What a difference 40 years makes - The Firearms Forum

Gabob · 02-16-2009, 07:52 PM

At the funeral today I ran into my employer from 1958 to 1967. We worked side by side for those nine years. Neither of us recognized the other. I was talking to a mutual friend when he told me who it was with him. From a vigorous 40 year old man with coal black hair he was a small stooped semi bald old codger about 80. Of course I am a youthful looking handsome fellow.
The young 20 ish intern that I trained in the 60's was a shuffling bloated old man.
Father Time is not kind

Nighthawk · 02-16-2009, 08:00 PM

Insulation Tim · 02-16-2009, 08:07 PM

10th year reunion; you recognize everyone
20 year reunion; you sort of recognize some people
30 year reunion; you recognize no one and don't have a clue what the hell they are talking about
40th; you just find a table and drink with strangers

Bruce FLinch · 02-16-2009, 08:31 PM

Better to be over the hill, than under it...

glocknut · 02-16-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Gabob

Father Time is not kind

Ain't that the truth!

mike
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mrkirker · 02-17-2009, 09:34 AM

Sooner or later, the 'Old Age' truck hits one and all!

raveneap · 02-17-2009, 09:38 AM

Why is it in my mind's eye, I still look 35 but in the mirror I look 70?

Why is that more and more, I see my dad in my actions?

Why is it that when I get up in the morning, I don't spring out of bed like a young gazelle but more like an elderly hippo?

But, know what? I'm tickled to be up and about every morning and thankful for all of the good things that have happened to me.

And I don't care for the alternative

AL MOUNT · 02-17-2009, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Insulation Tim

10th year reunion; you recognize everyone
20 year reunion; you sort of recognize some people
30 year reunion; you recognize no one and don't have a clue what the hell they are talking about
40th; you just find a table and drink with strangers

That's why they give us all name tags Tim ...

.....

Those beautiful cheer leaders all weigh 400lbs and look like "weebles"

And that skinny little farm girl you ingored, is now drop dead gorgeous.....

...

TranterUK · 02-17-2009, 09:58 AM

I remember meeting an old guy when I was around 25, in his 50s or so and still scratching a living. I remember saying to the guy with me that there was no way I would end up like him.

Well you can imagine my surprise...

Time is our unforgiving enemy. Fight him if you will, but he will win.

Pistolenschutze · 02-17-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by TranterUK

Time is our unforgiving enemy. Fight him if you will, but he will win.

True, Tranter, but age and cunning often will out over youth and inexperience.

Marlin · 02-17-2009, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

True, Tranter, but age and cunning often will out over youth and inexperience.

Very true, Pistol.

Still one's kids still don't get it, that is until they themselves pass about forty. Three of mine are now past that point and each has finally agreed on that specific point. The two younger (25 & 35) ones still think they know a whole lot more than anyone else.

I've wondered for years whether they would ever be anything but our babies. I will have to say, probably not. Even the fifty year old still comes to Daddy with questions and when panicked into needing help.

On the other hand, I do think we as parents do eventually enter into that place where wisdom is finally recognized.....

TranterUK · 02-17-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

True, Tranter, but age and cunning often will out over youth and inexperience.

Quite so Pistol. We have those youngsters exactly where they want us to be.

308 at my gate · 02-17-2009, 10:58 AM

I will take the age with the smarts that go with it than to be young and dumb again like I was.

45nut · 02-17-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

True, Tranter, but age and cunning often will out over youth and inexperience.

Old age and treachery beats youth and skill any day

Charlie the sniper · 02-17-2009, 11:37 AM

When your older, you have all the answers..........but you can't remember the question.

TranterUK · 02-17-2009, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Charlie the sniper

When your older, you have all the answers..........but you can't remember the question.

What the heck do you know, your a kid, I met you I know.

By the way did your mate ever figure out where he knows me from?

Charlie the sniper · 02-17-2009, 12:43 PM

" CRIMEWATCH"

I'M ONLY 7 YEARS BEHIND YOU

SARG · 02-17-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by raveneap

Why is it in my mind's eye, I still look 35 but in the mirror I look 70?

Why is that more and more, I see my dad in my actions?

Why is it that when I get up in the morning, I don't spring out of bed like a young gazelle but more like an elderly hippo?

But, know what? I'm tickled to be up and about every morning and thankful for all of the good things that have happened to me.

And I don't care for the alternative

This is what empathy is all about.

fmacsin1 · 02-17-2009, 05:59 PM

At one point, we were young and foolish, now we're old and foolish.

