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Title: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 05, 2008, 03:54:01 PM
 :bouncegiggle:
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Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 05, 2008, 06:33:14 PM
Pretty good one Allhallowsday. So how old are ya?  :bouncegiggle:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: indianasmith on May 05, 2008, 07:03:42 PM
I'm a "shadow Boomer" (born in 1963), but that still hurts!! Gotta send it to my older siblings!


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 05, 2008, 08:27:03 PM
I'm a "shadow Boomer" (born in 1963), but that still hurts!! Gotta send it to my older siblings!
Sure yer not a "tweener...?"   :wink:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 05, 2008, 08:37:47 PM
Pretty good one Allhallowsday. So how old are ya?  :bouncegiggle:
Older than a good number, but younger than many.   :wink:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: indianasmith on May 05, 2008, 10:14:00 PM
I'm a "shadow Boomer" (born in 1963), but that still hurts!! Gotta send it to my older siblings!
Sure yer not a "tweener...?"   :wink:

Well, my Dad was a WWII veteran who went to college on the GI Bill . . . so that pretty much makes me a boomer.  "Shadow boomers" is the term given to the last five years of the 1945-65 baby boom, those who are too young to have conscious memory of JFK's assassination.
The tweeners started about 1966 or so.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 05, 2008, 10:44:00 PM
I'm a "shadow Boomer" (born in 1963), but that still hurts!! Gotta send it to my older siblings!
Sure yer not a "tweener...?"   :wink:

Well, my Dad was a WWII veteran who went to college on the GI Bill . . . so that pretty much makes me a boomer.  "Shadow boomers" is the term given to the last five years of the 1945-65 baby boom, those who are too young to have conscious memory of JFK's assassination.
The tweeners started about 1966 or so.
No, "tweeners" are between "Baby Boomers," and "Generation X."   1965 is usually the dividing line for those two "generations."  Tweeners are the end of the Boomers and beginning of the "GenXrs".  So, think of them as 1960s babies.  :teddyr:  :lookingup:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: indianasmith on May 05, 2008, 10:54:36 PM
OK, well, I got my semantics from . . . . some primetime news show!  So there! :teddyr: :tongueout:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Trevor on May 06, 2008, 06:47:44 AM
 :bouncegiggle: :teddyr:

"Born.........tubby........mild...."  :teddyr:

I was born in 1967 so I don't know what that makes me. I don't act my age, and people say I look a lot younger than I am. I suppose that's a compliment.  :smile:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 06, 2008, 07:55:54 AM
:bouncegiggle: :teddyr:

"Born.........tubby........mild...."  :teddyr:

I was born in 1967 so I don't know what that makes me. I don't act my age, and people say I look a lot younger than I am. I suppose that's a compliment.  :smile:

I'm sure many nations may of had a baby boom after WWII, but I always thought of this as mostly an American reference because of the apparent peace (what about the Korean War?), prosperity, and population growth after  WWII. Someone help me with this as I don't know all the details.

What other countries had a baby boom after WWII? Aren't third world countries always booming? We cover it in the news because its suppose to effect the U.S. in the coming years with all the "baby boomer's" getting older and what to do with Social Security and Health Care for these people.

Trevor your always welcome to join the baby boom, but you may of missed it by a few years and continents. Just remember to bring an extra pair of shorts. :teddyr:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Trevor on May 06, 2008, 08:12:17 AM
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Trevor your always welcome to join the baby boom, but you may of missed it by a few years and continents. Just remember to bring an extra pair of shorts.  :teddyr:


Karma for that smile.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 06, 2008, 08:31:13 AM
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Trevor your always welcome to join the baby boom, but you may of missed it by a few years and continents. Just remember to bring an extra pair of shorts.  :teddyr:


Karma for that smile.

Karma for bringing shorts.  :smile:

Not that you'll need them or anything.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Trevor on May 06, 2008, 08:37:07 AM
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Karma for bringing shorts.   :smile: Not that you'll need them or anything.

