"Yum" or "ahh"? ,your choice

[perth]

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

[DanaC]

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

Originally posted by perth
Realise of course, Marichiko, that I no longer think 50 is old.

Such a nice young man! Of course you may help me across the street.

[Tomas Rueda]

I figure. the perception of age becomes clouded the afrther away it is. Like a ship 20 miles into the ocean can't really distinguish a light in the night as either a lighthouse or a beacon by sight. yet at 5 miles or so it is distinguishable.

thus the closer you are to a certain age then you can tell how does it feel.

Originally posted by Tomas Rueda
I figure. the perception of age becomes clouded the afrther away it is. Like a ship 20 miles into the ocean can't really distinguish a light in the night as either a lighthouse or a beacon by sight. yet at 5 miles or so it is distinguishable.

thus the closer you are to a certain age then you can tell how does it feel.

Oh, Grasshopper! For one so young, you are indeed wise!

[Tomas Rueda]

{Columbus, Cristopher; 1492. 20 miles off-shore of the Americas.}

Land, ho. Sail 14 degrees west... oops. never mind, let's go back to Spain.

...and thus America was not discovered until 200 years later. The End.

Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, indeed), my young friend, unlike Columbus, time gives you no choice but to keep moving forward. You WILL "discover America" whether you want to or not.

[SteveDallas]

"Middle Age is 10 years ahead of where you are now"
--Mrs. Dallas

[xoxoxoBruce]

Thank Mrs Dallas profusely. I thought it was 10 years behind me.

[Tomas Rueda]

Originally posted by marichiko
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, indeed), my young friend, unlike Columbus, time gives you no choice but to keep moving forward. You WILL "discover America" whether you want to or not.

Does that mean that things are already planed out for us? You know, there are some scientists who believe that a thing does not exitst until someone places his/her gaze on it.

ex. there is a metal ball suspended above a trianglular wedge. on the sides of the wedge are buttons that activate two different circuits: 1- a mini-computer connected to a mini-robot that paints red. 2- a similar circuit like the above but it paints blue.

Everything above is contained in a sound-proof box.

question : How do you know which circuit has been activated without opening the box? the ball has 50-50 chance to fall either way.

hint: some scientists believe that both colors are painted on to the wall until some one opens the box and finds out that it had been painted of a certain color.

[wolf]

The cat is dead.

Originally posted by wolf
The cat is dead.

Schoedinger's dog got it.

To answer your question, Tomas. No I do not believe in fate or predestination or something like that. But when it comes to getting older, you have two choices. You can die and avoid progressing any further in age or you can continue to live your life. If you continue to live your life, you have no choice other than to experience 20, 30, 40 etc.

YOU won't exist as a 20 year old until time takes you to that point, so in that sense the age of 20 is a hypothetical question for you. You can make a construct of age 20, paint it 5 different colors, and place a dead cat inside, but when you finally open up that gift wrapped box on your 20th birthday, the one you have no choice but to open up because it beats the alternative, don't be surprised if a dalmation leaps out.

[Tomas Rueda]

Originally posted by marichiko


Schoedinger's dog got it.

Well, at least there is no dead cat, just painted boxes.

I'm 16 and when I was 5, I did not imagined the realities of being a teenager. In fact, I thought the way the average teenager acts was reserved for wild, skateboarding-like people.

oh, well. God only gives you one slice of life, no second servings whatsoever. So why don't we experience it to the fullest?

[Troubleshooter]

Originally posted by Tomas Rueda
God only gives you one slice of life, no second servings whatsoever. So why don't we experience it to the fullest?

That's only a valid question if you believe that sort of thing.

[perth]

Well, whether you believe it or not, he does have a point. No one can prove anything either way in that arena, as we have discussed over and over again here. Let's rephrase the question so as to avoid offending the hypersensitive :

Why not live life to it's fullest?

There, now that it's had all religious context removed, we're free to dicuss the point Tomas was trying to make.