Posted on 10/28/2005 8:20:07 PM PDT by RightOnline
No big deal to hardly anyone but me, but today.....ol' RightOnline turned the Big Five-Oh. The Half Century Club. Halfway to centenarian and greetings from the fat guy on the Today Show......
I just thought I would take a few moments, after a thoroughly wonderful day, to share a few things I've picked up or things I've reflected on today with my beloved fellow FReepers (and you ARE just that, beloved ......well, as a group....some of ya.....well.....)
1. Whatever 50 is supposed to feel like, I don't feel it. I lift weights 5 days a week and am in better shape than when I was 25. So there.
2. No gray hairs.....nary a one. I feel cheated. I've earned plenty.
3. Nothing.......absolutely, nothing......is more important than your family. My lovely wife of nearly 28 years who has put up with me all these years and still looks 20 years younger than she is, my seven children who have ALL made me proud (ranging from a 26-year-old 2nd Lt. in the Army leading a Stryker platoon to a 4-year-old hooked on Spiderman and Batman). Cherish them, people, and keep them close.
4. Republicans don't have a corner on morality or good ideas or decency or common sense. It's merely that Democrats lack all of the above.
5. I've been playing rock guitar since I was not quite 14. Production and marketing have moved ahead rapidly since the late '60's music industry, but today's music that passes for "rock" largely sucks. I'd take "Live at the Fillmore East" to anything that has been released in the last 15 years.
6. Have a job? Great. Keep it and do the best you possibly can at all times. Have a career? Even better.......just make damned sure you enjoy it. Aim to work for yourself, but plan for it like you've never planned for anything in your life.
7. The most fun I ever had professionally was when I was flying for Uncle Sam (I'm an AF Academy grad). The responsibilities I had as a pilot in the Strategic Air Command during the Cold War have been unequalled in all the intervening years. I don't say this out of regret or a sense of loss; I say it from a sense of pride and to encourage young people to seriously consider the military in their younger years. It'll help you tremendously.
8. Don't number your close friends in the dozens. That's disingenuous. Number them in a small handful and keep them very close, no matter how far away they live.
9. Don't try to keep up with the Jones'. The Jones' are idiots. Set your own goals, care what YOU think, and live well within your means.
10. Love your God and His Son and try your best to live for 'em. You'll fall short as we all do (you wouldn't believe what my church puts up with from me). I WILL say that Jesus took a bullet for me, and I'll never, ever forget it. He'll get my best.......for life. I hope you feel the same.
I've been on this Forum for seven years now, and it's better, more vibrant, more interesting (if a tad less cerebral....no complaint there) than it has ever been. God bless all of you, God bless your families, and let's continue to have fun kicking Lib behind on a regular basis. See ya over the next 50......
Gosh you're old. I'm a spry 42 today.
Happy birthday from a fan of yours. You should have posted a 50th birthday picture with this. I liked the picture of you and your beautiful wife at a Freeper gathering in D.C. (Bush party?) Thank you so much for your hero son.
(my son is 16 years in AF).
Yes..love the Lord and follow him for Life.
..but....but.....it's true. Really. More or less.
I'm not quite willing to accept that he's frozen time at age 25. That would just be so wrong.
At 68 I don't even remember what 50 was like except that I was working 12/6 and now only work 8/6 or 7 to keep paying the bills.
I was lifting weights and boxing 5 days per week but I decided to work nights TOO and so I had to lay off.
Stay at it. But you gotta stretch, no? I keep pulling things.
Yeah, well, let those smart aleck whippersnappers you mentioned try to do that. Hats off to ya..........
Thank you, It's nice to share the day with a fellow FReeper. I don't know anyone personally that shares my day.
Good advice in your original post.
Happy Birthday! You're the same age as Disneyland!! ;)
50, bahhh, no biggy.
It's 55 that get's yah them senior discount goodies, and free coffee with breakfast in the morning ;OP
....ENJOY IT!
..and yet another HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) I see I'm in fine company (no pun intended).
Unfortunately, he's telling the truth. I've met he and his lovely family on more than one occasion.
Right off the Hallmark card.
And he's always so tan I feel like I've been leeched when I stand next to him.
.......and if &*%#ing AARP SENDS ME ONE MORE INVITATION TO 'JOIN' THEM, I'M GOING TO TAPE THE RETURN CARD TO A BRICK AND MAIL IT.
Happy Birthday!
(you are older than I, so must I now deem you an elder?)
It's RightOnline's birthday.
NC ping!
I'm thinking the Dick Clark genes will come in handy.
May your day be filled with good friends good food and good cheer. Welcome to the club, my man. It actually gets better from here. Take it from an old Paratrooper!
LOL!
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