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I'm 40 Today...Ask Me Anything.

TGO

TGO

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As someone who already 40 have ya started to notice people are just young and you're not actually any different from when you was in your 20's.
 
pauljeremiah

pauljeremiah

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TGO said:
As someone who already 40 have ya started to notice people are just young and you're not actually any different from when you was in your 20's.
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Oh totally, I had this weird feeling that Grandpa Simpson quote would really start to ring true, "I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!" Hasn't happened yet.
 
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German Hops said:
I'm 23. Can you give me any solid life advice?
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Take sincere pleasure in small things. Resonating with animals. Seeing birds up close. How sunlight cast a certain light in your room. Sincere human interaction. The smell of freshly mowed grass. Falling leaves in fall. Looking at the sky. The small things.

Learn to cook. Take recipes as a Blueprint and add to it

Don't take your family and friends for granted
 
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Thaedolus

Thaedolus

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Alright younglings we’re gonna start today’s lesson with 8 eggs, no more and no fewer
 
Thaedolus

Thaedolus

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I’ve been chasing the dream of an egg salad sandwich as good as the one I got from a Family Marto in Shibuya like ten years ago, maybe today is the day
 
Gp1

Gp1

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Given how downhill it went from my 30's onwards, I don't even want to imagine what will happen in the 40's...

Ps. I turned 37 this month.
 
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poodaddy

poodaddy

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pauljeremiah said:
I suffer from what's known as cluster migrines, which is like getting four or five migraines at once. The last time I got one, about six months ago, it was just behind my left eye, I had a bad nose bleed and my left eye swelled shut for about six hours.

Sex drive is still pretty good.
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I've got a thing where I've got this crazy pressure behind my left eye. It's been there for over a week now. Doc says she thinks it's either sinusitis or a tumor lol. She didn't have the equipment to do imaging for the head, so she's going with sinusitis, which I have had literally thousands of times over the years and it's never felt remotely like this, but eh what do I know? I'm sorry about your migraines brethren, I get bad headaches too, though not with eye swelling and blood. Sounds awful.
 
Putonahappyface

Putonahappyface

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Gp1 said:
Given how downhill it went from my 30's onwards, I don't even want to imagine what will happen in the 40's...

Ps. I turned 37 this month.
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I turned 40 in September. I just eat clean most of the time and exercise three days a week. I don't touch alcohol or recreational drugs so I shouldn't break down for awhile yet lol.
 
sono

sono

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The retirement age in the UK wil soon be 68. Assuming you have looked after yourself you are less than half way through your life. What are you going to do in second half? Happy Birthday!
 
pauljeremiah

pauljeremiah

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sono said:
The retirement age in the UK wil soon be 68. Assuming you have looked after yourself you are less than half way through your life. What are you going to do in second half? Happy Birthday!
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I hope to go into retirement mode over the next ten years somewhat slowly. Just spend more time between projects and slowly write more about film theory than actual film/TV scripts.

Honestly, no one ever really retires in the film industry; it's just your phone stops ringing.
 
pauljeremiah

pauljeremiah

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poodaddy said:
I've got a thing where I've got this crazy pressure behind my left eye. It's been there for over a week now. Doc says she thinks it's either sinusitis or a tumor lol. She didn't have the equipment to do imaging for the head, so she's going with sinusitis, which I have had literally thousands of times over the years and it's never felt remotely like this, but eh what do I know? I'm sorry about your migraines brethren, I get bad headaches too, though not with eye swelling and blood. Sounds awful.
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I rarely get blood or swelling, just in rare cases, like one every five or six years.
 
Ozzy Onya A2Z

Ozzy Onya A2Z

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When will you be 50?

You turned 40, when do you grow up?

Remember, once over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Congrats to your back going out more than you do.

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. - Lucille Ball
 
Ionian

Ionian

Member
AlteredForms said:
Some of these comments are a little too pessimistic in my opinion lol. Assuming you've taken care of your health by not smoking or doing hard drugs and living a relatively normal life, does 40 really have to sound so bad?
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I smoked and drank. I'm over 40. Was a stupid idea, it does fuck you up. Gives you nerve damage, plus two taxis hit me Gave me ataxia (brain damage) i'm in constant pain. When I in hospital, told male nurse I needed to urinate. Fucker took my cock out and directed it at a cardboard cup. I was humiliated. I didn't give permission. Im not gay, could have pissed in cup myself. Was just in shock.

Still alive though. ;)
 
SiteSeer

SiteSeer

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please tell me you got a good job, a family, and well adjusted kids. for the sake of humanity and civilization.
 
AlteredForms

AlteredForms

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Ionian said:
I smoked and drank. I'm over 40. Was a stupid idea, it does fuck you up. Gives you nerve damage, plus two taxis hit me Gave me ataxia (brain damage) i'm in constant pain. When I in hospital, told male nurse I needed to urinate. Fucker took my cock out and directed it at a cardboard cup. I was humiliated. I didn't give permission. Im not gay, could have pissed in cup myself. Was just in shock.

Still alive though. ;)
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Now this is how most of these pessimists commenting view 40 year olds. Broken down and dealing with multiple health conditions and injuries.
 
Ionian

Ionian

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AlteredForms said:
Now this is how most of these pessimists commenting view 40 year olds. Broken down and dealing with multiple health conditions and injuries.
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I simply lived too hard, although taxis hitting me did a real number on my health. One dude smacked me crossing road when had green man, lights were red.

Second turned into a lane at high speed. Smashed me badly.


I was sober both times.
 
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