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40 Things No Man Over 40 Should Own
bestlifeonline.com ^ | 7/11/2017 | Eric Spitznagel

Posted on 07/24/2017 10:00:35 AM PDT by rktman

There’s an old proverb (or maybe it’s just the title of a Broadway play) that reminds us of the universal truth: “You can’t take it with you.” Though they’re talking about life after death, I believe it applies to your 40s, as well. If you’re a man on the cusp of middle age, there’s a long list of things you should be leaving in the past. I’m talking about everything from scooters that would be mistaken for a child’s to wildly age-inappropriate clothing to the single worst haircut any man can have—especially someone at your dignified station in life.

Now, without further ado, here are the 40 things you should probably say goodbye to immediately. And once you’ve cut these things out of your life, be sure to learn the 40 words and phrases no man over 40 should ever say.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; humor; over40nono; snark; thecoolkids
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To: rktman

The one thing I don’t need at any age is a metrosexual life coach.
(or whatever this guy thinks he is)


61 posted on 07/24/2017 10:26:26 AM PDT by TigersEye (Investigate the Awan brothers and Wasserman Schultz)
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To: Mad Dawgg
You probably wore them before they were called hoodies.

Good for work out, too.

62 posted on 07/24/2017 10:26:30 AM PDT by dhs12345
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To: litehaus

BUMP


63 posted on 07/24/2017 10:26:56 AM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: pgkdan

Even better a MAGA ballcap.


64 posted on 07/24/2017 10:26:57 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: doorgunner69

Hmmmm. When I was living in Hawaii decades ago we called flip flops “go aheads”.


65 posted on 07/24/2017 10:28:24 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Got that too!


66 posted on 07/24/2017 10:29:24 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: rktman

Things I’m proud of never wearing: puka beads, Nehru jacket, leisure suit.


67 posted on 07/24/2017 10:29:48 AM PDT by donaldo
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To: Snickering Hound
No tracksuit. Unless you're Italian.

Or Russian, but then you have to spell it "Trek".

68 posted on 07/24/2017 10:30:02 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: Responsibility2nd
The reason for all the separate pages is so that the website can maximize the number of clicks during your visit and also expose you to more advertising.

I don't begrudge the practice so long as the content is free. If I'm paying for the content, then I expect an experience with much less clutter.

69 posted on 07/24/2017 10:30:03 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: rktman

You can get a pair of wedding flip flops that leave trails of feet names (bride/groom, etc.) on the sand/in the mud.


70 posted on 07/24/2017 10:30:18 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

My motorcycle gear is usually American flags, USMC stuff, rock bands.

I had an accident on July 4th passing through Andalusia, Alabama. I got a fractured shoulder blade, dislocated shoulder, bruised ribs and bruised hip, plus a pretty bad case of road rash on both arms and left leg. The last three weeks has been hell.......................


71 posted on 07/24/2017 10:30:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: dfwgator

Add Comrade Bernie to that.

I see a car with one of those on it from time-to-time. Parks in about the same spot. I just SMH as I walk by.


72 posted on 07/24/2017 10:31:14 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 21:36 KJV Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all...)
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To: rktman

I have baseball hats, concert tees (f them I still wear my Ramones shirts), and pizza rolls in the freezer—gotta feed the kiddos.


73 posted on 07/24/2017 10:31:23 AM PDT by BudgieRamone (Everybody loves a bonk on the head.)
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To: SaveFerris

Avoid calling a tow truck to have it removed. ;-) The car that is. Not the sticker.


74 posted on 07/24/2017 10:33:13 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: nikos1121

Over here with that guitar collection. I play them, not display them....and I’m always looking for another. :-).


75 posted on 07/24/2017 10:33:48 AM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: nikos1121

Over here with that guitar collection. I play them, not display them....and I’m always looking for another. :-).


76 posted on 07/24/2017 10:33:52 AM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: Mad Dawgg

If you live in a windy area...80% of the world?
Hooded sweat jackets make sense.
Just don’t knock off a liquor store.


77 posted on 07/24/2017 10:34:18 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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To: rktman

Wish I had bowling shoes, but only go every couple years or so. Maybe I’ll address that.

Have a small cabinet of commemorative shot glasses, stopped adding to it years ago, and even culled out some for where I hadn’t traveled, but like them.

Still have the speedos, but last used it over a pair of tights for a superhero costume — before 40, haha. I say if women are allowed to wear bikinis in this age of American Obesity, no one should shame a guy for Speedos. Ever. Sexism isn’t just for women.

Need a bottle opener for better beers, but not on my keychain that puts holes in my pants.

Always wanted to attend Burning Man once, but still haven’t convinced any friends to go with me.

Baseball caps are for playing ball, which I still do.

My grandchildren eat pizza rolls.


78 posted on 07/24/2017 10:34:33 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: rktman

EVERYBODY should have a copy of The Art of War.

I have a copy both in paperback and on the Kindle.

And I’m sure Trump has one too, and reads it regularly.


79 posted on 07/24/2017 10:36:20 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: chaosagent
EVERYBODY should have a copy of The Art of War.

And "The Road to Serfdom."

80 posted on 07/24/2017 10:36:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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