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Duppers

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34. In my 70s now & am worried for my 35yo

Reply to TXPaganBanker (Original post)

Thu Nov 17, 2022, 02:23 AM

Nov 2022

And what his future will be.

The public doesn't want to hear the truth about much of anything.

I've literally been crying in my dishwater for days because of my personal funk, wishing I could change what cannot be changed.

Just hang in there, kiddo. for ya.

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Turning 49 today. I've got a funk I can't shake. [View all] TXPaganBanker Nov 2022 OP

I've got a couple of decades on you, and there is a teaching I learned along the way Otto_Harper Nov 2022 #1

The other half is I'm not going to be around anyway. TXPaganBanker Nov 2022 #6

I'm sorry that you are dealing with so much UniqueUserName Nov 2022 #10

F*ck cancer! True Dough Nov 2022 #11

So sorry to hear this TPB. 😞😓😩 Celerity Nov 2022 #16

Very sorry to hear that Meowmee Nov 2022 #20

Aw gee 😟 Raine Nov 2022 #27

Terrible news, so sorry to hear. Enjoy whom and what u love now. AND you still migh beat the odds. electric_blue68 Nov 2022 #30

What Meowmee said. Duppers Nov 2022 #33

But we are not dead yet. UniqueUserName Nov 2022 #2

Wow, you sure are in a funk. Mister Ed Nov 2022 #3

It's from a pair of sources TXPaganBanker Nov 2022 #5

My wish here is to reassure you rather than quarrel with you. Mister Ed Nov 2022 #8

Yet as I watched the NASA channel last night, I heard them talk about future moon flights and BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #24

The 60 year old radio dish has been superseded marybourg Nov 2022 #4

I'm basing it on statements from the National Science Foundation and NASA... TXPaganBanker Nov 2022 #9

Extinction of our species (and many many others) might very well happen vlyons Nov 2022 #7

What do you think NJCher Nov 2022 #13

I'm not confident that human beings can overcome the greed of the fossil fuel industries vlyons Nov 2022 #15

I know they think that. I read a recent article by a guy who was asked to talk to a group of billionaire ... Hekate Nov 2022 #36

Everyone has exactly the same amount of time -- this moment. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2022 #12

+1 NJCher Nov 2022 #14

Happy Birthday youngster malaise Nov 2022 #17

Keep on keepin' on. Happy B day. twodogsbarking Nov 2022 #18

This article says nsf Meowmee Nov 2022 #19

Good morning and Happy Birthday Goddessartist Nov 2022 #21

Happy Birthday! It's mine too. I'm 66! LeftInTX Nov 2022 #22

Happy Birthday! BumRushDaShow Nov 2022 #26

I mean, that isn't at all what happened Sympthsical Nov 2022 #23

I crunched many many many WUs of SETI@Home's data from Arecebo BumRushDaShow Nov 2022 #25

It was a tool for near-earths, but not the best tool and far from the only tool Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #28

On the upside BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #29

I think the environmental factors are hurricanes and earthquakes... JHB Nov 2022 #31

Don't get discouraged my friend FakeNoose Nov 2022 #32

In my 70s now & am worried for my 35yo Duppers Nov 2022 #34

I'm sorry.... some DUers might think that you are 'too old' DemocraticPatriot Nov 2022 #35