This is a thread for ILXORS IN THEIR 50's

Not there yet myself dude. You might have to wait a while, wait for the return of Martin Skeedmore, who can out-[Controversial Moderator Edit] them all, whatever his age.

"ilxors in the '50s" would be a fun photoshop thread

ned at the sockhop

abbott being a sexy cold war scientist

huh

I got it, it wasn't hard to follow it was a simple piece of business.

i just want to see abbott as a sexy cold war scientist is all

I am a 53 year old ILXor in the Naughties. Does that count? My only time in the 50's occured when I was aged 0-5, from November, 1954 until Dec. 31, 1959.

did you see ned at the sockhop

NO

The sockhop ended some time before I entered high school in Sept. 1968. I was not inconsolable over this happenstance. I was a rotten dancer.

sept 1968 was like the gayest time to enter high school

everyone cool in those days were entering college

u cursed by the stars aimless

everyone cool in those days were entering college WAS GETTING DRAFTED TO 'NAM

yep -- that's where my pops was in '68 -- sent there two weeks after i got borned! booh hooh.

--a sometime ilxor in his 40s

everyone cool in those days were entering college WAS GETTING DRAFTED TO 'NAM WAS NOT ME, BY ANY STRETCH OF IMAGINATION! Skinny, geeky 13 year old, I'm just sayin'.

nED AT THE SOCKHOP OH MY GOD

aimless serious q did you at least smoke a lot of pot? and at least know a kid like trip fontaine?

if not you have destroyed any reason i have to respect actual early 70s HS kids

I am 10 years shy of 50 but this thread is making me feel old.

momus is almost 50

There's a Guided By Voices song about this.

nED AT THE SOCKHOP OH MY GOD

I really, really don't know how to react to this.

weve all reacted by blotting it out

Well I know that you're in love with him,
Because I saw you dancing in the gym
You both kicked off your Keds.
Oh, I dig that rhythm and Ned!

(I thought JBR's suggestion at first was an age progression of ILXors into their fifties and was thinking "oh it won't take much to imagine some of that.")

Ned, all you have to do is put on the socks. That's all. And we need a hardwood floor, and XTC's "Life Begins At The Hop". Now who will film this????

did you at least smoke a lot of pot?

I think the first time I smoked pot was roughly summer of 1970. Didn't do much for me. My friends included several 'heads', but I was just a dabbler. My older brother was into it pretty far by 1971. He still tokes up now.

I didn't really get launched as a pot smoker until college, where I spent most of 1974 stoned. Made my own bong from a glass lab beaker. I quit entirely around 1977 or so. I can't say I miss it.

and at least know a kid like trip fontaine?

Hard to say, because I don't have a clue who trip fontaine is. I did know a lot of druggies and hippies in the 70s. They were as common as daisies back then.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3Pgo2kaznFU/RqsBjrRCKMI/AAAAAAAAARs/7wAJzhaYC3A/s1600/964.jpg

that link 404'ed me

(xxpost) Trip Fontaine is a character from the book/film "The Virgin Suicides"

Start at about 3:30 here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_smJP8oRnE

Btw, Frank Kogan, who posts to a couple of the rolling genre threads on ILM, is 54.

Also:
Most of the time I dwell in a state of unreality, where I have amazing superpowers. And I am 50 years old.

-- Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Monday, February 5, 2007 12:29 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link

Our cohort is few, but mighty.

abbott being a sexy cold war scientist

OH MY GOD WHY WAS I NEVER THAT

I remember Howdy Doody.

and i thought i was old for remembering leaded gasoline!

madonna, michael jackson, prince and ME -- i am now 50 and 1/2.

sept 1968 was like the gayest time to enter high school

everyone cool in those days were entering college

there is truth lurking here -- people in our sub-generation have a complicated relationship w/our older sibs, the 60s baby boomers. this usage of "gay" is uhm, anachronisitic, or something. (I entered HS in 72 FWIW.)

anachronistic! edgy, you mean!!1!

so is bimble part of this exclusive club?

