On 2/25/2014 8:54 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/25/14, 8:48 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/25/2014 8:27 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/25/14, 8:21 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/25/2014 8:04 AM, True North wrote:
Didn't the Beatles have a song on the Sgt Peppers album called 'When
I'm 64'?
Look at the bright side...you're only months away from your 'golden
years.
In my case it means one more pension to collect. ;-)



I have no complaints. I wouldn't want to be in my 30's in this day and
age.




I'd like to be 25 again, on the day I visited one of my best friends who
was ill and hospitalized at Yale-New Haven. Why I'd want to go back to
that day is not something I would disclose in this pigpen.

There are a few life events that I'd like to re-live but overall I am
happy where I am at. Getting older has many benefits, one of which is
that you really don't care what other people think of you, your thoughts
or ideas as much as you do when you are younger.

The other reason is that although fundamentally an optimistic person
I've lost some of the enthusiasm I've had for the future of this country
and the world in general. Maybe that's normal as you age. Things were
always better "back in my day" kinda thing. I've always been proud to
be an American (still am) but some of the changes and directions this
country is taking in the past 10 years or so is scary. Change is
inevitable but tradition and old school values have their place as well.





I didn't much care what other people thought of me when I was younger,
either. And I thought this country took a horrific turn towards the
dark(er) side in January 1981 from which it probably never will recover.


If your prediction that the liberals will prevail from now on is true,
you're probably right.