It is a comforting feeling when you find out you are not alone. It gets just a little bit quieter "in here". Thank you bro.
Random Thoughts or Whatever
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Bill Ferris
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Just you remember this, my A/K friend : my highly conservative engineer educated single parent father, based on his observational consternation of my growing up development, oft quoted to me that I "marched to a Different Drummer" !
Yeah--- What`s your point, Dad ? In which he usually walked off shaking his head while muttering to himself, especially in my rebellious early teenage yrs. ! HA !
DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
Think about your circumstances today-where ever you are at. Now, think back to when you were 18.
Did you ever imagine THIS?
I didn't even imagine THIS when I was 50 years old!
Did you ever imagine THIS?
I didn't even imagine THIS when I was 50 years old!
Quadman2
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I keep going back to that old axiom: "Growing older... mandatory. Growing up, optional", with the caveat...within reason.
In the past, I've known really serious-types who were old men by the time they reached 20. But, sometimes situations/circumstances can create these early age advancements. Other times I think it's in the genes.
Was told one time as a young lad by an elderly WWI Vet, to... "Never totally grow up, and to keep just a little "kid" in you". And, I've tried to live up to this memento...to a degree! At a price at times.
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In the past, I've known really serious-types who were old men by the time they reached 20. But, sometimes situations/circumstances can create these early age advancements. Other times I think it's in the genes.
Was told one time as a young lad by an elderly WWI Vet, to... "Never totally grow up, and to keep just a little "kid" in you". And, I've tried to live up to this memento...to a degree! At a price at times.
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DesertRatt
All Bark, No Bite!
I suppose my one takeaway from considering my thoughts as an 18 year old is this: I mostly believed that "the world will keep getting better." That is to say, I thought progress was good, absolute, and inevitable. What I clearly ignored, or just didn't understand, was that the Universe is ruled by entropy, and it applies to absolutely everything from people to cars to countries to the Earth itself.
At 14, I was trying to look cool when I knew I wasn't.
"How do I get next to that girl on the bus?"
Making the baseball team. Or having to answer to the guys that did.
By 18, I thought I knew everything — could solve every problem. Fate does have a sense of humor. No?
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Bill Ferris
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Yes, trying to fit in, and importantly, both genders peer acceptance !
Yeah, discovering girls!
1.) Why do certain ones make me feel "funny" inside?
2.) Some guys were so passive-aggressive about girls. "Oh, she's no good for you. She's just a beetch." When, of course, the dude is after her.
And knew everything!
There was this guy in high school named Larry.
Real loud in the cafeteria one day: "Calculus is so easy! I'm getting bored studying it, so I bought a couple of college-level Differential Equations books! Not there's where the real math people are!"
He went on to become a lawyer.
"Lawyers are graduates who weren't accepted into Medical School." Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III
cwall99
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Your post reminds me of an old episode of Bonanza. They had a blind woman staying at the Ponderosa for some reason, but I remember a scene in which she shared with Lorne Green how she gets around. Things like how to climb and descend stairs safely.
I suspect there is some overlap...
Lord Patrick
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I had a friend who wanted to go to Veterinary college, but he didn't get good enough grades at school.
He became a doctor instead, much easier to qualify.
Today at Panera, a boy spilled his beverage and his mother yelled his name "Noah". I wonder if she's hoping he'll grow up to be the ark-a-type. 
SolderIron
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About 1.5 century ago, I believe some couples were married at about 16 yrs oldYeah, discovering girls!
1.) Why do certain ones make me feel "funny" inside?
2.) Some guys were so passive-aggressive about girls. "Oh, she's no good for you. She's just a beetch." When, of course, the dude is after her.
Quadman2
Lunatic Member
WOW! I thought this thread on "random thoughts" was dead-in-the-water...but it's still kickin' and alive, I think?
Anyways, reading a book, "Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", and the author mulls over and struggles with the concept of "QUALITY".
And, was wondering how some/any relate to, can define or explain what this term means.
Just curious is all.
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Anyways, reading a book, "Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", and the author mulls over and struggles with the concept of "QUALITY".
And, was wondering how some/any relate to, can define or explain what this term means.
Just curious is all.
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My WAG: "Quality" values some combination of primitive gut feelings and modern intellect."Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", and the author mulls over and struggles with the concept of "QUALITY".
Just curious is all.
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SolderIron
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Meaning I recognize it when I see itMy WAG: "Quality" values some combination of primitive gut feelings and modern intellect.
Note: I don't have a serious bone in the present body...
Exactly. When I was little I didn't like Marx Trains. They just looked cheap and uninviting. I always preferred Lionel, more detail and realistic looking.Meaning I recognize it when I see it