I didn't expect to get shoulder and back hair this late in the game.

ha was wondering what you meant in the 40s thread

what's up y'all

had a cardiologist call me at 7am to cancel my appointment (snow)

this morning the dentist said that my teeth with metal fillings will all eventually need crowns; seems legit, the youngest of those fillings is 40+ years old

i went to the dentist for lots of work this past year, first time since forever, and it was all space aged nano whatever shit and i think the dentist and his assistant were legit smirking at my one old iron ore filling from when i was a teenager, fifty years ago, in an eastern bloc nation

oh hi, I'm 54 now

peeing takes a long time

backache is a thing

(knocks on wood)

As hinted above, I have a cardiologist now! My primary doctor, who has pretty amazing raw skills -- like hearing -- apparently, thought he heard a murmur in my heartbeat last month. GREAT!

It turns out I have an "unconcerning" prolapse which is a "2" (not a 3 or a 4), so it just has to be checked every year from now on.

Aging is a motherfucker.

like why erase the years -- they have not happened yet. enjoy your time.

I’ve always been against the tendency to round up in years. “He’ll be 17 in October.”
Whatever dude. He’s 16

When you’re under 20 you want to seem older, then later you don’t.

^

Was thinking about that song by John Conlee, "Backside of Thirty" ...

Because "Backside of Thirty," come th fuck on.

"I'm drunk and living in my own apartment at the age of 35. What a failure I am."

I missed the earlier threadpoll bit.
I have lived in 12 different residences since moving out of home, am 700km by road from my highschool/growing up place, and sadly I was stupid enough to never put any effort into home ownership so now its too late and I will be renting forever which is very fraught because we do not have anything like rent control in this country (and you can forget about finding socialised housing, the waiting lists are massive).

When you’re under 20 you want to seem older, then later you don’t.

― Crispy Ambulance Chaser (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, August 24, 2025 2:29 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

This wasn’t true for me tbh. I mean, I wanted to seem older well past 20. Like, the age I feel is how I want to seem in a way…

very unfun visit to the doctor today re: this weird random pain point in my chest, right over the ol' ticker. no history of heart disease in my family, all vitals normal/excellent (I have naturally low bp & heart rate, have all my life). incomplete right bundle branch block, which is like one of the least threatening heart things you can have, but it a) still feels funky and b) makes one wander around feeling preoccupied.

No doubt -- hope all settles quickly. A few years back I had enough of a random weird feeling around there I went for a full cardio test to be sure, so I get it.

Likewise, I had some persistent (what I'm pretty sure are) muscle pains and twitches. Did the EKG and also one of those cardiac calcium screenings, all looked fine so I just kinda shrugged and let myself ignore it.

Recently had my blood pressure checked and it was ludicrously high considering I'm not overweight and don't drink/smoke etc. Probably related to spending two years running a business in a different country on a 6-hour timelag, hence poor sleep pretty much every night for that timespan*. Not recommended! Business has closed now so I'm readjusting, my plan is to get the BP down to something resembling functionality by year's end.

* Also because I'm now OLD

Yeah my blood pressure has always been high even when I was thinner, now I need the BP meds. Thank God, they’re not the old kind that make you pee a lot.

gradually, reluctantly coming to the fact that my entire 'give it time, it'll go away on its own' philosophy of self-care is probably coming to an end

I had impressively low BP for decades (considering habits and weight) but apparently now that I no longer bleed once a month that is likely to change.

I often think of the old quip that if you ignore your health, it'll go away eventually

Back from my colonoscopy (is the most 50s thing to post ever)!

Good for you!

It’s a nice little nap

Very relaxed.

The best part is going out for a big breakfast afterwards.

Man, that sounds good, but I think breakfast will have to wait until breakfast.

Everything was fast and easy but I don't feel like I got the most out of the nap, since I woke up at 4am to finish the prep and they gave me the full propofol, so I went under sleepy and woke up groggy, heh.

I woke up in the middle of a conversation about guitars with the anesthesiologist. I said something about my octave mandolin and he said, "yes, you told me."

Which was unsettling in the extreme because I do not remember the first part of the conversation. of course I'm relieved I was talking bouzoukis and not about, say, my vast collection of My Little Pony-themed erotica.

mine is scheduled for Dec. i found a woman doctor so i am feeling better about it than if i hadn't. anaesthesia scares me.

