NationStates Jolt Archive

As the title asks, inspired by a pair of comments in this thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=578053).

I just had a thread on this but what the hell.. I'm still 24.

Fourteen. :D

I just had a thread on this but what the hell.. I'm still 24.

:(
Sorry I didn't know...

And to answer my own question in the OP, I'm 38.

30 *sobs*

30 *sobs*

What are you sobbing about? You're 8 years younger than me...

I am 24.

What are you sobbing about? You're 8 years younger than me...
And you're younger than I.

I'm 23 years old.

Well my answer changed from the last thread to this... so... now I'm 19.

23 going on 53.

20.

:(

What are you sobbing about? You're 8 years younger than me...
Damned if I know. It's just that when I turned 30 everyone made a big production out of how I had supposedly left my youth and how I needed to go into mourning.

20.

:(

Why the sad face? Being 20 kicks ass... Other than not being allowed to have fun in Vegas... And having high insurance premiums... But other than that crap being 20 is awesome. Way cooler than 19. And honestly, being 18 is way overrated, usually still in school, living at home, that kinda crap.

Young whippersnappers. *Brandishes walker.*

18. Its crappy. First year in college, poor as ever, driving a jalopy ford escort (ahh.. but a jalopy with brand new tires :-) )

I can't wait until I'm thirty. I can't wait to be employed in a job I enjoy (or at least pays for a nice car and a house) and be married with kids. Also, with lower insurance premiums, increased access to the world, less restrictions on my license, etc. But mostly I can't wait to be a professional artist of some sort with a wifey and kiddos.

18. Its crappy. First year in college, poor as ever, driving a jalopy ford escort (ahh.. but a jalopy with brand new tires :-) )

I can't wait until I'm thirty. I can't wait to be employed in a job I enjoy (or at least pays for a nice car and a house) and be married with kids. Also, with lower insurance premiums, increased access to the world, less restrictions on my license, etc. But mostly I can't wait to be a professional artist of some sort with a wifey and kiddos.

Here is a warning for you... I was your age and had most of the same problems/goals. I am 24 and nowhere near close to completing any of those goals.

18. Its crappy. First year in college, poor as ever, driving a jalopy ford escort (ahh.. but a jalopy with brand new tires :-) )

I can't wait until I'm thirty. I can't wait to be employed in a job I enjoy (or at least pays for a nice car and a house) and be married with kids. Also, with lower insurance premiums, increased access to the world, less restrictions on my license, etc. But mostly I can't wait to be a professional artist of some sort with a wifey and kiddos.

Wish your life away. Enjoy every day as it comes or you're going to wake up one morning and realize you have nothing but regrets and that's no way to live.

Wish your life away. Enjoy every day as it comes or you're going to wake up one morning and realize you have nothing but regrets and that's no way to live.

Indeed it is not.

Wish your life away. Enjoy every day as it comes or you're going to wake up one morning and realize you have nothing but regrets and that's no way to live.

:salute:

Here is a warning for you... I was your age and had most of the same problems/goals. I am 24 and nowhere near close to completing any of those goals.

Bah. That sucks even more. Well, I hope at least I'm out of college by then. Hopefully with a job. I've already met the probable wifey, so that's okay. I just need to support them.


Wish your life away. Enjoy every day as it comes or you're going to wake up one morning and realize you have nothing but regrets and that's no way to live.

By no means do I wish to .. wish my life away. Its just so sucky at the moment. I need to make more of my time I think. That's good advice though.

By no means do I wish to .. wish my life away. Its just so sucky at the moment. I need to make more of my time I think. That's good advice though.
Always focus on what you have that's good at the moment, because whatever's going to happen next can always get worse, so enjoy what you have, while you have it.

Always focus on what you have that's good at the moment, because whatever's going to happen next can always get worse, so enjoy what you have, while you have it.

Thats very true. For all the wealth and knowledge I lack, I make up in love and support from my girlfriend, my family and my friends.

Always focus on what you have that's good at the moment, because whatever's going to happen next can always get worse, so enjoy what you have, while you have it.

I'm impressed 900, that is a great way to look at things and especially surprising coming from someone who has barely broken into their teens...

31 years young.

Why the sad face? Being 20 kicks ass... Other than not being allowed to have fun in Vegas... And having high insurance premiums... But other than that crap being 20 is awesome. Way cooler than 19. And honestly, being 18 is way overrated, usually still in school, living at home, that kinda crap.

20 was a very good year for me. *nods*

Going on infinity I always say.
Komtraya.

Damned if I know. It's just that when I turned 30 everyone made a big production out of how I had supposedly left my youth and how I needed to go into mourning.

