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Posted: 1/27/2011 4:56:07 PM EDT

[#1]

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I celebrated by going on a trip to the Canadian Rocky Mtns. I hiked to the highest elevation I have been to.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/jrinfoley/Picturefile130.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/jrinfoley/Picturefile138.jpg

Is that Moses in the second pic, or Father Abraham?

Posted: 1/27/2011 4:57:22 PM EDT

[#2]

turned 50 last year. Was sorta bummed at first so the gf wanted to take me out to dinner for my BD. Then some guy (looked kinda like a penguin) shot a wheel off my chair. So it didn't start off so great for me but I'm cool with it now. I realized I didn't actually need the chair anyway. 50 wasn't such a big deal after all. Its all in what you make of it.

Posted: 1/27/2011 4:57:24 PM EDT

[#3]

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Amost 8 years ago.

Woke up. Shaved, Went to work, Came home. Went out to dinner. Went home for pie.

Just another day.

Yep, me too

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:07:48 PM EDT

[#4]

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Actually here we shoot everyone we can catch who hits 50, kind of like Logan's Run.

Bring it on pudgy.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:10:09 PM EDT

[#5]

50 no, 40 yes.

And what's this bullshit about a camera up the ass?

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:10:21 PM EDT

[#6]

My body has slipped past the 50 mark, but my mind is stuck on 25...

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:13:31 PM EDT

[#7]

came and went.

dealt with it by deciding to get my ass back in shape.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:15:40 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I celebrated by going on a trip to the Canadian Rocky Mtns. I hiked to the highest elevation I have been to.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/jrinfoley/Picturefile130.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/jrinfoley/Picturefile138.jpg

Is that Moses in the second pic, or Father Abraham?

Watch it sonny!

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:21:17 PM EDT

[#9]

Give me a few months.

Makes no difference at all.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:24:21 PM EDT

[#10]

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Coming soon, but not looking forward to it. How did you deal with it? It might be time for me to grow a pony tail, get an earring, or maybe buy a sports car.

Wrong....white patent leather loafers, plaid bell bottoms, and viagra for you, ya old fuck.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:25:38 PM EDT

[#11]

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Farting is free.

It's not free when you're over 50. There's a 25% chance any particular fart will bring a little gushy friend, so that's not free in my book shorts.

I'll be 52 soon, and so far I REALLY like being over 50. The reason is I spent my 40s worrying/fretting/agonizing over the physical I knew I was going to get at 50––first prostate exam and a colonoscopy.

Well, after ruining any fun I might have otherwise had during my 40s, I turned 50, my wife (of course!) scheduled the big days, and I went. Well, actually I went with her to one of her appts. at the same doc a couple of months before my appt., and spent the entire time staring at his hands, sizing up his fingers, knowing where one (or more??) were going to go, while squirming in my seat at the horror of it all.

The big day came for my colonoscopy––and it was NOTHING. Everyone said the "cleaning out" was the worst part. Big deal––just water running out for 8-10 times. Not painful, just a little inconvenient. Again, no biggee. The actual procedure I don't remember at all. Now I have a report (complete with color pictures of my innards!) that affirms I will NOT die of colon cancer.

Then came the actual physical, with the prostate exam. I tried to talk him out of it. I offered money to "do it next time and skip this one." He laughed and said it was "necessary."

It wasn't bad. It didn't hurt at all, and physically it was nothing at all to go through. There is the obvious horror of being violated by a man, but hey––that goes away after a little while. It really wasn't horrible at all. In fact, I kind of liked it. I'm going back again next week.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooo

Actually, I was supposed to go back LAST YEAR, but it seems to have slipped my mind. As I said, it wasn't bad––but it sure wasn't good either.

Anyway, being over 50 is no big deal, and it sure beats being dead.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:26:37 PM EDT

[#12]

next year.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:27:14 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
I celebrated by going on a trip to the Canadian Rocky Mtns. I hiked to the highest elevation I have been to.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/jrinfoley/Picturefile138.jpg

Is that you on the far right, crawling the last few feet to the top?? I feel for ya, Bro.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:29:33 PM EDT

[#14]

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Soon to be 52 here.

Its not so bad. After all 50 is the new 40.

Just take better care of yourself.

Actually I'm looking forward to 55. Going to retire.

I thought 50 was the new 30????

Yeah, I'm 50, will turn 51 in May.

LC

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:31:53 PM EDT

[#15]

born 1958, whatever that makes me. Figure I got 30 years if God wills.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:32:48 PM EDT

[#16]

Hit 50 this year.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:33:52 PM EDT

[#17]

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52 here.

Having a 7yo daughter doesn't allow me to think about it.

55 w/10 year old daughter.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:44:19 PM EDT

[#18]

I hit 50 a few months ago. It's just a number. I weigh the same as I did when I was 25. Hair's going a bit gray, but nobody believes I'm 50. Mrs. Ohio_Bill is 54, nobody believes that either.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:45:15 PM EDT

[#19]

54 here.
Going strong and loving it!!!

50 is nothing unless you are one of those that live a lifestyle of fat/smoking/drinking/sedentary - then all bets are off!

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:51:38 PM EDT

[#20]

75% of everything worth knowing I have learned since turning 50.

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:54:45 PM EDT

[#21]

Damn, this thread smells like mothballs and sweaty AARP cards

Posted: 1/27/2011 5:59:24 PM EDT

[#22]

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Damn, this thread smells like mothballs and sweaty AARP cards

No AARP card here - can't stand that group and never will.....

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:03:10 PM EDT

[#23]

I just turned 50 last December.

I'm mellow and relaxed. Life is good.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:05:49 PM EDT

[#24]

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Quoted:

I celebrated by going on a trip to the Canadian Rocky Mtns. I hiked to the highest elevation I have been to.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/jrinfoley/Picturefile130.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/jrinfoley/Picturefile138.jpg

Is that you on the far right, crawling the last few feet to the top?? I feel for ya, Bro.