But I will need them: I do want everyone to see my skinny legs and knobbly knees.  :teddyr:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: CheezeFlixz on May 06, 2008, 10:11:00 AM
Well I'm a fine vintage 1963 so I'm a tail end baby boomer or a tweener depending on your reference. I don't think old, feel old, act old but I'm sure if you're 20 right now I'm old. I know that when I was in my early 20's I thought those that were in their late 30's and beyond were old.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 06, 2008, 10:28:21 AM
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Karma for bringing shorts.   :smile: Not that you'll need them or anything.

But I will need them: I do want everyone to see my skinny legs and knobbly knees.  :teddyr:

Well, if you come to America Trevor you won't need underpants. We all secretly don't wear them. This has been the key to our nations success. We're just like France we don't wear underpants. 


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Derf on May 06, 2008, 01:32:28 PM
Well I'm a fine vintage 1963 so I'm a tail end baby boomer or a tweener depending on your reference. I don't think old, feel old, act old but I'm sure if you're 20 right now I'm old. I know that when I was in my early 20's I thought those that were in their late 30's and beyond were old.

Yeah, I find that the older I get, the younger old people seem. In my head, I'm still in my twenties for the most part. I know my body says otherwise, but why should I listen to some stupid meat popsicle? And yet, I can't relate to the general twenty-something generation. Granted, I couldn't relate to them when I was that age, either, but I notice it more now.

Talking to my mother (she's 82), I asked her if she felt old. She said she still thinks of herself as a young woman, and she can't really get her mind around the concept of "old." She still parks farther out wherever she goes to let the "old people" have the closer spots. She teaches the older ladies' Sunday School class but feels inadequate because she's one of the younger ladies in the class (our church has two ladies that are 100 years old).


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 06, 2008, 01:41:49 PM
:bouncegiggle: :teddyr: "Born.........tubby........mild...."  :teddyr:
That's "bored...,"  Trevor.   :wink:

I was born in 1967 so I don't know what that makes me...
1967?  That would make you a GenXer (Generation X). 


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Raffine on May 06, 2008, 01:48:05 PM
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Karma for bringing shorts.   :smile: Not that you'll need them or anything.

But I will need them: I do want everyone to see my skinny legs and knobbly knees.  :teddyr:

Well, if you come to America Trevor you won't need underpants. We all secretly don't wear them. This has been the key to our nations success. We're just like France we don't wear underpants. 

A friend told me yesterday he had to go to a big fancy wedding this past weekend and he wore underpants for the first time in years. He said it was actually quite nice and he may start wearing underpants on a regular basis!


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Raffine on May 06, 2008, 01:49:52 PM
Well I'm a fine vintage 1963 so I'm a tail end baby boomer or a tweener depending on your reference.

I prefer "Monster Kids" for our just-past-Boomer-not-quite-GenX- generation.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 06, 2008, 02:06:09 PM
Yea, I'm 43 and feel it sometimes, but I still like to be goofy like a kid. When talking to to 20 somethings I usually find a disconnect as far as life experiences go and find myself being a kind of mentor adopting a role that awakens and hopefully guides young(er) people.

I'm in fair physical health, but am always trying to get in shape. I have a specific weight and tone that I'm trying to get back into since my surgery last October. Last Summer I was in my ideal condition. I'm not far from getting back, but I'm not doing any heavy lifting with free weights till this fall. Don't want to bulk up eithier, but rather to be nicely tone and free of any nagging injuries of the past. It's seems that every time I'm on the right track something comes along and bumps me off course.   :smile:

It's been a rough 2 years for me, but I'm grateful for all the insight that suffering provides. 

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Karma for bringing shorts.   :smile: Not that you'll need them or anything.

But I will need them: I do want everyone to see my skinny legs and knobbly knees.  :teddyr:

Well, if you come to America Trevor you won't need underpants. We all secretly don't wear them. This has been the key to our nations success. We're just like France we don't wear underpants. 

A friend told me yesterday he had to go to a big fancy wedding this past weekend and he wore underpants for the first time in years. He said it was actually quite nice and he may start wearing underpants on a regular basis!

Oh, see. There you are Trevor. I wouldn't lie to ya.  :teddyr:


A friend told me yesterday he had to go to a big fancy wedding this past weekend and he wore underpants for the first time in years. He said it was actually quite nice and he may start wearing underpants on a regular basis!

Edit: There goes the country.

