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Getting Old

From: william (WILLIAMA) 2 Jun 2014 23:26
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 14 of 45
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I'd hate to think how I would decide to live
You mean ethically?
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From: koswix 2 Jun 2014 23:45
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 15 of 45
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The trouble with astronomical odds is that, in an effectively infinite universe, they're pretty much a dead cert.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 3 Jun 2014 00:40
To: william (WILLIAMA) 16 of 45
41074.16 In reply to 41074.14
Yeah.  I've always said I'd never want to live to be old, old people just seem miserable and I'm enough of that.  I'm not a mean person at all, but I suspect not giving a fuck would change how I treated people.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 3 Jun 2014 00:45
To: koswix 17 of 45
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I dunno about all that, and my mind has a hard time grasping complex things like that.  It just seems that there were far too many things that had to go exactly right for us to be here.
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From: JonCooper 3 Jun 2014 07:44
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 18 of 45
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but, when all those things do 'go right' we pretty much /have/ to be here - life is here because this is the exact right situation for life to be in - on this planet there is life in the frozen wastelands and the almost boiling waters near underwater volcanoes, from the very depths of the oceans to the highest part of the atmosphere

think of an orange, left for quite a while, until the surface is covered in mould, all green and fuzzy

now, look at the earth again - no real difference

life is definitely an accident, my concern is whether our progress has been manipulated along the way 
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From: ANT_THOMAS 3 Jun 2014 09:17
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 19 of 45
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quote: Ken (SHIELDSIT)
If I were to believe that when I'm dead I'm just gone, like someone turning out the lights I'd hate to think how I would decide to live.

This is exactly what I believe.

I am very comfortable that when I die I will be gone, dead, non-existent. In fact this is exactly what I want.

I'm just another living being, one of 107 billion that have been on this earth. At no point do I believe I'm special being part of the 107 billion.

I've had this discussion with a few people, and whilst I definitely don't want to die tomorrow it doesn't worry me that I might. I'm very comfortable with my mortality.

Also, when it comes to dying I've decided I want a Sky Burial. Hopefully after my organs have been harvested for donation or some form of medical research has been done on my dead body. I doubt this will happen, but I would like to be some use after I die. Feed me to the lions at the zoo or something like that.

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From: Manthorp 3 Jun 2014 10:42
To: william (WILLIAMA) 20 of 45
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Things they dig out of La Breya Tar Pit look younger than I do...
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 3 Jun 2014 10:58
To: Manthorp 21 of 45
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La Breya is in Hollywood.
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 3 Jun 2014 11:57
To: JonCooper ANT_THOMAS 22 of 45
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You guys sure know how to cheer someone up!   :-P
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From: Manthorp 3 Jun 2014 13:27
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 23 of 45
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Hence all those badly preserved creatures of indeterminable age, presumably.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 3 Jun 2014 23:13
To: Manthorp 24 of 45
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Carbon dating is your friend.

OMG I should start a website!
EDITED: 3 Jun 2014 23:14 by DSMITHHFX
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From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)22 Jun 2014 19:20
To: Al JunioR (53NORTH) 26 of 45
41074.26 In reply to 41074.25
Enjoy it. I had mine (big 50, that is) last month.
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From: william (WILLIAMA)23 Jun 2014 13:59
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 27 of 45
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Late congratulations!

 
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From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)23 Jun 2014 14:05
To: william (WILLIAMA) 28 of 45
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Belated thank you!
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)23 Jun 2014 15:47
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 29 of 45
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GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

 >-|
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From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)23 Jun 2014 17:02
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 30 of 45
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Not until I've finished relieving myself. These trousers show off the embarrassing damp patch far too well.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)23 Jun 2014 17:07
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 31 of 45
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Embarrassing? What's that?
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From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)26 Jun 2014 23:33
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 32 of 45
41074.32 In reply to 41074.26
Was/is it hard to accept being 50?  40 was terrible, when I turn 50 I'll either have to laugh to keep from crying or jump in front of a truck.
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From: Killamarshian (HAL9001)27 Jun 2014 06:44
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 33 of 45
41074.33 In reply to 41074.32
I hit 50 two years ago and it didn't really bother me. I always think getting old is better than the alternative. Some of my friends never made it.
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