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Title: OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Julia99 on September 30, 2003, 09:23:13 PM: I remember in Civics class back in Jr High school that 35 was the official designation of middle age . .. as I cross into 36 today, i wonder, am i officially middle aged according to those govt statisticians?
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Midnite on September 30, 2003, 09:28:28 PM: Dunno, but Happy Birthday, J99!
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Gothick on September 30, 2003, 09:33:12 PM: Happy Birthday, darling!

Hope your day is special, and may it be the start of the best year ever!

My life really began at 40, so I personally have no regrets whatsoever about being designated Middle Aged.

xo Steve
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Cassandra Blair on September 30, 2003, 10:01:47 PM: Happy Birthday, Julia99!!![/size]

As the cheesy 70's commercial used to say: "You're not getting older, you're getting better!"

Besides, middle age doesn't start until you're like 60, right? ::)

I turned 40 earlier this year, so I know how you feel. But you know what? If your health is good and you're enjoying life, so what if you're "middle aged?"

Hope your day is the greatest!

Love,

Cassandra Blair
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 30, 2003, 10:49:49 PM: Well, if you were to live to, say, 90, you've pretty much been middle-aged for six years already - youth: 0-30, middle-aged: 30-60, senior: 60-90. But, of course, should you not live until 90, well, who knows how long you've already been middle-aged? [b003]

Happy Birthday (http://www.dsboards.com/db/YaBBImages/cool.gif)
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: onyx_treasure on September 30, 2003, 11:00:59 PM: Happy Birthday, J99! I hope you have a great day. I wish I was 36 again. My older sister has been 29 for 10 years!
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 30, 2003, 11:04:56 PM: Quote from: Cassandra Blair on September 30, 2003, 10:01:47 PM
Besides, middle age doesn't start until you're like 60, right? ::)

Only if you're going to live to be 180. :D
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: ROBINV on September 30, 2003, 11:40:36 PM: A very happy birthday, J99--enjoy every second of it--and every second for the rest of your very long life!

I say age is completely a state of mind. I'm turning 50 in December, but my body has been telling me for quite a while now that I'm REALLY 100! My brain refuses to believe it, so I've got a 20 year old brain in a 100 year old body. Talk about your middle-age spread!

Party like it's 2999, my friend!

Love, Robin
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Bob_the_Bartender on September 30, 2003, 11:56:16 PM: Quote from: Julia99 on September 30, 2003, 09:23:13 PM
I remember in Civics class back in Jr High school that 35 was the official designation of middle age . .. as I cross into 36 today, i wonder, am i officially middle aged according to those govt statisticians?

Juila99,

Age 36? Are you kidding me!?! Heck, I'm beginning to think of Ezra Braithwaite, "Grandmama" Edith Collins, the Eagle Hill Cemetery Caretaker, and the seemingly ageless (and delightful) Bathia Mapes as my own personal Dark Shadows rat pack/contemporaries!!!

In any event, Happy Birthday to you!!!

Now, please excuse me while I take time to apply my personal supply of "Sham-A-Nee" (sp?) facial lotion.

Sincerely,

Bob the Aging Bartender (a/k/a "The Methuselah of DS Fandom!!!)
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Post by: Bette on October 01, 2003, 12:34:35 AM: Glad you had a good birthday, J99. And I meant what I said elsewhere about the cape cod. [beer]

Happy day,

Bette [cheesyg]
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Mark Rainey on October 01, 2003, 01:37:10 AM: Happy birthday, Julia99... you young thing you!!!

36... it was a very good year.

[beer] [beer] [beer]

--Mark
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: ProfStokes on October 01, 2003, 01:54:04 AM: Have a happy birthday, Julia99! :D

ProfStokes
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Maria_Merriweather on October 01, 2003, 01:57:38 AM: Happy birthday J99! 8)
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Post by: Minja on October 01, 2003, 03:16:08 AM: Happy Birthday J99!!! [beer]

You young'un you!!! [spin]

Always, Minja [beer]
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: ClaudeNorth on October 01, 2003, 03:38:46 AM: A VERY Happy Birthday to You!!!!!!!!

