Getting old

[Stéphane Collin]

Congratulations !

----- 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 7:31 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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