Nope, I was still on my feet, but gasping for every breath near the end of the climb. Altitude will kick your ass when you live just above sea level!

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:10:26 PM EDT

[#25]

I turned 51 a couple of months ago. Gotta watch the diet and exercise more closely than I did 20 years ago, otherwise not much change. I'm more comfortable with myself at this age than I ever have been. I guess you really do mellow with age. Turning 50 didn't have the psychological impact for me that 40 did, and that wasn't bad either.

SoS

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:11:50 PM EDT

[#26]

I remember when LBJ was in the Whitehouse, I will leave it there.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:15:02 PM EDT

[#27]

50? WTF? Im 67. Older then dirt. Ive been around though, and did about everything there is to do with guns in one way or another. I wouldnt mind hitting five oh again, though.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:17:51 PM EDT

[#28]

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Coming soon, but not looking forward to it. How did you deal with it? It might be time for me to grow a pony tail, get an earring, or maybe buy a sports car.

I here Ed Sr. has hit it thrice.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:18:29 PM EDT

[#29]

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I realize this isn't really possible, but what if you didn't keep track of your own age? It would just be another day, right?

This is probably a typical thing for a 22 year old to say, though, isn't it...

you dont stop counting till 25 then your insurance goes down. after that it's fair game.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:22:21 PM EDT

[#30]

I am there but sometimes I foget how old I am......

The bad part is I remember when guns and ammo were cheap.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:25:31 PM EDT

[#31]

Two years ago. The toughest part is remembering I'm old enough to be the father of young hotties that I see.

In my head I'm around 25-30.

Other than that, no big deal unless you don't like aches and pains.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:25:33 PM EDT

[#32]

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Amost 11 years ago.

Woke up. Shaved, Went to work, Came home. Went out to dinner. Went home for pie.

Just another day.

Yup, same here. So quit whining whippersnapper

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:28:19 PM EDT

[#33]

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Two years ago. The toughest part is remembering I'm old enough to be the father of young hotties that I see.

In my head I'm around 25-30.

Other than that, no big deal unless you don't like aches and pains.

Guilty, Your Honor

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:28:42 PM EDT

[#34]

Hit it last year. I really stopped counting once I got to 21 (could drink everywhere LEGALLY and purchased my first handgun); multiple fires in a shift take its toll on me the next day physically - but its all a state of mind. Enjoy life as no one gets out alive!

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:30:01 PM EDT

[#35]

I've got a little while.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:31:25 PM EDT

[#36]

I went on a 16 day Caribou and Moose hunt 60 miles from the Arctic Circle. Boone and Crockett Mountain 'bou, 68 inch Moose

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:41:23 PM EDT

[#37]

50 is nothing,I turned62 in November and retired on Jan 1st. 41 years of turning wrenches is enough.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:43:02 PM EDT

[#38]

I'm 22. I feel like my youth has already been wasted.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:46:18 PM EDT

[#39]

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I'm 22. I feel like my youth has already been wasted.

All us 50+ guys feel for you, Bro.

Like hell. Get a towel, and use it to dry off behind your ears, then go DO something. Sheesh.

Posted: 1/27/2011 6:55:20 PM EDT

[#40]

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Quoted:
I'm 22. I feel like my youth has already been wasted.

All us 50+ guys feel for you, Bro.

Like hell. Get a towel, and use it to dry off behind your ears, then go DO something. Sheesh.

BK1 - WIN!!!

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:01:24 PM EDT

[#41]

This thread smells like whiskey and Old Spice.

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:15:45 PM EDT

[#42]

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This thread smells like whiskey and Old Spice.

LMFAO!

I'll be 49 this year. I'm having flashbacks.
I still think Mannix was boffing his African secretary and Gilligan was giving Mary Anne dingy.

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:26:30 PM EDT

[#43]

55 this year, while the spirit is strong the body is failing. Lenses in both eyes replaced due to cataracts, diagnosed with diabetes last April and 2 weeks ago diagnosed with dry macular degeneration.

But hey, it's not all bad except for when strangers think I'm my 17 year old's grandfather.

Seriously though, my son and I are very close and the wife and I are trying our hardest to not sweat what we can't control and enjoy what we can.

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:29:03 PM EDT

[#44]

3 years back. My high light was getting my first colonoscopy.
Never let the guys at work know that a Spanish Dr stuck a camera up your ass.
I got ragged on at work about my alien anal probe for months.

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:35:48 PM EDT

[#45]

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3 years back. My high light was getting my first colonoscopy.
Never let the guys at work know that a Spanish Dr stuck a camera up your ass.
I got ragged on at work about my alien anal probe for months.

I'll be 49 in a couple months and had one of those a few years ago...I was just about outta it when I looked up at the monitor and asked... WTF is that?

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:35:57 PM EDT

[#46]

Hit the big 50 a little over 12 years ago.

I had a "midlife crisis" that lasted for about 20 years once I got divorced in 1975.

So, by the time I hit 50, I was all done with all that so it was no biggie.

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:43:14 PM EDT

[#47]

I hit 54 today!

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:47:02 PM EDT

[#48]

Yea, 17 years ago.

Posted: 1/27/2011 7:49:50 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:

Quoted:
3 years back. My high light was getting my first colonoscopy.
Never let the guys at work know that a Spanish Dr stuck a camera up your ass.
I got ragged on at work about my alien anal probe for months.

I'll be 49 in a couple months and had one of those a few years ago...I was just about outta it when I looked up at the monitor and asked... WTF is that?

My Dr asked me if I wanted a tape of the inspection.
WTF! No thanks Doc. That video is not on my wish list.