[Leica] IMG: PAW Launch 2011 (ric 0111)

[ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)]

very well!

mature it is!

ric

On Jan 9, 2011, at 8:03 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Ric Carter  offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: PAW Launch 2011 (ric 0111)
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>> DAMN, I am old
>> > 8^O
>> > ric
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> John McMaster wrote:
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>>> Just to make things worse, doesn't that mean that you are starting your
>>> seventh decade....
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> 
> Ric,
> NO! NO! Don't use the verbotten word, "old!" :-)
> 
> Don't give in to it! Yeah it hurts like hell some days, but never 
> acknowledge that yer old & hurting. You may use the word "matured" or aged 
> when explaining an ache or pain!
> 
> But mature is the best way simply because, when a wine matures the better 
> it is! :-) And we never complain about drinking mature wine. :-) However 
> I'd never drink "Old wine!" :-) Not sure any of it is around long enough 
> to become an "old wine?" ;-)
> 
> The more mature Scotch is, the better it's flavour! ;-)  But we humans, 
> those of us who love life and the blessings of living where we do 
> relatively safe from the madmen of the day.  I mean on a those beautiful 
> days when we go in the garden, take flower pictures for the fun of it. Or 
> our grand childen, one can ask how much better can it be?
> 
> Never say old,  never admit the aches and pains, always be young of heart 
> & spirit! And when a simple thing of your youth bucket list comes before 
> you .... never ever say, nor listen to anyone offering ..... "Act your 
> age, yer too old to do that!" Screw them, do it just for the sake of 
> proving you can still kick butt and feel good about it! But never say yer 
> "old!" Yer old when you are finally horizontal and non-breathing!
> 
> But all your life you've wanted to do it and even at the exciting age of 
> 80 you decide yer going to complete 80 sit ups one right after the other? 
> GO FOR IT! BEGIN A SMALL START!"  and stay with it and they will become 
> easy, you'll be far bettere for it, your heart and lungs will be better 
> and stronger and you'll be able to throw a Leica around like it were a 
> Minox! ;-)
> 
> And you'll be better of heart and younger of heart when all those young 
> lads of 30 or 40 can't do 5 sit ups. :-)
> 
> That's when you flop down knock of 80 simply just for something to do! 
> Because you have the attitude of being young of heart, mind and soul!
> 
> cheers,
> ted
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