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It's official, I'm OLD.

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:28:23 GMT

Yeppers, it happened yesterday, I officially became a senior citizen.

I guess I can now go to dinner at 4:30pm, get the discounts and yell at the kids to "get off my lawn".

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leowarren34 — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:29:29 GMT

Age is experience and experience is wanted.

You're the guides for people like me, as we take advice from every post you made.

I'll raise a glass and say cheers for all the past advice and fun and all that's yet to come.

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JamesMaeding — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 20:40:01 GMT

@Anonymous

Oh man, you are part of the one generation that saw computers go from non-existent, to more powerful than engineers need. Ironically, its the gamers pushing and paying for the technology!

So don't become one of those bitter anti-video game gerkins. Other than that, enjoy the middle of the day golf cart to the grocery store rides! Grab me a box of Metamucil while you are there.

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leowarren34 — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:55:45 GMT

@Anonymous

Definitely make the most of it as @JamesMaeding said.

@JamesMaeding I'm not going to complain about power as long it says at a managable rate, it's ridiculous what I could 5 years ago let alone now and let alone over the last 25+years.

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Anonymous — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 14:56:46 GMT

LOL...if I wasn't able to play Fallout, Skyrim or Red Dead Redemption, I'd go insane.

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leowarren34 — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:23:07 GMT

Oh the joys of Video games, keep me motivated and going especially during exam season.

What are people favourites?

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JamesMaeding — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:34:58 GMT

I think the most I ever got into a vid game was either the Lode Runner game on Apple II+, or pac-man on an emulator maybe 15 years ago. Now the games are so involved, I don't have the energy. I do love playing back seat driver when my son plays Rocket League. His alias is Shmee. I feel like I am back on the AYSO soccer field, telling him to get back in position or follow up the pass. He corrects me and says "I know what to do...". He trades cryptocurrency too. A little entrepreneur he is...

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graemev — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:28:36 GMT

Congratulations on completing another lap of the sun!

Good to know there's someone else on here who remembers a time before 4-function calculators, Pong, and mountain bikes.

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leowarren34 — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 20:32:15 GMT

@JamesMaeding Hehe, back seat driving is alot of fun, I can't deny. I do agree with modern games, so few major titles are drop ins, its a committment, which for you and a college student don't have the time for.

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Anonymous — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:16:09 GMT

Be warned....go out and get yourself a VR setup. I prrefer the HTC Vive (I tried the Oculus Rift and exchanged it in for the Vive). Get some of the free roamer/open environment types games I stated above and you'll be hooked.

Nothing at all like the console games, the VR versions literally put you into the game. If you get motion sickness, avoid at all costs though....granted there are some settings you can choose to minimize such, but it takes away from the experience a bit.

Fallout 4 and Skyrim are flat out amazing in VR.

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leowarren34 — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:23:22 GMT

Agreed, VR is amazing, high cost but worth it IMO some of the games on are phenomenal, Superhot is fun as well alot of others my friend has, unfortunately I dont have the space to run such a setup....

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Mistress0fTheDorkness — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 21:39:05 GMT

... yesterday, I sneezed... and hurt myself.

Forty will be here before I know it, and I'm sure I can look forward to more of the same, and then some. lol.

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Anonymous — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:22:43 GMT

@Mistress0fTheDorkness wrote:

... yesterday, I sneezed... and hurt myself.

Forty will be here before I know it, and I'm sure I can look forward to more of the same, and then some. lol.

Be careful, after 40 when you sneeze, instead of hurting yourself, you end up pooing yourself....;)

Re: It's official, I'm OLD.

leowarren34 — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 22:17:36 GMT

@Anonymous hehe,

I guess I have alot to look forward to...