Forty-Two

8/9/07 | 60Gunner

[60Gunner]

I turned 42 years old yesterday. There are a few ways of looking at this age. A pessimist, of course, would say that I'm already halfway to 84. On the other hand, there is some significance attached to this age. For example:

I'm twice as much fun as a 21-year-old; I'm young enough to be naughty and old enough to appreciate it. My age also happens to be the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

It isn't so bad. Except maybe when I try to get into/out of my car, chair, bed, etc. and make the same oof! sound my dad made when he was 42. That gets a little irritating. And I have noticed that the women who flirt with me older.

But to a 70- or 80- year-old, I am still a "young man." I'll take it where I can get it.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Well, I turned 43 last Sunday. Welcome to old age whippersnapper! ;)

[AppyPappy]

I turned 49 today. It feels a lot like 48.

[Stellar-Spectrum]

Happy Birthday!

[MNJohnnie]

Heck, when you were born Lyndon Baines Johnson was President and we were just starting to gear up for Viet Nam. Think of all the changes since then?

Considering you are about half way, or less, home, I think you should be wondering just what the next 42 years are going to bring you.

[uglybiker]

You are now 42.

You know the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything!

Now, if you just knew what the question was....

[1rudeboy]

Here’s to staying single and seeing double! 43 here.

[CodeToad]

I am 42 and view it as the last year I can get away with having a mid-life crisis. I guess after that I need to act all grown up. Better get in the Corvette while I still can.

[Moonman62]

Now you can date women half your age.

[Theresawithanh]

I remember 42! Barely....

BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO YOU!!!!!

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

*sigh* I turn 50 in Nov. I hope it feels like 49, but not betting the ranch on it.

LOTS more creaks and oofs and groans nowadays ;)

Sometimes the bones sound like Snap, Crackle Pop.

[madvlad]

You know you are old when the 20-something chicks start looking
away when you pass in the corridor.

Or maybe you simply need some deodorent!

MV

[HeartlandOfAmerica]

*sigh* Ike for me. I was born about a month after Sputnik. *wince* *cringe*

[A CA Guy]

Better than the alternative my friend.

[gunservative]

I keep getting older, but they stay the same age. Yes, they do!

[spotbust1]

You know the other day, I finally got it all together, but then i forgot where I put it.

[MortMan]

I’m 41 (today). (Really:).

I am no longer silent as I dress in the morning... If I’m not “oofing” when I lean down to put my socks on, my joints themselves will supply a steady stream of snaps, crackles, and pops on the way down the stairs. But hearing all of this reminds me I’m alive.

I no longer have a young man’s passionate energy... But wisdom has supplanted the wasted fire that I used to need to overcome obstacles.

I am not as fast as I once was... But I’m more agile because I can recognize the obstacles much further down the road.

My hair isn’t as brown as it once was... But the growing gray (white?!?) population of hairs is a badge of honor, signifying the battles joined and won that have shaped my life.

My eyes don’t see as well as they once did... But that gives me a reason to excuse the double-take on some young lady that my wife might catch! ;-P

Aches and pains? I’ve got them all... But one doesn’t turn one’s back on friends cultivated throughout a lifetime.

Is today your Birthday, 60Gunner?

[steveo]

[CindyDawg]

Actually we get a max of 120 years. You have a ways to go before you get to the half way mark. You are still on the kid side:’)

[Osage Orange]

You are beyond middle-age......

All down-hill from here.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

hehehe

[chimera]

You’re all youngsters. Enjoy your youth, it’s gone all too quickly...

[bert]

Some would say that like the answer to the ultimate question, you have written forty-two rather than 42.

The answer and your age can thus be questioned because the ultimate answer might actually be an equation rather than an integer and is really 38 or 40-2.

Just something to ponder in your coming middle age.

[spotbust1]

When my 21 month old daughter stands or sits, she makes the OOF sound also. I keep wondering where she picked that up. Oh, wait, (oooof) I have to go get the phone.

[dakine]

“and make the same oof! sound my dad”

Time to put the fork down....

[Beagle8U]

You know you’re getting old when your hair starts falling off your head and growing in your ears.

Happy Birthday!

Mine was Tues the 7th.

[vetsvette]

You think that 42 is fun — just wait until you’re 64!

Wealthy and retired is the only way to live.

[Red Badger]

I’m 52 and haven’t had my Mid-Wife crisis yet..........

[AppyPappy]

I spent a week at Boy Scout camp walking up and down mountains. There are NO flat surfaces at Camp Ottari. It was easier than I thought. 48 felt pretty good.

[brytlea]

Yeah, I kept thinking I was middle aged, but then realized that I’m only middle aged now if I live to be 100! :(

susie

[Red Badger]

DUDE! Those pants weren’t even popular when they were popular!........

[TChris]

I just joined the 40-something crowd officially last month. It would appear that I’m in good company. :-)

[MacDorcha]

Stupid mice...

[MacDorcha]

Hippo Birdy 2 yews, hippo birdy 2 yeeeeews!

Hippo birdy 60gunner!!!!!

Hippo birdy 2 yews!

[Lou L]

Now you can date women half your age.

...Who can legally drink.

[txlurker]

Happy Birthday! I turned 48 today. And so did my twin sister! Leo’s rock!

[Past Your Eyes]

Hey, how come I didn’t get one of those last month....when I turned 60?

[SweetCaroline]

Except maybe when I try to get into/out of my car, chair, bed, etc. and make the same oof!

If you think it's bad now, wait until your in your sixties.

.....BTW the Forty's were the best years of my life.

[KodakKing]

I suggest you use it as an excuse to buy your self something extravagant. I bought a Harley right around my 35th and a boat around my 40th. Huhmmm, 50 is not too far off........always wanted a 68 Camaro.....anyway, Happy Birthday Gunner!

[Spruce]

I turned 42 in March. On that day I stopped smoking. Stopped drinking. Starting eating right. And started exercising twice a day.

I’m in the best shape of my life and actually wise enough to recognize how blessed I am.

[OregonRancher]

I was born in ‘42 and feel that age.

[Mygirlsmom]

46 on Saturday (Or as I prefer to say, 39 for the 8th time in a row! Someday I just might get so good at it I'll go to 40 - practice makes perfect, you know :o)

Happy Birthday to my Fellow Leos!

[B-Chan]

42!!!!

[60Gunner]

I did. I bought a 2007 Ford Mustang. It's fast, it's deep metallic red, it has a black interior, it's loaded with options, it has a 5-speed stick and when I let the car ride second gear toward home my dear wife says it can be heard coming from the top of the hill.

Young enough to hot rod, old enough to be discrete about it. Heh heh.

[GOPologist]

I’m 85 which is twice your age. Guess what? When you reach 85, you will be saying what I say—”Where has all the time gone? It feels like just yesterday I was only 42.”

Congrats and Happy Birthday. lol

[B-Chan]

I, too, am 42. I don’t use laxatives, diapers, dentures, hemorrhoid pads, a cane, a crutch, or a wheelchair. All the bits and pieces work, and I fathered a child this year. God has blessed me. I’m glad to be 42 — it’s good to be alive!

[qam1]

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[dan1123]

Man, all you old people make me feel young at 28. :-)

[Carpe Cerevisi]

We’re about to have our 6th child later this year. It gets a little tougher when you get into your forties.

[lovecraft]

Dude I’m only 35, 42 is like, wayyyyyyy old....man. /sarc....sniff, sniff, waaaah!

[ßuddaßudd]

Welcome my FRiend.. Im 42 with a 19 month old and will do my best.