So this is it...

Nitefly

Happy Birthday, mister, enjoy yerself.

Looking back (I'll be 69 in a few weeks), I think my 40's were in some ways the best decade - I went back to gigging in a covers band and still had the energy for it!

Sporky

octatonic said:

Sporky said:

If it's any consolation, I'm 43 and the thinnest I've been in 20ish years. 

I’m not sure that is how consolations work.

Hmm. Yes  

I meant to indicate that middle aged spread isn't an inevitability...

BigBearKris

Happy birthday mate! All the best - have a great day.
Its my bday too - turned 34

munckee

Sporky said:

If it's any consolation, I'm 43 and the thinnest I've been in 20ish years. 

All the best people are 43 these days, its a thing...

Happy birthday OP, doing anything?

Funkfingers

markblack said:

I give less of a s**t about the pointless stuff. 

We have a winner!

Iamnobody

Many happy returns from a fellow 78er. I’m still in my thirties though for a bit longer.

I don’t mind getting old - 40 is the new 30 anyway...

Fretwired

Whipper snappers .. think of those who are 60 and over and show some respect .. ;-)

paulnb57

digitalscream said:

...my first day as a forty-something, and I'm still not a rock star. There's something wrong with the world.

On the other hand, let the middle-age spread begin

Lucky bugger, I wish I was forty.......Happy Birthday, buy a new guitar...(while you still can!)..probably a Strat to fit round the proposed new middle...

Phil_aka_Pip

paulnb57 said:

digitalscream said:

...my first day as a forty-something, and I'm still not a rock star. There's something wrong with the world.

On the other hand, let the middle-age spread begin

Lucky bugger, I wish I was forty.......Happy Birthday, buy a new guitar...(while you still can!)..probably a Strat to fit round the proposed new middle...

isn't that why Vox designed the Virage?

digitalscream

Thanks, everyone.

For the avoidance of doubt, though, 40 was last year. This is my first year as a 40-something.

Kilgore

digitalscream said:

...my first day as a forty-something, and I'm still not a rock star. 

There is still hope. Beard, baseball cap and the blues. It worked for Seasick Steve. Although you might have to invent a back story about living as a hobo and jumping freight trains.

Alnico

Happy Birthday mate.
40 is "just broken in" so don't let it stop you.

Enjoy yourself man.

thing

If it's any consolation my 40's were good but my 50's were brilliant. 62 now so starting to creak a bit but life is still good.

monquixote

Happy birthday dude.

Paul_C

Happy Birthday!

I enjoyed my 40s more than my 30s, my 50s have been a bit crap so far, TBH

menamestom

40’s you go downhill, rapidly.

Just make sure it’s on a mountainbike or in a sports car  

57Deluxe

TBH - passing 35 was the real killer cos was never any way was going to be considered young enough to play for England or be in a hip band. So consign yourself to applying your earned wisdom to assist other yoofs who as we all know, are a fick as fuck today and will never make anything of themselves. Teach, Coach and Produce. This is where your rewards now lay.

crunchman

I just turned 49, so next year is 50.  I've come to the conclusion that I can't deny being middle aged any more.

Can still beat my daughters on Mario Karts though.  Admittedly they are completely rubbish at.

ICBM

57Deluxe said:

TBH - passing 35 was the real killer cos was never any way was going to be considered young enough to play for England or be in a hip band.

This for me too - and because in the old Shakespearean reckoning, it's exactly halfway... although with modern life expectancy it isn't likely to be.

I also played a gig on or just after my 35th, and for the first time I noticed that I was completely invisible to the girlfriends of the younger band who were supporting us .

Rocker

You did all the sensible stuff @digitalscream, now it is time you forget all that BS and start living again. Rock on brother. Remember that life is for living so get out there a do it....

Happy Birthday.