Yea, Hanes makes you feel good all under.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: CheezeFlixz on May 06, 2008, 02:27:25 PM
I was up on a 2 story roof today with a 12/12 pitch (that's 45 degrees for you non-builder types in other words steep for a roof) Well, when I was 20 I thought if I fall I'll land hit and roll and all will be well, I'll dust myself off and get back up there. Now that I'm 44 I think if I fall I'm going to break something or die and have to call 911.  As a rule I don't do steep roofs anymore for no other reason than gravity, anything over a 6/12 pitch I tell them to call someone younger (and dumber). Heights don't bother me, falling doesn't bother me ... it's the landing that bothers me. I don't bounce as well anymore.

Well back to the roof I ran by the shop here to get a safety (repelling) harness and rope ... something I would have never used when I was 20 on a roof ... those things are for pansies I'd said ... well paint me pink and call me a pansy at least I know I'll be safe and unhurt tonight. Amazing how age will change your outlook on things and attitude.   


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: RCMerchant on May 06, 2008, 06:01:47 PM

I prefer "Monster Kids" for our just-past-Boomer-not-quite-GenX- generation.

You took the words right outta my brain! I date from 1962. Grew up on monster mags,models and movies on late nite TV.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 06, 2008, 08:22:47 PM

I prefer "Monster Kids" for our just-past-Boomer-not-quite-GenX- generation.

You took the words right outta my brain! I date from 1962. Grew up on monster mags,models and movies on late nite TV.
Oh, yeh...
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Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 06, 2008, 09:28:13 PM
Well back to the roof I ran by the shop here to get a safety (repelling) harness and rope ... something I would have never used when I was 20 on a roof ... those things are for pansies I'd said ... well paint me pink and call me a pansy at least I know I'll be safe and unhurt tonight. Amazing how age will change your outlook on things and attitude.   

 :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:  :bouncegiggle:

Five Star Super Karma for you CheezeFlixz.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 06, 2008, 10:30:55 PM
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Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Trevor on May 07, 2008, 01:06:55 AM
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Heights don't bother me, falling doesn't bother me ... it's the landing that bothers me. I don't bounce as well anymore. Well back to the roof I ran by the shop here to get a safety (repelling) harness and rope ... something I would have never used when I was 20 on a roof ... those things are for pansies I'd said ... well paint me pink and call me a pansy at least I know I'll be safe and unhurt tonight. Amazing how age will change your outlook on things and attitude.   


 :bouncegiggle: :teddyr:

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Oh, see. There you are Trevor. I wouldn't lie to ya.    :teddyr:

 :bouncegiggle: :teddyr:

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Well, if you come to America Trevor you won't need underpants. We all secretly don't wear them. This has been the key to our nations success. We're just like France we don't wear underpants.

 :bouncegiggle: :teddyr:

It's 8h04 in the morning here and I've already had many smiles and chuckles over this subject.  :smile: There's another one, see? What hath my underpants wrought?


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Derf on May 07, 2008, 08:01:00 AM

It's 8h04 in the morning here and I've already had many smiles and chuckles over this subject.  :smile: There's another one, see? What hath my underpants wrought?

And the bigger question: What will you use to clean that mess up?  :teddyr:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Trevor on May 07, 2008, 08:08:24 AM
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And the bigger question: What will you use to clean that mess up?
:teddyr:

I have absolutely no idea, Derf..... hang on, my neighbor hangs his washing quite close to the wall that separates our properties. So, if I can can avoid getting zapped  :hot: by the electric fence thingummyjiggy, I can steal his underpants and use them.

Then I'll tell him you told me to do it.  :teddyr:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 07, 2008, 10:19:41 AM
It's 8h04 in the morning here and I've already had many smiles and chuckles over this subject.  :smile: There's another one, see? What hath my underpants wrought?


Well, I'm not sure this will help your morning underwear dilemma Trevor, but last month I bought two triple packs of size "32" Hanes underwear because they had a sale on underwear at a local department store. Took them home and put them in a drawer. A month later I went to open one of the packets only to find they were size "42" ! ! ! Fortunately the other pack was size "32". In my underwear haste I must of accidentally picked up a packet of the wrong size.

