I'm a fake and a phony-I want to come clean!

Nice job, cool way of putting it, good perspective

Quite honestly, I think that anyone who uses old pictures is trying to fool people and they should be banned for life. Who would stoop so low as to.... ummm, never mind!

You rock! And you are only as old as you want to be! My dad taught me that. My kids are teens and they say I act more immature than they do...still make prank calls with them, still up for putting 50 "garage sale here" signs at the wrong house. Age doesn't matter at all! And your hair is cool too....

Good for you Mike

My friend always says age is just numbers and I'm inclined to agree with her.

I'm 51 and I was told the other week I'm cool by a 15 year old. lol that was a real accolade.

Sounds as though your still pretty cool as well

Kim

My Avatar is a picture of me in ten years time.. so I'm actually doing quite well

Congrats Mike! Fantastic attitude, and very well said.

I always think its funny that people seem to feel ashamed of being old or not looking like a supermodel etc etc, and I applaud your comfort with being who you are. The world is full of weird and wonderful people in all shapes and sizes and I hope that more people realise that looks, age, material things- all these things are just wrapping. The most important thing is who we are, what makes us special. I believe that everybody in this world has something to give and its about high time that people learned to look beyond the surface. Age is a process that adds wisdom and evolves us as human beings, and as such I think it should be something that is respected and treasured, not treated as though it is a disease.

Hi Mike -glad to meet you. Nothing wrong with a distinguished older man.

My pic is getting to be about 3 years old now, too. I'm going to be doing something about that soon.

I cut my hair after that pic and it was the biggest mistake I ever made. It's growing back but it doesn't grow as even as it did years back. Not real worried about it these days, though. Seems I've hit the age of "don't sweat the small stuff, it's a long walk back to Eden".

Gee Steven - you must be a friend of my grandson, Methuselah?

I like your attitude about aging! I don't consider it at all fake to want to show off what you looked like 30 years ago. After all, that was you 30 years ago. And I do like that "Willie Nelson with long hair" look; HE looks good, too, for how long he's been around.

You look great, Mike! I have always liked men with long hair and face fuzz. Many need to pull it back in a tail after 30 so as not to look haggard, but not so in your case.

Coincidence I just replaced my 6 year old pic with last year's version a few hours ago - not sure if it is an improvement - not an age thing but more about lost 15 lbs.

I know I have mid-life crisis, (in regression) but it really irritates me when people write to apologize for an error saying 'well, excuse me I am XX years old' (usually younger than I am), as if it is to say this is why I am brain dead.

I feel better and look better than 10 years ago and I don't appreciate people acting like they are on their last leg. It makes me feel bad.

Like cheese we get better with age. (saying is actually 'age doesn't matter unless you are cheese').

Anyway, here is to still coherent after all these years.

Pat

Well...

Be nice, but here is a more recent pic of me. It's from 2007 instead of 2004. It was after a long day at Disney World and I was a bit tired - but happy.



So there you have it.

Anyone else brave enough?

All the best,
Michael

Eww!!!

Gareth, I like your avatar better.



~M~

stallone was pickled at 32

Chris, I'm laughing--good one. Robinana, you don't cross state lines to do your garage sales gig do you? I'm in MI so I'm safe, right? Traffic-Bug--no, I didn't reveal the "real" Mike. I'm really 127 years old, I'm just trying to work you folks up to the real Mike slowly. Kim Standerline--thanks Kimmie. But what still kills me is when I ask my kids how old someone is they are talking about and they say, "He's pretty old, he must be at least 40 or so." Arghhh .

JayXtreme--Having your future picture posted is a great idea. When I was a senior in high school and went to our yearbook-signing dance, one of my buddies got my yearbook and drew a mustache, beard, and long hair on my senior picture. I was *issed. I looked at it a few months ago and yikes!!! It looks almost exactly like me now!

Gareth, that looks almost exactly like me except for the body. I've got a wrist band just like that though! Mike Oksa--Disneyland is no easy gig. Kids can wear ya down!

Patrician--you're a sweetie for saying those things. And yes, I don't mind aging like good cheese, as long as I don't turn green around the edges. WirelessGeek--thanks bud! HeySal--thanks, hey, let's not sweat anything! KayKing--hey Kay, I've got more hair care products than my girlfriend--oh my gosh!!!

Steven, NO--a sex change operation is out!!! I've got a year's supply of Vi*gra and I plan on using it up in 3 months. After that, who knows?

ThomM--thanks bud, I appreciate your comment. Now listen, about getting my hair to grow. There is what I call the "50 Factor". Essentially what this theory says is that once a man turns 50, hair stops growing where it is supposed to, and starts growing where is isn't supposed to. PLEASE don't make me explain it any more than that. Nice to meet you Thom!

ParisHairdressing--your words are very good! Bless you! SuzanneUK--gads, not trying to be a smart ass, but you don't look half your age. Blond or brunette, doesn't matter, I know you're a good person. ic7--thanks bud. Hey Andrew--thanks, stay cool!

Thanks all--if I missed anyone, I'm old--I've got an excuse. One thing I have learned in my years is that judging others by their looks is one of the premier foibles of this human condition. The sexiest, coolest, most impressive attributes of a good person are caring, empathy, honesty, and a good set of ethics. I'll take those things over "covergirl" looks every time.

You're old? At 58?

You gotta be kidding me!!! You're way younger than many of us here at late 30's and this thread proves it.

Way to go Mike!!!

Old is new again my friend old is new again.

Dude, why are you reviving a 3 year old thread to just say that ??