging strollers in no time.Quote:
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1. Having to scroll for my birth year to show up
2. Been out of school for about as long as current teenagers have been alive
3. Knees crack when you get up. Also, do dad groan while doing it.
4. When a song from my youth plays on the radio and the DJ calls it a classic or an oldie
5. The moment you started considering 9pm as 'late'
6. Getting excited about buying a new type of vacuum cleaner
7. Hangovers are longer and heavier
8. When too many celebrities/friends/family pass away
9. I can no longer function on 4 hours sleep
10. Spend too long looking at the mirror
I draw blanks now. It's the oddest thing. Sometimes you'll go to write, express and type something and there are times I'll end up just looking at the screen and thinking out exactly what I intend to put down. And strangely enough sometimes that's enough, I feel no need or lasting want to put thoughts down after that. I imagine that's an age thing? It almost feels like a sort of writer's block, not that I'm a writer by any means ;D. Feels like wittiness and spontaneous expression wanes and only comes in spots now. Just weird.
Just want to take a minute and apologize to all the 50 year olds I called old when I was 20 ;D. On a random note, I feel "old" now when reading many views of younger boxing fans. You step back and realize how long you've watched, enjoyed, obsessed and yes often cursed this fecking crazy crooked sport. I saw a few people calling guys like Shane Mosley an old timer who couldn't be a top guy in todays sport ;D;D. I'm talking new fans. It's insane. For perspective I look back to when Shane was streaking as lightweight, mid 90's when we were watching him live. And then think where we were back then as a fan and what a 30 year difference was then. Were we really dismissing guys from the mid 60's? Nah. A 30 year difference roughly. I don't see the enthusiasm in some new fans to "look back" and maybe study or discover other eras we/they knew/know little of. I really do think some is an attention span thing with roots to 101 social media outlets. Irony is there endless and immediate information at the fingertips today compared to mid 90's. Shit. we were still calling 900 #s to get weekend fight results and scouring fight mags for info.
Yeah turning fifty was the hardest so far. Never had an issue with 30,40 as to me it was never old - and a footballer could still be at their peak at thirty and in recent times boxers still at the top-thought not their peak admittedly at 40.
But fifty..... Nah as Spic said it that was old to us in the 90s. I guess we still have darts and crown green bowls.
Currently laid up after groin hernia surgery yesterday hence awake in the middle of the night. On the
codeine. Will be a few days of tv and hobbling to the bathroom but hopefully on my feet and walking by early next week. I'm told though it does happen with age this can happen any time eg teens and twenties so not putting this one down to father time yet.
I've downloaded Undisputed on ps5 too so will see how I get on with that. Not got the best reviews but doesn't sound like a disaster either.
Sports injury related bud or hernia just showed up? It's amazing what pops up these days out of nowhere. Was laid up with those piercing back pains recently, it's extremely humbling as hell to be limited with the most basic things day to day. Like getting in and out of the damn shower ;D. Had to pull out the ol Xbox and give RDR2 a long run thru again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
When you remember British heavyweights constantly getting beaten again and again for the world title that it became embarrassing.... oh wait.
When you miss the classic disaster films they used to play over Christmas and New Year. The Towering Inferno. The Poseidon Adventure etc
Inferno was great! Ever see Earthquake? Think it came out same year with a mini ensemble cast. The Christman0New years gap was always a very off time. You just sort of lose track of time and what day it is. Getting older certainly doesn't help with that ;D. I was always a sucker for sci-fi marathons during. The Planet of the Apes sequels, old westerns and Twilight Zones were always put on in the house during holiday breaks as a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanz
I am going through Twighlight Zone series with my son, he likes them. The actor Burgess Meredith, who plays Mickey in the Rocky films stars in 3 of the episodes which are classics.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliInferno was great! Ever see Earthquake? Think it came out same year with a mini ensemble cast. The Christman0New years gap was always a very off time. You just sort of lose track of time and what day it is. Getting older certainly doesn't help with that ;D. I was always a sucker for sci-fi marathons during. The Planet of the Apes sequels, old westerns and Twilight Zones were always put on in the house during holiday breaks as a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanz
Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliInferno was great! Ever see Earthquake? Think it came out same year with a mini ensemble cast. The Christman0New years gap was always a very off time. You just sort of lose track of time and what day it is. Getting older certainly doesn't help with that ;D. I was always a sucker for sci-fi marathons during. The Planet of the Apes sequels, old westerns and Twilight Zones were always put on in the house during holiday breaks as a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanz
I don't think I have ever seen Earthquake. Love Westerns though. As a kid they often played them on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon and I still love 'True Grit' to this day. The original and the Coen Brothers remake. You have to check out the Coen's 'Ballad of Buster Scruggs' if you have a chance, brilliant stuff.
'Godless' is another one definitely worth your time if you haven't already seen it, about a town primarily populated and protected by women.
https://i.imgur.com/42gF8xv.jpegQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterI am going through Twighlight Zone series with my son, he likes them. The actor Burgess Meredith, who plays Mickey in the Rocky films stars in 3 of the episodes which are classics.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliInferno was great! Ever see Earthquake? Think it came out same year with a mini ensemble cast. The Christman0New years gap was always a very off time. You just sort of lose track of time and what day it is. Getting older certainly doesn't help with that ;D. I was always a sucker for sci-fi marathons during. The Planet of the Apes sequels, old westerns and Twilight Zones were always put on in the house during holiday breaks as a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beanz
Missed this one. Think it's just wear and tear mate and never wearing the right support stuff in the gym. Oh if I could go back and talk to my younger self.... Had both left and right sides done last year and healing well.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpicoliSports injury related bud or hernia just showed up? It's amazing what pops up these days out of nowhere. Was laid up with those piercing back pains recently, it's extremely humbling as hell to be limited with the most basic things day to day. Like getting in and out of the damn shower ;D. Had to pull out the ol Xbox and give RDR2 a long run thru again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
Yeah loved those back in the day. Earthquake too like Spic mentions, I remember the ending where Charlton Heston has to sacrifice himself to try save his ex wife. There was also Airport, Juggernaut, The Swarm, Meteor and some low budget ones due tv on a Sunday night. I have vivid memories of one called Vacation From Hell and another Hanging By A Thread where they're stuck in a cable carQuote:
Originally Posted by Beanz
They don't make em like that any more as the saying goes
Out of curiosity I went back to check the cast list of those last two. Michael Brandon was the male lead in vacation from hell. Never knew
Just woke up to the deeply sad news of George Foreman's death. Obviously everyone gets old and eventually dies. But few things hit hard as "signs that you're getting older" as seeing famous people (whether celebrities, athletes, etc) pass away. Especially if you watched them in their prime. For some reason I just thought that George would be around for a while longer, and become a jolly old man. May he rest in peace.
Norm from Cheers has passed away. I loved that show and it brought a lot of good memories for me.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standar...9a2b0.jpg.webp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2xx998102o
A genuinely good dude on the show. Little bit of an 'everyman' along with so much of the shows cast who were just getting thru a week. RIP NormQuote:
Originally Posted by Master