User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:21:11 PM EDT
Haven't bought a Corvette or starting trying to bang chicks half my age or anything yet. Also don't have a sense of unachieved accomplishments based upon my expectations for this point in my life.
But I have noticed I am getting extremely nostalgic for things from my youth. Been collecting DVDs of movies from that time and been listening to music that was out when I was a kid. Also I notice I've been thinking a LOT about those times and occassionally wishing I could return to them. Also resisting the urge to buy things I had in my youth. What gives? Please help me before I start buying Star Wars action figures on Ebay. 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:22:53 PM EDT
[#1]
Yessss! New Arfcom Productions on the way! |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:25:53 PM EDT
[#2]
 My thoughts exactly. As for the midlife crisis---I'm only 29, and I spend a fair amount of time 'looking back'. I haven't yet found anything in my past that I can go back and change. |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:27:46 PM EDT
[#3]
You're not old enough. |
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:28:43 PM EDT
[#4]
Here's your Problem
 Quoted: . "I've been thinking a LOT" |
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:30:15 PM EDT
[#5]
DING-DING-DING...Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner! |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:30:50 PM EDT
[#6]
Youth...the future is far off and the past is easily forgotten..what's not to like. I think it was easier and more natural to live in the moment.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:39:11 PM EDT
[#7]
I think you are onto something. I'm not "living in the moment" and as a result more open to contemplation. Funny how our desire to arrive at the point where life is not such a struggle and achieve "down time" actually backfires somewhat when we accomplish it. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:39:48 PM EDT
[#8]
I think therefore I post. 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:45:02 PM EDT
[#9]
Midlife? Hell, you never progressed past playing with dolls apparently......
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:46:50 PM EDT
[#10]
|
||
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:48:38 PM EDT
[#11]
AUG,
I am only 26 and am looking back at stuff I had when I was a kid. Thankfully Hasbro reissued some of the original GIJoe Real American Hero collection. I have been after wierd collectables lately. For some reason I am interested in Schwinn Stingrays. Thanks Arvin
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:50:14 PM EDT
[#12]
DAMMIT. I had one of those too. *Adds to the list... |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:53:32 PM EDT
[#13]
My youth was so misspent in jail and reform school, I only look to the future now. I screwed up bad in my past. I try and make today count and the future too if it comes.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:53:57 PM EDT
[#14]
+1 |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 12:55:06 PM EDT
[#15]
Nah, you just want to remember good times from when your younger. Whats so bad about that?
Hell I am only 25 and I am doing the same things your doing. |
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:01:10 PM EDT
[#16]
This is the beginning of a mid-life crisis. The crisis is not far behind this stage. You must be somewhere around 35?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:04:25 PM EDT
[#17]
Post from SteyrAUG -
Stop right there, friend! What sort of 'crisis' is it if you start trying to 'bang chicks half your age'???!!! That doesn't sound like any crisis, to me. What would be a crisis, if if you were trying 'to bang chicks half your age' and you were either (1) unsuccessful, or (2) incapable. Now either of those possibilities would represent a 'CRISIS', in my way of thinking. Sorry, to intrude into this thread, but I think this point must be made on behalf of all of us old 50+ year old types who are constantly in search of the perfect...PIE. The old saying was 'Cherchez la femme', but when we got old, the saying became, 'Cherchez le plus jeune femme'! Eric The(LeVieilHomme)Hun 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:05:37 PM EDT
[#18]
Crap I've been pegged. So I can still look forward to the Corvette and strippers?
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:06:14 PM EDT
[#19]
I think it is time for you to buy are harley and start banging chicks half your age (as long as your older than 36). |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:09:03 PM EDT
[#20]
i drink, therefore i post
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:14:05 PM EDT
[#21]
Oh yeah, bigtime.
It's natural - got the same thing mon. Early mid-life crisis creeping into your mind. Finding yourself wanting to go back to the old stomping grounds? Spending time looking out for those favorite tunes, movies and such that were part of your landscape? Maybe if you can recreate the landscape a little you can "go back" and relive those great times? Yep, you got the bug mon. How far back you going? For me, from a 2004 perspective, the early 80s seemed like a perfect time: 1st yrs of College. Good friends. Lots of freedom. Kept same high school buddies in college. No heavy obligations. Reagan firmly in charge. MTV actually played music. The whole world ahead The days just seemed... brighter. "Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot." Everyone's got a "personal Camelot" - that part of their life that was a "brief shining moment" where all was right with the world, yet one which will never come again. And one which can only be fully appreciated from a distance. Thing is... right now will be a time in your life that, maybe in 20 more years, you'll look back on with just as much fondness as you're doing now with your youth. |
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:14:26 PM EDT
[#22]
ne franscias pas sur l'arfcomme.  |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:17:42 PM EDT
[#23]
Juste ceci un temps, Monsieur CavVet! Just this once, and then never again! Eric The(Cunning....FrenchSpeaker)Hun
|
||
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:22:42 PM EDT
[#24]
AUG,
While you are waiting for the Corvette, you still can have the strippers! If you don't want to spend the bread on the Corvette you could always buy a Chevette and pimp it out. It is still a vette . Oh and not to fuel your list but Schwinn reissued the Grey Ghost Stingray and MSRP is only $250!!! Stingrays!!!! Thanks Arvin
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:50:48 PM EDT
[#25]
I will hold you to that. "Monsieur CavVet"??? You know that aint right! 
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:54:28 PM EDT
[#26]
l'enfer, c'est les autres..... 
|
||
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 1:56:45 PM EDT
[#27]
Posted By CavVet -
Au contraire, mon frère, I happen to think that Monsieur CavVet sounds really cool! As a matter of fact, I might just adopt that precise language when addressing you in the future. If you don't mind! BTW, sorry for using that bit of Frog lingo at the beginning of my reply. Mi dispiace tanto ! Eric The(ItalianIsAlwaysGoodAndAcceptable!)Hun
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 2:02:26 PM EDT
[#28]
Amen Brother! --RR |
||
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 2:15:50 PM EDT
[#29]
I just can't believe all the fucking FRENCH talk going on here!  This is fucking AMERICA dammit!!! SPEAK ENGLISH!!  |
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 2:24:30 PM EDT
[#30]
<handclap> +1 |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 3:40:52 PM EDT
[#31]
What are you, 35? Too young............
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 3:42:17 PM EDT
[#32]
35ish. |
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 3:47:56 PM EDT
[#33]
|
||
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 3:59:51 PM EDT
[#34]
Well enjoy all the thinking, past and present because before to long
you will not be able to think of anything !! [Al Timers ] pardon my spelling
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 4:20:52 PM EDT
[#35]
Yes! Somewhere between 38 and 42 the need for a sports car and young women (or younger men in my case ) kicks in. Be prepared .
|
||
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 4:26:08 PM EDT
[#36]
Yes we get all touchey feeley as we get older, it sucks but it happens.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 4:28:15 PM EDT
[#37]
Mid life crisis for a women is, hot flashes, mood swings, sagging boobs,
mid life crisis for men, 20 year old blonds, Harleys, and a new gun 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 4:38:27 PM EDT
[#38]
Says who? For me it is sports cars and younger men and I'm thinking about a gun purchase  .No hat flashes, no sagging boobs and no more mood swings than usual . You have been misinformed - or I am unusual.
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 4:42:14 PM EDT
[#39]
At my age, it only gets hard in the middle
|
|
|
|
Posted: 9/23/2004 4:42:44 PM EDT
[#40]
Scratch that, take life as it comes for you cannot change the past or predict the future. |
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