In my opinion being 30 is great. I think its the age when people generally recognize others as being fully adults. The twenties in my opinion people still have their adult training wheels on.

30 *sobs*

How's that hip replacement going? ;)

*dodges cane*



22 here.

How's that hip replacement going? ;)

*dodges cane*



22 here.


*Throws cane into Sarkhaan's training wheels.

21 in two months. Goddamn how things have changed in only a few years...

*Throws cane into Sarkhaan's training wheels.
*Swerves, but doesn't crash thanks to lower center of gravity and youthful rejection of mortality.*

Fourteen.

20.

:(

21 in two months. Goddamn how things have changed in only a few years...

20 year olds represent! :D

a/s/l?

>.>

I'm 22 years old.

How's that hip replacement going? ;)

*dodges cane*
Don't annoy your elders, sonny boy. We've more experience than you, are more of a sneakier bastard than you, and have better insurance rates. :tongue::wink:

According to nationstates I am one day old. Really, I'm 18 though.

yah, believe it or not, there were a total of five computers in the entire world the year i was born. PERSONAL computers still didn't exist when i was in high school. kennedy (jfk) was shot when i was in high school, the first manned moon landing was shortly thereafter, and males my age were being drafted to kill people in a place called viet nam.

when i was in grade school isenhour was u.s. president. american's in the 50s might have had a lot of spending power, but very little of what i would have prefered to spend it on, if i'd have been of age then, existed yet. other then land and building materials. though i could have gotten away with building the wierd kind of house i would prefer to live in without having to worry about building codes out in the boonies where i would have wanted to build it. and there were still lots of trains and bussess to ride, i mean in proportion to population, way more then now, because while cars were already popular and a lot of people wanted them, not everyone had one, and almost no one actually needed or had to have one.

Still 18.

Ah, youth. A gift granted to those who cannot possibly appreciate it. It's funny how people wish so fervently to be x year olds until they actually are x years old, then they end up wondering where the years between now and then went. Oh well, such is life.

It's a secret. INVISIBLE NINETEEN

Just turned 41.

24.

Just turned 41.

*Kicks out old man*

19 and still a puppy >.>

And you're younger than I.

no he means hes 38 not 19 silly :p

20.

suppose you had better be settling down with a mortgage soon...

Freakin' twenty-one in a couple of weeks.

Doesn't seem that long ago that I was just turning 18.

Where's it all gone!?

Where's it all gone!?

you wasted it all away and now you have to be a grown up and eat cornflakes everyday :eek2:

you wasted it all away and now you have to be a grown up and eat cornflakes everyday :eek2:
I had cold pizza this morning :p

20.

:(

Dude, I would do anything to be 20 again. But no I have to be 22 :(

In fact it is even worse, in 20 days I will be 23.

I had cold pizza this morning :p

oooh thats gonna play havoc with your bowels.

oooh thats gonna play havoc with your bowels.
Usually doesn't, so I think I ought to be ok.

It was kept in the fridge all night, away.

oooh thats gonna play havoc with your bowels.

Nothing wrong with cold pizza in the morning. I enjoy having it for breakfast.

Nothing wrong with cold pizza in the morning. I enjoy having it for breakfast.

And I don't understand how you can.

And I don't understand how you can.

You need to widen your horizons, mate.

How can you say you don't like eating leftovers?

You need to widen your horizons, mate.

How can you say you don't like eating leftovers?

I can eat them. If they're heated in a micro. :)

I can eat them.

Now you have lost me.

I wasn't asking whether you could eat it or not, I was asking how you could not like them.

Nothing wrong with cold pizza in the morning. I enjoy having it for breakfast.

Or cold spaghetti, which btw, I am eating right this moment!

Now you have lost me.

I wasn't asking whether you could eat it or not, I was asking how you could not like them.

I probably missed that part. Oh yeah, I missed that part.

I probably missed that part. Oh yeah, I missed that part.

Yeah, and I didn't see your edit. Microwaved pizza is quite nice too.

Or cold spaghetti, which btw, I am eating right this moment!

Beautiful, not to mention cold Chinese food (depending on the dish)

Why the sad face? Being 20 kicks ass... Other than not being allowed to have fun in Vegas...I'm in Aus, I can gamble all I want (Which is not much - i might put $1 into the 1c machine occasionally) And having high insurance premiums... I'm trying to get a car, and it's going to cost me $1200/y to insure. That is for someone who has held their license for 3 years, without any claims or tickets.But other than that crap being 20 is awesome. Way cooler than 19. And honestly, being 18 is way overrated, usually still in school, living at home, that kinda crap.19 was sweet. Still sound young, and it's not immoral to be hooking up with 16 year olds. 20 it starts to get a bit weird. 18 people still don't take you seriously.

suppose you had better be settling down with a mortgage soon...
Don't scare me like that
:eek:
Dude, I would do anything to be 20 again. But no I have to be 22 :(

In fact it is even worse, in 20 days I will be 23.
I am invited right?

