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Turned 50 today...does AARP start contacting you?
Played this day down for the most part, and told my loved ones to do the same.
I guess I'm supposed to feel great that I've gotten this old in life relatively healthy. Except that instead of feeling good about it, I spent the day doing metrics on how my life would have turned out if I hadn't made so many horrible decisions along the way. Anyone else find themselves doing this or do you just move on and expect to make more bad decisions as time goes on?
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2009 ML350 (106K) - Family vehicle 2001 CLK430 Cabriolet (80K) - Wife's car 2005 BMW 645CI (138K) - My daily driver 2016 Mustang (32K) - Daughter's car |
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Too late for regrets. Bite the bullet and move one. Be prepared for an onslaught of AARP solicitations. My wife simply conceded and joined.
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A cool dude I used to hang with in Seattle once said "Hey! Don't you know regret is the mafia of the mind?"
Unfortunately, I'm unable to take those words to heart. I spend way too much mental energy replaying the many boneheaded decisions and actions in my life. I got one or two AARP letters. Haven't joined. 65 is the biggie. The number's a drag but you get Medicare. I think.
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Happy Birthday you handsome devil.....you get alot of nice discounts with AARP. i got 5% off on my HDTV....
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The trick is to recognize what caused the bad decisions to be made and not allow yourself to get into that set of circumstances any more.
Like the Indians say, what's done or said cannot be undone/unsaid. So learn and move on. Overall, I bet your life has been pretty damn good. When we consider how far along civilization has come, you have probably had a 98% ok life, which is made better by the 2% which was not ok. Think of what you could have: - Chronic, painful, debilitating disease or condition due to an accident, making you a quadriplegic; - a mental condition that makes you need constant care and unable to enjoy even the simple things of life; - life in a dictatorship where fear and poverty are everywhere, and the state decides your work, the size of your family, etc. Use the AARP for useful things like discounts on products and the opportunity to meet attractive women over 40 No actually, it's all good. PS, you can always send me their number if you are unavailable.
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Strelnik Invest in America: Buy a Congressman! 1950 170SD 1951 Citroen 11BN 1953 Citroen 11BNF limo 1953 220a project 1959 180D 1960 190D 1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr 1983 240D daily driver 1983 380SL 1990 350SDL daily driver alt 3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5 3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6 |
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50 is the "New 35"
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I've made a few bad one's and a few good one's............I try to learn from the bad one's.............but, I realize that many of them were due to outside forces that I could not control unless I had clairvoyance. I need a few more good decisions...........as time is running out for correction on any bad one's. |
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Hey Lady, you told me that you were 39 yo. What's up with that?
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Fifty is just another opportunity to have a party.
Or not. Be glad you made it. When I made that threshold ( a few years back) I recall thinking how many of my schoolmates never made it to 50. Keep things in perspective, and always ogle cute young 40 something women |
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Yea, the mistakes part does give pause for thought, but don't dwell on it. You can't go back and change past history. Focus on the next 50 years instead.
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How in the hell did I miss THAT? Happy birthday G!
When I started getting AARP stuff in the mail, I thought they were crazy. I mean that $h!t is for old people, not me. Now, I'm halfway to 60 (shudder . . . ) I hope you have a terrific birthday and everybody treats you great today.
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I'm approximately 37 at this point . . .
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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century OBK #55 1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles 2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles 2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles |
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Hey, hey, hey! What's wrong with gray fedoras?
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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century OBK #55 1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles 2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles 2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles |
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Ooooops!
Well, I don't own any cardigan sweaters, at least.
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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century OBK #55 1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles 2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles 2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles |
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