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villager

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40. 15!? I guess it's not just the former pups getting older!
Thu Jan 1, 2015, 03:02 PM
Jan 2015

Congrats, LWolf. Yeah, my youngest is a sophomore already -- eldest just has a year and a half left of college!

And right -- the hindsight comes because of the hard parts...

Happy New Year!

Apropos of nothing, but a great line from a song sung by Dave van Ronk HERVEPA Dec 2014 #1
I can think of somethings but TexasProgresive Dec 2014 #2
Just 2 things. LWolf Dec 2014 #3
That's the big caveat -- "If I could be guaranteed the exact same children." villager Dec 2014 #29
That's the thing, isn't it? LWolf Jan 2015 #37
15!? I guess it's not just the former pups getting older! villager Jan 2015 #40
I am exactly where I am supposed to be. JayhawkSD Dec 2014 #4
Awesome... SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #16
I feel the same way Lurker Deluxe Dec 2014 #22
I would have bought Apple stock a decade earlier yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #39
al gore wins PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 #5
+1 and Carter gets reelected lunasun Dec 2014 #8
John Brown holds the east-bound train for 24 hours. Failing that, Lincoln decides KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #42
I would have been a good student at a younger age. roody Dec 2014 #6
Same here. tammywammy Dec 2014 #27
I'm too dumb to know what to change. dawg Dec 2014 #7
Mothers. Bah, what are you gonna do? Few people know that Mark Twain was an KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #46
2014? I would have taken my meds and avoided the aneurism and 3 head surgeries. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #9
That is scary, NYC_SKP. femmocrat Dec 2014 #11
Aw, thanks femmocrat! NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #25
Freaking wow! malaise Dec 2014 #30
Thanks, darlin'! NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #31
I'm glad you are doing better. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2015 #48
Studied more and partied less. femmocrat Dec 2014 #10
There's a song in there somewhere... Iggo Jan 2015 #45
LOL femmocrat Jan 2015 #53
In personal terms I would have taken hifiguy Dec 2014 #12
I'd have taken better care of my teeth. Ron Obvious Dec 2014 #13
My underwear Glassunion Dec 2014 #14
I would have never joined the Army Victor_c3 Dec 2014 #15
I'll keep things the same. Oh Wait..um..SummerSnow..I'd help you convince your parants to... BlueJazz Dec 2014 #17
I'd have put pressure on my parents to smoke and drink MORE! 1step Dec 2014 #18
I would pass... abakan Dec 2014 #19
The only real regret I have is that I didn't discard my biological dad from my life sooner mythology Dec 2014 #20
Nothing. Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #21
. Iggo Jan 2015 #44
I would have put more faith in my opinion of myself, less faith in other's opinions of me. uppityperson Dec 2014 #23
I would have stood up to my mother tabbycat31 Dec 2014 #24
Finished my bachelors degree when I first went to college. tammywammy Dec 2014 #26
I didn't finish until age 40. roody Dec 2014 #32
Most of the time my intentions were good. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #28
chosen a different major renate Jan 2015 #33
when I was living on the edge of the Silicon Valley from 77-81 I should have gotten into computers Douglas Carpenter Jan 2015 #34
Majored in something else and taken college more seriously. nt raccoon Jan 2015 #35
Never should have returned to the United States after living in Europe for 4 years ChosenUnWisely Jan 2015 #36
In 1967 I had a passing interest in the stock market. Vinca Jan 2015 #38
Study math and physics, rather than literature and history. - nt KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #41
If I'd made better choices, my brother would have never met the mothers of my nieces. Iggo Jan 2015 #43
I would never take that first drink of alcohol and I would take better care Skeeter Barnes Jan 2015 #47
Exercised more. Saved more. TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2015 #49
Underwear 1step Jan 2015 #50
If I had to do it all over again, I would not have gone to the roller skating rink with Sandy. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2015 #51
Spent less time regretting what I did in the past. Liberal Veteran Jan 2015 #52
... Jamaal510 Jan 2015 #54
Instead of the lay off - I would have taken JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #55
I never would have poked it. rug Jan 2015 #56
I never would have married my first wife. nt madinmaryland Jan 2015 #57
I would have married the man I loved.. nruthie Jan 2015 #58
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