On 08/06/2015 08:52 AM, scott wrote:
>> ...except it's not true. I'm 35 years old. I'm nearly at the end of my
>> career.
>
> Yes because everyone retires by 40.

I don't know about "retire", but "stop being taken seriously", sure. (I 
guess it depends where you work.)

>> When I look at a pretty girl, I suddenly
>> realise she's ten if not twenty years younger than me.
>
> You never know, she might be interested in older men :-) I mean the one
> 10 years younger, 20 years younger is not a very smart idea.

There's a girl I fancy who's a mere 5 years younger than me. But she's 
convinced I'm "way too old for her".

Then again, on previous form, that's probably just a polite way of 
saying "I have way better taste than that"...

> Judging by what I saw/see of my parents, the best years of your life
> start the day you retire. They have less "free" time than I do, and they
> don't have a job to go to!

My mum, having recently retired, became incredibly depressed. Being an 
extremely obnoxious woman, she has no friends, no social life of any 
description. Now she doesn't work in a busy office, she never sees any 
other humans. At one point, she just lay in bed for two weeks. By herself.

If I have one mission in life, it is to *never* become like my mother! 
(This sounds trivial, but isn't.)

>> Still, at least I have 23,000 rep on StackOverflow, eh? :-|
>
> Looking back then, what else would you have rather have done with the
> time you spent on there?

I have absolutely no idea what I actually want out of life.

Then again, doesn't everybody feel like that sometimes?

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