Stephen wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:19:07 -0700, stbenge
> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> Oh well, we all get old!
> 
> If we are lucky ;)

Luck is an open-ended concept...

Sam

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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> > torso. One good thing my ex gf did for me was to encourage me to put
> > emphasis into the movement of my knees, which has helped me smooth out
> > my steps and keep my head from bobbing too much. I'm still
> > self-conscious, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be.

> I'm thinking maybe I should take speach therapy to see if I can learn to
> stop talking like somebody with a brain disorder. I'm not sure if it'll
> work though...

You'd be surprised how little other people care about how you walk, how you
talk, or about you in general.

(Not sure though if that's a good thing or not).

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somebody wrote:
> "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote in message
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>> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
> 
>>> I don't consider 30 to be "young". I consider that to be "basically my
>>> life is almost over now".
> 
>> At 30?
>>
>> I'm a year older and as far as I'm concerned, the fun's just starting....
> 
> 30 is not the "end of life", of course - unless you are an olympian or a
> mathematician - but it's an age where the best years of one's live are most
> certainly over. Ages 20-25 is where humans peak both mentally and physically
> (generally speaking, there are of course rare exceptions). It's all downhill
> from there.
> 

If I peeked at 20-25, I should just cart myself off to a retirement home.

>> To quote a friend (speaking to the other people in the car at the time,
> aged
>> between 25 and 31) "You're a bunch of bloody kids"
> 
> Well, there's always denial <g>.
> 
> 

Don't tell me that, I've got another year before I turn 30! I refuse to 
believe that it's downhill after this. My goal is at least two gallery 
openings in one year!

It's an odd age though, at least for me. I'm stuck working with 40-60 
year old tenured professors on one side, and not even drinking age kids 
on the other. Caught betwixt cheerleaders on one side pushing envelopes 
and creating new challenges, and the 'meh, buy us beer' attitude on the 
other.

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somebody wrote:
> "Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> 
>>> torso. One good thing my ex gf did for me was to encourage me to put
>>> emphasis into the movement of my knees, which has helped me smooth out
>>> my steps and keep my head from bobbing too much. I'm still
>>> self-conscious, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be.
> 
>> I'm thinking maybe I should take speach therapy to see if I can learn to
>> stop talking like somebody with a brain disorder. I'm not sure if it'll
>> work though...
> 
> You'd be surprised how little other people care about how you walk, how you
> talk, or about you in general.
> 
> (Not sure though if that's a good thing or not).
> 
> 

You would be surprised at how much they notice, whether they admit it or 
not. Put a pebble in your shoe and walk with a limp, see how many people 
notice. I walk with a limp, never noticed it in high school till someone 
close by pointed it out. I assumed no one else noticed at all, that 
couldn't be why people out in large public areas watched me walk past, 
not at all.

I found that giving them a clue to why I limp, carrying a cane, gets 
less of a stare. They can process a lot quicker 'oh, she's got a hurt 
leg' instead of 'I wonder why that person is limping.'

If you really want to see how people file away their first impressions, 
though, you need bigger issues then a persons gait.

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:26:52 -0700, stbenge
<THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:19:07 -0700, stbenge
>> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> 
>>> Oh well, we all get old!
>> 
>> If we are lucky ;)
>
>Luck is an open-ended concept...
>


Ooo! deep! ;)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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Stephen wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:26:52 -0700, stbenge
> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:19:07 -0700, stbenge
>>> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh well, we all get old!
>>> If we are lucky ;)
>> Luck is an open-ended concept...
>>
> 
> 
> Ooo! deep! ;)

Hey, makin' fun of me? ;)

Sam

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:08:29 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>
>OK, two things.
>
>1. Even having an actual gun in your pocket won't help you if you're 
>outnumbered. I don't think this would make me feel any safer.

Misunderstanding due to a common misconception. 
I did not mean to imply that knowing how to fight would make you safer. But
studying aikido or judo would improve your confidence, over time. For instance
carrying a gun or a knife actually makes you more likely to get injured,
probably due to a sense of over confidence. Knowing your true abilities and
limits makes you a rounder person.


>2. I'd be far too shy to even attempt to do something like this. I'd be 
>too afraid of making an idiot of myself in front of everybody else.

That is a problem but sometimes you have to do things that you don't want to do.
Anyway its fun after you get over the initial embarrassment. Well I thought so.

>(As one of my sister's many boyfriends once explained, his Jui Jitsu 
>instructor once explained to the class "if a bunch of guys start picking 
>on you in the street, *run away*! Don't try to do Jui Jitsu on them. It 
>won't work.")

Sensible, lots of people believe the movies and that can be dangerous. If you
know that you can then you don't need to prove anything.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:33:30 -0700, stbenge
<THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:26:52 -0700, stbenge
>> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> 
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:19:07 -0700, stbenge
>>>> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Oh well, we all get old!
>>>> If we are lucky ;)
>>> Luck is an open-ended concept...
>>>
>> 
>> 
>> Ooo! deep! ;)
>
>Hey, makin' fun of me? ;)
>

Was that a request or a complaint? :-)
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Regards
     Stephen

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"Sabrina Kilian" <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote in message
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> somebody wrote:

> > certainly over. Ages 20-25 is where humans peak both mentally and
physically
> > (generally speaking, there are of course rare exceptions). It's all
downhill
> > from there.

> If I peeked at 20-25, I should just cart myself off to a retirement home.

If I had any sense when I was 18-28, I'd have "retired" for that period and
enjoyed it as much as possible while it lasted. While it's still far off,
I'm not looking to retiring at 65. Even assuming I'll live that long,
retirement will be wasted at that age and beyond.

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"Sabrina Kilian" <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote in message
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> somebody wrote:

> > You'd be surprised how little other people care about how you walk, how
you
> > talk, or about you in general.

> You would be surprised at how much they notice, whether they admit it or
> not. Put a pebble in your shoe and walk with a limp, see how many people
> notice.

Ah, but I was talking about "caring", not "noticing" <g>.

> I walk with a limp, never noticed it in high school till someone
> close by pointed it out.

See how long it took to come across someone who *cared* enough to point it
out.

> I found that giving them a clue to why I limp, carrying a cane, gets
> less of a stare. They can process a lot quicker 'oh, she's got a hurt
> leg' instead of 'I wonder why that person is limping.'

True.

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