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49jim

(559 posts)
14. I'll be 70 in September....
Mon Mar 11, 2019, 07:32 AM
Mar 2019

joined 09/2001, liberal democrat my whole life...DU my # 1 go to site...enjoy following everyone...just don't post much.
I couldn't vote in 1968 against Nixon (I was 19 and voting age was 21). My first vote was for George McGovern in 1972, by then voting age was lowered to 18. The outcry at the time(in the 60's) was, you could die for your country in Nam but couldn't vote!

Kleeb! Renew Deal Mar 2019 #1
Hahahaha! Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #8
Hes fine and happily lives in VA The Truth Is Here Mar 2019 #16
Good to hear! Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #17
Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #47
That made ME feel old! Phentex Mar 2019 #20
I'll be over 80 in 4 years. N/t jaysunb Mar 2019 #2
I have a lot of respect True Dough Mar 2019 #9
I've been using computers since 1963 unc70 Mar 2019 #15
Many of us in our 70s were part of the reason we have that technology MineralMan Mar 2019 #18
Heh... jberryhill Mar 2019 #38
Well, I know Al Gore invented it! True Dough Mar 2019 #41
I'll be over 80 in less than 3 years. Joined DU in 2004. sweetroxie Mar 2019 #13
64 and hangiing in! akraven Mar 2019 #3
I qualify for one of those categories.... No Vested Interest Mar 2019 #4
Back in the old days we had at least one high-schooler.Don't know where s/he is now. Some college... Hekate Mar 2019 #5
I'm seventy, murielm99 Mar 2019 #6
I'm 70. leftyladyfrommo Mar 2019 #10
We had 4 that I remember Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #11
Remember "Asher Heimerman"? A HERETIC I AM Mar 2019 #21
Oh yeah canetoad Mar 2019 #55
A couple Jimbo S Mar 2019 #45
How about.. who has Cha Mar 2019 #7
That might be you! Hekate Mar 2019 #22
They add up fast, Hekate! Cha Mar 2019 #43
Back in the day ornotna Mar 2019 #63
Yes, I was a newbie compared to her.. Cha Mar 2019 #65
I'm not sure ornotna Mar 2019 #66
I know of one member in his 90s MrsMatt Mar 2019 #12
Wonderful!!! No Vested Interest Mar 2019 #23
I'll be 70 in September.... 49jim Mar 2019 #14
Same Age The River Mar 2019 #32
+1 llmart Mar 2019 #39
I will be turning 39 in June! Initech Mar 2019 #19
Beat ya there by a few months backtoblue Mar 2019 #36
MosheFeingold is almost 100, I think. Mosby Mar 2019 #24
By"special" he means MosheFeingold Mar 2019 #49
Moshe Feingold is about 95. panader0 Mar 2019 #25
94 MosheFeingold Mar 2019 #48
Love you Moshe! panader0 Mar 2019 #50
Holy cow you win the post. byronius Mar 2019 #59
These two: dalton99a Mar 2019 #26
"let's get in the Lounge and look at the kitty pics" rurallib Mar 2019 #46
I'm 26! bearsfootball516 Mar 2019 #27
Braggart. Whippersnapper! panader0 Mar 2019 #28
What's worse: "Whippersnapper" brought to mind lyrics from Devo's... JHB Mar 2019 #56
82 1/2. Yeah, I'm approaching old age with some dread. justhanginon Mar 2019 #29
I will be 64 in a month. redstatebluegirl Mar 2019 #30
Not me! KPN Mar 2019 #31
I once shook hands with President Johnson DFW Mar 2019 #33
80 here. nt IphengeniaBlumgarten Mar 2019 #34
I'm neither oldest or youngest: 75! Stayin' alive! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2019 #35
Just turned 73 a month ago. FuzzyRabbit Mar 2019 #37
68 in 17 days. fierywoman Mar 2019 #40
Mentally I'm 4 underpants Mar 2019 #42
Can't be THAT low DFW Mar 2019 #57
If I was 5 I'd be that focused underpants Mar 2019 #58
I used to love the tradition we had on the Marine Corps Birthday Separation Mar 2019 #44
Still young. Only 75 appleannie1943 Mar 2019 #51
joined when a freshman in college in 2004 Tiggeroshii Mar 2019 #52
I'll be 85 the end of August. virgogal Mar 2019 #53
That's a big birthday. Ninety -- then one hundred -- byronius Mar 2019 #60
I think Im getting bored with the whole thing now.:-) virgogal Mar 2019 #64
I'm so old that ... Tracer Mar 2019 #54
My odometer rotates to 70 next month. It's very weird. VOX Mar 2019 #61
That's a great prescription for aging gracefully. byronius Mar 2019 #62
And as the great Satchel Paige said, "Don't look back, something might be gaining on you." VOX Mar 2019 #67
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