As a fellow 36-year-old, I feel I can say that 36 is not middle aged. Actually, I don't think there is a "middle age" anymore. Credit for that belongs to the baby boomers who keep pushing back the "official" starting age of middle age. ;D

Hope you had a great day!

John
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on October 01, 2003, 03:45:32 AM: Quote from: ClaudeNorth on October 01, 2003, 03:38:46 AM
As a fellow 36-year-old, I feel I can say that 36 is not middle aged. Actually, I don't think there is a "middle age" anymore.

Denial is such a convenient thing, isn't it? [lghy]

(Whatever you do, don't check out www.middleage.com because they say middle-age could actually begin as early as 25. And definitely don't check out US life expectancy statistics because the average current life expectancy is 75 years [hence why middle-age could begin at 25]. ;D)

MB (who at 47 isn't in denial that he's possibly only three years away from becoming a senior citizen and eligibility to join the AARP. [wink2])
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Josette on October 01, 2003, 06:29:36 AM: HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

JULIA99!!!

[crowdhappy] [beer] [wavey] [82e4]

Sounds young to me!!! (just turned 54 two weeks ago)
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Cassandra on October 01, 2003, 07:36:13 AM: Happy Birthday Julia99
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Have a great birthday!![sun] Have Fun!!![sun]
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[crowdhappy][bouncer][crowdhappy][bouncer][bouncer]
luv,
Cassandra
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: TERRY308 on October 01, 2003, 11:48:09 AM: Julia99 honey-baby, do you believe everything you read or heard in Civic class? Come on, your only as young as you feel.

Happy Birthday!!!
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Gerard on October 01, 2003, 02:57:09 PM: Happy birthday, Julia99! The way to determine if you're middle-aged is to convert it to dog years. Then use whatever figure makes you the most comfortable.

Gerard
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: jennifer on October 01, 2003, 04:19:26 PM: Happy Birthday J99 and you are just a baby >:D
i am ,like MB,47 but i refuse to look at his chart! 8)

jennifer
Don Zimmer is middle aged to me ICK! :o
GO SOX!!!
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Julia99 on October 01, 2003, 11:44:44 PM: Thanks All. . i had a wonderful weekend/Monday/Tuesday celebrating 36! I am still young DAMNIT!
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Post by: Birdie on October 01, 2003, 11:45:21 PM: Happy Birthday Julia99, you young thing! I am ten years older than you and I am still in denial that I could ever be this age!

Enjoy!

Birdie
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Bobubas on October 02, 2003, 07:47:03 PM: Quote from: Julia99 on October 01, 2003, 11:44:44 PM
Thanks All. . i had a wonderful weekend/Monday/Tuesday celebrating 36! I am still young DAMNIT!

[clap]Happy Belated Birthday J-99 :D [clap]
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Ben on October 03, 2003, 08:04:16 PM: Julia99,

When I turned 36, I decided that middle-age would always begin two years after my actual age. So here I am, ten years later, still trying to get away with this approach!

Happy birthday,

Ben
(crooning to myself, "When I was 36 ... it was a very good year ...")
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Dawn on October 04, 2003, 02:50:38 AM: Like MB, I'm sitting here at this 47th year wondering the same thing you are J99. I've decided I haven't gotten there yet. ;) Yes, denial is a wonderful thing. I like this delusional little world. Hope it was a grand day.
Dawn
Title: Re:OT-when are we officially middle aged
Post by: Brian on October 10, 2003, 04:16:37 AM: Quote from: Mysterious Benefactor on October 01, 2003, 03:45:32 AM
MB (who at 47 isn't in denial that he's possibly only three years away from becoming a senior citizen and eligibility to join the AARP. [wink2])

I'm also 47 (well, in a few months, anyway) and like some of the rest of y'all, I feel like a younger mind (in my case, 30ish) in a 45+ year old body. I can't bring myself to say "I'm getting old" and I'll probably have my first middle-age crisis when I hit 50 and get that AARP in the mail. LOL.

I thought 25 was great, then I hit ("never trust anyone under") 30 and survived it. Then 35, which was a non-event, and then 40 (I was in the best health and shape in my life at 40!) and last year 45. Oh well. . .thank goodness for DARK SHADOWS (and my other interests, like Rodgers and Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim) that helps me to remain young!

Brian

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