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VANITY: What have you learned in the last 25 years?
me, me, me, me, me ^ | 18DEC05 | me, me, me, me, me

Posted on 12/18/2005 11:08:33 PM PST by bannie

So...what HAVE you learned in the last 25 years?


TOPICS: Philosophy; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: geezers; justpremature; lifelessons; me; oldtimers; prematurebalding; toothless
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To: bannie

"What have I learned in the past 25 years?":

That half of the human beings on half of the earth are half crazy. I haven't discovered which half and where. I think we just all take turns. Maybe I'm half-crazy today, maybe not. If not today, then probably tomorrow.


181 posted on 12/20/2005 10:18:45 AM PST by elbucko
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To: RTINSC

Gepetto was seen at Home Depot buying a new chainsaw.


182 posted on 12/20/2005 10:21:24 AM PST by Old Professer (Fix the problem, not the blame!)
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To: Rebelbase

I had a bout of orchitis once, it's a bitch.


183 posted on 12/20/2005 10:22:40 AM PST by Old Professer (Fix the problem, not the blame!)
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To: Billthedrill

I must be lots older than you, then. My teachers were wonderful and made sure we learned what was being taught. If we did not, then students were kept in that grade for another year. Some got spanked if they needed it without the parents suing the schools. We knew that if we did wrong at school or anywhere else for that matter, our parents were sure to find out. I was blessed by having a mother who knew if we did wrong without anyone telling her so we were very good. She is 101 and the most wonderful lady I have ever been around. When we were down a few weeks ago, she was singing, "Going Home", as we left. We know we will not have her much longer but I have never known anyone to reach 100. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.


184 posted on 12/20/2005 10:32:08 AM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)
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To: de Buillion
Very good. It is so true. I got interested in genealogy many years after my dad died and never knew who his grandmother was on his dad's side of the family. We have her name but no parents or siblings. We are still searching. But, I now have about 9800 names in my file, the oldest date is in the 800's but in a family mine married into, the average age is nearly 61 years and 39 generations. I am still searching. It helped months ago when my dh bought me 2 flat screen monitors so I can have my FTM on one and the internet site on the other. I have saved tons of paper from not having to print info I found.

Merry Christmas.
185 posted on 12/20/2005 10:40:35 AM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)
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To: djf
Our younger daughter died last year and we still miss her with all our hearts. She can never be replaced but we know that she touched so many lives during her too short lifetime. I learned that bad things do happen to good people. We also know that she is with her Lord and Savior and for that we are grateful. She does not have any more of the terrible pain she had been in for so many months before she died.

Last Christmas, I did not want to put up a tree but some freepers told me to do it. I did and wanted to decorate it in a different way. I thought of all of our Beanie Babies we had collected so I used them. This year, I was going back to regular decorations but our other daughter told me to use the Beanies again. I did, added some extra lights and some icicles and it is beautiful. It brought back so many memories of where we were when we bought certain Beanies. We had so much fun buying them. I learned to tell everyone, I love you every time we are together. We never ever know what will happen. I am sorry about your loss. It is something we never get over.

186 posted on 12/20/2005 10:47:18 AM PST by MamaB (mom to an Angel)
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To: Paved Paradise

Thank You and Merry Christmas!


187 posted on 12/20/2005 3:14:30 PM PST by wardaddy (They took most of my Dixie heritage......they'll have to take Christmas from my cold dead hands)
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To: Sundog

that is an interesting stat

i'm Mississippi native.....cracker vote there was 88% W last go around


188 posted on 12/20/2005 3:15:34 PM PST by wardaddy (They took most of my Dixie heritage......they'll have to take Christmas from my cold dead hands)
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To: wardaddy

Thanks.

I loved Mississippi, lived in Boloxi some years back. It was in a trailor by the back bay, and when I was a boy there (circa '59) a hurricane came through that bull-zeyed Boloxi. It took the pier of the trailor court a mile into the swamp.

I guess if I were to look at that place today, the storm surge was probably enough to have changed the whole face of the trailer court and swamp. The satellite photos were horribly telling; the before and after photos showing whole beach towns compared with flats where the roads alone remained.

Have a g'nite, OK?


189 posted on 12/20/2005 7:26:40 PM PST by Sundog (cheers)
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To: Clemenza

19. That DeNiro is an overrated actor, while Harvey Keiter is underrated.

Man, that Keiter fellow must be underrated, I've never heard of him or he's so underrated you've misspelled his name.


190 posted on 12/20/2005 10:10:34 PM PST by Roy Tucker
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To: Old Professer

Yeah, I'm a big believer in playing the hand you're dealt.


191 posted on 12/20/2005 10:18:22 PM PST by Roy Tucker
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To: Roy Tucker

KeiTEL. Sorry about that.


192 posted on 12/22/2005 7:43:52 AM PST by Clemenza (Smartest words ever written by a Communist: "Show me the way to the next Whiskey Bar")
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To: Clemenza

Do you really think DeNiro is overrated? I think he is a superb actor, perhaps the best American actor of his generation. I concede Harvey Keitel is underrated.


193 posted on 12/22/2005 8:25:44 PM PST by Roy Tucker
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To: bannie

It would be easier tolist what I have forgot.........



What was the question??????


194 posted on 12/22/2005 8:28:33 PM PST by Cold Heat
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To: bannie

That Chinese restaurants do exist. Actual sit & serve restaurants with menus, and not just buffets with deep-fried crap. (What a hick I am!)


195 posted on 12/22/2005 8:35:43 PM PST by Seamoth
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To: bannie

1. If you fight a war... fight to win.

2. Enjoy your life now... You'll be old a lot sooner than you think.

3. Be patient. Life isn't like TV... Things don't solve themselves in an hour.

4. High technology isn't always better... My '48 Harley is as dependable as my 2001 Kawasaki.


196 posted on 12/22/2005 8:43:23 PM PST by Poser (Willing to fight for oil)
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