Are there many, some, a few of us over 50??

[Nanci]

I'll be 48 in November.

60's- My first TV memory is President Kennedy's funeral. Because I liked the horses. Too young to be scared of missiles. Too young to appreciate the Beatles or Elvis. It was more like The Monkeys and Bobby Sherman!

Nanci

[Lise]

It was more like The Monkeys and Bobby Sherman!
Nanci

Oh, Yes!

1st record album: The Monkees. On my pillow one day when I came home from first grade (1966). Why? Who knows. Mom just gave me a spontaneous, and very important gift! I will never forget it.

I once dated someone for 18 months basically because of a strong resemblance to a young Bobby Sherman. Didn't realize it until we'd broken up, and Bobby was going on a nostalgia tour with Mickey Dolenz and Davy Jones. OF COURSE my sister and I got tix! Very, very sadly, the tour was cancelled mid-way through for some reason. It was humbling to realize that I'd probably stuck it out as long as I had in that relationship because, at some level, I thought I was dating Bobby Sherman...

Remember "Here Come the Brides"? "The bluest skies you've ever seen, in Seattle, and the hills the greenest green, in Seattle..."

[jobob]

Too funny! My first album was Bobby Sherman

And yes, I looooved Here Come the Brides. But I was more crushed-out on David Soul.

[SouthernBelle]

I shall be 51 on the 9th. You don't have to send presents, cash will do.

1-What were the 50's-60's like? Ike, Kennedy, cold war, cuban missile crisis, marilyn monroe,the films..(hitchcock..!!), ritchie valens/the big bopper, nixon, etc...

Mostly a good time to be a kid. Most moms in our neighborhood were SAHM moms and we played outside all summer. Most of the things you ask about here weren't on my radar. I was totally unaware of the cuban missile crisis at the time. I did think JFK was handsome and I liked that he had little kids.

2-What did you think of elvis, the beatles, mamas & the papas, the beach boys-Which beatle was your fave? Did you get to watch them on the ed sullivan show???

Meet the Beatles was my first album. I still have it. I used to play it over and over. I loved Paul. My best friend loved John. Yes, I first saw them on Sullivan and we discussed them in great detail the next day on the playground.

3-Do i dare ask about the 70's...? Eh. I went to a disco once. Had a floor just like in Saturday Night Fever. But I really can't dance.

[Crankin]

I'm 52 (53 in November). I've been riding around 5.5 years. Did lots of gym stuff before that, since I was about 25. I also was the last one chosen for any team in gym class. But, the one thing that i did do on a pretty consistent basis was ride my bike. I didn't learn to ride until i was 10 (too uncoordinated), but once i did, I was rarely home. I had a Schwinn with coaster brakes and 2 three speed Raleighs. Had a huge generator light on the front of one of them. I lived in a suburb of Boston that had lots of hills... now I can't believe i went up them on a 3 speed. Well, moving to Florida and then Arizona near the end of high school pretty much stopped the riding. Too hot and everyone drove everywhere. I did a lot of walking in AZ, along with the gym stuff, but somewhere along the way, a boyfriend bought me a 5 speed road bike. I used to ride it to grad school classes in summer school, when i first started teaching. I have a distinct memory of riding in a sundress with a backpack on! A few years later, my husband bought us 12 speed bikes. I rode a little, probably never more than 10 miles, at a very slow speed. That ended when I was 7 months pregnant and I stopped short, behind my husband and the down tube shifter went into my stomach. I went into premature labor, but all ended well.
I started riding again because my husband got me into it, along with one of my sons. I do feel pretty young when I'm riding, although I think I need to take a few more rest days than I do! A funny story that happened this year was one day when I was chaperoning at science camp last December, i went on a short, but steep hike up a snowy, icy trail with the other teachers (the oldest one was 34). A couple of weeks later, one of them, who is about 25, told me that they "all want to be like me when they get old..." I knew it was a compliment, but it didn't sound right.

By the way, the sixties were cool. My own kids could never surpass anything I did back then...

[kaybee]

I'll be 48 in November.

60's- My first TV memory is President Kennedy's funeral. Because I liked the horses. Too young to be scared of missiles. Too young to appreciate the Beatles or Elvis. It was more like The Monkeys and Bobby Sherman!

Nanci

Oh, yes, Nanci, I can relate! I'll be 48 (oh my gawd!) in February, so we were watching the same things on TV at the same time.

KB