My problem is that although they all have retained their freshness after a month in the drawer I'm stuck with 3 pairs of "42's" and without a receipt. Without a receipt there is absolutely no chance of returning them unless I leave them at the entrance of the store without getting a refund.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Trevor on May 07, 2008, 10:31:14 AM
I can solve your problem quite easily: post them to me.  :teddyr:

Trevor T. Moses
Department of Arts and Culture
Private Bag X236
Pretoria
South Africa
0001


There is someone at our dept. who opens our mail without permission: undies in the mail should cure him of this very quickly indeed.  :smile:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 07, 2008, 10:47:00 AM
You got it Trevor. Consider them yours. Your getting quite a bargin as they haven't been worn yet. Are you sure you wear size "42"?


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Patient7 on May 07, 2008, 07:07:36 PM

There is someone at our dept. who opens our mail without permission: undies in the mail should cure him of this very quickly indeed.  :smile:



Well then, I have a little gift to mail you, I hope it reaches this gentleman.  :bouncegiggle: plase highlight that so you get the gist of it.


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Trevor on May 08, 2008, 02:56:25 AM
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Well then, I have a little gift to mail you, I hope it reaches this gentleman.   plase highlight that so you get the gist of it.

 :teddyr: Consider it done.

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You got it Trevor. Consider them yours. Your getting quite a bargin as they haven't been worn yet. Are you sure you wear size "42"?

I take a size 36 pants so 42 should be OK.  :wink:

I can see that poor bugger in our mailroom going  :buggedout: :buggedout: :buggedout: when he opens these parcels.  :bouncegiggle:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 08, 2008, 05:25:07 AM
Wouldn't normally do this, but your shorts have become legendary here at badmovies.org.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UCfJItEEvzs


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Trevor on May 08, 2008, 07:49:34 AM
Damn, I can't see that! I be blocked!   :bluesad:

I will go to a internet cafe soon (hopefully tomorrow) and view it.

Thanks, Conan!  :smile:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 08, 2008, 07:58:14 PM
Just glad I could help Trevor.  :bouncegiggle:................


I think.  :question:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 08, 2008, 08:11:32 PM
Wouldn't normally do this, but your shorts have become legendary here at badmovies.org.
Cheese and crackers, Scott, if you don't belong at Badmovies.org, none of us do!!  "Bargain" is not spelled "bargin" unless you were just missing a space, intending to deny Trevor martinis, and there are three too many shots of the shining sun... Thanks for the larf. 
:cheers:  :thumbup:
You're in Mays Landing, New Jersey?  Howdy neighbor, from Neptune!   :smile:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 08, 2008, 08:16:49 PM
Wouldn't normally do this, but your shorts have become legendary here at badmovies.org.
Cheese and crackers, Scott, if you don't belong at Badmovies.org, none of us do!!  "Bargain" is not spelled "bargin" unless you were just missing a space, intending to deny Trevor martinis, and there are three too many shots of the shining sun... Thanks for the larf. 
:cheers:  :thumbup:
You're in Mays Landing, New Jersey?  Howdy neighbor, from Neptune!   :smile:

Howdy Neighbor ! ! !

I new you were from another planet Allhallowsday. In the Trevors Shorts feature I was just starting to tell my daughter about my exploits on the red planet Mars when Andrew called out of the blue.  :buggedout:

That mispelling due to a rushed production, bad movie style, and the repeated sun shots are because I lacked video material. Did what I could in the time given. Also I didn't have any airplanes for my air mail shots, so I had to shoot the sky. Man, I'm starting to understand Ed Wood and Roger Corman.  :teddyr:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: RCMerchant on May 08, 2008, 08:40:09 PM
WOMBA TV always gives me a warm,mushy feeling....kinda like when I eat too many grapes... :thumbup: :tongueout:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Scott on May 08, 2008, 09:07:16 PM
WOMBA TV always gives me a warm,mushy feeling....kinda like when I eat too many grapes... :thumbup: :tongueout:

Thank you RCMerchant.  :wink:


Title: Re: BABY BOOMERS - GETTING OLD?
Post by: Patient7 on May 08, 2008, 10:41:33 PM
Wouldn't normally do this, but your shorts have become legendary here at badmovies.org.

[url]http://youtube.com/watch?v=UCfJItEEvzs[/url]


Karma my good man, it always feels good (like a fresh pair of unworn undies) to hear my name mentioned.