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at what age do you become the "old man"
- Thread starter JacoLesFlea
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Hey?!?! Can you see me?!?!?! When?
Sometime into my early-forties, when my beard started to go grey. And no, I ain't Santa Claus. I'm the guy who's busy banging Mrs. Claus all night long while her old man is out on the road
Sometime into my early-forties, when my beard started to go grey. And no, I ain't Santa Claus. I'm the guy who's busy banging Mrs. Claus all night long while her old man is out on the road
I'm definitely far from old, but it is weird being called sir at 21. I don't think I've earned it quite yet.
When?
Sometime into my early-forties, when my beard started to go grey. And no, I ain't Santa Claus. I'm the guy who's busy banging Mrs. Claus all night long while her old man is out on the road
Stop nailing my wife!
(off to the coal bin for your gift, MR Man.)
I'm 58 and have been called sir for many years now. I think it's good and that it shows some respect. I'll say sir or ma'am to my elders because that's the way I was raised.
Being called dude cracks me up. Last time I played at church some high school kids came up to me...."dude, you were awesome today!!" I said thanks but deep inside it took everything I had to keep me from busting out laughing!
Being called dude cracks me up. Last time I played at church some high school kids came up to me...."dude, you were awesome today!!" I said thanks but deep inside it took everything I had to keep me from busting out laughing!
This.
I'm 56.
I had a similar experience except it was after a soundcheck and one of the young(29?) guys came up and said "did you play <song name> with a pick?". "No" says I and then showed him two patches developed in my Line 6 that make any bass sound that way if you play it correctly.
The most noticed thing about being called an "old man" is that one does have that "don't give a <expletive>" attitude sometimes......
When you actually remember when all of the music on the radio was played by real musicians with talent.
That's not because I'm old. It's because I'm fat.
On the up side, a few family members of one of my patients guessed me to be in their age group Friday. The oldest one is ten years younger than me.
im 28 and a college junior (decided to do something with my life) and old man has kinda been my nickname. 
I started feeling old when I would fill out stuff online and I would have to start scrolling to get to the year I was born.
If the year that the song was released begins with a 2, chances are it is probably crap!!
At practice a while back the drummer was complaining about how most of the songs we were picking were skewing older and older. He said "Do we even know any songs that came out this millenium?" I said "Sure. We've got our originals."
