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Offline Maniac

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« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2001, 11:16:00 AM »
I have the exact same problems here man    :(

I´m 25 and i have an hard time finding stuff thats really 'fun' anymore, every other day i have to tell myself : 'hey man dont worry! let go and dont think so much!'

When im not with an girl i want one... when i have an girl i dont want one... etc etc.

We had an Christmas party at work last friday, everyone got pissed drunk, and i could have gone home with an 20-yr old knockout (swedish girls are truly the best), but instead i got pissed drunk, sneaked out and went home alone...

I can go on for ages but this is turning into an 'i need Prozac now thread' hehe!

For me the Winter time sucks big time, i become an entire different person in the summertime...

Regards.

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Offline mrfish

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« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2001, 11:48:00 AM »
i am fearless with chicks these days - way more than when i was younger, but of course now i'm married so the ability is wasted...

ah life's little ironies ...
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« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2001, 12:01:00 PM »
Advice to young people - do not even bother worrying about death.
 By all means practice safety to prevend dying (or being seriously mangled) in an accident, but the fear of eventuall death of all age - it is the worst pitfall.

 It works like that - if you live relatively full life and do all kinds of stuff, eventually you will notice that things are not as amusing anymore. You get bored by the things you loved because they become "same old...". Basically, as you age, either you are too busy to think about death, or life gradually loses interest so you do not mind dying.
 Being afraid of death while still young can seruously affect your enjoyment of life while you still have many things to do that you like. I think it's called "borrowing the trouble".

 miko
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« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2001, 12:30:00 PM »
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 NR-1,

 ahhh my old squad mate, it is painfuly obvious that you, my friend, have never been to Texas  ;)  They seem to coagulate here in Austin too  :)


 Santa,

 Same thing happened to me in my mid 20's too.  I haven't flown on an airplane of any kind since I was 24.  I probobly flew 100 times or more before that and sat at the window and loved every take off and landing, even the rough ones (thought they were cool looking).  Now you couldn't pay me $10,000 to fly anywhere.  I went jet skiing this summer and learned that not only am I more scared to go wide open, but when I wipe out going 35+ mph it hurts ALOT more and takes LONGER to heal.

 My main deal is that 60 doesn't seem very far to me now, and I want to make it at least 20 years past 60, so basicly I'm a popsicle now.  The only thing that hasn't scared me enough to quit is cigarettes.  LOL I quit cocaine 15 yrs ago.

 toejam now I'm scared!
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2001, 01:18:00 PM »
Once upon a time doing dangerous stuff was was a powerful drug for me.. man what a thrill. Commin 'this close' was the fire and spice of life.

Then after a long while, as you total up the moments in your life that brought you to the brink; there, in the long dark hours of a sleepless night... somewhere between dawn and insomnia you hit on the truth...

Life itself is a death defying feat.

Live it! Live it LARGE! This is the rite of passage of youth.. it's mantra.

Now in the 'fall' as Toad so aptly put it, the challenges of life become more and more tempered with the responsibility of age and wisdom; your kids... the pendulum swings back; you become a tad more cautious, take fewer risks. It's time to pass the baton on to the next crowd of young lions.

But you know, you feel and you replay those 'moments' in your past and marvel...

Man; living life was grand.. IS grand. What new wonders await? It's a story without end... life is adversity and struggle; never ending tests.

Go Darwin!
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Offline easymo

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« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2001, 01:21:00 PM »
I too have grown more cautious in recent years.  I keep the Harley under 120 MPH. And I have given up the practice of squeak slapping people in biker bars, just to see what they will do.


Oh! on a related note.  Father time has a big bill in his hand. He is waiting to give it to you guys when you hit 50.  If, like me, you  have to roll out of bed on to the floor, before you can stand up in the morning. I have a cocktail that will help you get dressed without assistants from your wife. 4 ibuprofen, and 2 aspirin.  It Will keep you moving.

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Offline Bluefish

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« Reply #21 on: December 17, 2001, 01:31:00 PM »
From the perspective of 49, I think that part of it is just watching the body count pile up over the years.  When you're 18 if you're fortunate you haven't lost many friends to any causes at all, but as the years go by you see them go by car wrecks, plane wrecks, motorcycle wrecks, drug wrecks, self-inflicted wrecks, wars and any number of diseases.  It gradually dawns on you that it COULD happen to you.  Still later it dawns on you that it eventually WILL happen to you, but there's no point in stacking the odds in the reaper's favor.

The wonderful thing is that, as the adrenaline urge subsides, life offers so many other pleasures to take its place (and hopefully more money to afford them).  Good scotch, fine wine, good food, sunsets, pretty women (taken in moderation) etc., etc.

Did I mention good scotch?
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« Reply #22 on: December 17, 2001, 02:36:00 PM »
Tell it, Easymo!  :) I now buy the LARGE size ibuprophen and aspirin... two of each every morning... lol

St.Santa, a fable for you that illustrates the proper attitude as you age:

A young bull and the father bull stand on top of a hill, looking down over the herd of cows.

Young bull: Hey Dad! Look at those cows! Lets run down there and shreck one of them!

Father bull: No son. Lets walk down there and shreck them ALL.

1776 - Thanks for the perspective <S>
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« Reply #23 on: December 17, 2001, 02:51:00 PM »
The increase in fear of death as you age is in inverse proportion to the decrease in ignorance.   ;)
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« Reply #24 on: December 17, 2001, 03:05:00 PM »
...also inversley proportional to increases in aches, pains and failing senses. Add the continual ongoing loss of loved ones... and throw in a little moderate to severe pain, and it won't be long before fear of death evaporates.

For some reason, I'm reminded of that old song, "Tie me kangaroo down"
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« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2001, 03:09:00 PM »
And you tell it Gunthr. :)

  Frankly, when it comes to death, I'm looking forward to the rest.
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« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2001, 12:20:00 AM »
The best thread I've read here - ever.  I salute you all, and when I get home from work tomorrow, I'm drinking a guinness to every last one of you  :)

Life is just as much about where you are as it is where you want to go.  Don't let the one suffer for the other   :)

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Offline mietla

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« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2001, 12:43:00 AM »
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I'm drinking a guinness to every last one of you   :)

Leonid, I'm afraid you need to down one more Guinness for me too.

You poor sap  :)

"I feel you pain" as our former grifter would say.
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Offline Duckwing6

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« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2001, 02:12:00 AM »
Hmmm yea i kind of got more carefull with age...

i remember when i was young i used full ailerons on those paper planes and corcscrewed them rght into the ground.. now that i grew up i'm a tad bit more carefull with 13.000lb of aluminium and Jet A

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-> don't let AGE be a deterent to fulfill your dreams !

Cheers
Phil (DW6)
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« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2001, 02:57:00 AM »
<S!> chaps! Thanks for sharing this with me. Some great answers here, all coming from years of living. Thoughtful and intelligent answers.

Many times these truisms have struck me, but for some reason, one needs the confirmation from others before one can truly accept or appreciate them. Either one does not *want* to accept them, or accepting them seem like a hopelessly optimistic thing to do.

I shall take all answers to my heart and work to follow the advice. All advice, of course, look incredibly simple on the surface, but actually following them takes a good deal of effort, effort that will be rearded.

<S!> to everyone, really appreciate and value your answers.

Now I gotta start studying for that exam. Have pushed it away for nearly a week and the exam date is really getting closer. Still got one semester of stuff to go throguh and blah blah.

Thanks again  :).
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