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    What Age do You Consider to be Old?

    There are some jobs I won't do on a house, including mudding/taping. Looking over bids I noticed one offered me a senior discount because I was over 50. I didn't realize people considered 50 to be old.

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    I was more than happy to get discounts on things when I hit whatever age. In the last couple of years I have become more careful about what I will and will not do for myself so, I guess I am stepping into "old".
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    It keeps changing! When I was 20 I thought 50 was old. Now that I'm 50 and haven't grown up yet (just ask my wife) I've decided that 90 is old. I'll take any discounts I can get though.

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    Old is (and always has been) anyone 10 years older than I am at the time.

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    You guys are lucky because I'm feeling old these days

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    I remember taking my Mother out to dinner to celebrate her 92nd Birthday (just had her 100th a few weeks ago). During dinner she said to me, and our friends," With ya'll pushing 60, it makes me feel old."

    Several years ago, when I was 60, I saw a guy I'd gone to High School with in a restaurant. I knew we were the same age. I asked him as I walked into the restaurant, "Hey Ronnie, remember when we thought a man 60 years old was old?" He answered, "That ain't old any more!"

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    When I'm in a store and fail to realize there is huge mirror on the wall, I Think... " doesn't that old ------- see me!?"But I think the first sign that I was getting old was the when the store clerks started to be polite and deferential. That's been going on some time now and I'm 68. Hey! I just realized ...maybe they wouldnt treat as old if I stopped talking to the mirrors!
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    When you can walk in a corner market in West Baltimore,on any Saturday night,and the youngins don't fool with you.So depending on your attitude,I'd say North of 60...

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    In my book, if you are over 100 years old, you are old.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis Peacock View Post
    In my book, if you are over 100 years old, you are old.
    By that definition Ken Fitzgerald isn't even old.

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    As a 63 year old single parent to a teenager, I feel old......

    One of my best friends is going to be 76 before his twins hit 20. He is going to be SO old......

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    Now that I'm 64, there is an old guy who stares back at me in the mirror. My back feels old. But otherwise I feel the same as ever.

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    Old is my current age multiplied by 1.5
    When you are 10 --- 15 years old is old
    When you are 20 --- 30 years old is old
    When you are 30 --- 45 years old is old
    When you are 40 ---- 60 years old is old
    When you are 50 --- 75 years old is old
    When you are 60 ---- 90 years old is old

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    I went to breakfast this morning with a 94 year old he made me feel old LOL
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    When what don't hurt don't work, your can consider yourself as "Old"!

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