Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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) > > >> DAMN, I am old >> > 8^O >> > ric > > John McMaster wrote: >> >>> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >