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Subject: [Leica] IMG: PAW Launch 2011 (ric 0111)
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:52:40 -0600
References: <9E924648-EFF9-447D-9C69-2E625A04AE15@embarqmail.com> <001201cbb04b$52f7d300$f8e77900$@co.nz> <C5E7DFEB-D56B-474B-89F3-0F7DF4C0F4BA@embarqmail.com> <6F05BC1A50FB4D3B89FAC8FA55B73E59@syneticfeba505>

If you are male, there is a simple test as to whether you are "old" or 
not: Do you still laugh at fart jokes?

Yes=OK, still not mature
No=over the hill, give it up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-4S3gUWLkY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr9Pmc3YSAs

Ken


On 1/9/2011 7:03 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote:
> Ric Carter  offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: PAW Launch 2011 (ric 0111)
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>> DAMN, I am old
>> > 8^O
>> > ric
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> John McMaster wrote:
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>>> Just to make things worse, doesn't that mean that you are starting your
>>> seventh decade....
>
>
> Ric,
> NO! NO! Don't use the verbotten word, "old!" :-)
>
> Don't give in to it! Yeah it hurts like hell some days, but never 
> acknowledge that yer old & hurting. You may use the word "matured" or 
> aged when explaining an ache or pain!
>
> But mature is the best way simply because, when a wine matures the 
> better it is! :-) And we never complain about drinking mature wine. 
> :-) However I'd never drink "Old wine!" :-) Not sure any of it is 
> around long enough to become an "old wine?" ;-)
>
> The more mature Scotch is, the better it's flavour! ;-)  But we 
> humans, those of us who love life and the blessings of living where we 
> do relatively safe from the madmen of the day.  I mean on a those 
> beautiful days when we go in the garden, take flower pictures for the 
> fun of it. Or our grand childen, one can ask how much better can it be?
>
> Never say old,  never admit the aches and pains, always be young of 
> heart & spirit! And when a simple thing of your youth bucket list 
> comes before you .... never ever say, nor listen to anyone offering 
> ..... "Act your age, yer too old to do that!" Screw them, do it just 
> for the sake of proving you can still kick butt and feel good about 
> it! But never say yer "old!" Yer old when you are finally horizontal 
> and non-breathing!
>
> But all your life you've wanted to do it and even at the exciting age 
> of 80 you decide yer going to complete 80 sit ups one right after the 
> other? GO FOR IT! BEGIN A SMALL START!"  and stay with it and they 
> will become easy, you'll be far bettere for it, your heart and lungs 
> will be better and stronger and you'll be able to throw a Leica around 
> like it were a Minox! ;-)
>
> And you'll be better of heart and younger of heart when all those 
> young lads of 30 or 40 can't do 5 sit ups. :-)
>
> That's when you flop down knock of 80 simply just for something to do! 
> Because you have the attitude of being young of heart, mind and soul!
>
> cheers,
> ted
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