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'A note of comfort for anyone getting older' blog discussion
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Former_MSE_Lawrence
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This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's "A note of comfort for anyone getting older" blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.
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Therefore growing old is compulsory, but growing up isn't. QED.The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life.0
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i like your reasoning Martin, i was 59 today but seemingly 60 is the new 250
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you are only as old as you feel........ damn the wife is older than me...... :rotflsmile --- it makes people wonder what you are up to....
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so does that mean they will ever catch up with you? or has it gone past that stage?!0
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If you delay a mid-life crisis until the age of 50, does that mean you live to be 100?I reserve the right not to spend.
The less I spend, the more I can afford.
Frugal living challenge - living on little in 2025 while frugalling towards retirement.0 -
look if like me you wasted your youth and feel the years at school were not woth it, simply deduct them .... now plus university ... hmmm i'm now 10 !!!! "i wanna pony!!"totally debt free:j and mortgage free too 20100
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I remember an old B&W film (?Abbott & Costello) where they talked about people getting older:
- 2 people are aged 5 and 35 (7 x as old)
- 5 years later, they are 10 & 40 (4 x as old)
- 5 years later, they are 15 & 45 (3 x as old)
- 15 years later they are 30 & 60 (twice as old)
Jumbo
"You may have speed, but I have momentum"0 -
It's a well known fact that you grow older fastest when you're youngest!
Just think how much you grow in the very early years of life.0 -
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when I was ill I was told I'd probably not make 60.
Now I'm cured and 57 I intend to have the mother of all parties in three years time!0
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