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(Un)Happy Birthday to Me

I turned 40 last week, and to be perfectly honest, it sucks. I'm officially a grown-up. I'm closer to 50 than I am to 20. I'm too old to skateboard. Too old to drive a Porsche. Too old to eat whatever I want and not have it end up around my gut. But I'm the perfect age for a midlife crisis. Thus my recent obsession with motorcycles.

 

I've always dreamed of owning a Harley, but lately I've been serious about making that dream a reality. Harley Davidson's stock peaked right around my birthday…surely a sign that I should buy one, no? So I talked to my wife about getting a motorcycle license for my birthday to which she replied "Not on your life." Clearly I’m going to have to work on her a bit.

But that hasn't stopped me from surfing the Harley Davidson website. I'll have to live vicariously through the videoson the site for now.


I woke up with a fair amount of anxiety the morning of my birthday, but after a few beers with a few friends (including most of Zecco's Burlingame office) later that night at my party I started to feel better. Nothing a good cold Coors can't cure. Funnily, Coors stock also peaked right around my birthday. Which got me thinking, have I peaked as well? Or is this just the beginning of a journey leading to new heights?
 

Well, the screaming headache I had the morning after the party proved I'm too old for yet another thing…drinking too much beer. And hilariously, Johnson and Johnson (the makers of the Tylenol I downed) stock peaked just after my birthday. Maybe I should take that as a sign to act my age?


Published Monday, August 17, 2009 11:23 PM by Jeroen Veth - CEO
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James P said:

Your never too old to skateboard, it just hurts more when you fall - lol.

I was also recently looking at bikes. Beautiful pieces of machinery for relatively little outlay. However, the wife obstacle was too challenging. I ended up with a Corvette instead. Maybe you should consider one of these to solve your problem!
August 17, 2009 7:47 PM
 

dprovan said:

Hey what do you mean grown up, I'm 53 and still a kid.  What you have to remember is, that "officially grown up" number is like the speed limit it was set like 70 years ago and is useless. Shave your head, get a tattoo and skateboard all you want.  Oh and if your buying a porche send one to me :)
August 18, 2009 7:14 AM
 

CMG55 said:

I turned 54 this year and bought a Harley for the first time.
I did not ask my wife, and took a driving course as well.  I
am considering converting it to a Trike, it is an Ultra.  If
you don't do it you will always have a regret, like not buying
a stock you know is going up.
August 18, 2009 12:06 PM
 

ngrimwood said:

I am 62 and was told that 60 is today's 50,  really cheered me up until I looked into the mirror.  Here is a safe replacement for the skateboard,  take up rollerblading on flat terrain.  I have clocked 70,000 + miles on Venice and Huntington beaches and highly recommend the sport,  safer than motorcycle riding or skateboarding,
August 18, 2009 12:51 PM
 

ChrisCal said:

Who told you that you were too old to skateboard? Get a skateboard, or get roller blades.
August 18, 2009 2:41 PM
 

GTHU said:

You aren't too old for anything!

Buy the Porsche and the Harley :)  And you'll probably have to buy your wife something to make up for her letting you get the Harley and motorcycle license.
August 19, 2009 10:15 AM
 

moneyboy said:

No, with all the stocks pecking I think it’s more of a sign to buy some under value stocks.
On the wife front, buy the Harley and get life insurance. She will get over it once she learns she covered if something happens to you.

And dude stop your whining, live life and make a profit.  
August 19, 2009 12:09 PM
 

Michael_B said:

Van harte gefeliciteerd, hoop dat je er een mooie dag van gemaakt hebt.
And now back to English, Jeroen I've penciled in your birthday, perhaps stocks will peak once again when you turn 50 and we can all turn a nice profit ;-)
August 19, 2009 12:45 PM
 

LizzyMSN said:

hahah I turned 30 and felt the same way,and a new chapter begins.  There are more responsibilities, goals to accomplish, and headaches.  Well, you can always go snowboarding if you can't skateboard, (under the gear no one can tell you are 40thy). I guess the best thing you can do is not look at what you can't do but what you can do now that your brain has shrink. boo hoo life is passing you by as you think about it...
August 20, 2009 1:09 PM
 

cate said:

I find this posting interesting, I also turned 40 this year also and it has not effected me at all.  I say, skateboard on.  Live you life - every minute of it.  Enjoy!  Happy belated!
August 21, 2009 8:54 PM
 

The Big D said:

Does Tylenol work for a hangover?  Who knew?
August 24, 2009 2:48 PM
 

SmallCapGuru said:

