teecee Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I tried that..The doctor says we can take the cast off in about four months.. Teecee. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerribleT Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 77 next September ..... only feel like 76 'tho .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Not bothered by SWMBO but health issues are sure cutting into my simtime lately. Went to the ER in Jan with a belly ache and suddenly I'm enmeshed in medical appointments. For Feb. and Mar. I have 32 different appointments to attend to. "Gettin' old ain't fer sissies!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Q Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I'll join at the end of June. Be 70 then. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I have a lot of appreciation for you gentlemen, I know folks at 50+ that don't even know how to open a computer Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 2/18/2018 at 6:19 PM, stoney said: How about 4 score and four, do I qualify ?? Stoney. I guess that we are going to have to start calling you Stoney The Senior. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauryp Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Well, I've been involved with flight simulation since the mid-'90s, including a stint as Avsim's Managing Editor. I'm now 83 enjoying a state-of-the-art system, mainly with ORBX scenery, of course. I'm enjoying friendship with fellow simmers meeting here regularly in San Diego over more than a decade. (Anyone else here living in Southern California?) By the way, I'm a stage 4 melanoma survivor; thanks to immunology infusions made possible by recent medical research. Best regards to all, Maury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimNZ Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) It's great to read of so many mates who fly these marvelous sims and a big thanks to all the scenery dev's (Orbx as JV saw the light some years back and ran with it). Just a year and a few days I'll hit the 75 jackpot. Flight simming and amateur radio is my day. Teecee, I have not forgotten flying together or better still have a squad of us. Medical and computer problems are holding me back at the moment. Great idea, to have a 70's and over club. I hope this comes to fruition. A big thanks to every member who have given me such great reading, laughs and answers ( in particular I'd like to thank Nick, Doug, and Richard, who have been a lifesaver for me). Well, I'm off to have my blood pressure pill. Thank you all for the fun you have given me. No matter, your age, whatever life throws at you, on this forum "you will never be alone". Jim. PS: Good on you Maury. Always remember these Maori words. Kia Kaha.....be strong. Good luck. Jim. Edited February 20, 2018 by JimNZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Onya Jim, and same to you Maury.. You know what, I would love to see this thread be the basis of an old Farts club, (the OFC?) But if it doesn't the thread will stay alive as long as we old goats keep responding.. Howzat for a thought?? Teecee. And just so they remember that they helped to instigate this thread..here's a link to "the Other" old farts thread. Edited February 20, 2018 by teecee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Ken your "dated" humour was/is fantastic; have not laughed so much for quite a while Just when I started to feel old at 64 you guys have made me feel like a whipper snapper again My wife believes that I am a member of the Old Farts Club because when I fart she says that it smells like it has been brewing for years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 And it's great to see so many Australian and NZ residents still alive, kicking and simming. Jim NZ, which High School? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussieflyer38 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Well guess I have to own up to it too - I turned 80 on the 8th of this month. My Happy Birthday present was my HD crashed - bah! I really don't give a rats about the crash, it will be fixed, my big complaint is I cant fly until it is. I read these posts and think how lucky I am to be in such great company. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 7 hours ago, Bassman said: Ken your "dated" humour was/is fantastic; have not laughed so much for quite a while Just when I started to feel old at 64 you guys have made me feel like a whipper snapper again My wife believes that I am a member of the Old Farts Club because when I fart she says that it smells like it has been brewing for years. Bassman there are 2 stages of getting old. Turning 60 you join the Old Farts Club and at 70 you become an Old Coot . Hopefully JV or someone with authority is following this thread and moves it to its own sub-forum called the Old Coots Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 My wife and daughters have christened me FFB, Fat Fossil Bones, when I reached 79 yesterday. There is no respect these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 2/20/2018 at 8:07 AM, Ken Q said: I'll join at the end of June. Be 70 then. Ken Come on down. You can hang around until then. Having kids around is good for us elders. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Macca, sorry I missed your 79th, this is what comers of being 16hrs behind.. Happy Yesterday's birthday.. and amny more of them..Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 2/20/2018 at 2:54 AM, spud said: Not bothered by SWMBO but health issues are sure cutting into my simtime lately. Went to the ER in Jan with a belly ache and suddenly I'm enmeshed in medical appointments. For Feb. and Mar. I have 32 different appointments to attend to. "Gettin' old ain't fer sissies!" It sure ain't Sniper, It sure ain't. Keep an eye on those doctors and google everything they tell you before you agree to anything, Never forget that medical mistakes are the second leading cause of death in the US I guess that is why they call it a Medical Practice. Dale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadtom65 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 7 hours ago, Gypsy Pilot said: Come on down. You can hang around until then. Having kids around is good for us elders. Dale That’s great as long as we don’t have to change their nappy’s or diepers or what ever their called. