Paul McCartney is 64, "Gidget" is promoting arthritis drugs

where has my youth gone?

:bounce: :bounce:

We can all look forward to aging as gracefully as she and Paul have.

Just wanted to agree with you on something today.

:)

instead of that horrible "shoe polish" effect, like the late Storm Thurmond.

something the religiously constipated will never forgive us for.

Note to twentysomethings: you'll recognize us at the old folk's home by our grins.

and he was telling about a lady who plays the piano and sings at old folks home but she changes the lyrics to..."when I am 84"

(I shudder to think of all the media zoo when Bush turns 60.. next month, I think)

Look what happened to Opie!

Yikes! Am I officially old yet? I don't FEEL old, except for those times when my get up and go got up and went! Paul and Sally are lookin' pretty good and my mom lived to 96 so all that gives me some hope. Plus my dear spouse needed and fed me when I was 64 and continues to do so, so guess all's not lost!

Tired Old Cynic

:toast:

I seem to remember when 30 was old. That year could now be a rapidly-fading memory, except my first child was born shortly after my 30th birthday, so it was a banner year for me. Perspective changes with experience, I guess!

Here's to our Golden Years!

Where has MY youth gone?

Where has MY youth gone? (and why the fuck does EVERYTHING have to be about the goddamned 60's?!)

:sarcasm:

I too am completely SICK of hearing how great the 60s were and how they were the "be-all-end-all" of artistic creativity.

Then again, I'm equally as sick of every guitar and music magazine running Cobain/Nirvana tributes every four months, just in case any of us forgot that he was dead.


;-)

Vietnam, Civil Rights, the Pill, Free Speech, Great Society - a lot of things happened during the 60s and I don't think that they were necessarily tied to the baby boomers, except that both were products of post WWII.

And then, the 60s generation rebelled against authority that was imposed for the sake of authority; it forced people to think and to devise a new way of living - good or bad or stupid or innovative.

Unfortunately the rebellious youth, once they became parents, decided to be friends of their kids and spoiled them, did not force them to mold their own personalties, welcomed them to come back home after college.

And today Generation Y - I think - is presented as a follower not as a leader. Very tolerant of others but just coasting through life... whatever..

all started in the '60s

A lot of the mid-70s CBGB punkers were leftovers from Andy Warhol's Factory

The '60s were great - but not for the reasons most people think

I will now be flamed for my belief that rockstars are not supposed to become old

McCartney, the Stones, Rod Stewart..

...Will you still need me
Will you still feed me
when I'm 64"

for sure.

I'm 42, but feel better now than I did during all of my 30s.

Age, if you take care of yourself, can simply be a state of mind.