How old are you?
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Oh, Bubbatd, I still want to know what I will be when I grow up also. I just haven't figured it out yet. So, in the meantime, I am happy to have matured enough to give good advice to my son, and be able to watch blues clues, dora the explorer, and the wiggles with my granddaughter and enjoy it more than my husband. He grew up.(he's no fun, he doesn't like cartoons). Maybe I will stick with the maturing and forget the growing up stage. I might miss out on too much in life. Now that I am older, I am having way to much fun.....
You can never get too old.
Age is truly only in the mind.
Two cases in point:
1) My Government teacher was about 83. She's been asked to retired, and threatened to be fired, several, several times. But she's still going strong, still doing her job. She talks like a young person, she'll level with her students (18+, she teaches in college), and is hilarious. She's done like, everything and still doing more. She's incredible.
2) At my motorcycle safety class there was a 90 year old man there. Of course the instructors were worried about him but he said "son, I've been riding probably longer than you've been alive, I just want to get to know these new machines." then when asked why he would want to learn to ride he goes "I enjoyed it in my youth. And, the way I see it, I plan to live forever or die trying. So technically I'm still young." The way he put it was that if he was going to die he wasn't gonna do it in bed, while asleep. He'll arrive at the pearly white gates in a battered, well used body leaving a nice skid mark and yelling "****! What a ride!" (Paraphrased, I don't remember his exact words on that part).
Old people who don't give up are awesome.
Age is truly only in the mind.
Two cases in point:
1) My Government teacher was about 83. She's been asked to retired, and threatened to be fired, several, several times. But she's still going strong, still doing her job. She talks like a young person, she'll level with her students (18+, she teaches in college), and is hilarious. She's done like, everything and still doing more. She's incredible.
2) At my motorcycle safety class there was a 90 year old man there. Of course the instructors were worried about him but he said "son, I've been riding probably longer than you've been alive, I just want to get to know these new machines." then when asked why he would want to learn to ride he goes "I enjoyed it in my youth. And, the way I see it, I plan to live forever or die trying. So technically I'm still young." The way he put it was that if he was going to die he wasn't gonna do it in bed, while asleep. He'll arrive at the pearly white gates in a battered, well used body leaving a nice skid mark and yelling "****! What a ride!" (Paraphrased, I don't remember his exact words on that part).
Old people who don't give up are awesome.
Is the guy in your motorcycle safety class single? lol 
What a cool fella. We could use more like him.
I agree. To a certain extent age is a reasonable indicator of maturity, but there's always so many exceptions to the established "rules" that I find it doesn't really matter to me anymore. I'm younger than a lot of people guess I am, but it doesn't stop me from doing what I love. And I'll still be doing it when I'm too old to be doing it!
What a cool fella. We could use more like him.I agree. To a certain extent age is a reasonable indicator of maturity, but there's always so many exceptions to the established "rules" that I find it doesn't really matter to me anymore. I'm younger than a lot of people guess I am, but it doesn't stop me from doing what I love. And I'll still be doing it when I'm too old to be doing it!
I hope to be one !! My Mother at 94 was awsome !!!! Who knows !? I still may be ranting here at that age !! Lord, a 5th generation of " family" here !? Will be fun to follow !! I know I'll be here until EliNHunter tells you I'm being mauled at the " Rainbow Bridge " by Goldens !! Please, make that a day of celebration! I've had a wonderful life ... great family and awsome special dogs. I have few regrets and many, many blessings. Oddly enough, most of my regrets have turned into blessings ! Weird ! But there's a reason for everything ....................if you BELIEVE!!!
Glassonion, just because we are older than you doesn't mean we can't try to enjoy life. We, through trials, tribulations, and whatever, have reached an age where we can give you advice from our previous adventures. However,that does not mean we are not striving to be faster than a speeding bullet and leap tall buildings in a single bound, it only means we are going to look at it for a few minutes before we leap or run.