I like what baseball great Satchel Paige said regarding age, "If you you didn't know hold old you were, how old would you be?"  You can interpret that statement a number of different ways but I'd like to think he was saying that a lot of your age is perception. At 46, I'm hiking up and down mountains looking for signs of Bigfoot here in Okiehoma, contemplating quitting my job and being a daytrader thanks to Zecco, and restarting an exercise program because I remember how great it felt to run 6 miles half a year ago for the first time ever in my life. Attitude is everything. There's always options - at any age.  
August 24, 2009 3:34 PM
 

Cap'n Frank said:

I would get the Harley, but for a real thrill try riding the FAS  or the FAZ, but only for a day or so.
Anyway, Happy B-Day and greetings from the great Mid-West.
Frank O
August 24, 2009 3:52 PM
 

madman420 said:

Tylenol?!  You're not gonna make it to 50 if you keep that up!!  Alcohol = Liver Damage, Tylenol = Liver Damage^2 . . .

The best trick? Prevention.  Drink as much H2O (agua) as you can possibly stand right before you hit the sack after a long night.  You'll feel like your stock went up over 50% the next morning.

And I thought 30 was bad!! =)
August 24, 2009 8:18 PM
 

Temade said:

I fell off of a Segway, and got a concussion. It sort of cured my desire for a motorcyle. They are really meant for off road in these days of drivers on cell phones etc.
August 25, 2009 6:15 PM
 

jamesmears said:

Your attitude is what sucks not your age.
August 26, 2009 8:02 AM
 

sssimi1 said:

I'm over 35.  I'm trying not to keep track of my age anymore so when 40 actually hits, maybe I will have forgotten how old I actually am.  30 was hard enough for me.  New decade, new evaluations.
August 26, 2009 12:33 PM
 

dollyeneuro said:

It is with understanding, that I agree, its absolutely no fun to get old.  The world is for the attractive, the young and the wealthy.

Of course you can be young and beautiful and broke and miss out on living life.  You can be middle aged and finally wealthy, only to discover you never got to enjoy your youth because you had to overcome poverty.

You can wake up middle aged, have worked hard, never enjoyed your youth and be broke.  The world is unfair!

Only through reincarnation or super fast advancing technology can we all be saved.  

Alas, as KRS 1 states, most of us fall by the way side for the lack of.  And of course, I have friends who believe they can overcome, they don't grasp the obstacles, yet they still have not overcome!  KEEP writin & peace out!

 

August 26, 2009 2:01 PM
 

pjbrunet said:

It sounds like you need a new goal in life?  

Good idea about skateboarding.  Once you break an ankle (the most common way to break a bone) you're 3x more likely to break it again, or so the Internet says.
August 27, 2009 12:56 AM
 

kaosmkr1 said:

3 sayings for ya.
money isnt everything its just more fun having it!
if your not living your dying
and last but not least your not getting older your getting better
so in result - buy the bike (dyna wide glide should suit no less)
keep drinkin the beer - and enjoy the bounty of all the hard work
  from a father and husband
August 27, 2009 1:08 PM
 

trurl9 said:

Happy birthday! May I have $100,000 added to my account to trade with? (It never hurts to ask.)

Dude, I was snowboarding and windsurfing when I was 40 and fat.
Eight years later I'm still fat and the world's going to end in 2012. Get busy, son, you've got a lot of life to enjoy, and nothing in this crappy ol' universe is guaranteed.
August 30, 2009 2:07 AM
 

cramericash said:

SERIOUSLY

THAT WAS LAME
BUT ANYWAYS.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GOODLUCK


August 30, 2009 11:56 PM
 

meshuggah said:

you're still young and you are able to live life however you want it. never grow old at heart. - happy birthday!
August 31, 2009 10:02 AM
 

ghoti said:

How in the hell did you get to be a CEO
August 31, 2009 10:14 AM
 

Trader Jack said:

BUT, you're only about 15 years away from senior discounts at restaurants.  There is something to look forward to.
September 1, 2009 6:18 PM
 

Circumspect said:

Late Happy Birthday to you! You're never too old for a Porche and now I know, thanks to the others, never too old to skateboard either. :-) I'm 43 and know how you feel. Reading these gave me a lift and a laugh. Thanks all. We have a lot to look forward to and to be thankful for. Lets live life to the fullest, give God the thanks to Him be the glory forever.
September 3, 2009 1:51 AM
 

Ulia said:

Just wait til you all reach 90!
September 23, 2009 12:45 AM
 

cpmustang said:

Why should you ask your wife permission to do anything? I thought that was the point of gender equality -- that is, unless she has to ask your permission to do things she wants to do as well (which, in my mind, would make for a very impractical marriage).
September 28, 2009 2:22 PM
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