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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:34 PM Original message |
Dumber after age 53? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't worry, I am still stupid at 33. At least you are at the peak of being financially smart |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. And now it's all downhill. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. LOL! I long to be 50-something. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Please don't wish your life away. At my age, you will have |
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SPedigrees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Good advice. And I speak from experience, after age 50 you will get more tired each year. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. True, I am good friends with my Mom now that I am an adult. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Great. Now I've got to go find an ageism bingo card. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Bingo...card? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Yeah. Sorry. "Inside" joke happening in my posts as we type. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Well, I DO and the vending machine has been OD for weeks. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I was nowhere NEAR that then when I was there. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. OK, that's going to my out-laws for posterity! nt |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. That's good news for me. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. A few years older than you, my dear, and know I am not as sharp on many subjects as I once was |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. Enjoy it while it lasts! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Ha! I have 3 months! nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I have three weeks. Better go buy a lottery ticket NOW. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Before I forget?! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. i have`t been smart with money since i was 16...... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'd file that under "more likely to be taken advantage of" rather than dumber. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. I think that's the most likely exp. However, I believe it is an |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. You always hear about seniors as victims of scams |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Sometimes I wonder about the range of time it takes a brain to cook. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Men get that message too. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Do they? 50s always seemed like the time when men got the most recognition. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. My mother is 84 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. My mom is 77 and ditto. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. Let's Get Dumber Together |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm in fabulous company and feel much better! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. That sounds a lot like "Let's misbehave". |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Cole Knew A Thing Or Two...LOL |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Wow, I never heard of that one, though I haven't listened yet. I do |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. I think Woody Allen put it in a movie . . . maybe "Everything you always wanted to know about sex". |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Ah, jeeze, woody allen, and sex, I don't want to know nothin! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I know. But Cole Porter didn't write it for him. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
26. they start to spoil the grandkids |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. Damn! I've only got 10 years left! |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. You need ID to be in this thread, kid. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. The age at which Nobel prize winners make the prize-winning acheivement is way less than 53 |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. this is mostly due not to them getting dumber |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
42. At a certain age... does it matter |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
43. Oh, crap. I'm 54. It's all downhill from here. |
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