We’re Getting Old and So Are You!

We’re Getting Old and So Are You!

You’re Getting Old – A Cloudeight Site Pick!

No one over 40 likes to be reminded that they’re getting old. For instance, let’s take EB as an example of youth gone wrong. I happen to know that she’s taken (as of this second) 516 million breaths of air, her cold heart has beaten over 2.3 billion times, and she’s seen the moon circle the Earth more than 800 times! In short, she’s old. Let’s just call a spade, a spade. She’s OLD OLD OLD!

My dear departed dad would always respond to the question, “How are you doing” by saying “I’m still above ground and that sure beats the alternative.” And he was old when he said that.

EB is so old in fact, that —

April 26th, 1986: A catastrophic nuclear accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine – she was already “middle-aged” back then!

She was 17 when Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland.

She was 20 when the war in Vietnam ended.

She was 24 when then-president Jimmy Carter was attacked by a swamp rabbit while fishing in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. I mention this because EB is a Southern girl.

You’re probably thinking I spent a great deal of time looking up all this stuff about EB. But it only took a few seconds to dig into the past and dredge up all kinds of fun goodies that just lets you know just how old that woman is!

By now you’re probably puffing out your cheeks, getting ready to explode into a frenzy of expletives, and contemplating closing your browser in disgust because you think I’m ranting and raving just to tell you how really OLD EB is— but of course, you’d be wrong.

Like I do at least half of the time, I do have a point, but you know how I love to build up suspense before I get to it. I like the hissing sounds you make while you read my wanderings wondering if I even have a point… and if I do, am I ever going to get to it?

And don’t have a hissy-fit! I am only kidding about EB. She’s younger than me, I am loathed to say.

OK, so you pressured me into it. I do have a point and here it is (really!).

The point is that there is a really interesting site where you can type in your date of birth and get a list of interesting facts about your age – and more importantly – remind you just how old you really are. While it may make you wince to see how many days old you are, how many breaths you’ve taken, how many miles you’ve traveled, and how many times the moon has circled the earth since you took your first breath, you will also learn some of the historical events that have happened LONG lifetime, and much more.

Gleefully you’ll be able to run a report on your friends, especially those who are older than you — if there are any — and send them a link to their “age report” just to remind them how really old they are and don’t forget to point out that they are older than you.

The site is called “You’re Getting Old” and you can learn some really interesting facts about your age and the events that have happened since you first gasped the air on this earth. And you will be reminded over and over and over again just how old you really are. So muster up some courage and come along with me – and be reminded that YOU’RE GETTING OLD!

Don’t be afraid. Visit our site pick, “You’re Getting Old” right now.