Random Thoughts or Whatever

[SuperjazzyJa]

Hey, what about Mick J.? He really can't afford to pass on!

With at least ten official gals, and untold others, and I think about 6+children to "look after"...the music has to keep playing.

FWIW


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Unfortunately, that doesn't change one's expiration date.

 

[highvoltage_]

Unfortunately, that doesn't change one's expiration date.

I think I'm past my use-by date. Still hanging in though.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

I think I'm past my use-by date. Still hanging in though.

Me too.

 

[Quadman2]

Come on guys, it's projected that some of you may make it to120!

However, you may not be able to count that high, by the time you reach that age milestone.


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[Quadman2]

While were on this "age" thingy.

Do what's yer take on the ancient adage: "Old too soon, and smart too late"?

Any truth in/to it?


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[SuperjazzyJa]

While were on this "age" thingy.

Do what's yer take on the ancient adage: "Old too soon, and smart too late"?

Any truth in/to it?


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Well, to use another old adage "If I knew then, what I know now...". Yes, I would say that most of us probably wish we had known or paid attention to certain things when we were young. It's the same reason why we try to impart wisdom to young people who assume that we don't know what we're talking about, ignore what we say and make the same mistakes. It's ever so refreshing when a young person actually listens.

 

[ernieb1536]

Come on guys, it's projected that some of you may make it to120!

However, you may not be able to count that high, by the time you reach that age milestone.


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Why is it when you age the days get longer but the years get shorter !

 

[nailer]

While were on this "age" thingy.

Do what's yer take on the ancient adage: "Old too soon, and smart too late"?

Any truth in/to it?


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Not ancient enough to have heard this one.

 

[Oasis8]

Why is it when you age the days get longer but the years get shorter !

When you are 20, 5 years is a quarter of your life, at 60 it is 1/12th, I see it as something that is relative to time and how we perceive it in that relationship.

 

[Semanon]

When you are 20, 5 years is a quarter of your life, at 60 it is 1/12th, I see it as something that is relative to time and how we perceive it in that relationship.

But why do the days get longer? (If they do, for you)

 

[Oasis8]

But why do the days get longer? (If they do, for you)

Apart from me being less active on a daily basis, they don't for myself.

 

[DeadRock]

But why do the days get longer? (If they do, for you)

Introspection, reconciliation and philosophizing seem to require more time...but...one day you'll find....ten years have got behind you....

 

[GordonW]

Well, to use another old adage "If I knew then, what I know now...". Yes, I would say that most of us probably wish we had known or paid attention to certain things when we were young. It's the same reason why we try to impart wisdom to young people who assume that we don't know what we're talking about, ignore what we say and make the same mistakes. It's ever so refreshing when a young person actually listens.

OTOH, I am seeing more relevance from this phrase from Bob Segar, more and more:

"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then..."

Hard knocks, indeed... unfortunately, what many of us learn from hard times, is to not take any chances anymore. Especially in a world where nothing seems to be rational, sometimes.

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[Quadman2]

Why is it when you age the days get longer but the years get shorter !

OK. Gonna share a "Time Story" that was shared by a WWI vet, years ago, and with a piece of paper and a pencil, he explained the "years getting shorter". And it didn't have anything to do with it , as Hawking might have said, using Quantum Mechanics" or any other lofty "cosmology" explanation.

So take that paper and draw a circle. Not do this, as it's also a visual share.

With that same circle now scribed, it represents one year...let's refer to it as a baby being born, and the complete circle is one year of growth.

Then, divide the circle into two halves. This in turn equals the lifetime of a two year old, with the distance now being 1/2 the distance.

Next divide the circle into quarters, and again notice the space between each quarter is shortening.

And the quarters into 1/8ths, then 1/16ths...and by the time you get to the 1/64th...compare that to the life span of a 64 year old. The "slivers of time" are now so SHORT!


Thus, it's our perception of time that changes, and not time itself.

The old soldier grinned when he saw my head nod agreeing to his pictorial demonstration of how time seems to "fly"...as we grow older.


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[Semanon]

Introspection, reconciliation and philosophizing seem to require more time...but...one day you'll find....ten years have got behind you....

RUN!

The old soldier grinned when he saw my head nod agreeing to his pectoral demonstration of how time seems to "fly"...as we grow older.

As they say: Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

 

[Semanon]

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

A clear example of the absurdity of the English language.

 

[spicer]

RUN!


As they say: Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

The beauty of the English language. Time doesn't fly like an arrow and everybody knows what it means while fruit flies do like a banana, I've seen it in real time.

 

[SuperjazzyJa]

I've always considered the sugar cookie to be the pointless cookie. There is no reason for it to exist. The excuse is "They're cheap and easy to make." To which I reply "So what? You really like the taste of sugar that much? Gross!"

Now, I can see this scenario

Husband: WHAT? IT COST $20,000 FOR YOU TO BAKE SUGAR COOKIES?

Wife: Well, I had finance an egg.

 

[Quadman2]

I've always considered the sugar cookie to be the pointless cookie. There is no reason for it to exist. The excuse is "They're cheap and easy to make." To which I reply "So what? You really like the taste of sugar that much? Gross!"

Now, I can see this scenario

Husband: WHAT? IT COST $20,000 FOR YOU TO BAKE SUGAR COOKIES?

Wife: Well, I had finance an egg.

I still like the "He got his hand caught, going into the "Cookie Jar" metaphor. First heard it as a kid, and made sense to me at the time...still does today!

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[highvoltage_]

As they say: Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

Time flies, bet you can't!