This is a thread for ILXORS IN THEIR 50's

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Goddamn right I'm going to take advantage of every senior discount at civic facilities - the nice pool at the Duarte civic center, the golden eagle passports that get you in to all the national parks, etc...

Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 29 September 2022 04:55 (one year ago) link

35 cent bus/train fares (off hours)!

nickn, Thursday, 29 September 2022 05:52 (one year ago) link

two months pass...

First colonoscopy - lots of polyps and I have to do it again in two years. *sigh*

The Bankruptcy of the Planet of the Apes (PBKR), Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:36 (one year ago) link

I've had two (I started in my 40s becz of some mild family history), probably due for another one next year. They were OK, the propofol worked as advertised. Tho it is a singular experience to wake up from a nap to some chatty cathy showing you pictures of your innards.

haven't had that yet.. I'm with a cheap HMO and they just ask me to crap on a piece of wax paper, take a swab, and mail it back to them. It even comes with a little 'biohazard' bag lol

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:40 (one year ago) link

My parents are super nervous about any kind of anesthesia, so when my dad had his first colonoscopy he insisted on just getting local anesthetics and staying awake for the whole thing. His description of the ensuing discomfort persuaded me to never ask for that. (And he never did for subsequent ones either.)

I've had two, plus a surgery to remove my secum (?!) and appendix, since the tissue there was too thin to burn the polyp off

sleeve, Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:46 (one year ago) link

... and it's time for another, lol. I always think of crut's immortal thread abt barium shakes "if I hear the word I will barf"

sleeve, Thursday, 15 December 2022 22:47 (one year ago) link

ten months pass...

it me now.

behold the thump (ledge), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 09:07 (six months ago) link

happy birthday!

no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 09:56 (six months ago) link

hbd and congrats on leveling up

Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 10:34 (six months ago) link

congratulations with your quarter bicentennial

StanM, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 11:40 (six months ago) link

nice one Ledge, I will be here in three weeks time also.

Ste, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:00 (six months ago) link

I wish all of you well. Hope these years go better for you than they have for me.

The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:14 (six months ago) link

Happy birthday!

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:44 (six months ago) link

Welcome welcome

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 12:45 (six months ago) link

ty all, i've been fortunate to get this far with only minor eyesight degradation so the slow bodily collapse still to look forward to.

behold the thump (ledge), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 14:08 (six months ago) link

Around here, we don't make too many long-range plans.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:14 (six months ago) link

i just turned...........................................................................................55. i don't even know anymore.

happy birthday, ledge!

40 was the depressing one for me.

scott seward, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:19 (six months ago) link

i was 35 when i first started posting here. that iz craycray.

scott seward, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:19 (six months ago) link

Gosh, I would have been 29! That's a long haul when I think of it that way.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 15:46 (six months ago) link

tells us about the onion on your belt grandpa--was it really the style? oooh ooh and trucker caps

hb, and stay well olds

i'd meet u where u are, but that place really sucks (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:04 (six months ago) link

55 too and also (approx) 35 when I first posted. Big up the 55/35 club.

stirmonster, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:35 (six months ago) link

Welcome to the club, ledge.

I didn't think you were older than me, Scott. I'll be 52 in December and I celebrated my old-ness by giving a career talk to students at the local high school yesterday.

read-only (unperson), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:37 (six months ago) link

yeah approx 35 for me too. i just think that i started ILB 20 years ago? and that was pretty early on for me.

x-post

scott seward, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:39 (six months ago) link

55 too and also (approx) 35 when I first posted. Big up the 55/35 club.

― stirmonster, Wednesday, October 18, 2023 4:35 PM (eight minutes ago)

looks like a club that i am part of as well.

mark e, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:44 (six months ago) link

I'm 53, and I was a month away from my 31st birthday when I first started posting here.

Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:49 (six months ago) link

I guess I was… 24 or 25 when I started posting here? I’m 46 now.

The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:53 (six months ago) link

54 next month for me

Happy Bday Ledge!

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:58 (six months ago) link

jesus, we should start a bluegrass group or something. buncha fogeys.

scott seward, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 16:58 (six months ago) link

I started ilxing in um 2004 or 2005, so maybe 33ish? I am now 52.

The Royal House of Hangover (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:12 (six months ago) link

I will be 54 next month and I've been on here since at least 2001.

Bruce Hornsby–Big Stick 3:15 (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:13 (six months ago) link

57 now, started posting at age 38?

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:30 (six months ago) link

Seem like Gen Xers feel comfortable here, we don't have to eat Tide pods or lip-sync to Dua Lipa songs

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:42 (six months ago) link

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 17:43 (six months ago) link

56/34 is same enuf

i'd meet u where u are, but that place really sucks (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:04 (six months ago) link

i think i came here because frank kogan told me to..........i can't remember. some connection like that. the steve forbert thing. i don't even remember what i mean by the steve forbert thing. i barely knew frank. just one of chuck's wack pack. i think dow and i are the only ones left from that.

scott seward, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:11 (six months ago) link

55/35 here too. Can’t even remember how I ended up here, it’s all murky.

Josefa, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:13 (six months ago) link

I got here via the Fake Matador Bulletin Board, I think?

The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:16 (six months ago) link

I turned 58 this year. I guess I've been posting here for going on two years, which surprises me.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:16 (six months ago) link

i definitely got here via the Fake Matador Bulletin Board.

stirmonster, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:21 (six months ago) link

I remember the TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE days

StanM, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:23 (six months ago) link

and when we had to move to that weird nether-board that time. that was scary!

scott seward, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:24 (six months ago) link

the sandbox!

I found ILX googling "Charalambides"

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:49 (six months ago) link

i am the same age as i was when i got here

mark s, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 18:57 (six months ago) link

mark s. is eternal. and justified and ancient. mooooooooooo moo.

scott seward, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:00 (six months ago) link

i got here cos i registered ireallylovemusic as a domain and then looked at alternatives.

mark e, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 19:47 (six months ago) link

49/27

Ste, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 20:17 (six months ago) link

I wish I could remember how I got here. Welcome to your 50s!

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 18 October 2023 20:18 (six months ago) link

I was in my 40s when I found ILX. I will level up to the very selective 60+ age bracket next year. Not sure it’s a club I want to join but better than the alternative.

that's not my post, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 20:20 (six months ago) link


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