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re: Where has the time gone? 20 years ago seems like yesterday.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:10 am to theunknownknight
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:10 am to theunknownknight
When I was younger, when older people would mention "time flies", I'd dismiss it as old folk fodder. As you age some yourself, it turns out to be incredibly true.
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Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:11 am to theunknownknight
That’s what it’s like for me but 30 years. Hard to believe 1994 was 30 years ago…
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:13 am to theunknownknight
One thing about growing older is that songs you thought were released 10 years ago were actually available +20 years ago.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:16 am to theunknownknight
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Anyone else just going about their merry way and hear a song or run into a person and you are instantly traveled into another life decades ago?
One minute, you seem content and happy, and the next, for no apparent reason, a sudden feeling of nostalgic sadness washes over you as fresh memories of those people you’ve missed or opportunities that passed you by wash over you.
Is this what it is like to grow older?
All the time. Every now and then something pops up and is XX years old and it blows my mind. Most recent one was the thread about the Hogan/NWO heel turn from a few days ago. I remember it vividly and it feels like it was maybe 15-20 years ago max. But nah...fricking 28 years. Then I start to think about how that is literally almost three DECADES of time that has passed in what feels like an instant.
It's even worse once you have kids I think. It feels like we had our kid a year or two ago, but he's already almost 5.
ETA: And what's weird is it's almost equally as cool as it is sad/sentimental. It's a strange feeling.
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 7:18 am
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:17 am to TygerTyger
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Well, my body sometimes does. I'm very active and in good shape and that helps, but injuries take a lot longer to heal, and there's always a nagging pain somewhere. Very rarely do I feel unstoppable like I did in my 20s and 30s.
But I am a "young at heart" kinda guy who still looks of the childish humor in things and doesn't take anything too seriously. I have good genetics too. People think I'm in my early 40s.
But the time. MAN, it has flown. I remember the 80s like it was yesterday, I graduated high school in 85.
But the 90s are not quite as clear, college and first real job, marriage...
The 2000's to now, shite. WTF happened? That's 24 years and it seems like 4.
Man, I am 55 and this is me to a T. Hell I feel better now than I did in my 30's which leads to doing things I probably shouldn't because yeah, it takes WAYYY longer to heal, doesn't matter what type of injury. A cut, pulled muscle, anything. At family gatherings, I'd rather play with the kids and grandkids than sit around and have small talk with the 'adults'. Which has led to some of those long-lasting injuries but it's worth it.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:18 am to theunknownknight
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Where has the time gone? 20 years ago seems like yesterday.
I turn 71 this year so its "50 years ago seems like yesterday" for me...
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:43 am to TigerFanatic99
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I just turned 40 last week and if I'm going to be honest, I'm ready to die.
I'll never understand this. I'm 51 and I'm constantly thinking about how many good years left. I hope I live 50 more.
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 7:44 am
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:43 am to theunknownknight
I think about friends I have not seen in years , wonder how they are doing and where they live.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 7:55 am to Septiger
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think about friends I have not seen in years , wonder how they are doing and where they live.
Are they not active on social media?
Seems like everyone these days has some sort of platform where they keep in touch with people.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:00 am to theunknownknight
Things sort of stalled around 2000. You could go back in time to the mid 2000s and, other than smartphones, things wouldn’t be that different at all. Blackberries and texting were around. Social media, etc. fashion, music, culture hasn’t really changed much.
But go back in time from 1994 to 1974, or 1984 to 1964… and it would be light years different.
But go back in time from 1994 to 1974, or 1984 to 1964… and it would be light years different.
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 8:02 am
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:01 am to theunknownknight
Time is crazy
What’s interesting about the 20 years you referenced is 2004-2024 really isn’t THAT different from a technological or fashion standpoint compared to 1984-2004. You watch a movie or tv show from 2004 and it maybe looks like 10 or so years ago.
What’s interesting about the 20 years you referenced is 2004-2024 really isn’t THAT different from a technological or fashion standpoint compared to 1984-2004. You watch a movie or tv show from 2004 and it maybe looks like 10 or so years ago.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:05 am to Paul Allen
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Are they not active on social media?
I’m in my 50s but very few of my male old friends post much of anything, if they even have social media. Old female friends, maybe half post anything
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:08 am to theunknownknight
I wish it was the 90’s.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:09 am to BRgetthenet
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But, have you seen the price of that shite lately? It’s cheaper to vape all day have food that’s delivered and marked up by 350% of it’s actual value with pubes in it.
What does this have to do with the subject matter of this thread?
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:22 am to TygerTyger
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I woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in
I remember listening to that Bob Segar song and verse looking up at a dark Baton Rouge night from the hood of my 1976 Grand Prix wondering if 50 years from now I would remember this moment. It has been 44 and I am telling you about it. Time flies.
I woke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in
I remember listening to that Bob Segar song and verse looking up at a dark Baton Rouge night from the hood of my 1976 Grand Prix wondering if 50 years from now I would remember this moment. It has been 44 and I am telling you about it. Time flies.
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 8:24 am
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:26 am to theunknownknight
Time is a societal construct. It doesn't exist. Figure that out and be happy.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:41 am to dallasga6
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I turn 71 this year so its "50 years ago seems like yesterday" for me...
Same here. I’d rather listen to music from the 60s and 70s when music was great.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:44 am to theunknownknight
Happens to me almost daily. My parents are getting older, we are getting older. As time passes, I've realized nothing means more to me than our families.
We usually have Friends on in the background at night and I'm so envious of a time when there were no cell phones and people talked and society was awesome.
Plus, days don't fly by anymore. Months fly by. It's crazy.
We usually have Friends on in the background at night and I'm so envious of a time when there were no cell phones and people talked and society was awesome.
Plus, days don't fly by anymore. Months fly by. It's crazy.
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:45 am to theunknownknight
Reminds me of this old joke:
A woman wakes up on the morning of her 20 year anniversary and her husband is laying beside of her crying. She asks him what's wrong. He says "Do you remember when your dad caught us having sex in the back of my car and he told me either I was marrying you that same day or he was sending me to jail for statutory rape?" The woman replies "Yes, but why are you crying?" He wipes his eyes and says "I would've gotten out today."
A woman wakes up on the morning of her 20 year anniversary and her husband is laying beside of her crying. She asks him what's wrong. He says "Do you remember when your dad caught us having sex in the back of my car and he told me either I was marrying you that same day or he was sending me to jail for statutory rape?" The woman replies "Yes, but why are you crying?" He wipes his eyes and says "I would've gotten out today."
Posted on 7/11/24 at 8:48 am to theunknownknight
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Anyone else just going about their merry way and hear a song or run into a person and you are instantly traveled into another life decades ago?
Yes, quite often.
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Is this what it is like to grow older?
It's a big part of it, yes.
But it's not a bad thing. Most memories are precious, man. Learn how to ignore the shitty ones (which you will do), and all will be well.
This post was edited on 7/11/24 at 8:50 am
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