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David in Jackson

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« on: April 07, 2009, 01:38:18 pm »
Four Astros were born after Jan. 1, 1980:

Jeff Keppinger: 1980
Michael Bourn: 1982
Hunter Pence: 1983
Wesley Wright: 1985

Reading the Pence thread below reminded me how important is progress is to the future of this team.
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Re: Old
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2009, 01:41:48 pm »
Thanks for reminding me, David.

/shuffles off to proctologist
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« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2009, 01:42:38 pm »
I started to feel old when players I grew up watching morphed into coaches.
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« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2009, 01:48:15 pm »
Quote from: Guinness on April 07, 2009, 01:42:38 pm
I started to feel old when players I grew up watching morphed into coaches.
I started to feel old when the sons of players I grew up watching began to leave the game.  See Berra, Dale.
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« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2009, 01:51:50 pm »
What is JimR?


Now I'll take Potent Potables for 500, Alex.
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« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2009, 01:52:44 pm »
Quote from: MRaup on April 07, 2009, 01:51:50 pm
What is JimR?


Now I'll take Potent Potables for 500, Alex.

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« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2009, 01:58:26 pm »
Quote from: MRaup on April 07, 2009, 01:51:50 pm
What is JimR?


Now I'll take Potent Potables for 500, Alex.

damn, it took folks too damn long to get to this one. the reflexes are slowing down everywhere, it seems.
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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2009, 02:00:32 pm »
I pose a conundrum to you. A riddle, if you will.
I don't want to hear it.
What's the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One's a sick duck... I can't remember how it ends, but you're mother's a whore.
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« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2009, 02:08:23 pm »
Another sign of our age: The high school kids being drafted this June will have all been born post 1990. 
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« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2009, 02:09:33 pm »
This is the sound a doggie makes.
Moo.
No.
Well, that's the sound your mother made last night.
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« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2009, 02:18:52 pm »
i started to feel old when my youngest daughter started to be older than some of the players
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« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2009, 02:33:15 pm »
Quote from: David in Jackson on April 07, 2009, 01:38:18 pm
Four Astros were born after Jan. 1, 1980:

Jeff Keppinger: 1980
Phil_in_CS graduates from high school: 1981
Michael Bourn: 1982
Hunter Pence: 1983
Wesley Wright: 1985

Sigh, what a post for the day before I turn 46....
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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2009, 02:36:32 pm »
Quote from: Phil_in_CS on April 07, 2009, 02:33:15 pm
Sigh, what a post for the day before I turn 46....

Pup. Today 46 moved back another year in the rearview mirror for me.
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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2009, 03:07:32 pm »
Happy Birthday austro.  May your day be shining for you. :)
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« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2009, 05:00:13 pm »
I'll take the Penis Mightier.
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« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2009, 06:28:49 am »
Alex: The word "Cat" is found under this letter in the dictionary.
Sean: I believe you find it in the Rs section.
Alex: No, not in the Rs
Sean: Not in the Rs, that's not what your mother said.
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« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2009, 10:28:29 am »
Quote from: David in Jackson on April 07, 2009, 01:38:18 pm
Four Astros were born after Jan. 1, 1980:

Jeff Keppinger: 1980
Michael Bourn: 1982
Hunter Pence: 1983
Wesley Wright: 1985

Reading the Pence thread below reminded me how important is progress is to the future of this team.


What really should make it you feel old isn't that someone born after 1980 is in the majors. It should be that someone born in 1980 will be 30 years old in a few months.
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« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2009, 10:34:00 am »
Quote from: Houston on April 08, 2009, 10:28:29 am
What really should make it you feel old isn't that someone born after 1980 is in the majors. It should be that someone born in 1980 will be 30 years old in a few months.

That makes me feel just wonderful.
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« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2009, 10:38:30 am »
What *really* makes you feel old is having been in High School (or maybe even College) before some of these people now complaining about being old were born.
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« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2009, 10:49:23 am »
Quote from: VirtualBob on April 08, 2009, 10:38:30 am
What *really* makes you feel old is having been in High School (or maybe even College) before some of these people now complaining about being old were born.

There's old, and then there's older than dirt. I am merely old.
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« Reply #20 on: April 08, 2009, 11:00:43 am »
Quote from: Phil_in_CS on April 08, 2009, 10:49:23 am
There's old, and then there's older than dirt. I am merely old.

It was really tough growing up without dirt, I can tell you.
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« Reply #21 on: April 08, 2009, 11:14:47 am »
Quote from: Houston on April 08, 2009, 10:28:29 am
What really should make it you feel old isn't that someone born after 1980 is in the majors. It should be that someone born in 1980 will be 30 years old in a few months.


