Greetings from Arizona!

[JOES66FURY]

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Get off base, Joe, and you are a young guy. The problem is that you're in a sea of 19 year olds on base. I'm currently the age my father was when he retired as a Lt Colonel. It's hard to fathom now. But, a 43 year old officer is a grand daddy on a military base.

My daddy used to talk about when he trained on B-17's near the end of WWII. The war got over before he had to go. He said the pilot-captain of the bomber was 23 years old, and the rest of the crew called him "Old Man."

thats what I was saying earlier...the guys on my crew call me Pappy

a 43 year old man truly is old when you're speaking about active duty types...

I don't feel old tho, was just telling an old friend that I don't feel much different than I did when I was 18...I still enjoy the same things..dress the same way...same music...

It's all a state of mind.

[pdub]

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Get off base, Joe, and you are a young guy. The problem is that you're in a sea of 19 year olds on base. I'm currently the age my father was when he retired as a Lt Colonel. It's hard to fathom now. But, a 43 year old officer is a grand daddy on a military base.

My daddy used to talk about when he trained on B-17's near the end of WWII. The war got over before he had to go. He said the pilot-captain of the bomber was 23 years old, and the rest of the crew called him "Old Man."

thats what I was saying earlier...the guys on my crew call me Pappy

a 43 year old man truly is old when you're speaking about active duty types...

I don't feel old tho, was just telling an old friend that I don't feel much different than I did when I was 18...I still enjoy the same things..dress the same way...same music...

It's all a state of mind.

That's good Joe! Good rationalization.

But you're a young poot. Not even earned old fart status yet. Run fast while you can.

[TheSilverBuick]

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Get off base, Joe, and you are a young guy. The problem is that you're in a sea of 19 year olds on base. I'm currently the age my father was when he retired as a Lt Colonel. It's hard to fathom now. But, a 43 year old officer is a grand daddy on a military base.

My daddy used to talk about when he trained on B-17's near the end of WWII. The war got over before he had to go. He said the pilot-captain of the bomber was 23 years old, and the rest of the crew called him "Old Man."

My friend's grandpa was a submariner in WWII, he was 25 at the time and was called "Old Man" and "Gramps".

[BangShift McT]

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Should not have read this...just burped and smelled Similac...All you self-concious old bastards... ;D

[pdub]

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Should not have read this...just burped and smelled Similac...All you self-concious old bastards... ;D

Self-conscious?????? It takes a long time to get here. You have to celebrate SOMETHING! It's an accomplishment. Now, if I could only....I forgot what I was going to say

[pdub]

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It's all about...well, meeting Dan Stokes at Maxton last year, one of the first things he said....and I don't think I'm messing up my quoting him...he said, "I still like to look at the pretty girls, but I don't remember why."

[tedly]

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I may grow old, but I refuse to grow up. ;D

[pdub]

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I may grow old, but I refuse to grow up. ;D

Jimmy Buffett wrote a song about that. Even with that title, more or less.

[tedly]

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Growing Older But Not Up
Love me some Jimmy Buffett!

[pdub]

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Growing Older But Not Up]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLC8fJdQJ24]Growing Older But Not Up
Love me some Jimmy Buffett!

I lost the entire Jimmy Buffett CD collection in a divorce. But I didn't need them. Okay I lied, I GAVE them to her, and she asked "WHY?"

I said, I can hear every Jimmy Buffett song in my brain anytime I ever want. They're playing in my brain all of the time.

That's been years, and miles, and things ago, and I have had no desire to go back and buy the Buffett discs, because I don't need them. I can already hear the songs and have them all memorized. Well......the memory is fading a bit.

The only thing he did that I found a bit aggravating was to throw in a a song or two with words in French. I guess since he knows French, he had to prove to us that he knows French. I was not amazed at those few songs, but he kept doing it over time.

I spent enough time in Montreal and heard enough French to fill my meter. Don't make my music sound like that, too.

[Two Lane]

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Thirty-six is half-way to 72...guess which half is most fun!


When you can double your current age & get an pretty unlikely number, you're on the playground slide onto eternity.


It's all relative though. Remember how "forever" 4-years sounded in your 20s?


Remember a guy re-enlisting for 6-yrs, aka "taking a 6-yr burst". His buds ragged him, saying:

"Dude, trees don't live that long!!" Now, some of those fellows would wish they had your in-service time.


Thanks for your service, Joe! Haven't "seen" you since the early days of Car Junky TV. Great times!

[Brian Lohnes]

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I may grow old, but I refuse to grow up. ;D

####ing-A right Johnny.

Turn 31 yesterday (it's 1:21 here in Louisiana right now)

Brian

[pdub]

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I may grow old, but I refuse to grow up. ;D

####ing-A right Johnny.

Turn 31 yesterday (it's 1:21 here in Louisiana right now)

Brian

Happy birthday Brian!

So, what's the womb like? You can remenber it well, I'm sure! ;D ;D

[TheSilverBuick]

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Damn Bruab, I thought I had you by a few months, but you got me by several. Happy birthday.

[tedly]

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Happy Birthday Brian! Why are you sober enough to type coherently?