Time changes all of us.
- Thread starter Ben
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Age is what it is. It's what you do with it that makes the difference. Stuff happens. She says you should exercise a lot. Daughter says you only get so may heart beats, don't waste them. I need some more. Or some of that Florida water? She has a trivet next to the stove "why isn't everything as easy as getting fat?"
smokeywolf
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I think it's not so much the years as it is the mileage. I put a hell of lot of miles on this body during the first half of my life.
Easy to "spend" yourself when the account looks like it has more in it than you'll ever use.
Too many years "over-spending" to get ahead, followed by many years trying to balance what's coming in with what's going out, and then a few at the end just trying to slow the rate of a declining account with no more coming in.
It's almost like money.
RBHarter
West Central AR
It ain't the miles it's which roads you took . A car will run 80,000 miles on the highway or.freeway and just be getting broke in good but run it that far on washboard and gravel and there ain't much that isn't beat up and worn .
I'm pretty sure I've been drug the last 60-70,000 miles and the first 250k was the same as the last 10,000s rock climbing and stump jumping . Sure I had fun but I'm about all used up .
I'm pretty sure I've been drug the last 60-70,000 miles and the first 250k was the same as the last 10,000s rock climbing and stump jumping . Sure I had fun but I'm about all used up .
richhodg66
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Looks like Tom is holding up better than Kelly.
Hard to believe that movie was so long ago, it was the first date my wife and I went on.
Hard to believe that movie was so long ago, it was the first date my wife and I went on.
Hawk
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Whatever!
Whipper Snapper . . .
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Tom put a lot more $$$$ into finding the best plastic surgeons.
richhodg66
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Maybe. Some people do age better than others.
Wife wants to go see the new movie. Frankly, I thought the first one was dumb even as a 20 year old college student. Don't get me wrong, it had its moments, but I generally have to expect to be impressed in order to go see a movie on a big screen these days.
Wife wants to go see the new movie. Frankly, I thought the first one was dumb even as a 20 year old college student. Don't get me wrong, it had its moments, but I generally have to expect to be impressed in order to go see a movie on a big screen these days.
richhodg66
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Looking forward to this one this Fall. A movie about real Navy pilots. If you've never read the account of how Jesse Brown died and his wingman's efforts to save him, read up on it but have the Kleenex handy.
https://taskandpurpose.com/entertai...s-jesse-browns-heroism-in-korean-war-to-life/
https://taskandpurpose.com/entertai...s-jesse-browns-heroism-in-korean-war-to-life/
RBHarter
West Central AR
I lived 37 miles from the desert valley combat scenes .
Before shooting was done waitresses were fighting over who was going to wait Toms table ...... A real delightful specimen of what not to be as a male roll model , none of them wanted his table .
Also Goose wasn't supposed to die but they had the whole spin in and canopy failure on film . No sense wasting a real no can death scene . That was a long ejection arc to hit the ocean from Dixie Valley Nevada .
Before shooting was done waitresses were fighting over who was going to wait Toms table ...... A real delightful specimen of what not to be as a male roll model , none of them wanted his table .
Also Goose wasn't supposed to die but they had the whole spin in and canopy failure on film . No sense wasting a real no can death scene . That was a long ejection arc to hit the ocean from Dixie Valley Nevada .
richhodg66
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Well, we went and saw it yesterday, wife really wanted to and was into it, so I grudgingly went. Probably wasn't the stupidest thing I've ever watched but it ranks up in the top two or three. Wouldn't be in a hurry to rush right out to see it if I were you.
Watched a friends camcorder pilot view of F14 training in the canyons on TFR. Vertigo anyone? Yes, he got a 'ticket' for a low level tower flyby. Worked with a guy who was wild weasel F100 jockey. Her BIL did an ejection from A7 at cat launch with a flameout. Lost a buddy couple days earlier from same problem. Light goes RED, push the button. Chopper had him on deck in 5 min. I have no reason to watch a re-do, first one was silly enough. But she wants to see it. Guess as her dad was B24 nav. He had to take over the nose gun when the bomb guy got shot up. They tossed everything they could to be able to make a land crash landing. IIRC he said he got 2 FWs.
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smokeywolf
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Haven't seen the second one. Don't much care for Cruise. Do like the Tomcat though. I enjoyed the footage in the beginning of the first one, of the carrier launches and recoveries. Also liked the footage of the Northrop F-5s. The rest was a bit ho-hum. Goose's head hitting the canopy during ejection? Would have been more believable if his chute hadn't opened. And even that would be a heck of a stretch.
Probably shouldn't criticize the movie, my uncle was on the production crew.
Probably shouldn't criticize the movie, my uncle was on the production crew.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Yeah, the 14 was a real piece of work in the day. Lotta nice airplanes from back then that are long gone now. As far as the guy hitting his head on the canopy, that didn't sound right the first time I was the movie. They think about things like that long before they put a guy in the seat. But, it's Hollyweird, where 6 shooters hold 47 rounds and you can see tracers coming AT you.
I'd still like to see "Dunkirk", but I understand it's not very good. And there's one called "Greyhound" I think that looked decent except for Hanks being in it. I'm not his biggest fan.
I'd still like to see "Dunkirk", but I understand it's not very good. And there's one called "Greyhound" I think that looked decent except for Hanks being in it. I'm not his biggest fan.
richhodg66
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In my opinion, Dunkirk was excellent and a must see. One of the few in the past ten years or so I was truly glad I saw on a big screen.