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36, but tell no one! I've been lying so as to attract younger women.  :P
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Does your wife know this, or is she the younger woman? ;)

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I'm Thirtysomething and I remember all of the 80s, every delicious, wonderful, fantastic, amazing moment!!!  :)
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Hey!! They did a show about you back in the day, didn't they?  :D

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Hey!! They did a show about you back in the day, didn't they?  :D
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Indeed they did, Lester. And to think, I used to watch that show back then and think what old fogies the people on the show were!!!  Now, it's the story of my life!!!  :'(

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Does your wife know this, or is she the younger woman? ;)
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Well of course she is!! Whatever did you think I meant?  ;)

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28 here!  ;D

:-X
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LOL!!  I'd love to live in your world!!  You should try earth like the rest of us sometimes!! ;)  LOL!!  Don't worry, I'm :-X.

I will be 29 on February 10th.  Cards, letters, general well-wishing and PRESENTS will be appreciated!!  

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36, but tell no one! I've been lying so as to attract younger women.  :P
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Well, I'm younger!!  Show me a pic and I'll tell you if I'm attracted!!  ;)

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Does your wife know this, or is she the younger woman? End Quote

Wife?  :'(  I feel so...so...married myself, so I won't hold that against you!  LOL

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Ahem.  She thought you meant ME!!   ::)  Sometimes, it's like talking to rocks, ladies!!  Good gravy!! LOL

**Disclaimer:  I am just kidding Lester, and he knows this!!  He is trying to reform me!  Don't tell him that it's impossible, just smile and nod.  ;D  I am thinking of new tortures as I type.   ;D  ;) LOL**

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36, but tell no one! I've been lying so as to attract younger women.  :P
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I told you, Wicked Lester, I'm not that much younger, and I like older men anyway!

Of course, what I meant to say is that I'm 28.  And I remember the early 80's from a child's point of view, and the later 80's as an adolescent.  I had most of my firsts (and a few of my lasts) in that decade!

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36, but tell no one! I've been lying so as to attract younger women.  :P
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Don't lie, girls LOVE older men. Have you not figured this out? I mean, the overwhelming response should be enough. ;)

I myself am 32. There, I said it. 32. 32. 32. 32.

Now here's the question...how much leniency do the young deserve?

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Don't lie, girls LOVE older men. Have you not figured this out? I mean, the overwhelming response should be enough. ;)

I myself am 32. There, I said it. 32. 32. 32. 32.

Now here's the question...how much leniency do the young deserve?
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Hahaha. When people ask me how old/young I am, the only response I give is "sin cuenta". For those that know Spanish, the pun is obvious, but for the rest sin cuenta means "without count" (kind of like saying "countless" in English), but it also sounds like "cincuenta" which means "fifty". Ha! I'm much older than all of you! Somehow I think I will outlive you all though - a sort of modern-day Dorian Gray ;)


Tarzan Boy (the foreverguest)

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Leniency, eh? How young exactly?
Response, eh? Good idea.
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Okay, this has now been opened up. I'm sure this would better be suited to a private post, but I want to back down quickly if I'm the lone bitter old woman.

Think. Think before you type. You are fifteen years old and don't have the with nor wisdom to be this much of a smarta$$. Shouldn't you be practicing or in school or taking your Ritalin or something? I was a proponent of yours and I've watched you steadily move from amusing to aggressively annoying. Now publicly insulting, so I feel I have the right to publicly respond. Step off, little one. Mouthy boys are boring. Half conceived snide comments are pathetic. Your disrespect is reprehensible. I ask not so subtly now for you at least to keep the personal references at a minimum.

Or in words you might understand more fully, bite me.

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Hahaha. When people ask me how old/young I am, the only response I give is "sin cuenta". For those that know Spanish, the pun is obvious, but for the rest sin cuenta means "without count" (kind of like saying "countless" in English), but it also sounds like "cincuenta" which means "fifty". Ha! I'm much older than all of you! Somehow I think I will outlive you all though - a sort of modern-day Dorian Gray ;)


Tarzan Boy (the foreverguest)
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Never registering here.  :-/  Nunca?

On cincuenta - That's a good one TB! I'll have to try that now.  ;)

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Okay, this has now been opened up. I'm sure this would better be suited to a private post, but I want to back down quickly if I'm the lone bitter old woman.

Think. Think before you type. You are fifteen years old and don't have the with nor wisdom to be this much of a smarta$$. Shouldn't you be practicing or in school or taking your Ritalin or something? I was a proponent of yours and I've watched you steadily move from amusing to aggressively annoying. Now publicly insulting, so I feel I have the right to publicly respond. Step off, little one. Mouthy boys are boring. Half conceived snide comments are pathetic. Your disrespect is reprehensible. I ask not so subtly now for you at least to keep the personal references at a minimum.

