The Big One!
― And Then There’s Maudit (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 December 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
I measure my years against John Nettles. Bergerac is behind me, I can barely remember The Liver Birds, and I'm in a voice-over trough atm before I enter my Midsomer Murders phase in 2022.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 26 December 2020 15:32 (three years ago) link
I had a folder of writing and poetry to which I had stopped adding things in 1992, and just tucked in the back of the cupboard as I moved houses several times.Today I was organising papers and I decided to take a look, expecting that I would realise what a talent I had put aside to go on with the rest of my life and be overwhelmed with remorse. And then I read it and pretty much every page made me either wince or actually gasp out loud at how bad it was. Don't think I will be starting a novel.
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 28 December 2020 13:03 (three years ago) link
Not quite 50 yet, but I started doing a similar thing last year, reading old essays I had written at university. The ideas were dubious but the writing was quite well-done; for some reason, I had expected the opposite.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 28 December 2020 15:18 (three years ago) link
I knew this existed. Search needed the apostrophe.
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Monday, 22 February 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
I can never find.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
Although I suppose I won’t need in a few years
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
Last year I turned 50 and hosted a pub quiz to celebrate. It was so much fun. I think it might even have been fun for other people too. I haven't seen my brothers since. Stupid covid.
― trishyb, Monday, 22 February 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
hi y'all
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Monday, 22 February 2021 15:59 (three years ago) link
things are great so far, tbh
Almost there, lurking in this thread with interest and trepidation
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
Welcome!
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 February 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
Soon. (Eight days.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 February 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1q2F_18cjg
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
hello all. it's nifty for now (53) but there will be some uh, tests v soon because uh, ppl have questions.
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Monday, 22 February 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
heh yeah I had a chunk of appendix and related area removed around a year ago due to polyps, my first major surgery (pretty minor as far as full anesthesia operations, but still)
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Monday, 22 February 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
Ah thete it is. I searched 'fifties'
― Mark G, Monday, 22 February 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
A few more months and I will trade this thread for another. One non-COVID health scare this year, but I think I'm the clear for the near future, at least.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 February 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
Wondering if somebody should use their magical mod powers to add (fifties/50s) to the thread title, or if we should leave it de-indexed as it were.
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
We should also have a thread for people stuck in the '50s, sitting around all day watching Happy Days reruns and listening to doo-wop.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 February 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
ayyyyy *thumb up*
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Monday, 22 February 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
Only HOOSCan make this world seem brightOnly HOOSCan make his steen drive right
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
Happy Days was about the 70s; so was MASH (non controp)
― illumi-naughty (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
I'm still not yet 50, but I remember having a discussion with someone whether they preferred the "70s 50s" e.g. Happy Days or the "80s 50s" e.g Stray Cats.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 22 February 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
Lol
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
― The Ballad of Mel Cooley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
Saw someone who may now be in their 60s tweet about how he used to feel like the “weird uncle “ here when he was posting more here circa 2004 I guess
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 February 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
The day after my 50th late last year, I had to deal with a Rû$$iän R@ns0mwäre attack, then a couple months later a HBP event that sent me to the the ER, and then a month after that, I slipped on the ice and broke my radius/ulna, putting my drumming/guitar playing home fun therapy on hiatus for a while. That 'ol 'check engine' light comes on at 5-O, can't ignore it anymore.
― BlackIronPrison, Monday, 22 February 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
3 years into the 50s.3 years of unemployment.no complaints as not having to worry re job/commute/office chaos in last 12 months have been an absolute blessing.that and having mk2 (17 yrs, nearly 18) at home all this time has meant we have had a very different last era of my parenting groove than normal.
― mark e, Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
Hi!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
could you repeat that Ned? my tinnitus is acting up
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
I said NICE WEATHER WE'RE HAVING
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
Aw, seeing Bimble and Morbs in this thread :(
One thing about being in my 50s is the accumulating weight of all the people I miss who are no longer here. I am aware that this becomes more and more of a thing, the presence of absence. I don’t like it.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 21:10 (three years ago) link
Hello to the same decade as me, Ned.
For all of one week.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
i have cancer now, as of last thursday. nobody knows but my partner and one friend and uh, now the internet. just don't let my 90 y/o mom find out, srsly. i'm good.
(i keep thinking of teh room when the mom says "it's official-- i definitely have breast cancer"
tbf, i don't have breast cancer.
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:41 (three years ago) link
So sorry to hear that. Hopefully there will be good treatment.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:30 (three years ago) link
ty. this one is not so bad usually. 🤷🏻♂️
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 00:34 (three years ago) link
good luck Hunt3r
― assert (MatthewK), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 02:30 (three years ago) link
All the best. I'm sure it's a super stressful thing, but glad it's a not-so-bad one.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 02:45 (three years ago) link
Indeed, hoping all turns out well!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 04:35 (three years ago) link
All the best of luck, Hunter, I hope you'll get good treatment and get through this <3
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 08:22 (three years ago) link
oh hunt3r! good luck with your treatment - hope you're through it all as quickly as possible and hope you're not laid up for too long in the meantime!
― would a nit be nice? (NickB), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 09:04 (three years ago) link
srsly i don't know why i would ever do blurt that, but i do appreciate very very much.
*considers personal history*
i think i'm destined to crash out, ridiculously. doing something else. it think i've got plenty of time. it'll never get me.
*envisions cancer-tombstone (carved in old.css: Original ILX2 Live Stylesheet)*
"damn. it got me. :-("
― pence's eye juice (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 3 March 2021 14:22 (three years ago) link
Did my warranty just expire? I pulled a muscle in my chest, which makes coughing XTREEMLY painful. And last week my dentist put a temporary filling in one of my molars; she can't do a permanent filling until I get my wisdom teeth extracted. The first available consultation date won't be until the end of this month.
*jaw starts hurting again LAMF*
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Friday, 12 March 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
40th High School Reunion coming up next month. Pinch me.
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 27 May 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
Yikes. That’s me next year.
― that's not my post, Friday, 28 May 2021 02:31 (two years ago) link
This is my 40th h.s. year too, but I haven't been to any reunions since the 10th. Hate those things.
― In my house are many Manchins (WmC), Friday, 28 May 2021 02:42 (two years ago) link
I went to the 50th for my middle school four years ago. At least one strange experience too inside-baseball to detail here.
― clemenza, Friday, 28 May 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
I don’t per se hate reunions but like WmC only ever attended my 10th. 33rd is this year.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 28 May 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
Something is compelling me to go. Pandemic? My own kids in HS? In any case, recently waded into our designed friendbook page. One guy had a picture of himself with Scott Miller, because he was in a band with Miller’s wife at the time!
― AP Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 May 2021 03:05 (two years ago) link