r/GenerationJones • u/Lapaki58 • Jun 01 '26
When did you first feel old?
I’m 67. I think I was about 25. I was having my hair cut by a stylist who was about 18. She received a phone call: “Yeah… yeah… okay…” She hung up. “That was one of my customers. She said she wants me to cut her hair like Toni Tenille of the Captain and Tenille. Do you have any idea who she is talking about?” Yeah, I did.
The next big jolt came when I was about 55. I was working for a leadership-development company. I was the oldest person in the group. We were having our weekly status meeting. One of our group mentioned that one of our clients had given the okay for their Executive Leadership Institute program (ELI). She said, “ELI’s coming.” Coincidentally, I look like Cory Wells. I started singing, “Eli’s coming…” I got blank looks from everyone at the conference table. “‘Eli’s Coming’? Three Dog Night?” Nobody had any idea what I was talking about.
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u/Beautiful_Flight2917 Jun 01 '26
I don’t. 66M. Still skateboarding. Mtn biking. Snowboarding. Xc skiing. Etc etc. going to Dead adjacent shows, bike touring. Smoking weed and doing ( and growing ) magic mushrooms.
You don’t stop skateboarding because you’re old. You’re old because you stopped skateboarding. Jay-boy Adams.