Or in words you might understand more fully, bite me.
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Well said langdon ;D ;) :-*

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Well of course she is!! Whatever did you think I meant?  ;)
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Just clarifying so you don't get into trouble. ;)

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Okay, this has now been opened up. I'm sure this would better be suited to a private post, but I want to back down quickly if I'm the lone bitter old woman.

Think. Think before you type. You are fifteen years old and don't have the with nor wisdom to be this much of a smarta$$. Shouldn't you be practicing or in school or taking your Ritalin or something? I was a proponent of yours and I've watched you steadily move from amusing to aggressively annoying. Now publicly insulting, so I feel I have the right to publicly respond. Step off, little one. Mouthy boys are boring. Half conceived snide comments are pathetic. Your disrespect is reprehensible. I ask not so subtly now for you at least to keep the personal references at a minimum.

Or in words you might understand more fully, bite me.
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Hear, Hear. :) ;D

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Okay, this has now been opened up. I'm sure this would better be suited to a private post, but I want to back down quickly if I'm the lone bitter old woman.

Think. Think before you type. You are fifteen years old and don't have the with nor wisdom to be this much of a smarta$$. Shouldn't you be practicing or in school or taking your Ritalin or something? I was a proponent of yours and I've watched you steadily move from amusing to aggressively annoying. Now publicly insulting, so I feel I have the right to publicly respond. Step off, little one. Mouthy boys are boring. Half conceived snide comments are pathetic. Your disrespect is reprehensible. I ask not so subtly now for you at least to keep the personal references at a minimum.

Or in words you might understand more fully, bite me.
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Langdon:  

You are NOT old, you are NOT bitter (I happen to find your wit and sarcasm refreshing), and you are definitely NOT alone on this one.  It happens in life that a situation gets to a point where some things just need to be said.


Bobo:  

Perhaps you have heard of the straw that broke the camel's back.  Around here, saying something boneheaded enough to actually pi$$ off langdon hughes is pretty much it.  Or maybe you would better understand "now it's personal".  Say or do what you will to me, but when you start attacking my friends, you incur my wrath as well.  

You have all but held this board hostage the past couple of weeks with your insane number of meaningless, immature, "I'm posting for the sake of posting" posts.  At very least, you have made this a far less enjoyable place to visit.  You make my brain hurt.  Perhaps it is my teaching background that has allowed me to make this correlation; but I don't think I'm the only one who can see that the IQ level of this board as a whole seems to be inversely proportional to your number of posts.  In "plain English" - the more you post, the stupider (and yes, I did mean to say that instead of more stupid) this board gets.

If it were just myself who had a problem with you, or even if it were just me and langdon, I would bite my tongue until it bled (as I have done several times in the past couple of weeks while trying to be nice and not respond to some of the things you have said with which I have taken issue) and say nothing, in the interest of keeping peace on this board.  I have always been a proponent of "can't we all just get along?"  But, without betraying any confidences, I do feel free to say that I have had PM conversations with several different members in the past few days, which have inevitably ended with:
Mystery Woman:  "Alright, I'll leave you to your posting..."  
Other Member:  "Yes, I have to go read all the posts Bobo didn't make"
- or something along those lines.

It seems to me that you have a decision to make here, Bobo.  Since I always try to accentuate the positive, I will mention what I sincerely hope can happen.  Best case scenario you will choose to smarten up, and use this board as it was meant to be used, while making an effort to get along with the people here whom we've all grown to know and love.  After all, you do have as much right to be here as any of us.  And I'm not saying you can't play and have fun here; God knows I'm guilty of that more than most.  But please, try to contribute something besides grief to our little community while you do it.  I don't think I need to even mention the worst case scenario; I believe you get the picture.  

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Langdon:  

...

 I don't think I need to even mention the worst case scenario; I believe you get the picture.  
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I worship at the altar of you. So this is how it feels to discover that what you thought was a twelve-gauge sawed-off was really a cap gun. Yow- za.

TVamp, that enought attitude for ya?

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TVamp, that enought attitude for ya?
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And then some!  Totally impressed.  And ya know, that seemed mild to me at the same time.  Like there could have been a LOT more.  

