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I certainly hope this is a mid-life crisis. That would mean that I have another 65 years to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
 
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Originally Posted by Unhingd
I certainly hope this is a mid-life crisis. That would mean that I have another 65 years to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
My sentiments exactly! I'm on for living to 136 - get my money's worth from the F-Type!
 
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I took this the day I took delivery.

 
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When we moved out in the sticks were we live now, my wife told me not to buy a cabrio, to prevent typical blondes to get attracted to me and the cabrio..
Instead I bought a small tractor to work the land of our 4 acre plot and even-out the exercise area of the horses... ... were a neighbour spotted me.

So two days later this blond lady appeared at our front door asking if I would be willing to even-out her horse excercise area too.. .. this has since
become my standard party joke and my wife hates it..
 
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Originally Posted by Dan_NL
When we moved out in the sticks were we live now, my wife told me not to buy a cabrio, to prevent typical blondes to get attracted to me and the cabrio..
Instead I bought a small tractor to work the land of our 4 acre plot and even-out the exercise area of the horses... ... were a neighbour spotted me.

So two days later this blond lady appeared at our front door asking if I would be willing to even-out her horse excercise area too.. .. this has since
become my standard party joke and my wife hates it..
It seems you have a surplus of blonde ladies, or perhaps you are just a magnet for them.
 
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No blonde has ever asked me to even-out her exercise area!
 
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No blonde has ever asked me to even-out her exercise area!
Only where they exercise the horses.. .. how many ladies have that...
 
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No blonde has ever asked me to even-out her exercise area!
 
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Roof down at stop lights good for ego. They really can't tell your age!
 
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Mid-Life is late 30s. I always get a kick out of people in their last 40s, 50s referred to as having a mid life crisis. I always say I'm having a 2/3rd life hell of a good time.
 
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Originally Posted by Unhingd

I certainly hope this is a mid-life crisis. That would mean that I have another 65 years to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
I was 71 when I got mine. Hope I can drive it for another 71 years
 
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Originally Posted by Burt Gummer
Mid-Life is late 30s.
According to most "official" definitions, mid-life is defined as ranging from 40 to 60 years of age, precisely where the survey on this forum places the bulk of the F-Type owners. However, I would propose that ownership is not the result of a mid-life crisis, but rather a mid-life epiphany or enlightenment.

 
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I have another defintion. Why not say the 'midlife' is the " Year zero" , before that its "BF" [ ..Before the F-type..] and then the new era starts 'WF" [..With the F-Type..] ,
hopefully do not arrive at "AF " [.. After the F-Type..] , unless they pass through a sudden climate change era 'WTF' [...Without The F-Type ..] when they crash it, it gets stolen,
or they are forced to sell.
 
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Originally Posted by Dan_NL
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I have another defintion. Why not say the 'midlife' is the " Year zero" , before that its "BF" [ ..[b]Before the F-type..] and then the new era starts 'WF" [..[b]With the F-Type..] ,
hopefully do not arrive at "AF " [.. [b]After the F-Type..] , unless they pass through a sudden climate change era 'WTF' [...[b]Without The F-Type ..] when they crash it, it gets stolen,
or they are forced to sell.
WTF does this even mean?
 
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Originally Posted by fujicoupe
WTF does this even mean?
Are you aware of BC/AC ; christian timeline... I devised a 'personal timeline' for the owners of an F-Type : you start counting once you get one..
 
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Originally Posted by Unhingd

I certainly hope this is a mid-life crisis. That would mean that I have another 65 years to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
I'm surprised that no one has commented that it technically, it says mid-LIVES crisis (as in a cat having 9 lives). If you're only midway through #1 at 65, you could have another 1105 years to go. Just watch out for the Land ROVERS.
 
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you could have another 1105 years to go..
Again, too much of a good thing...
 
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Actually, the only way to accurately determine midlife is from the casket, so.......
having said that, sit back in your favorite Jag,drive it, enjoy life to the fullest and to h*** with what everyone else is saying.
 
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My 99 1/2 year old father-in-law still works 60 hours per week at a physical labor job in his own factory and shows no signs of the aging process we normally assume accompanies his advanced age. He walks without any old age gait. still lives on his own, does his own cooking and gardening, grows prize tomatoes for me and gets up on a tall ladder every weekend to pick figs for my wife. There is an old Yiddish saying that is usually part of a birthday greeting that " you should live 'til 120," but we don't say it to him on birthdays any longer, because we believe we'd be cutting him short. In the past 6 weeks, he traveled to Austria (his birthplace) for two weeks, came home then flew to the Caribbean Islands to be with his son and grandchildren for a week. He wears me out when we're together, and I'm 34 years his junior. So in his case, it might have been his midlife crisis at the age we're discussing.
As for my midlife crisis car, it has to be red, Italian, and have 2 doors, and mine came home to me a couple of weeks ago after a 4 year restoration. Time for a drive!
 

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