Lord, where has it gone?

[ditchparrot]

Is there a celebrity or somebody else who epitomizes the passage of time for you?

I've long been at least a casual fan of the Scottish rock band Simple Minds. Back in the mid-'80s, Jim Kerr (the lead singer) looked like a lot of the kids I went to school with every day at Chico State University. Now he looks older than Gene Hackman in The Quick and the Dead.

Whenever I see him now, it's a stark reminder of how many more days are behind me than ahead of me.

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[dave77]

Just watched a Dan Rather interview with Robert Plant last night. Still has a decent voice but nothing like his Led Zeppelin days. At 75 he's only 4 years older than me, Jimmy Page is 80.

[RanchRoper]

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[Sir Henry]

I could never remember a time when Fidel Castro and Queen Elizabeth was not around. Now that they are both gone it’s a passage of time.

[Hatchdog]

Wow, Simple Minds. I have an old CD around somewhere, I’d better get it out and see if I still have a CD player around.

[Mags]

I still have an 8-track player in my garage/shop junk pile, but the tapes for it are long gone.

[RanchRoper]

Most 8 tracks seemed to end up on the shoulder of some highway. Miles of tape all knotted and pulled out.