Justaddwata

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Be honest Ron - it is probably just that you have forgotten how old you are - common when you get so old

blizard05

Every one is a year older now

Justaddwata

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But are we any wiser?

Ron Olson

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Larry, it's worse than that as I hit the Big 6-0 in September! At least some of my Facebook friends complimented me by saying that I only looked 50.
Me at 80, MPH that is!

blizard05

[quote]ORIGINAL: Ron Olson

Larry, it's worse than that as I hit the Big 6-0 in September! At least some of my Facebook friends complimented me by saying that I only looked 50.
Me at 80, MPH that is!
[/quote Ron ,I have a 50 yr old son

Gold Streak

Hi Ken,
I am 68 but who is counting! the years are going too fast.

Len..

Ron Olson

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Len, kids don't understand that and I didn't either when I was young, that time flies by quicker than you'd think.
When you're young and in school it took eons for the school day to get over then Friday seemed like it took forever to get there. You wait for turning 13, then 16, 18 and 21; those magic years for boys. When you get out into the working world then it's payday and bill paying time. It seems like you just paid that bill and it's due again already? Months fly by then years. It's still hard for me to wrap my mind around being 60 as that's an age for old people!
I can't get used to being able to to buy things and getting a Senior Citizen's discount or being able to live in a retirement community if I wish. Many of those are now happening at younger ages, 55 for a lot of them where it used to be over 60. The AARP starts sending you mail at 49, just before your 50th birthday. Yeah, my wife thought that it was funny until she got hers! There's about 5 yearts and 9 months between us so I have the head-start on all of this stuff over her.

blizard05

The older you get,the faster time goes by. You know what they say "hair today,gone tomorrow"

Justaddwata

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Being somewhere in the middle I can certainly relate - I can remember all too well waiting for time to pass - the year could not go fast enough. Especially true at the end of the year with Christmas, Birthday, and end of school year/summer vacation (A southern hemisphere thing). The months would really drag. But now it is really a blink and another month has passed. Perhaps as we age there is more added to our calender so we are kept busier. Having a wife you know all too well she has most months booked with events and things that otherwise would not be happening too. My son has just hit 2 so I have him as a reference for time too. Amazing how quick it passes as you watch them grow.

Stay young guys!! Remember - Your only as old as you feel - But just don't feel anything younger than 18 or you will be in trouble

Rich404

What you guys say is sooo true...I am now 'pushing 40' and it seemed like yesterday when I waited forever for the 'school bell' to ring ....Or even the big moment when I finally got my drivers license after waiting what seemed like eternity.....It seems like my young years took forever, especially in the teen and pre-teen years but after 21 it was like getting on a skateboard and started down a never ending long and steep hill....The years are going by faster and faster and they are not slowing up at all...Before you know it I will blow by 40 then 45, 50, 55, 60, 70 and faster and faster to the end...I wish I could find a way to put the brakes on life and slow it down to my pre-teen speeds....I think hitting the Mega-Millions lotto just might do the trick..

I think it is because we have to WORK and try to stay afloat in all the monotony that makes time fly...I too see the time go by in my two very young children. My wife took both sons and our live in nanny on a business trip for a week...When they got back my youngest (5 1/2 months old) looked so different...Each week he is transforming before our eyes and it's hard to tell until they go away for even a short while...It seemed like yesterday when my oldest son (2 1/2 years) was born...now he seems so big...

-Rich.

wilsonreef

I'll be 61 in January. I just noticed that you once were stationed in Millington... Do you still remember Jonesboro, Arkansas? about 65 miles from Memphis. That's where I call home.

Carl

caddydaddy472

I'm 31. I used to fly an R/C airplane when I was younger, but crashing costs too much! I was given a nitro boat kit in April and am almost done building it. Hope to get it on the water soon!

Carlos Murphy

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I'm 70, flew U-control in the 60's, sail planes in the 70's, cars and nitro planes in the 80's, 7.5 tunnel hulls, nitro and gas planes up to 2003 when I retired and moved to Nevada, nitro, electric planes and back into sailplanes, full circle.

fuma

54 started rc 34 years ago

markiemark

40 years young, got into this hobby in my early-mid 30s

lilejamson

hi I am 26 years old

expresscraft

Good to see you on RCU Lilejamson, I am 52, And only 2 years in to the next 50.

Appowner

40 was a tough one for me. The body made that perfectly clear. But for 50 I was recovering from a heart attack and quad bypass. Then there was 60 and the cancer...........
At 66 the cancer issues continue. Major problems from the treatments though the cancer itself is gone.

Can't wait for 70!

WhiteH2O

I am 38, but my doctor says I have a, "High mileage chassis". Something about having 2 back surgeries and always being in pain. I guess I shouldn't have landed flat as much as I did while kayaking over waterfalls as a kid.

Hydro Junkie

Are you sure you want to play with a 5+ foot gasser?
Then again, I'm building a 4+ foot gas scale hydroplane so who an I to talk

WhiteH2O

That's a good point. The initial plan was to get a small outrigger type boat and make it a fast electric. That was a great plan until I found the huge hull in my dad's garage for "free".
In all honesty, I haven't changed what I do much, it just hurts more. Except I don't land flat after kayaking over waterfalls anymore. I'm not very smart, but I did learn that lesson.

haroldb175

I'm 32 and join this forum to gain some knowledge.

CptnCR

I'm 41, I started this hobby kinda late in my life to calm me down a bit. I started down a bad path as a teenager and got into some trouble and was locked up for a short bit got out and turn my life around and I out a lot of it to my hobbies(all of them).

Richard Ashford

Even if you're well within your thirties, forties, or fifties, it’s never too late. An individual is considered to be at his athletic prime as long as his physical, strategic, and technical abilities are still equally present.