Forceful women. heh heh.  Where have you guys been all my life?   :-*

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Way to go MW I thought it was just me who was getting fed up..... :)
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hehe..me too.  ::)

On topic...I am acutally 31.  ::)

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I am a 68er - which I quite like as it meant I spent my entire childhood in the 70's (hence my dislike of anything orange or brown), my entire teens in the 80s (and now hence my dislike of anything in hot pink !!!!) - the best years to be a teen, my wild 20's in the 90's and now my sedate 30's in the noughties.
Me too !! My mother dressed me in shocking 70's clothes hence my great love affair with black ! I hate anything in pink with a passion.But BMGirl sedate 30's ??why can I not believe that ?

PS LH and MW - sooooooooo C 8) L  !!!!
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;D ;D

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I can remember figuring out in the fifth grade ("Thriller" was out) that i'd be an ancient *26* when I rang in the year 2000. It terrifyed me, but I'm much better now... :)
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Aargh! I had the exact same experience!

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Normally it is you who likes a good beating, huh>> :o
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Only with wet, slightly undercooked spaghetti. And even then only on days ending in "y".

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36, but tell no one! I've been lying so as to attract younger women.  :P
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LOL!  I knew you were up to something, Lester!  ;)

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Hahaha. When people ask me how old/young I am, the only response I give is "sin cuenta". For those that know Spanish, the pun is obvious, but for the rest sin cuenta means "without count" (kind of like saying "countless" in English), but it also sounds like "cincuenta" which means "fifty". Ha! I'm much older than all of you! Somehow I think I will outlive you all though - a sort of modern-day Dorian Gray ;)


Tarzan Boy (the foreverguest)
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TB, why not make it official and become a member like the rest of us?  :)

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Hahaha. When people ask me how old/young I am, the only response I give is "sin cuenta". For those that know Spanish, the pun is obvious, but for the rest sin cuenta means "without count" (kind of like saying "countless" in English), but it also sounds like "cincuenta" which means "fifty". Ha! I'm much older than all of you! Somehow I think I will outlive you all though - a sort of modern-day Dorian Gray ;)


Tarzan Boy (the foreverguest)
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I guess I'm not the oldest here anyway!  In 2007 I'll be "sin cuenta" if you pardon the pun en español.  I thought that by being a fortysomething I'd be a senior citizen compared to you guys!

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Langdon:  

You are NOT old, you are NOT bitter (I happen to find your wit and sarcasm refreshing), and you are definitely NOT alone on this one.  It happens in life that a situation gets to a point where some things just need to be said.


Bobo:  

Perhaps you have heard of the straw that broke the camel's back.  Around here, saying something boneheaded enough to actually pi$$ off langdon hughes is pretty much it.  Or maybe you would better understand "now it's personal".  Say or do what you will to me, but when you start attacking my friends, you incur my wrath as well.  

You have all but held this board hostage the past couple of weeks with your insane number of meaningless, immature, "I'm posting for the sake of posting" posts.  At very least, you have made this a far less enjoyable place to visit.  You make my brain hurt.  Perhaps it is my teaching background that has allowed me to make this correlation; but I don't think I'm the only one who can see that the IQ level of this board as a whole seems to be inversely proportional to your number of posts.  In "plain English" - the more you post, the stupider (and yes, I did mean to say that instead of more stupid) this board gets.

If it were just myself who had a problem with you, or even if it were just me and langdon, I would bite my tongue until it bled (as I have done several times in the past couple of weeks while trying to be nice and not respond to some of the things you have said with which I have taken issue) and say nothing, in the interest of keeping peace on this board.  I have always been a proponent of "can't we all just get along?"  But, without betraying any confidences, I do feel free to say that I have had PM conversations with several different members in the past few days, which have inevitably ended with:
Mystery Woman:  "Alright, I'll leave you to your posting..."  
Other Member:  "Yes, I have to go read all the posts Bobo didn't make"
- or something along those lines.

It seems to me that you have a decision to make here, Bobo.  Since I always try to accentuate the positive, I will mention what I sincerely hope can happen.  Best case scenario you will choose to smarten up, and use this board as it was meant to be used, while making an effort to get along with the people here whom we've all grown to know and love.  After all, you do have as much right to be here as any of us.  And I'm not saying you can't play and have fun here; God knows I'm guilty of that more than most.  But please, try to contribute something besides grief to our little community while you do it.  I don't think I need to even mention the worst case scenario; I believe you get the picture.  
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Well said, MW.

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No--not a cat fight here.  I do know how to behave in front of people..Unlike some people I know?!?!?! ;D
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*looking over from running down neighboring street*  Hey!  I'm not that bad!

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that is gonna be one long street since she lives in Missouri and I live in Arkansas....but I bet my post man will be willing to help you out!!!! :o
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Not, not running down your street.  I'm avoiding that one.  Your post man scares me...

