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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Mr Happy Date: 28 Oct 02 - 03:31 AM inverse 2! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Mr Happy Date: 27 Oct 02 - 01:42 PM why thank you greg gargy! an accolloid at last! sincerely 9(note correct spelling) mr happy xx |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Liz the Squeak Date: 27 Oct 02 - 07:37 AM What did I used to do all night???? And why am I here? Is that the milk?? Help, I'm turning into a TOG!! (thus outing any other Radio 2 listenier who responds to that post!) LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Dave Bryant Date: 27 Oct 02 - 05:45 AM I knew that my days of youth were gone When my get-up-and-go had got-up-and-gone. But even now I have to grin When I think where my get-up-and-go had been. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Bill D Date: 26 Oct 02 - 10:26 PM I am reminded of a saying in our family. I learned years ago of a type of wasp: "Tarantula hawks" are among the most spectacular wasps, with shiny blue-black bodies, orange wings, and large size (up to 2 inches or 50 mm long). In a life-and- death struggle with a tarantula, the slender wasp usually wins by paralyzing the huge spider with its sting. The wasp transports the spider to its previously dug burrow and lays its eggs on the prey. The only thing is, if the the wasp is interrupted and confused (like having her burrow covered while she is out chasing the spider) she cannot just re-dig it. Her programming is broken, and she must start over and go sting another spider! So, when Rita or I walk into a room, look blank and wonder why we are there, the line is: "Damn!...I gotta go sting another spider" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Bill D Date: 26 Oct 02 - 10:17 PM LTS...that's a benefit! Your memory becomes your exercise program! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Liz the Squeak Date: 26 Oct 02 - 08:55 PM It's the going upstairs and then forgetting why I went up there.... then only remembering when I've got to the bottom again. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Deckman Date: 26 Oct 02 - 02:51 AM FIFTY!! My gosh Maggie, why it just seems like it was yesterday! CHEERS, Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Stilly River Sage Date: 26 Oct 02 - 01:17 AM Don and Bob, You're making sounds like you're feeling old! That's not how I think of either of you. It's all a state of mind. (But I did really enjoy the remark about the words of songs possibly appearing on the ceiling!) Now you two would really be on my case if I added a few complaints to the list, being of the next generation and all. But there are a few aches and missing parts to note (and wouldn't Dad and everyone else be startled to think that I'll be 50 in a couple of years. Blows my mind!) Maggie |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 26 Oct 02 - 12:04 AM Like the OZ Scare-Crow
And the annoying Mr. Happy
The brain is blowed
Your thinkin' is crappy.
Sincerly, |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Deckman Date: 25 Oct 02 - 11:35 PM Hey Don ... Do you remember that verse that verse that Elmar used to sing to "Roll Your Leg Over The Man In The Moon" ... "Here we are, singing about it, just because we're doing without it it"? Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Bill D Date: 25 Oct 02 - 11:03 PM "Once a king, always a king...but once a (k)night's enough" "You're over the hill when you can't take "yes' for an answer" "Just because there's snow on the roof, it doesn't mean the fire's out in the hearth" (my personal favorite) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Deckman Date: 25 Oct 02 - 10:34 PM Another aging problem I've noticed is that it now takes me all night to do what I used to do all night! CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: 53 Date: 25 Oct 02 - 04:12 PM you also get older. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Don Firth Date: 25 Oct 02 - 02:51 PM So you step onto this elevator. Inside is this really old geek. There's something about him that looks very familiar. He squints carefully at you. Then he says, "Didn't we go to high school together?" Subsequent conversation establishes that, yes indeed, you did go to high school together. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: bflat Date: 25 Oct 02 - 12:39 AM The disadvantage of maturing is that maturing usually doesn't happen until you are getting old. I think I'd like to remain immature as long as possible. Ellen |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: GUEST,middle-aged semi-bum Date: 25 Oct 02 - 12:23 AM HW Jr: Hangovers hurt more than they used to, etc. And yes, all my rowdy friends have settled down. But one surprise. I kind of expected I would inevitably grow more fixed in my opionions, less tolerant. Not long ago, I looked at some old journals, and I'm far more open-minded, flexible, generous and trusting than when I was 18. I think I must've been very afraid of a world I didn't know much about. