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I’m Getting Old

I can’t help but see the noticeable grey in my hair these days. I used to look young and spry. Now I look…ummm… thirtyish?

Maybe I’ll just call it “wise”.

Here’s some ways to know if you are reaching that point:

1. Your house plants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song on an elevator.
6. You actually watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook up and break up.
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as dressed.
10. You’re the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won’t turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald’s leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You no longer take naps from noon to 6 PM.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. If you’re a gal, you go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer pretty good stuff.
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. “I just can’t drink the way I used to” replaces, “I’m never going to drink that much again.”
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn’t apply to you and can’t find one to save your sorry old
butt.

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Comments

  1. Paige says:

    Oh God, #10 is me.

    Oh no. no no no, it’s true!

    Now I have to run out and try to be cool again… ack!

  2. If you’re driving a Humvee you’re either in the military or you’re making up for something, so yeah there’s some demasculation going on ;)

  3. Nope. There was too much in the way of parsing overhead. I started working on a PHP script that was different, but never got real far.

  4. Paige says:

    Oh God, #10 is me. Oh no. no no no, it’s true! Now I have to run out and try to be cool again… ack!

  5. If you’re driving a Humvee you’re either in the military or you’re making up for something, so yeah there’s some demasculation going on ;)

  6. Nope. There was too much in the way of parsing overhead. I started working on a PHP script that was different, but never got real far.

  7. core says:

    It’s not actually from PEAR, it’s the Zend PHP engine itself that’s giving this error. (IIRC the programmers who wrote the Zend engine are Israeli…)

  8. Game ID –> Identificador del Juego
    Game Style –> Estilo Del Juego
    Game Mode –> Modo Del Juego
    Game Map –> Mapa Del Juego
    Stat Link –> Estadística de Enlace
    Date –> Fecha
    Score –> Cuenta
    Kills –> Asesinatos
    Deaths -> Muertes
    Assists –> Asistentes

    HTH

  9. core says:

    It’s not actually from PEAR, it’s the Zend PHP engine itself that’s giving this error. (IIRC the programmers who wrote the Zend engine are Israeli…)

  10. Game ID –> Identificador del JuegoGame Style –> Estilo Del JuegoGame Mode –> Modo Del JuegoGame Map –> Mapa Del JuegoStat Link –> Estadística de EnlaceDate –> FechaScore –> CuentaKills –> AsesinatosDeaths -> MuertesAssists –> AsistentesHTH

  11. Greg says:

    I think you’re reading into it too much. There are basically two GPS “frequencies’, if you will – civilian and military. My guess is the “jamming” would only encompass the civilan part. In the article you linked to, it mentioned a policy Clinton abandoned in 2000 called selective availability, where the civilian “band” could be (and some speculate was) throttled down to allow more power for military uses.

  12. Greg says:

    I think you’re reading into it too much. There are basically two GPS “frequencies’, if you will – civilian and military. My guess is the “jamming” would only encompass the civilan part. In the article you linked to, it mentioned a policy Clinton abandoned in 2000 called selective availability, where the civilian “band” could be (and some speculate was) throttled down to allow more power for military uses.

  13. Carol says:

    LOL — 36 and still cool. Man oh man.

  14. Carol says:

    LOL — 36 and still cool. Man oh man.