This is a thread for ILXORS IN THEIR 50's

Yeah i was at blondie and my 20 y/o muso super nerd son loved it even more than I. With his youth insistence he dragged me up to about 10 ppl away from stage. that was useful.

when i was reminded post hoc she’s 78 i was pretty— i dint know how to be, tbh. I felt pretty god damned ancient.

Finally got that first shingrix shot this morning, definitely feel it. Just a little funky, like the onset of a cold. I hear the 2nd one is worse, I’ll find out in October.

They felt about the same to me but yeah, they were definitely more addling than the COVID shots ever were.

i got one at the same time as a covid shot. that was dumb

#2 was way worse for me, barely noticed the first

I was bummed to learn they don't last forever, maybe a decade

well hello all of you

I realized that I'm getting more choked up and teary-eyed over really sentimental, even mawkish things, I'm afraid I'm just gonna get more weepy as I get older

I was braced for my second Shingrox to be bad, but nothing. Makes me suspect I’m not really immune.

That’s my problem, I got the off-brand knockoff

That’s my problem, I got the off-brand knockoff

Hi Tracer! Welcome in.

Tracer, man of a half century. Or something.

Tracer! Welcome!

Welcome, Tracer. On the 40s thread, they talk about discovering Steely Dan. On this thread, we've been talking about D-Day and how you couldn't get away with doing that these days.

*high-fives Tracer, in a careful, non-bone smashing way*

Careful you don't pull a shoulder muscle either.

lol. everything hurts.

This week I listened to an R.E.M interview whilst wearing new-ish hearing aids and had a sentimental cry. Later I fell over in the shower and bruised my arm (and my dignity). I feel *peak 50s*.

lol and also ouch. The R.E.M. gushing has been nice, I have to say. I've especially enjoyed hearing from a lot of people about how much they meant in the South in particular.

saw someone online today who was perplexed that a double-LP set would have sides 1 & 4 on one record and 2 & 3 on the other

we are losing our vinyl lore

TBF that never made sense to me either. But I never owned one of the turntables that would make that useful.

but you get it

it was originally developed for 78 records, so you could listen to a whole piece of classical music with minimal interruption and no changing! you'd stack like 4 of them up together.

#old

My dad's turntable had a stacking spindle when I was a kid, but we weren't allowed to use it because Dad said it was bad for the LPs. (Don't know if that's true, but something he heard or read.)

I think it is! I would def believe that.

Yeah there was this plastic arm that would hold the stack in place, which can't have been great for the grooves. And then each one would plop down CLACK which can't have been good either

We currently have no heating and a fucking realestate agent refusing to fix it, so the cold is making my knees hurt.

https://y.yarn.co/84a630e2-9c78-4153-8145-3d39f572aced_text.gif
Its like GREENLAND in here.

let's trade

my cat is kinda bitey but it'll be good

2 months out from crash-landing in this thread

any psychic guidance welcome, i had a pretty good 40s but it all feels like it is turning to dust in the face of FIFTY, a big number

Well, fifty is the threshold of the Mortality Zone, but plenty of people make it to sixty anyway.

According to the US social security agency, males born in 1974 live an average of an additional 32 years. Females live an average of another 35 years. So congrats 50 is still young :)

Trayce that is hideous, is there a tenants' union who can get on the case for you? Legal Aid?

Well theres Tenants Vic and VCAT sure but theyre backlogged to the wazoo. We have a heater on, but its a shitty panel heater that is using thrice the electricity :(

There may also be laws that heat only has to be on in certain months, I know that’s the case in Virginia. Oh and welcome to the best decade of your life, Tracer.