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FailureToCommunicate

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32. 525,600 minutes...each one precious...and yes, they do speed up...as you realize

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:49 PM

Nov 2014

you can't get a single one back.
However, if you make the most of them, with love in your heart and good will toward all, you may not regret too many of those...moments of your life.

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Does Time Speed-Up As You Age? [View all] yuiyoshida Nov 2014 OP

Life is short, act accordingly. PeoViejo Nov 2014 #1

I have my own theory of time Xipe Totec Nov 2014 #2

That is a great way to approach life! dorkzilla Nov 2014 #4

I heard that exact same explanation on NPR from a scientist. RiverLover Nov 2014 #5

GMTA... :) Xipe Totec Nov 2014 #6

Pretty insightful, you are. But hopefully ur in the left field like me!! :-) RiverLover Nov 2014 #16

I'm 55 and I could, I guess, start up a meth lab. Kaleva Nov 2014 #10

It will slow down Mr.Bill Nov 2014 #15

A place where I'll meet new and interesting people! Kaleva Nov 2014 #19

Sky high stacks, yo. n/t PasadenaTrudy Nov 2014 #33

Wonderfully stated Ishoutandscream2 Nov 2014 #48

Yes. I have been Spurlocking and it works that way. GreatGazoo Nov 2014 #64

When you're young, you're always starting a new phase of your life. Arugula Latte Nov 2014 #71

What does 'it happened the other day' mean to you? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #3

Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2014 #28

Whenever I think about time, I get second thoughts. teach1st Nov 2014 #7

Or... ReRe Nov 2014 #29

It wasn't an exact... teach1st Nov 2014 #40

Hey... you did good. I hadn't ever heard of it before. n/t ReRe Nov 2014 #49

No need to mystify it. Paladin Nov 2014 #8

Exactly. Blue_In_AK Nov 2014 #14

Everything is relative locally. Rex Nov 2014 #9

Yes, your orbit becomes smaller.. kentuck Nov 2014 #11

Life is like a roll of toilet paper... Bigmack Nov 2014 #12

So what's the tube in the middle? randome Nov 2014 #65

That's the Tube of Infinity... in which we all revert to star-stuff. nt Bigmack Nov 2014 #72

For me this year, August evaporated! oldandhappy Nov 2014 #13

Gravity intensifies as we get older, too. tclambert Nov 2014 #17

good point.. Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #20

I've been deflating all day. alfredo Nov 2014 #22

I've noticed that elderly do seem to be deflating more quickly, often loudly, and with less shame. Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #27

That's why we have dogs. They gladly take the blame. alfredo Nov 2014 #38

"deflating without shame, and having dogs to blame" Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #55

Ha! alfredo Nov 2014 #69

It's sad that gravity is especially cruel to women. alfredo Nov 2014 #23

Subjective... it depends on what we see as beauty. Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #30

I was thinking of the standards of beauty in our culture, and how too often alfredo Nov 2014 #34

so.. just for sanity's sake.. it is not gravity, but the culture, which is cruel to women. Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #54

So our culture judges women on what is a natural process. alfredo Nov 2014 #67

Yes, definitely. RebelOne Nov 2014 #53

That's why I don't want to live forever. Javaman Nov 2014 #61

I maintain that I am getting taller, as the ground gets farther away every year. Thor_MN Nov 2014 #31

My arms got shorter, until I got reading glasses. alfredo Nov 2014 #36

I have always worn glasses, but had the same problem yourmovemonkey Nov 2014 #50

I have some extra earlobe if you need. alfredo Nov 2014 #51

Once you have kids it does... ileus Nov 2014 #18

wow.. it seems like just yesterday I made that same calculation. Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #24

It sure does. I lay down on the couch and the next thing I know it is 9PM alfredo Nov 2014 #21

Yep... Except For When I Inadvertently Land On Faux News... WillyT Nov 2014 #25

I find there's a reverse phenomenon, which is that time goes more slowly Voice for Peace Nov 2014 #26

525,600 minutes...each one precious...and yes, they do speed up...as you realize FailureToCommunicate Nov 2014 #32

I honestly don't know if that's the case Warpy Nov 2014 #35

"Always remember... alterfurz Nov 2014 #37

It Sure Seems That Way Liberal_Dog Nov 2014 #39

Yes..."in perception" it does as one moves through their lives. KoKo Nov 2014 #41

Yes, at least subjectively. Not sure about objectively. n/t eridani Nov 2014 #42

Also, the time remembered is shorter than the lifetime. BlueJazz Nov 2014 #43

Elucidate, my dear Watson. nt raccoon Nov 2014 #60

Oh! how I loathe those little slices of death, slowly and surely stealing my Life away. BlueJazz Nov 2014 #63

Time flies like an arrow... BeanMusical Nov 2014 #44

Yes. Ishoutandscream2 Nov 2014 #45

As each year goes by... MrMickeysMom Nov 2014 #46

It does for me. Been nice knowing you!1 n/t UTUSN Nov 2014 #47

Everyday we live our life's window grow larger. We learn more, have more to remember Thinkingabout Nov 2014 #52

Never a breath you can afford to waste; you've got to kick at the darkness... DreamGypsy Nov 2014 #56

It seems to speed up whenever I'm using technology, Jamaal510 Nov 2014 #57

This weekend just flew by... yuiyoshida Nov 2014 #58

It sure feels like it, anyway. LWolf Nov 2014 #59

The first 26 years or so UglyGreed Nov 2014 #62

I guess it would seem to if you don't get your lazy ass off the couch! snooper2 Nov 2014 #66

It sure seems to. sendero Nov 2014 #68

Life is like a roll of toilet paper - the closer you get to the end the faster it goes. CrispyQ Nov 2014 #70