Merlin app has been a revelation to me.
ObsIdentify too.
Hoping to become a wise old naturalist (not naturist, although that seems to be a 50+ trend too!)
That’s because just a few years after we GenX kids saw the last astronauts return from the moon, there followed the words
" A long time ago in a galaxy far away… "
Yes, just like young women get a guide book on twerking, getting injections for duck lips, and texting while driving at 30 mph below the speed limit without looking up.
I dunno, I already liked dry cookies and British crime dramas, so the year I turned 50 I got a black belt in shotokan karate and my beer league hockey team won a league championship.
The bird watching I get, and honestly think younger people should be into it. It’s basically an Easter egg hunt for adults but the eggs move around, are better looking, and different places have their own egg varieties.
In my thirties I started making plastic model kits. I decided that I needed a hobby besides books and video games, something with my hands. I suppose you’d consider that typical, lol
I can’t judge. I used to critique trashy love competition shows in my early 20’s. Now I can’t fall asleep without the lives of beautiful people falling apart for my enjoyment at 29 years old.
I did my bird watching in my 30s. I do dig some British Crime but usually Scandinavian are better. The female Detectives are Def hotter in Nordic crime drama
Definitely not. I'm 55 and I have zero interest in any of those things. I mean, maybe it got lost in the mail? And it's like a weird curse where as soon as you touch the guidebook, you like the things it guides you about?
That makes a good horror movie plot. A young mail carrier delivering the envelope with the guidebook accidentally touches the guidebook through a tear in the outer paper envelope, and now their life is ruined.
It's a made-for-tv movie channel for women, and every movie is about how a woman gets away from a dangerous, abusive man. Whenever I catch him watching I spoil it by telling him the ending.
Nailed it! In fact I only have one true BBQ, the other four are all smokers (that can do BBQ if need be), BBQ/Smoking is also a great reason to drink some of the home brewed beer🍻
None of that really applies to me. However, I have said a couple times this year "I do not remember seeing so many blue jays everywhere when I was younger". So... maybe. 🤔
Not only is there no guidebook, few of us past 50 would ever write one. We know we'd have nothing useful to offer. Anyone writing one is in it to sell guidebooks because he screwed it up himself and needs the money.
No, we just finally realize we’re not 19 anymore. Ow! My bunions are competing with my sciatica to see which one will make me grab my aleve and water pipe first!
I received a gardening book (love it) and a photo album with a section showing women under 40 with each entry labeled "UGLY" and another section with ladies over 40 labeled "HAWT".
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ObsIdentify too.
Hoping to become a wise old naturalist (not naturist, although that seems to be a 50+ trend too!)
" A long time ago in a galaxy far away… "
Yes, just like young women get a guide book on twerking, getting injections for duck lips, and texting while driving at 30 mph below the speed limit without looking up.
In truth I was emulating a friend who got his black belt at 50 several years earlier and thought “oh hey, I could do that!”
And cook dinner when I get home
My wife watches murder shows to get pointers