The Rifleman · 02-17-2009, 06:09 PM

A young bull and a old bull was standing in the pasture.

The young bull said to the old bull, let's run down there and have some fun with a couple of those heifers and the old bull said let's walk down there and have fun with all those heifers.

I had a woman walk up to me yesterday, a real hottie, and said - I know I know you.

I was hesitant, because of my past, and I told her my name. She said well my name is Abby and my maiden name is so and so. I finished the sentence and told her that I sat at her lunch table when I was in 10th grade in high school.

The body was the same as it was 30 years ago, but the hair color and the face had changed completely. I stayed the same!

02-16-2009, 07:52 PM	#1
Gabob Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SW GA CSA Posts: 1,160	What a difference 40 years makes At the funeral today I ran into my employer from 1958 to 1967. We worked side by side for those nine years. Neither of us recognized the other. I was talking to a mutual friend when he told me who it was with him. From a vigorous 40 year old man with coal black hair he was a small stooped semi bald old codger about 80. Of course I am a youthful looking handsome fellow. The young 20 ish intern that I trained in the 60's was a shuffling bloated old man. Father Time is not kind __________________ NRA Endowment Member Keep Your Powder Dry -->

02-16-2009, 08:00 PM	#2
Nighthawk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Central Texas Posts: 3,330	Re: What a difference 40 years makes True __________________ Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives." --John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush, April 18, 1808 NRA Life TSRA Life GOA Member

02-16-2009, 08:07 PM	#3
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,294	Re: What a difference 40 years makes 10th year reunion; you recognize everyone 20 year reunion; you sort of recognize some people 30 year reunion; you recognize no one and don't have a clue what the hell they are talking about 40th; you just find a table and drink with strangers __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"*

02-16-2009, 08:31 PM	#4
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: What a difference 40 years makes Better to be over the hill, than under it... __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

02-17-2009, 09:34 AM	#6
mrkirker Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,067	Re: What a difference 40 years makes Sooner or later, the 'Old Age' truck hits one and all! __________________ *I don't know if dogs have a heaven, but there will be dogs in mine.*

02-17-2009, 09:38 AM	#7
raveneap V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 216	Re: What a difference 40 years makes Why is it in my mind's eye, I still look 35 but in the mirror I look 70? Why is that more and more, I see my dad in my actions? Why is it that when I get up in the morning, I don't spring out of bed like a young gazelle but more like an elderly hippo? But, know what? I'm tickled to be up and about every morning and thankful for all of the good things that have happened to me. And I don't care for the alternative __________________ ... ed ... MAINE - The Way Life Should be ... NRA/C&R

02-17-2009, 09:58 AM	#9
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: What a difference 40 years makes I remember meeting an old guy when I was around 25, in his 50s or so and still scratching a living. I remember saying to the guy with me that there was no way I would end up like him. Well you can imagine my surprise... Time is our unforgiving enemy. Fight him if you will, but he will win. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way! Last edited by TranterUK; 02-17-2009 at 10:00 AM..

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308 at my gate Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lost in SW USA. Posts: 847	Re: What a difference 40 years makes I will take the age with the smarts that go with it than to be young and dumb again like I was.

02-17-2009, 11:37 AM	#15
Charlie the sniper Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: England, thats the USN aircraft carrier near europe. Posts: 746	Re: What a difference 40 years makes When your older, you have all the answers..........but you can't remember the question. __________________ Never Forget, the price paid for Freedom.

02-17-2009, 12:43 PM	#17
Charlie the sniper Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: England, thats the USN aircraft carrier near europe. Posts: 746	Re: What a difference 40 years makes " CRIMEWATCH" I'M ONLY 7 YEARS BEHIND YOU __________________ Never Forget, the price paid for Freedom. Last edited by Charlie the sniper; 02-17-2009 at 12:45 PM..

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fmacsin1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Moosehead Lake, Maine Posts: 433	Re: What a difference 40 years makes At one point, we were young and foolish, now we're old and foolish.

02-17-2009, 06:09 PM	#20
The Rifleman Former Guest Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 135	Re: What a difference 40 years makes A young bull and a old bull was standing in the pasture. The young bull said to the old bull, let's run down there and have some fun with a couple of those heifers and the old bull said let's walk down there and have fun with all those heifers. I had a woman walk up to me yesterday, a real hottie, and said - I know I know you. I was hesitant, because of my past, and I told her my name. She said well my name is Abby and my maiden name is so and so. I finished the sentence and told her that I sat at her lunch table when I was in 10th grade in high school. The body was the same as it was 30 years ago, but the hair color and the face had changed completely. I stayed the same!