Is It A Over 50 Thing?

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I see this technology knowledge as garbage skills. Its all high end interfaces that change at the whim of these so called "tech" companies. Why bother to become proficient when its going to change in 6 months? You really can't do much with any of it. Texting is not technology. You can't even find visual basic anymore to do anything cool. I used to control real world stuff with PCs and mini controllers like a small hydro plant, system status SCADA boards, distribution system rtus.

I'm actually really disappointed with the state of technology right now. Its pretty much all toys.
 
I'm at a similar place @ 54. I used to chase the toys pretty hard, joke about having conquered land sea and air since when married we had a nice boat for a while, his and hers Harley's, then sold all that and after getting my PPASEL went and bought a used airplane did that for awhile (more expen$ive hobby than boating ...), then a convertible corvette (bought pre-owned), then time to buy our next house in 2006 bigger and nicer. I think it would have all toned down on it's own after 50 anyhow but it got an express boost to "material stuff doesn't matter that much" when she died unexpectedly in 2012 at age 45, I was 49 and our son 22. Combine the survivorship roller coaster with turning 50 and material possessions suddenly took a back seat. I really care about lately is how our son is doing starting his new life after marrying in 2015, how my nieces and nephews are, and my surviving brother and sister (mom dad another brother and sister all r.i.p.). Have focused on faith and being more charitable, and enjoying what more life has to offer. Physically I'm in great shape, and have had a good and complete recovery from my recent motorcycle wreck.

Proposed to my girlfriend last year, we're engaged, and life is happy. But chasing material goodies, for me, is probably on the back burner for good. As has been mentioned already by others, only interested in that which fills a need adequately and maybe one bell and whistle or two don't need the loaded model, etc.

The only exception to this for me would be motorcycles. They feel too personal to me to buy used, so I buy brand new. That's my one vice.
 
I'm that way in my early 40s
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your flip phone could resist driving over it...

Exactly. About once a year we have to fix my wife's iphone because it dies, gets scratched, etc.

My old flip phone goes on year after year....

I am 52 and I refuse to text. I have cell, voice mail, email, that's enough!!!!
 
Originally Posted By: Kuato
As you age, your priorities shift. At 50+ you're not concerned about what your friends think of your vehicle, but rather what you want in a vehicle. Same goes for cell phones, houses, lawnmowers and anything else you choose to buy. It's what you want, not anything that others want you to have.


I can't speak for anyone else, but that described me before I reached my 20's.
 
Originally Posted By: Mr Nice
At 50 you should be content with your life and not give a [censored] what others think of you.


Funny thing you soon learn. Life can be all roses at 50 and just a few years later be a total disaster. I thought after 50 I could slow down a bit. I work harder now than ever and my worries the last few years have been two fold with my parents and friends dropping dead like flies.
You never know what is to come your way. Yes you should have an idea but things seem to snowball the older you get. I never cared much about what others thought as I isolated myself from most people. A hermit for the most part
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Originally Posted By: 02SE
Originally Posted By: Kuato
As you age, your priorities shift. At 50+ you're not concerned about what your friends think of your vehicle, but rather what you want in a vehicle. Same goes for cell phones, houses, lawnmowers and anything else you choose to buy. It's what you want, not anything that others want you to have.


I can't speak for anyone else, but that described me before I reached my 20's.


Absolutely......
Every time I buy a vehicle some fool will ask, why did you buy that color.
Its either what I like or I got a great deal on it...
I have to live with it, not them!
 
A human lifetime is actually a very short chunk of time. No one usually comes to grips with this until they arrive at middle age. The classic mid life evaluation of where you've been, where you are, where you're going. It may then hit you that the party is about half over. And that first half seems to have snuck up on you and come and gone. So you look ahead with a little trepidation about the 2nd half and what it will hold, and how fast will *it* fly by? Thus, you may grapple for the first significant time with the concept of your own mortality, which was completely off the radar (usually) prior to age 30 and after 30 quickly swept under the rug in your mind, or locked away in the basement of your brain. Until now. Until 50 candles on the cake.

When you're in your 50's, it's easy to remember back 40 yrs to childhood and think of some of the more vivid memories that don't seem that distant. Well that 40 yr chunk is about 1/2 of avg life expectancy. And it's doesn't feel that distant in memory. Yikes!! That means the back end of the *next* 40 isn't that far away. Life is indeed short. Make it count.

My friends, even my fiancee joke with me about my habits of working out regularly, eating healthy, trying to take care of myself as best I can. They're like "Do all that and STILL die some day" or "Oh go on, live forever then, not me *I* don't want to live *forever*." My reply is simple. It's not about living forever, it's about laying a foundation of good health and physical conditioning to help increase the chances of having a *better quality of life* in my senior years than I might otherwise.
 
I started to view things this way when I hit my mid-forties.
Most of us no longer feel the need for all the cool new stuff right around the time that we can afford all of the cool new stuff without sacrifice.
Knowing that you can buy anything that might strike your fancy takes some of the aspirational aspects out of the purchase.
Some people don't get their, though.
Take a look at the average driver of something new, flashy and expensive.
They ain't in their forties nor even fifties.
 
I am 55 and amazed at how ones wants and needs change as one gets older. I have never been married and lived in the city for 30 years and had a TON of fun. Most nites now I am content sitting in my lazy boy watching teevee even tho there is so much nitelife around me. Had a couple of new bmw's with all the bells n whistles but I couldn't care less about that stuff anymore.
 
Originally Posted By: kpatter
I am 55 and amazed at how ones wants and needs change as one gets older. I have never been married and lived in the city for 30 years and had a TON of fun. Most nites now I am content sitting in my lazy boy watching teevee even tho there is so much nitelife around me. Had a couple of new bmw's with all the bells n whistles but I couldn't care less about that stuff anymore.


We are a lot alike!!!!
 
Originally Posted By: Donald
A Japanese lady who writes about organizing says to: 'only keep things that bring you joy'


A nice sound bite, but while a socket set has rarely been a source of joy to me, it is often a useful thing to have around.
 
I've never been into the latest doodads, always into old stuff. In the '70's I was riding '50's bikes, driving '50's cars. I gradually moved up over the decades, and now I ride motorcycles from the '80's and have a '90's car. Still have a tube TV, and I waste nothing...I like old stuff because I can fix it, new stuff I have to throw away.
 
Originally Posted By: fdcg27

Take a look at the average driver of something new, flashy and expensive.
They ain't in their forties nor even fifties.


Whereas the people I see in expensive new cars are generally that age or older.
 
Old dude in a new Corvette comes to mind. I do see so many old guys in new Vettes that the Chevrolet Corvette is almost the new Buick Park Avenue....
 
Be careful posting about "over 50" stuff. Apparently once you get to be over a certain age, you're not allowed to like something that isn't the latest and greatest, or you're labeled as old. I started a thread a while back stating that I liked several older model vehicles more than I do the new ones, and people said it's just because I'm old. So I guess when we get to a certain age we're just supposed to sit in our rockers and not have any opinions because we're too old to matter anymore...
 
Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Old dude in a new Corvette comes to mind. I do see so many old guys in new Vettes that the Chevrolet Corvette is almost the new Buick Park Avenue....


Do you know why? Us old dudes are the only people who can afford them...
 
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