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Tomas Rueda · 05-26-2004, 09:28 AM

Being sessile doesn't apply for the people who stay in the computer 24-7 because of work. it applies to the people who stay in the computer 24-7 because of fun.

Catwoman · 05-26-2004, 09:31 AM

tom do you know perry?

Tomas Rueda · 05-26-2004, 09:35 AM

NO

Tomas Rueda · 05-26-2004, 09:37 AM

Here are some of my pics

http://xpupload.hpphoto.com/servlet/...94259542903207

Catwoman · 05-26-2004, 09:42 AM

which ones are yours?

perth · 05-26-2004, 09:51 AM

Y'know, when I was in 6th grade we were asked to make a person up and write a biography running from birth to death. The details of the story I wrote escape me now, save one. I got to around 50 years old and got bored with the story and decided to kill him off.

At the age of 50, so-and-so died of old age.

My 12 year old mind thought this was a pretty clever way to end the story. But I vividly remember being called to my teacher's desk the next day. I slowly approached, wondering why on earth, what could I have possibly done, to cause my teacher to call me on the carpet with such obvious anger and irritation. I stood in front of her desk and awaited whatever was coming. She handed my paper back to me, and said six words:

Fifty is not old. Fix this.

Looking back, I imagine she was probably slightly older than 50 at the time, and I really liked her, but I get a chuckle out of that to this day.

I think that the younger you are, the more skewed your perception of age is. I'm 26 and I still have no real concept of what 50 will be like. I think Tomas suffers from this condition just the same as most if not all of us did (do).

wolf · 05-26-2004, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Catwoman
Yes but you said senile or active, sessile being the opposite of active.

Senile people can be very active.

That's why you see so many old folks with alzheimers on then news being described as "missing from home" and is also why they have to put anti-theft tags on the old folks on dementia units ... they keep trying to elope. The tag sets off an alarm to alert staff that it's time to chase them.

jaguar · 05-26-2004, 09:59 AM

Some senile people are far too ative, look at Murdoch.

Quote:

10-19 teens
20-24 adolescents

That`s pretty harsh on a 24y.o.

This needs seperate scales for men and women, I know some girls in primary school that are far more mature that 30 year old guys I know.

Catwoman · 05-26-2004, 10:07 AM

wolf - lol, that was funny, although I don't know if it was supposed to be

wolf · 05-26-2004, 10:09 AM

It's kind of tragicomic, really.

Catwoman · 05-26-2004, 10:15 AM

I just had visions of old people moving really fast in the wrong direction like when you skip a dvd and it kind of jumps and the characters look all confused

russotto · 05-26-2004, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jaguar

This needs seperate scales for men and women, I know some girls in primary school that are far more mature that 30 year old guys I know.

The scale for both men and women, but particularly women, would have to go backwards for a time, and I don't mean during senility.

05-26-2004, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by perth
Y'know, when I was in 6th grade we were asked to make a person up and write a biography running from birth to death. The details of the story I wrote escape me now, save one. I got to around 50 years old and got bored with the story and decided to kill him off.

At the age of 50, so-and-so died of old age.

[i]Fifty is not old. Fix this.[/i

I think that the younger you are, the more skewed your perception of age is. I'm 26 and I still have no real concept of what 50 will be like. I think Tomas suffers from this condition just the same as most if not all of us did (do).

Here's me preparing for my upcoming funeral sine I am now 50:

perth · 05-26-2004, 05:10 PM

Realise of course, Marichiko, that I no longer think 50 is old.

DanaC · 05-26-2004, 05:40 PM

When I was 15, I remember very clearly that my 40 year old mum was hot enough looking to draw comment from male classmates and the odd teacher...I also remember that my 70 year old Nan was in the latter stages of Alzheimers and that she had suddenly gone from seeming not so old to seeming very old....I recall my class being asked by our English teacher to discuess what we meant by "old age" ....I clearly recall that I thought middle aged meant about 50. When I read a description of someone in the newspaper being "middle aged" what always sprang to mind for me was someone of about that age. 40's didnt seem ld enough for middle age, because middle age was something quite staid, and dull and I knew lots of 40 year olds who didnt seem that way at all.....
Was quite a shock really to get into my middle twenties and discover I was only half a decade or so from being what many consider middle aged :P Now I have the additonal curveball that so many of the women in my life are vibrant, kickass, goodlookin women in their 50's and 60s......So now I am having to rewrite what I imagined being 50 to mean:P

05-26-2004, 09:28 AM	#256
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05-26-2004, 09:31 AM	#257
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	tom do you know perry? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

05-26-2004, 09:35 AM	#258
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05-26-2004, 09:37 AM	#259
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05-26-2004, 09:42 AM	#260
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	which ones are yours? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

05-26-2004, 09:51 AM	#261
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Y'know, when I was in 6th grade we were asked to make a person up and write a biography running from birth to death. The details of the story I wrote escape me now, save one. I got to around 50 years old and got bored with the story and decided to kill him off. At the age of 50, so-and-so died of old age. My 12 year old mind thought this was a pretty clever way to end the story. But I vividly remember being called to my teacher's desk the next day. I slowly approached, wondering why on earth, what could I have possibly done, to cause my teacher to call me on the carpet with such obvious anger and irritation. I stood in front of her desk and awaited whatever was coming. She handed my paper back to me, and said six words: Fifty is not old. Fix this. Looking back, I imagine she was probably slightly older than 50 at the time, and I really liked her, but I get a chuckle out of that to this day. I think that the younger you are, the more skewed your perception of age is. I'm 26 and I still have no real concept of what 50 will be like. I think Tomas suffers from this condition just the same as most if not all of us did (do).

05-26-2004, 10:07 AM	#264
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	wolf - lol, that was funny, although I don't know if it was supposed to be __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

05-26-2004, 10:09 AM	#265
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	It's kind of tragicomic, really. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-26-2004, 10:15 AM	#266
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	I just had visions of old people moving really fast in the wrong direction like when you skip a dvd and it kind of jumps and the characters look all confused __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

05-26-2004, 05:10 PM	#269
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Realise of course, Marichiko, that I no longer think 50 is old.

05-26-2004, 05:40 PM	#270
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	When I was 15, I remember very clearly that my 40 year old mum was hot enough looking to draw comment from male classmates and the odd teacher...I also remember that my 70 year old Nan was in the latter stages of Alzheimers and that she had suddenly gone from seeming not so old to seeming very old....I recall my class being asked by our English teacher to discuess what we meant by "old age" ....I clearly recall that I thought middle aged meant about 50. When I read a description of someone in the newspaper being "middle aged" what always sprang to mind for me was someone of about that age. 40's didnt seem ld enough for middle age, because middle age was something quite staid, and dull and I knew lots of 40 year olds who didnt seem that way at all..... Was quite a shock really to get into my middle twenties and discover I was only half a decade or so from being what many consider middle aged :P Now I have the additonal curveball that so many of the women in my life are vibrant, kickass, goodlookin women in their 50's and 60s......So now I am having to rewrite what I imagined being 50 to mean:P

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