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Dave Bryant Date: 24 Oct 02 - 05:08 AM I think it's too late for me to grow up now ! I'm quite happy helping Essex Girl grow older disgracefully - at least that part of me still functions reasonably satifactorily (as do the appropriate parts of Essex Girl). I suppose that my memory's not as good as it was, but even that can be a bonus because I can't remember how old I am - or that I forget things ! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: maire-aine Date: 24 Oct 02 - 12:10 AM I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Bill D Date: 23 Oct 02 - 08:34 PM "Ve grow too zoon old, und too late schmart" But I'm 'schmarter' than I used to be, and at 63, I ain't TOO old to cash in on some of what I know... At 50 & 55, I stood on my head while folks recited "You Are Old, Father William"...now I can't stand on my head again due to a disc problem, but I can still sit in full lotus....briefly....*grin* The real disadvantages for me are connected with my views of what the world is becoming and the sadness that my generation did little about the problems when we had the chance, and that I don't see current generations doing much either. (There are more than TWICE as many people as there were when I was 18!!...and they are no closer to getting along with each other, and they ALL want the good life!) I personally am in pretty good health, but my memory needs some upgrades...(you do know, don't you, that at some point, when you learn a new song, you have to uninstall an old one? But unfortunately, it is random....I can remember stupid old things, but have lost some good ones!) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Fortunato Date: 23 Oct 02 - 12:58 PM The problem with maturing is it nearly always accompanied by increased age, something I am not all comfortable with. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Jim Krause Date: 23 Oct 02 - 12:25 AM Yep, I may be gettin' old, but at least I never have to grow up. Jim |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Kim C Date: 22 Oct 02 - 11:47 AM I am only 35, not really "mature" but... There's lines around my eyes and several gray hairs. The funny thing about the gray is, it's all underneath so it doesn't really show until I put my hair up. I have already decided, though, if it turns gray, it turns gray. I have to watch what I eat, and make sure I exercise. I never had to do that when I was a teenager/early 20s, but I found out, that a desk job makes your ass big. I have a hip and a knee that pop. I was always nearsighted, so that's no big deal... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Jim Krause Date: 22 Oct 02 - 11:39 AM Just passed my 49th birthday last July, and I do notice some of the signs of aging. It's more difficult to get up off the floor from a sitting position. Back, knees and hips are stiffer than they used to be. Ah, but my fingers are as nimble as ever. I can play guitar, and fiddle better than I did twenty years ago. And I have enough gray hair that flirting with the young ladies brings giggles instead of a slap accross the chops. You get to a certain age, and they think you're a sweet old man. (heh heh) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Amos Date: 22 Oct 02 - 09:35 AM Gurney -- You'll be all right, mate -- just knock off running around sniffing those barmaids' aprons! LOL! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Essex Girl Date: 22 Oct 02 - 08:56 AM The problem with 'maturing' is that people expect you to behave in a dignified manner. I've been attempting that for years - haven't got anywhere yet, so I'm resolved to grow old (older?) disgracefully. L |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: sian, west wales Date: 22 Oct 02 - 07:15 AM As a friend once remarked when we were comparing notes on dental surgery and other bits that are beginning to fall off: "I don't mind becoming a Wrinkly but I do bl**dy well mind becoming a Crumbly." sian |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: GUEST,BlueJay, (if I remember right) Date: 22 Oct 02 - 07:01 AM I am fifty y/o, and have to agree with the folks who say you're only as young as you feel. Now I'm a skinny, hyper type. I wish I could gain some weight. But I've had folks confuse my 25 y/o daughter with being my sister. (I'm really not trying to brag, my lifelong struggle to maintain a good body weight is equally serious as overweight folks face). My skinniness and blond/brown hair color and hyper nature help hide the facts: My back hurts My right shoulder hurts My left knee hurts at times False teeth suck, Big Time I am afraid of ladders, (I fell off of a big one once) I can't