Guys, when did I start getting old?

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
06/10/2016 at 12:21 • Filed to: None

I know I’m still young in the grand scheme of things, but I know I tend to think of everyone online as being around my age. Then someone you’ve seen posting before, or have commented with before posts something that gives their age away and I just sit there thinking, “Holy shit...they are over a decade younger than me.”

Tractor for your time. (I’m on an Allis Chalmers kick right now, my grandpa worked for them his entire life and I just bought a ‘60s AC garden tractor)

DISCUSSION (34)

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:28

you started getting old as soon as you had to ask yourself “when did i start getting old?”

Sam > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:29

I’m 20. If that helps or hurts, I cannot say.

Dru > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:29

Pic of your garden tractor?

The weirdest thing for me is realizing I graduated high school 10 years ago, and college 5 years ago, as I see friends of friends as well as siblings of friends going through said graduations.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:34

I remember we did an Oppo survey a long time ago and most of us were 20-25 i think. So ya, theres that.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:37

I looked in the mirror today and realized I was a fanny pack, golf hat, and tall black socks away from being dressed like a retiree on vacation.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:38

This Allis Chalmers kick is fine with me, I can always go for more orange tractors.

(The high school graduations throw me off but, then again, I just got my masters degree. I’m 22)

Ash78, voting early and often > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:40

My first sense of getting old was in college, once the average age of women in Maxim/etc were suddenly younger than me, even though I felt like I was just a kid myself. After my mid-20s, it didn’t really matter anymore for a while...and then I hit my 30s and it was seeing people 5-10 years younger than me who had better careers, opportunities, etc. The bottom line is that, as much as possible, you just can’t compare yourself to others. Try to stay young and healthy and your actual age won't matter much.

EL_ULY > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:43

turned 30 2 weeks ago.... feel and think much older. I do not fit in with the millennial cliche. I bust ass for a living and earn the very few pennies I get.

my wife on the other hand is 19 and a lot more active lol

TooLazyToNotBurner > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:46

I dig the old steel. I’ve got a MM Jet-star 3 sitting in my yard for pushing snow and other chores.
I've got 40 years under the belt now, and don't really feel any older than I did in the 20s, just not as dumb. I do my best to keep current so I don't spend my time yelling at the kids on my lawn.

vicali > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:47

Know the feels.. a fellow opp was talking about preludes and how the fourth gen came out before he was born.. 1997.. the year I graded..

just-a-scratch > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:52

Age Aint Nothing But a Number

Am I ‘old’ if I’m making references to a dead artist that anyone under 30 doesn’t know?

Anyway, I've been thinking of myself as old since I turned 30.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:52

I’m 31 and I feel your pain. All the young whipper snappers with their new fangled technologies.

You know you are old if you still do this (I do).

Kinja'd!!!

If your idea of staying up late is going to a party and not getting home until midnight then you are also old. (I also do this)

vondon302 > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:53

Aw Crap! Ive been talking to a bunch of kids. Born in 1969 woo hoo summer of love. Now get off my lawn!

Ps it only gets worse.

;)

Nothing > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 12:56

It’s an interesting thing. Online, I tend to be a decade or two older than most folks. When I attend various car meets, I tend to be younger by about a decade or two.

JEM > Nothing
06/10/2016 at 13:20

Haha yep. Swap car meet for bike meet and that’s how I feel at 41.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Ash78, voting early and often
06/10/2016 at 13:50

Yea, I’m trying to compare myself, just an observation that I’m getting “older”. Haha

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
06/10/2016 at 13:51

I don’t even have a CD player in my truck, I almost exclusively listen to radio, I think I’m the only one of my friends though who does that.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > vicali
06/10/2016 at 13:54

Yea, I stumbled across an older thread on Oppo with people posting them in their Halloween costumes and more than half of them looked like kids in HS.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection
06/10/2016 at 13:55

Haha...my wife tries to keep me dressed nice. I prefer comfy clothes, but she deems them ugly.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > vondon302
06/10/2016 at 13:57

Oh boy. It’s cool though, things like Oppo bring people together who would almost never hang out or meet otherwise.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Dru
06/10/2016 at 13:58

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/i-bought-a-tra…

vondon302 > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 13:59

Too true.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras
06/10/2016 at 14:00

Shit...can I take it back?

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 14:00

i don’t believe so

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Dru
06/10/2016 at 14:01

Yea, for me it’s that my “baby” cousin (the youngest of all the cousins) is going to college this year.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 14:42

I’m at work but wearing a golf shirt, khaki shorts, and New Balance 993s. And gray hair

shop-teacher > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
06/10/2016 at 15:19

Damn, that’s really young to have a masters! Skip a grade or something?

shop-teacher > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/10/2016 at 15:20

Teaching middle school keeps me very in-touch with how old I am. They were all born after 9-11.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > shop-teacher
06/10/2016 at 15:38

Kids born after 9-11 will be driving soon, that’s scary.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > shop-teacher
06/10/2016 at 17:22

Nah, I could have, but I’m just the youngest in my class.

shop-teacher > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
06/10/2016 at 17:49

I have no doubt. I was almost 24 when I got mine, and was also the youngest in my class.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > shop-teacher
06/10/2016 at 17:55

There are advantages to having a 155 I.Q. lol.

shop-teacher > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch
06/10/2016 at 18:25

Iz woodnt no :)

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > shop-teacher
06/10/2016 at 18:32

Haha, good people are better than smart people anyway.