[mike182d]

Not to make anyone feel old here, but I wasn't even born yet when they had the last conclave. :-)

[Jaded]

Not much, I didn't even have a driver's license.

[twigs]

I was in college and one of my professors predicted a new Polish pope. Everyone laughed at him until the new pope was selected and then went to ask him where he got that type of source. LOL!!

[Non-Sequitur]

This will be my fourth, sonny. I dimly remember the death of John XXIII and elevation of Paul IV.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

I have vague memories of watching Pope John's funeral and the installation of Pope Paul. I was rather young, and not catholic at that time...but as a kid news junkie, I knew it was important.

Makes me feel old and sad...I had had a feeling for months that Terri would die, and the pope would follow shortly...but I didn't expect it would be this close together.

[hummingbird]

Not to make anyone feel old here...

Too late, mike182d...but its a-okay if you are 182d!

But, seriously, the solemnity of the transition and the outpouring of worldwide grief will touch your soul whether you are Roman Catholic or not...assuming you have a spiritual bent, unlike a proclaimed atheist in my family and one in Mr. hummingbird's family. Pray for them (our relatives) and for His Holiness and for the Church.

[Hoodlum91]

Not really. I was 4 and don't remember anything about it.

[Snardius]

Has Bill Clinton announced his intention to become the next pope?

[Types_with_Fist]

Not to make anyone feel old here, but I wasn't even born yet when they had the last conclave. :-)

Gee, thanks. I was of age during the last two. Now I feel real old. Thanks a lot you young whippersnapper...:-)

[johnb838]

It is kind of weird since they are so old when they start. But before John Paul I was Pope Paul, and he had been there since I was a little kid. I was very fond of him. Then JPI ==> 2 when I was in college. Now I'm in middle age and JPII is leaving. IF the next one goes twenty five years I could very well not see him go, or go out with him.

Eternity beckons.

[cookcounty]

��5{��������ake anyone feel old here, but I wasn't even born yet when they had the last conclave."

When they elected JP II, I was in a freight elevator in Chicago's IBM building with 3 Polskis. I thought they had won the World Cup or something.

[foreverfree]

Not to make anyone feel old here, but I wasn't even born yet when they had the last conclave. :-)

Not to make you jealous of me, mike, but I was 17 when they had the last conclave (and 16 going on 17 when they had the one previous to it). I remember "The Price is Right" being partially preempted so that the Eye could show the cardinals (minus Lou Brock and Jim Hart) proceeding into the chapel for the conclave that elected JP the *first* (is he even remembered 27 years later)? By the time JP I died and the next conclave met to elect JP II, I was back in school and missed all of *that*. Sorry.

I was in Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium watching a Bucs/Phillies doubledip when they flashed the news on the board that Paul VI had passed on.

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[johnb838]

So what's your point?

ED Hill this morning: "What will we do if the Pope goes into a coma?" (she's a death merchant, big time.)