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that's ok..he can run down my street.. as long as he looks like Tom Cruise or Val Kilmer ;D
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No, I look like Sloth from The Goonies

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Keeping it under cover huh?????????????? :o
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I'll never tell.   ;)    Not even under MW's whip!

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I'm 24.I really feel old when I read posts from 14 year olds who wanna know more about the 80's. I didn't think I was that old but I was a kid in the 80's and it was wonderful.
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At least you had Barbie, Jem, She-Ra and He-Man to play with :)

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I'm 24.I really feel old when I read posts from 14 year olds who wanna know more about the 80's. I didn't think I was that old but I was a kid in the 80's and it was wonderful.
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Yeah I know what you mean.  I'm also 24, and lately I've been feeling kinda old too. I was just a child in the 80's, and having these kids ask questions about the decade like it's as old and retro as the 50's and 60's is enough to make ya feel really aged.

A bad thing to think about is that this is just the beginning.  It doesn't get any better, only worse. Can you imagine how bad it will be when you have kids ask questions about the 1990's?  

Makes me wonder if anyone around our age acted this way to the 1970's back in 1992?  Hmm...

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I told you, Wicked Lester, I'm not that much younger, and I like older men anyway!
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So that's what she sees in this 45-year-old man!  No wonder she's been chasing me!  Come back, Mystery Woman!  I miss you!

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33, so yes they are indelibly printed on my mind.My fiance is younger than me so some of its all beyond him !!   ;D
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Now I'm the same age, and I envy you!    8) ;D

Don't believe all the other posts on this thread!  (OK, I didn't read everything yet.)

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Don't lie, girls LOVE older men. Have you not figured this out? I mean, the overwhelming response should be enough. ;)

I myself am 32. There, I said it. 32. 32. 32. 32.

Now here's the question...how much leniency do the young deserve?
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I think it depends on the woman...(as far as the "older man" thing goes" I dont really think it has anything to do with the age, it has to do with the maturity, contrary to popular belief, maturity does not neccessarily come with age. Ive dated guys that were my own age, and even one that was younger but for the most part I do better with older men, I'm 20 and my boyfriend is almost 28. We met when I was 17 and he was almost 25, but we didnt start dating until after I was 18. haha.

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I know absolutely NOTHING of 80's music. All I heard growing up was Oldies...from the 50's and 60's
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That's funny - in HS while I liked alot of contemporary '80s stuff in music (fer sher), I was big into then-retro music - mostly '50s/early'60s.  I blame my parents and "Happy Days" and "Grease" for that.    ;D  Scary to think I'm in their shoes - almost - now.

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Well, I'm 22, so I only remember years 1982 and up.
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That's when the 80s really started cooking...Blade Runner baby!

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That's when the 80s really started cooking...Blade Runner baby!
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Yep.  8)

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I am a 68er - which I quite like as it meant I spent my entire childhood in the 70's (hence my dislike of anything orange or brown), my entire teens in the 80s (and now hence my dislike of anything in hot pink !!!!) - the best years to be a teen, my wild 20's in the 90's and now my sedate 30's in the noughties.


PS LH and MW - sooooooooo C 8) L  !!!!
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I was a child of the 70's as well.  I understand your dislike of the colors.  Our living room was what they called gold back then.  Really, it bordered on an orange-yellow color that I don't even know if there is a true name for in the color spectrum.  My mother still has the recliners in her basement, along with a couch that is a most lovely 70's green.  If only she had saved the shag rug!  Hot pink isn't so bad, however, I do suffer flashbacks when it is in combination with any other bright color.  

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Im 19 now and just remember the end of the 80's or so. I remeber quite a bit of the cartoons and toys, but not much else.

OT: Its funny. All the 30+ people saying word up and trying to be "homies". But thats just my opinion.
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Well a 30 year old would have been 19 in 1991, 1992.  Believe me the sayings "Word up" and "homie" were around then too.  

But there is something to be said about leaving your youth behind after you reach a certain age and acting more mature.

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Well a 30 year old would have been 19 in 1991, 1992.  Believe me the sayings "Word up" and "homie" were around then too.  

But there is something to be said about leaving your youth behind after you reach a certain age and acting more mature.
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...Yes, I'm over 30, and no, I don't "word up, homie"  I sincerely hope no one does anymore...

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My friends and I do, but only when we're making fun of those ill-mannered little whipper-snappers.  Er, I mean, "Young People".  ;D  ;D  (joking!)

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My friends and I do, but only when we're making fun of those ill-mannered little whipper-snappers.  Er, I mean, "Young People".  ;D  ;D  (joking!)
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