Soliciting Opinons on Turning 40

Oh, happy birthday in advance Jay.

 

Live for the moment.

Learn to play a musical instrument now.
Skydive/run a marathon/write a novel now.
Eat right. Now.
Exercise. Now.

Just don't wait.

 

Oh, and I'm 40 in 735 days.

 

That's what I told my father-in-law as he lay in the bed recovering from triple-bypass this weekend -- on his 60th birthday.

Guess this is an approving "second" to Claws' post above.

 

Get a gun.

 

Excellent advice... but the name of the song is "Forty" (if you haven't found it yet, its on his 'Who the Hell is John Eddie' album)

 

i hit 50 tomorrow. celebrating at my youngest son's little league game.

bring it on!! 8) 8) 8)

40 was the pits for me. it's all good from here on out.... ;D

 

I'll turn 30 next year. I don't think I'm going to let it bother me.

 

The best age you can possibly be is the age you are.
You can't go back.
You can't skip forward.
Your current age is all you've got. Make the most of it.

 

Wow, what great timing.
I hit the 40 mark in TWO days.
Less than 48 hours, it's hello 4-oh.
I'm off that day, get to mow the lawn and spend the day with the family.
I also find out yesterday I am getting a colonoscopy in August.
Yay, 40.
I'm just happy to be alive.
I have my hair and I weigh the same as I did when I turned 30.
I have a job, a great wife and 2 cute daughters.
Life goes on.

 

OK, so the colonscopy isn't all fun ... but the drugs are good and they absolutely insist that you fart.

 

For those that haven't downloaded it or heard the lyrics...
FORTY
by John Eddie (2003)

Well I guess I'm fucking forty
I can't say that I'm thrilled
I never dated Winona Ryder
And I probably never will
Well I guess I'm fucking forty
But I'm better off than some
Well I might be fucking forty
But you're fucking forty one

I guess I'm fucking forty
Getting older really sucks
I went to see
"The Spy Who Shagged Me"
They said "one senior that'll be four bucks"

I guess I'm fucking forty
But I'm better off than you
Well I might be fucking forty
But you're fucking forty two

Well I guess I'm fucking forty
I'm a petered out Peter Pan
Sometimes I feel foolish
I make my living singing in this band
I guess I'm fucking forty
That's what my momma said
But Bruce Springsteen's fucking 53
and The Stones are almost dead

Well I guess I'm fucking forty
I can't say that I'm thrilled
I never dated Winona Ryder
I'm guessin' I never will
I guess I'm fucking forty
Poor poor pitiful me
Well I might be fucking forty
Hell, I'm lying I'm forty three