drive drunk as well as when I was a kid on acid Through it all, there has been the music. Right now is one of the best parts of my life, musically speaking. My daughter, son-in-law, a great lady singer, and myself have been playing locally for about a year. We must be doing something right, we keep getting invitations. All original stuff, with me on bass, my daughter Annie on Flute, my son-in-law David on guitar, and Kris Nayeart, a really stunning singer. As a registered nurse, I've seen a lot regarding aging. I've seen the folks who with minimal treatment continue long into old age happily. And I've seen others, comatose, suffer for ten years with no quality of life whatsoever. Tube feedings and diaper changes, until some infection is more powerful than IV antibiotics. My family knows what to do in such a case. Does your's? My biggest fear regarding aging is how I will pay for my future health care, and for my family. I'm working now. and I pay as much for health insurance as I do for my housing. $600 a month for a family of four. And I haven't had to test the insurance, yet. If I have a heart attack, or come down with cancer, you can bet Rocky Mountain HMO will fight to the death to prevent paying a nickel. IMO, the United States needs a single payer insurance system. To Hell with all the individual insurers, and continuing their profits. The health care of the American people is the greater good. Thanks, BlueJay |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Gurney Date: 22 Oct 02 - 04:20 AM Forgot about that...among other things! Boozing, bloody well boozing. No way, now I get a hangover from the smell of a barmaid's apron. Not that I make a habit of sniffing barmaid's aprons. Anyway, what was that pommy pop song of the 70's, about a flying purple people eater.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Joe_F Date: 22 Oct 02 - 12:11 AM 1. The president of the U.S. is younger than I am. 2. There is not enough hair on the top of my head to keep the front hairs down. 3. I see an obituary & say "Was that old bastard still alive?" 4. Before I do anything, I have to do something else, usually piss. ObSongs: I have led a good life, full of peace and quiet. I shall have an old age full of rum and riot. I have been a good boy, wed to peace and study. I shall have an old age ribald, coarse, and bloody. I have never cut throats, tho I often yearned to, Never sung the dirty songs that my fancy turned to.* I have been a good boy and done what was expected. I shall be an old bum, loved but unrespected. *I cross my fingers when singing this line. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Helen Date: 21 Oct 02 - 02:29 AM Years ago (stop me if you've already heard this story *grin*) I found a birthday card which I really wish I had bought. It showed a magician on the cover, and he was saying: "With a wave of my magic wand I can make you 20 years younger...". Inside the card it said, "...but do you really want to live the last 20 years over again?" At that stage I was just coming out of a decade or more of angst & aggravation, and the thought of reliving the whole thing was way too much for me - so I thought the card was spot-on (an Oz-ism for "hitting the nail on the head"). Helen Go purr-ple people! Yay! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Deda Date: 20 Oct 02 - 08:29 PM Actually, I think I was suffering under a LOT more disadvantages when I was in my 20s than I am now. I'd like to look like I used to, but know and relate and behave and believe like I do now. If you want to talk about the disadvantages of IMmaturity, I could go on for a LONG time. I turned a few heads back then, but I didn't have my own on straight. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Liz the Squeak Date: 20 Oct 02 - 05:30 PM Bugger. I've been wearing purple for years. Wearing it now in fact! And I've always been growing older disgracefully. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread and find me there with me feet up. LTS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: wilco Date: 20 Oct 02 - 02:46 PM Several years ago, I was at a conference, and one of the "facilitators" was an extremely athletic looking lady of in-determinate age, with terrific posture. She made an impression as a terrific physical speciamn. She appeared to be around 40. She mentioned offhand that she "worked-out," which was obvious. It turned out that she had decided, while in her fifties, that she wanted to be an athlete. She had NEVER done anything athletic at all. She enrolled in a beginners karate class, with a bunch of teenage boys, and it progressed to running and weight training. I would guess that she was in her sevnties. It motivated me to lose weight, run, walk, weight train, etc. Now, I'm a senior bodybuilder, feel better that I have in years, and I am routinely mistaken for someone twenty-five years younger. No more aches and pains, digestive problems, or other maladies. I've turned the age clock around 180 degrees, and in fifty years, I'll have to develop bad habits, since I'll need to start aging again!!!! It's in your mind. