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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 09:58 AM Original message |
Is it just part of the human condition to be glad we're older when we're about middle-aged |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. There isn't much about getting older that is a great deal of fun.. |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. carpe diem tempus fugit |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Fascinating that you would assume that you have 20+ years left... |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. i just had my 62nd birthday & am happier |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think it is the human condition. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. It also reminds the child that they are mortal. |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's more just a silver lining type consolation... |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. I interviewed a retired Boilermaker a couple of weeks ago who said... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. I wish I could re-live my young adulthood with the knowledge and experience I have at 50 |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. 50 is now on the radar for me...and I would change a lot of things... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Me too, but at the same time, I think I'd rather lay down and die than |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I can relate to that. We do the best we can with the cards we are dealt... |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm 29 and I feel the exact same way. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I'll be sixty pretty soon.. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Good point. I used to bitterly regret one particular decision I made, when I left a particular job. |
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EOTE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. The butterfly effect doesn't always cause chaos. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I fucked my brains out back then. It was fun and exciting. Now |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. It is the best of times and the worst of times. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. Maybe if you're very positive-minded or believe in an afterlife... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think it is more about the person's attitude. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. I'm 37. Personally I'm gladder every day. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. While there is no way I'd want to be that clueless again |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-03-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "If youth but knew, if age but could!" nt |
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