...and I couldn't believe how much better looking I'd gotten just since yesterday.

Any of you relate?

(09-20-2021 10:23 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  

Ha ha, Mac Davis...

Just trying to start a silly thread to break up the realignment tension.

(09-20-2021 09:52 PM)bluebacker Wrote:  ...and I couldn't believe how much better looking I'd gotten just since yesterday.

Any of you relate?

Yep, I marvel at myself.

When I looked at the title of this thread my thoughts went the other way, thinking of Homer Simpson or Jar-Jar Binks.

I’ve held it all inward, Lord know I’ve tried
It’s an awful awakening in a country boy’s life
To look in the mirror in total surprise
At the hair on my shoulder, and the age in my eyes

— country music song “Amanda” (1973-ish) lyrics by Bob McDill

(09-21-2021 06:46 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I’ve held it all inward, Lord know I’ve tried
It’s an awful awakening in a country boy’s life
To look in the mirror in total surprise
At the hair on my shoulder, and the age in my eyes

— country music song “Amanda” (1973-ish) lyrics by Bob McDill

Got my first guitar
when I was 14
Now I'm pushin' 30
and still wearin' jeans...

Every. Single. Day.

(09-22-2021 02:32 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(09-21-2021 06:46 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I’ve held it all inward, Lord know I’ve tried
It’s an awful awakening in a country boy’s life
To look in the mirror in total surprise
At the hair on my shoulder, and the age in my eyes

— country music song “Amanda” (1973-ish) lyrics by Bob McDill

Got my first guitar
when I was 14
Now I'm pushin' 30
and still wearin' jeans...

Nowadays, basically everyone is “wearing jeans”. So I don’t think people of today really understand how subversive that was, 50 years ago. But the idea of a grown man wearing jeans every day was a definite statement that he was independent, and refused to play his assigned role by mainstream/middle-class society.

If you’ve seen any episodes of “Mad Men”, notice how the adults dress when they’re out in public. Nothing like now.

(09-23-2021 12:20 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(09-22-2021 02:32 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(09-21-2021 06:46 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I’ve held it all inward, Lord know I’ve tried
It’s an awful awakening in a country boy’s life
To look in the mirror in total surprise
At the hair on my shoulder, and the age in my eyes

— country music song “Amanda” (1973-ish) lyrics by Bob McDill

Got my first guitar
when I was 14
Now I'm pushin' 30
and still wearin' jeans...

Nowadays, basically everyone is “wearing jeans”. So I don’t think people of today really understand how subversive that was, 50 years ago. But the idea of a grown man wearing jeans every day was a definite statement that he was independent, and refused to play his assigned role by mainstream/middle-class society.

If you’ve seen any episodes of “Mad Men”, notice how the adults dress when they’re out in public. Nothing like now.

Very true. Unless you lived in Appalachia.