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Thread #96172   Message #1877838
Posted By: GUEST,Texas Guest
06-Nov-06 - 06:50 PM
Thread Name: Am I too old to learn?
Subject: RE: Am I too old to learn?
Maggie, here is a story I always have fun telling. This time I'll write it out and we'll see how it goes: two men are sitting on a park bench taking in the day and the sunshine. One of the gentlemen
finishes his newspaper, folds and tucks it away and starts a conversation with the man sitting next to him. After a few minutes of
chit-chat he asks the man what he does for a living. "Well, that's my problem," the man replied, "I've been retired now for six months and I just don't know what to do with myself anymore." "Hmmm..." said the
gentleman, "...that shouldn't be a problem - you can do anything you want to do; your time is all yours, now."

The other man replied, "Yeah, well, I'm too old to do anything now.
Surely you're retired; what do you do with all of your time?" "Me?"
responded the gentleman. "Yes, I'm retired - have been for some time
now, and I'm enjoying the hell out of it." The man then asked,"Well, no offense, but I am 65 years old and I do believe you're a few years older than I am - what DO you DO?" The gentleman laughed and looked at the man and said, "Yes, you're right, I am older than you; in fact, I'm 84 years old; and, as for what I do, well I do a variety of things but I do play a lot of tennis, and..." "Tennis? At your age?"
said the man. "Yep. In fact, I'm very proud to say that I won the United States Senior Tennis Championship this year."

"84 and you won a tennis championship? Geez, I've always wanted to learn to play tennis, but at my age it's just too late," the man stated glumly. "Too late?" said the gentleman, "Why you'd have to be playing for fifteen years before you even qualify to play in my age bracket - go get yourself a racket young man."

Maggie, you got it, right? Also since you sing, consider taking up an instrument you can accompany yourself with; but hey - get out there and do it. Cheers,................TG