Is 42 to old for...

[78 Chevyrado]

Blazin....  I applaud you for getting involved and trying to keep things civil, even if the douches weren't having it.  42 is not too old...  92 is not too old, as long as you don't ruin yourself over it....  I've been in a similar situation to this a couple of times.   I'd do it again.  I got beat up and did some beating up, but things didn't go any farther than that....  and I'm big enough at 6'3" I can take a beating if it goes to me and NOT some woman....  ANY woman. 

I say you did the right/correct thing.   This isn't something to brag about, but it is...  Violence is always deplorable, but I will do it if it brings the crap onto me and not some innocent.  I'm proud of you bro, you did rightby your friends, because you did what you thought was right...  that's all we have man.  I go by what I thinks right even if it gets me beat up. 

If only more people acted like you, this world would be a better place.

[bake74]

     Sorry to chime in so late.  Have been away for awhile.
     Blazin, in this situation I would say you were right, regardless of what happened to you.
     Coming from someone who does not drink, but has lots of friends who do drink, and at 45 I still love to hang out with friends.  With that said, my philosophy is this.
     1.  Never stand around when a women is getting abused no matter what.  Men are supposed to be protectors of women and children, always has been, always will be.
     2.  A friend is suppose to always be there for a friend, if not then you are not a friend. 
     If one of my male friends wants to start something then he should be able to finish it.
     Now I have always made sure it is a 1 on 1 fight in that case ( I don't know why but people say I have an intimidating demeanor, I do not know why, maybe it the  reputation I have).
     3.  Never start something, but if something does get started YOU BETTER DA@@ WELL FINISH IT, at least that is what dad always said and so for have not let him down.
     If you truly stop to think back of every time you got in a fight, can you say that it solved anything by fighting ?  Granted that some times people just need their head hit a few times to clear the cobwebs out.
     I heard that someone wrote " that it takes a bigger man not to fight".

     Blazin, I just have to say that I am glad you are OK, relatively speaking.  I am also very happy you are not one like some that when gets pushed too far looses control and goes into berserker mode and destroy's everthing.

[Bitzer!]

Nowt wrong with being 42 - I'm gonna be there in a week or two!

The song goes - Promise me Son not to do the things I've done, walk away from trouble when you can...........

Exactly that - when you can.

I'm 75kgs so not a heavy weight by far but I'll warn anyone wanting to fight "you better make the first punch a good one". I'm a quick SOB when riled and left many on the floor, never been put down and still have my young (ish) looks. I'm not proud of fighting but if pushed to defend people/property and it's the last resort then I'm there.

Deep down I'm a lover not a fighter.

Just remember Becky & the Gatlin boys - the young 'uns on here might need YouTube to help!

Andy

[Lt.Del]

Hey guys.   Been a while since I've been on here.  B/W my job and my family keeping me busy, time is very scarce nowadays.  Now, last week I just turned 45.  Age is but one factor, but it denotes perhaps another imbedded in that number--wisdom. But, again, even that is just one factor.  It's funny what kids and a wife do to an otherwise unrestrained character. But, even with all that, I'd have to say, just as I preach to my 7-yr old son who now holds a blue belt in martial arts, that if you don't stand up for principal, you are nobody.  I've given him the green light to kick the but of any bully that may try to show their ignorance on him.
I've always been able to handle my share but will say I have not always left unscathed, or even in better shape than others, but, no matter how many times I got intimate with the ground, I'd always stand back up to prove a point--it proves nothing to initiate a physical altercation over something that has nothing to do with one's muscles or quickness. All too often I find that some try to compensate for their lack of brain cells with muscle cells to try to impress others.  My brother was always much bigger than me and could and would kick my but so many times growing up.  But, I'd stand right back up to prove that it means nothing to be larger than someone else, but, standing up for a purpose is what's important. He learned, though it took a while for those neurons of his to clearly see it, that it was pointless to kick his little brother.  I made him look bad because he never proved anything from it except to show that his kid brother had more will power.  Perhaps those many encounters of a young lad influenced what I became later in life in terms of a career--standing up for what's right and the fact one will not get away with their immature behavior. 

Lets just say his face got in the way of my fist a bunch of times!

I love this.  Reminds me of the 1979 Daytona 500 which ended in a crash on the last lap and resulted in the two lead cars, Cale Yarborough and Donny Allison, in a tango on the front stretch in front of millions on live TV--the first live broadcast flag to flag of a NASCAR race. The King went on to go from 3rd to victory.  When Bobby Allison parked his car next to the mangled cars of the other two drivers still dancing, Bobby taught Cale that it wasn't cool to mess with his brother.  He said, "Cale's face hit my hand many times during that misunderstanding."

It sounds like those modern-day Gatlin Boys (Yes, Andy, Kenny Rogers was a legend--before all those plastic surgeries) just don't learn from their mistakes.  Perhaps it's from getting amnesia from all those licks each time they show their true colors.