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re: At what point in your life did you think... life sure flew by
Posted on 9/30/24 at 10:51 am to BurningHeart
Posted on 9/30/24 at 10:51 am to BurningHeart
In my home town they recently demolished two bars that I knew very well in my younger years…. the Spinnaker, and the No Name lounge in Panama City. I bartended at Spinnaker in the late seventies. Man, what a great time to be young, single, on the beach, and with a pocketful of tips. Good times.
That makes me wonder where time went ….
That makes me wonder where time went ….
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Posted on 9/30/24 at 10:57 am to BurningHeart
When I was responding to that Bobby Brown thread a week ago, and did the math of my freshman days at LSU was 38 years ago 
Posted on 9/30/24 at 10:58 am to cadillacattack
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the Spinnaker
I went there back in the day
Posted on 9/30/24 at 11:12 am to Dubaitiger
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and did the math of my freshman days at LSU was 38 years ago
I hadn't put that context of years into perspective. Also did the math and subtracted 38 from 2024.... PHUC,
we're the same age and were both FR @ LSU during 1986. Crazy how time flies. Wife is from Opelousas as we likely know friends of friends, some of the same people . 
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:09 pm to BurningHeart
It really hit me when my daughter drove away from the house by herself in her own car for the first time. She's still my little girl; but that day it felt like her childhood had gone by way too fast.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:14 pm to SG_Geaux
Lost my oldest sister to cancer at her age of 42. That was a major slap to my face & made me aware of my own clock ticking away.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:17 pm to BurningHeart
36. I had a thought when I was 36 that If I died when I was 18 and reborn, I'd be 18 again. The 18 years after high school went by so much faster than the 1st.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:17 pm to Keltic Tiger
Chris Rock has this bit about life. He says everyone says life is short, but ask anyone who makes bad decisions about how long life is. Time stands still in prison and in a bad marriage. Count your blessings.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:22 pm to BurningHeart
The first time I saw a local band cover 90's music and saw people ten years younger than me being nostalgic.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:36 pm to tigerfoot
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55 here and I look in the mirror and see a youngish guy. I look at all my peers and see a bunch of older men
So true. I’m not in healthy shape but not bad either.
And I ‘feel’ young and active. Still can crouch and coach a Catcher, knees are good. (Note: I don’t dick around with that one knee shite either lol) Still swing a fungo pretty well.
But I look at a lot of guys and think they are looking old.
So I probably do too
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:37 pm to BurningHeart
My 4yo is constantly saying "ughhh that will be forever" when I tell her she's not going to her friend's house for another 2 days.
I tell her to enjoy the wait and everything that happens in the meantime, because the second they were born I realized how much of a thief time is.
When you're young, you're experiencing so many things for the first time. Your brain essentially slows down to take it all in. Once you're in your 30s and everything has become fairly routine, your brain conserves power for activities and kind of shuts down on the daily experience.
I tell her to enjoy the wait and everything that happens in the meantime, because the second they were born I realized how much of a thief time is.
When you're young, you're experiencing so many things for the first time. Your brain essentially slows down to take it all in. Once you're in your 30s and everything has become fairly routine, your brain conserves power for activities and kind of shuts down on the daily experience.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:52 pm to PikesPeak
I'll look at pictures of my now 4-year-old and feel like I took the picture a few weeks prior, but looking at the picture then her, looks like she aged years. I hate it!
For the young the days go fast and the years go slow; for the old the days go slow and the years go fast.
For the young the days go fast and the years go slow; for the old the days go slow and the years go fast.
This post was edited on 9/30/24 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 9/30/24 at 12:55 pm to PikesPeak
at 73, I sold off the motor home and the 30 foot offshore boat. It was to big a job to maintain and use. The same year I got two new metal knees. Slowing down.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 1:01 pm to BurningHeart
I barely remember 30-50. Marriage, kids, job, dog, mortgage, bills, etc.
At 55, kids all but out of the house, not much to do except golf and streaming. It's great!
But, I find myself looking back and replaying the things I missed out on or just wanted to get away from the noise of kids. What I wouldn't give for a weekend of that kind of noise.
Anyway, at about 55 I realized how fast the years flew by. The days sure seemed long, but not the years...not the years. So my advice to a 20 something would be try to enjoy the days.
At 55, kids all but out of the house, not much to do except golf and streaming. It's great!
But, I find myself looking back and replaying the things I missed out on or just wanted to get away from the noise of kids. What I wouldn't give for a weekend of that kind of noise.
Anyway, at about 55 I realized how fast the years flew by. The days sure seemed long, but not the years...not the years. So my advice to a 20 something would be try to enjoy the days.
This post was edited on 9/30/24 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 9/30/24 at 1:13 pm to ATCTx
quote:It's really easy to fall into the daily grind and have this time fly by. That's why Mrs. PikesPeak (no pics) and I really emphasize taking trips with our kids as often as possible...just to slow down, set those few days in stone in our memories while trying to create memories for them too.
I barely remember 30-50. Marriage, kids, job, dog, mortgage, bills, etc.
I remind myself every day that I'll miss the chaos the second it's gone...I embrace it as much as humanly possible.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 1:20 pm to PikesPeak
You spend your first 25 - 30 years looking forward and spend the rest looking back. It's the watched pot never boils concept.
I'm 40, one in high school and one in middle school and I wish I could have hit pause about 5 years ago. That was the good old days
I'm 40, one in high school and one in middle school and I wish I could have hit pause about 5 years ago. That was the good old days
Posted on 9/30/24 at 1:23 pm to HerkFlyer
quote:It's because now I'm giving all my time to them so their lives can move slowly now
Life before kids felt like it was moving at a snail's pace. Once that first one popped out, it got faster. Three kids later it's blowing by. Months feel like weeks, days feel like months. Hard to explain.
Posted on 9/30/24 at 2:38 pm to Meauxjeaux
quote:yeah. As for me that is probably the reality.
But I look at a lot of guys and think they are looking old. So I probably do too
Posted on 9/30/24 at 2:46 pm to BurningHeart
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When you're in your teens and early 20s there sesms to be so much ahead of you...
20 years later you're looking back saying where did all that time go?
man, this perfectly encapsulates how I look at it now... in my 40's, it's weird to think of all that time I lost, and would love to have it back, but just gotta do the best I can with what's in front of me
Posted on 9/30/24 at 2:48 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
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I'm 40, one in high school and one in middle school and I wish I could have hit pause about 5 years ago. That was the good old days
Seems like I just turned 40 and I'm starting to stare 50 in the face now
This post was edited on 9/30/24 at 2:49 pm
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