It'll be easy, there are always a few people in there with you, too, helping and monitoring.

I barely met the (nice) doctor. He was playing music as I was wheeled in. The nurse and anaesthesiologist asked me, are you feeling OK?, and I said "I don't know, am I supposed to be hearing Bananarama?" And they looked at me like I was insane until I pointed out it's what the doctor was playing.

xpost Yeah, that's a hallmark of twilight, where you are sort of loosely awake but generally don't notice/feel/remember anything.

they told me to count down from 10 and I made it to about 7 iirc
they did up my anthesthesia dosage though because I told them I was a stoner dude

I woke up during mine, and watched the rest of it on the monitor. As people say, the prep is worse than the probe. I'm now years overdue for my second one. I'm a 60-something who still reads this thread.

i feel like i might need to have a special convo with the docs before the procedure. if i woke up in the middle i would absolutely freak out.

I’ve had 3 starting in my early 40s and fortunately never woke up in the midst. Found it all kind of fascinating really. (And reassuring in the sense that there no bad signs.)

I'm honestly surprised it's even possible. I've been put under a bunch of times over the last two years for 2 colonoscopies, an endoscopy, and 2 surgeries, and never had a hitch in terms of anesthesia. Waking up from it is not a sudden thing, you are still heavily sedated, which may mute any big panic response.

it won't hurt to have a little talk with someone beforehand. i do it at the dentist all the time.

I know people that have asked to be woken up in the middle of it so they could watch a bit on the monitor. But yeah, waking up is not a sudden jolt or anything. When I was talking to the nurse after the procedure I asked how long it took me to be responsive, she said about 10 minutes.

for sure, the surgeon who does it will also come talk to you the day of before they start

xp

I am heavily affected by drugs and sedation and it takes me forever to wake up.

having a lot of health problems this week and feeling scared. new feeling! don't care for it.

What a drag it is getting old. Stay strong, though! And be careful what you google.

Damn, hoping you get the problems sorted out JCLC.

Yes, best wishes and good thoughts! I'm constantly aware that any given thing that pops up could be something, and eventually some of them will be.

Wait, you all get knocked out for a colonoscopy? You get to watch the whole thing over here, with the option of gas and air if the gas bloat gets too uncomfortable.

This is why we Americans are so relaxed, as opposed to you waiting on your Cinematic Colonic Adventures.

Hey a free trip to the movies is not to be sniffed at.

At least the prep means whatever you're sniffing isn't THAT gross.

It had the score to the final Death Star assault from Return of the Jedi playing in my head.

Wait, you all get knocked out for a colonoscopy? You get to watch the whole thing over here, with the option of gas and air if the gas bloat gets too uncomfortable.

― Overtoun House windows (aldo)

my wife did this here in the US last time!

I was told it was twilight the day before the procedure, but when I arrived they said it would be propofol, and I didn't complain. Being put under is like teleporting or something, you're in one place and then suddenly you're in another. Though tbh, having been put under maybe four times ever, twice as twilight and twice the full deal, I can't recall a real difference. I think recovery is faster with propofol? They told me it was about 10 minutes after they turned off the tap that I perked up.

somebody botched my IV when i went and had mine done. in hindsight i ought to have spoken up. it was really freaking painful but just assumed everything was normal? so i sat there watching like the first 10-15 minutes before nodding out. was weird and a very in-body experience

Wow, yeah, healthcare providers are not supposed to botch anything, if something's up, we should always say something, especially if it is painful. I think the only time I've ever spoken up was when they were trying to get an IV started in one of my hands, this was maybe 20 years ago, and after like the fourth try I said can you please stop and just put it in my arm?

i just figured something like jabbing someone was so routine it was unbotchable, i guess. lesson learned

When I was in my twenties, I got an IV in the back of my hand. Super painful. Now I always ask for it to be put in my arm.

I forget why they do that, I think to have the arm free in case of emergency? This time, the IV in the hand was as painless and not noticeable as any needle stick I've ever had.