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 ahhhrrrm.. isn't there more chance of "Them" doing it for "us" Teecee. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Several of us go to lunch on a more or less irregular basis. We now have a name for our group: Romeos. (Righteous Old Men Eating Out). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 TeeCee: you're right, regrettably some of us do live so long that diapers become necessary and so do special nursing homes. Fortunately I am still among the Romeos - love that acronym. Sitting around claiming the world was better back then, while enjoying a thoroughly modern computer game and hanging on every upgrade. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 And this Old Coot will be buying Gold Coast Cityscape as soon as it is released, and landing illegally at YSPT ( a private very expensive membership airfield). Also looking forward to YBCG when it is complete........ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjlfry Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I feel better now still a spring chicken at 73, time to go roller blading. Ray Fry. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHiker Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 76 today, 77 next week. I think my birthday present (to myself) will be a new system with all the latest and greatest hardware. Glad to see so many of you are having fun and enjoying life. My other passion in life is Disney World. Moved to Orlando area last year so we can visit more often. Decision time....do I fly today or go to Disney? Probably both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzelle Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) I'm 66 tomorrow (Friday) but I don't qualify yet. Rats! PS Looking forward to the next 20 years Edited February 22, 2018 by Fizzelle can't speel as usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I don't think any lower limit is set in concrete..Welcome Fizzelle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaje Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 We are NOT OLD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 On 2/21/2018 at 11:21 AM, Gypsy Pilot said: It sure ain't Sniper, It sure ain't. Keep an eye on those doctors and google everything they tell you before you agree to anything, Never forget that medical mistakes are the second leading cause of death in the US I guess that is why they call it a Medical Practice. Dale And, always remember what they call the student who finished last in their class at medical school..........doctor..........Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) 31 minutes ago, jaje said: We are NOT OLD!!! Sounds to me like the WHO doesn't have a clue about the real world. They should spend a day or two living with my 75 year-old bones. Besides, there is no life-expectancy table I've ever seen that supports that nonsense. This is the real world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy......Doug Edited February 22, 2018 by Triplane Edditted becuase I kant spel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) you are only as old as you feel.. Some feel old at fifty five some, not until they are around their eighties, and some past ninety still feel young, so it's all relative, is it not? . On this forum we are all still young at heart, we have to be to be simmers. (The young give it up at the first system crash.) . Teecee. Edited February 22, 2018 by teecee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Right, Teecee, I play golf three times a week with an 88-year-old who shoots his age once or twice a month. He says he feels older when he misses a round or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 3 hours ago, teecee said: you are only as old as you feel.. Some feel old at fifty five some, not until they are around their eighties, and some past ninety still feel young, so it's all relative, is it not? . On this forum we are all still young at heart, we have to be to be simmers. (The young give it up at the first system crash.) . Teecee. AMEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc44kin Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Aw com on fellers we are all young at heart or we would not be here,whats age got to do with it,the mix of people and the smell of Avgas here on the forums is great! stir,stir,Doc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 I work up this morning and discovered that I was 150 years old. Dale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexthom Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 85 in October.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplane Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 On 2/17/2018 at 8:47 PM, Rodger Pettichord said: Just turned 75. I would contribute something profound to the thread but I forgot what we were talking about. A minor problem. You don't have to worry until your memory gets this bad: There were two old fellows who were chatting. Suddenly one of them asked, "What in the world is that sticking out of your right ear?" The other, with a puzzled look, said, "I don't know", and reached up pulling out the object, then exclaimed, "My word, a suppository!" Then he slapped his forehead and excitedly declared, "Now I know what I did with my hearing aid." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Now that's one of the best "Old guy" jokes I have heard in quite a while..Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 5 hours ago, Triplane said: A minor problem. You don't have to worry until your memory gets this bad: There were two old fellows who were chatting. Suddenly one of them asked, "What in the world is that sticking out of your right ear?" The other, with a puzzled look, said, "I don't know", and reached up pulling out the object, then exclaimed, "My word, a suppository!" Then he slapped his forehead and excitedly declared, "Now I know what I did with my hearing aid." Dale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamba765 Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Any former Continental Airlines Pilots out there, near Denver, into flight simming besides me? Pete Locascio (Former New York Air and Continental) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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