I am invited right?

Of course, get your arse over here.

Of course, get your arse over here.

I shall. I shall.

Excellent, excellent. Get ready for a big night of partying.

ha, you aint seen nothing yet.

I been workin' on my dance moves ;)

lol, alright, let's hit those floors all night.

Damned if I know. It's just that when I turned 30 everyone made a big production out of how I had supposedly left my youth and how I needed to go into mourning.
Dude, they did that to me on my 21st birthday. Threw me an OVER THE HILL party.
Is it any wonder I refuse to act my age? ;)

28 :(

21, though the cynical, bitter tone to many of my posts probably makes me sound older :p

20.

20 year old and 4 days :)

I'm 28 going on 29 in 5 months.

I'm 28 going on 29 in 5 months.

I always liked older women.

I always liked older women.

Are you calling me old? *presents stare of doom*

Are you calling me old? *presents stare of doom*

Older than me, precious.

Although I probably feel older than you.

Older than me, precious.

Although I probably feel older than you.

I see. You just need a good toss in the hey, mister. After that, you'll feel like a young pup once more.

I see. You just need a good toss in the hey, mister. After that, you'll feel like a young pup once more.

maybe. Or I might just get tired and feel older.

20....But thats what I like about High school girls, I keep gettin older, they just stay the same age, lol...

maybe. Or I might just get tired and feel older.

That, as all, is up to you. :wink:

I'm 18, and I liked being 17 better for the most part. Now I've got no gf and people are just telling me I need more money for college.

That, as all, is up to you. :wink:

Could let you do most of the effort to conserve the strength in my old bones.

49.

Are you calling me old? *presents stare of doom*

Not old just with more experience. And that is not a bad thing. :)

19.

20....But thats what I like about High school girls, I keep gettin older, they just stay the same age, lol...

Dazed and Confused? Awesome.

Wish your life away. Enjoy every day as it comes or you're going to wake up one morning and realize you have nothing but regrets and that's no way to live.

You know, it's harder to snap out of that than one might imagine. I know that my days are going by unbelievably fast. I moved into my own apartment about seven months ago, yet I have no idea where those seven months went. As a matter of fact, I don't really know where the last seven years went. I've heard plenty of phrases that life passes way faster than we know it and that if we don't make ourselves really appreciate it, it'll be gone before we even get the chance to. And there's a part of me that sort of knows that is true now and that it will be true when I'm much closer to death, yet it's still pretty difficult to just, er, enjoy each day. I'm working on it, though. (:

Oh, and to answer the original question, I'm 22.

15!!! Man.......... and 900 is so right on. You have to love what you got and make your moves and takes your risks when you can. Or all you be elfted with is regrets. A hundred thousand broken regrets!


So enjoy thost days where noting seens rights,everybody a idiots and it just another lazy Sunday morning! B-)

I'm 21.

I'm 28 going on 29 in 5 months.

Such a delightful combination of loveliness and achieved wisdom is our Nanatsu.

Fifty

14 :) nearly 15 though

and look about 17/18 :S

Such a delightful combination of loveliness and achieved wisdom is our Nanatsu.

Thanks, my seasoned and musically gifted gentleman.

23. Fit as anyone at any age, but people my age constantly tell me that I look old enough to be their dad. :(

I am 43, but I am immature...

still 21. Turn 22 in April. :)

19.

19.

Luke, I AM yo... sorry for the almost-used bad joke...

Quite young but whenever it gets towards a birthday its depressing how old I'm getting and such :confused:

19 and 29 are extremely different ages, but whatever.

I'm 19.

14 :) nearly 15 though

and look about 17/18 :S

When I was 13, people thought I was 18. I'm 19 now and everyone thinks I look younger. It's strange.

21 and moving scarily quickly towards 22 (4 days and counting). Will be time to start looking around for walking sticks and mobility scooters soon. Ironically, not long ago I got asked to prove I was over 16 :eek: .

Luke, I AM yo... sorry for the almost-used bad joke...

It's okay, as long as you take me to Tashi station to pick up some power converters.

I come from a family that look younger in years, the older we become.
From 0-10, we look about or a few years younger,
10-20, a few more years younger,
20-30, about 5 years younger,
etc..You can see where it´s going.
my two oldest grandparents are 80 and look ca 65.