Good post, Norm Elwood ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Barrett" <nbarrett@midsouth.rr.com> To: "Rick Jefferies" <jefferies1@AOL.COM>; "Rev. Kim Campbell" <RevKimC@AOL.COM>; <pianotech@ptg.org>; "Linda Neel" <linda-mss@cox.net>; <jtaylor@coins2cars.com>; "Earl Jackson" <ejcitadel@yahoo.com>; "Doug Southall" <dsouthall@prodigy.net>; "Charles Zajicek" <ctn24851@centurytel.net> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:31 AM Subject: Getting old > > > >Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is > >when we're kids ? > > > >If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you > >think in fractions. > > > >"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" > >You're never thirty-six and a half. > >You're four and a half, going on five! Thats the key. > > > >You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. > >You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. > >"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're > >gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life, you become 21. Even > >the words sound like a ceremony. YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS !!! > > > >But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? > >Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED, we had to throw him out. > >There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. > >Whats wrong? Whats changed? > > > >You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. > > > >Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. > >Before you know it, you REACH 50....and your dreams are gone. > >But wait!!! You make it to 60. You didn't think you would! > > > >So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. > >You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! > >After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! > > > >You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; > >You HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. > >And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I was > >JUST 92" > > > >Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little > >kid again. > >"I'm 100 and a half!" > > > >May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half !! > > >
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