Thanks for the reminder, jackass.
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« Reply #22 on: April 08, 2009, 11:16:18 am »
Quote from: VirtualBob on April 08, 2009, 11:00:43 am
It was really tough growing up without dirt, I can tell you.
No kidding.  "Rub some primordial sludge in it" just does not have the same cache after you get a big raspberry after a hard slide into 2nd.
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« Reply #23 on: April 08, 2009, 02:25:33 pm »
Quote from: das on April 08, 2009, 11:16:18 am
No kidding.  "Rub some primordial sludge in it" just does not have the same cache after you get a big raspberry after a hard slide into 2nd.

But that shit worked!
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« Reply #24 on: April 08, 2009, 02:39:35 pm »
Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on April 08, 2009, 11:14:47 am
Thanks for the reminder, jackass.

So, I see you're old and crotchety!
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« Reply #25 on: April 08, 2009, 02:40:33 pm »
Quote from: Houston on April 08, 2009, 02:39:35 pm
So, I see you're old and crotchety!

he is neither, but i taught him that phrase.
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« Reply #26 on: April 08, 2009, 03:06:46 pm »
Quote from: JimR on April 07, 2009, 01:58:26 pm
damn, it took folks too damn long to get to this one. the reflexes are slowing down everywhere, it seems.

In some other posting (maybe gamezone) there was talk of the wheel.  I was surprised not to see any JimR smack about the invention of said item.

BTW Coach, it was nice to finally meet you.  All the "old guy" smack is largely undeserved.  The irritable and WFW stuff still applies, but I have better understanding of it now.
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« Reply #27 on: April 08, 2009, 03:15:02 pm »
Quote from: UpTooLate on April 08, 2009, 03:06:46 pm
In some other posting (maybe gamezone) there was talk of the wheel.  I was surprised not to see any JimR smack about the invention of said item.

BTW Coach, it was nice to finally meet you.  All the "old guy" smack is largely undeserved.  The irritable and WFW stuff still applies, but I have better understanding of it now.

thanks. nice to meet you and the Mrs. too.
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« Reply #28 on: April 08, 2009, 03:21:24 pm »
Quote from: Houston on April 08, 2009, 02:39:35 pm
So, I see you're old and crotchety!

Shut up, Matlock's on and my tapioca's getting cold.
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« Reply #29 on: April 08, 2009, 03:22:13 pm »
Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on April 08, 2009, 03:21:24 pm
Shut up, Matlock's on and my tapioca's getting cold.

mmmmm, tapioca. i love tapioca.
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« Reply #30 on: April 08, 2009, 04:45:03 pm »
Quote from: JimR on April 08, 2009, 03:22:13 pm
mmmmm, tapioca. i love tapioca.

I have a wart that's older than Wesley Wright.  In case you are still gumming your tapioca, I won't mention where.

I am getting fired up about the upcoming Murder, She Wrote marathon on Hallmark Channel.  Jessica Fletcher is teh hot.
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« Reply #31 on: April 09, 2009, 03:06:32 pm »
Just to make everyone feel younger, today is the anniversary of the the day Kurt Cobain was found dead, fifteen years ago.
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« Reply #32 on: April 09, 2009, 03:19:11 pm »
Quote from: jonbloozy on April 09, 2009, 03:06:32 pm
Just to make everyone feel younger, today is the anniversary of the the day Kurt Cobain was found dead, fifteen years ago.

I'm so old I say "Kurt who?"
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« Reply #33 on: April 09, 2009, 03:20:42 pm »
Watching 20 year-old Seinfeld reruns makes me feel old.
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« Reply #34 on: April 09, 2009, 04:30:05 pm »
Quote from: jonbloozy on April 09, 2009, 03:06:32 pm
Just to make everyone feel younger, today is the anniversary of the the day Kurt Cobain was found dead murdered by a vast criminal conspiracy including, among others, Bud Selig, Larry Flynt, and various unnamed extraterrestrials, fifteen years ago.
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« Reply #35 on: April 09, 2009, 04:33:34 pm »
Bad back, bad hip, bad shoulder, failing eyes and ears……aging is not for sissies.
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« Reply #36 on: April 09, 2009, 05:35:03 pm »
Watching someone play minor league baseball (Joe Morgan), make it to the big leagues and then into the HOF makes one realize that time really does fly past.
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« Reply #37 on: April 09, 2009, 05:41:04 pm »
Quote from: Wild Dog on April 09, 2009, 05:35:03 pm
Watching someone play minor league baseball (Joe Morgan), make it to the big leagues and then into the HOF makes one realize that time really does fly past.

But listening to him can make time slow down.
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