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Amos Date: 20 Oct 02 - 02:32 PM LOL you lot!! I love it!! Growing old disgracefully -- wodda concept!! The future of our civilization boils down to the battle between Newspeak and Mississpeak!! Axles of Evil, indeed!! LOL! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Mudlark Date: 20 Oct 02 - 02:13 AM And speaking of which, there are a group of weekday middle-age, average guys who hang out with their car club on the weekends....Axles of Evil. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: JennieG Date: 20 Oct 02 - 02:03 AM The Ulysses Motorcycle Club's motto is "Grow old disgracefully" - I reckon that's the way to go! Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: khandu Date: 19 Oct 02 - 10:00 PM LOL! Amos! However, I should translate that into Mississpeak; "They jist cain't rezist a reel jenuwine drawwwl" k |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Amos Date: 19 Oct 02 - 09:40 PM It's that Mississippi drawl, khandu -- they jes' can't resist a really authentic drawl!! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: khandu Date: 19 Oct 02 - 09:27 PM Sorcha and Roger the Skiffler...you both answered "all the above"...does that mean that both of you are "snowballing into becoming my father"? Hmmmm...that is an interesting situation! khandu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Bobert Date: 19 Oct 02 - 06:49 PM Maturity? What is it? Bobert |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Don Firth Date: 19 Oct 02 - 03:18 PM At the age of 71, I tend to sound like a bagful of rusty hinges whenever I move. (It makes it increasingly difficult to sneak up on pretty young things and pat 'em on the po-po.) Lately many of my contemporaries and I seem to have developed the strange idea that words forgotten in mid-song are written on the ceiling. Although Nature decrees that we must grow old, there is nothing that says we have to grow up. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Mudlark Date: 19 Oct 02 - 03:16 PM 5 pt type, feet becoming strangers, wispy hair, no more camping on the ground (no more even SITTING on the ground w/o something sturdy close by to haul up on), can't drink, stay up all night or even drive at night as well as I usta could've. On the other hand, TG maturing doesn't necessarily mean growing up (tho growing OUT seems inescapable) and music just goes on getting more and more enjoyable. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: the lemonade lady Date: 19 Oct 02 - 02:57 PM Because my eyesight isn't what it was, I mistook a fella for someone else. We ended going out for a drink, and and and....I'll say no more. Maybe lose of eyesight isn't such a bad think after all come to think of it! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Amos Date: 19 Oct 02 - 12:20 PM Correction BBW says, "I've bee living by it for years!!" LOL! A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Amos Date: 19 Oct 02 - 12:18 PM Oh, Helen, that's one of my wife's favorite poems, and she fully intends to live by it if she ever gets to be old. Dave-O -- did you pass? A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 19 Oct 02 - 11:49 AM test |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Leadfingers Date: 19 Oct 02 - 09:27 AM I still maintain that age is a state of mind,but I wish the floor wasnt such a long way down now. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Mr Red Date: 19 Oct 02 - 07:55 AM Never never never, Why do I have to mature? Why me? It's all so unfair........ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Disadvantages of Maturing From: Helen Date: 19 Oct 02 - 07:05 AM Sorcha, I've been "enhancing" the colour of my hair for a few years now - but I prefer to enhance it with the colour-control turned right up - fiery copper-red. I have two streaks of white starting to show through near my temples, but I've decided to let them go white so that I can put a lovely bright purple colour in them. Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple By Jenny Joseph (c) When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells and run my stick along the public railings and make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain and pick the flowers in other people's gardens and learn to spit. You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat and eat three pounds of sausages at a go or only bread and pickles for a week and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes. But now we must have clothes that keep us dry and pay our rent and not swear in the street and set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. Helen |
