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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:52:48 -0600, "somebody" <x### [at] y com> wrote:
>"Sabrina Kilian" <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote in message
>news:48a5e02a$1@news.povray.org...
>> 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.
>
If you can remember 18 ~ 28 then you weren't there. ;)
And who says that you have to retire at 65?
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Regards
Stephen
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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:52:48 -0600, "somebody" <x### [at] ycom> wrote:
>
>>"Sabrina Kilian" <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote in message
>>news:48a5e02a$1@news.povray.org...
>>> 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.
>>
>
> If you can remember 18 ~ 28 then you weren't there. ;)
Heh... ;)
> And who says that you have to retire at 65?
Yep, in my work, we never retire. No such thing.
~Steve~
> --
>
> Regards
> Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:33:30 -0700, stbenge
> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> Ooo! deep! ;)
>> Hey, makin' fun of me? ;)
>
> Was that a request or a complaint? :-)
A request, of course! I'm available for parties and other social events.
Don't forget that I can also be your fall guy or scapegoat! Look good
in any situation, hire a whipping boy!
Sam
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"stbenge" <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> Stephen wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:33:30 -0700, stbenge
>> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> Ooo! deep! ;)
>>> Hey, makin' fun of me? ;)
>>
>> Was that a request or a complaint? :-)
>
> A request, of course! I'm available for parties and other social events.
Get yourself to London for PoVcon2 then Sam, would love to share a beer
or two with you. :)
> Don't forget that I can also be your fall guy or scapegoat! Look good in
> any situation, hire a whipping boy!
Now you've done it... Heh... ;)
~Steve~
>
> Sam
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Stephen wrote:
>> 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.
Same reason I haven't taken dance lessons either, even though I can't
dance and it would be a useful skill to have.
>> (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.
Perhaps more worrying is the people who think you can drive a car
through buildings, jump over broken bridges, roll it over 3 times, and
then get out and run down the street chasing the Bad Guys. IRL, this
does not happen. Ever.
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http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:29:52 -0700, stbenge
<THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:33:30 -0700, stbenge
>> <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>> Ooo! deep! ;)
>>> Hey, makin' fun of me? ;)
>>
>> Was that a request or a complaint? :-)
>
>A request, of course! I'm available for parties and other social events.
> Don't forget that I can also be your fall guy or scapegoat! Look good
>in any situation, hire a whipping boy!
>
As a sadist, I'm obliged to say no :)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 09:10:17 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>
>Same reason I haven't taken dance lessons either, even though I can't
>dance and it would be a useful skill to have.
>
Fair enough.
>> 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.
>
>Perhaps more worrying is the people who think you can drive a car
>through buildings, jump over broken bridges, roll it over 3 times, and
>then get out and run down the street chasing the Bad Guys. IRL, this
>does not happen. Ever.
Does anyone over the age of 10 really believe that? I think it is called the
"suspension of disbelief"
--
Regards
Stephen
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>> Perhaps more worrying is the people who think you can drive a car
>> through buildings, jump over broken bridges, roll it over 3 times, and
>> then get out and run down the street chasing the Bad Guys. IRL, this
>> does not happen. Ever.
>
> Does anyone over the age of 10 really believe that? I think it is called the
> "suspension of disbelief"
*Most* people realise it's fiction, but evidently *some* people seem to
think that you really can do this - or at least, something close to
this. Few people seem to realise that if you crash your car at 40 MPH,
you probably won't walk away without fairly significant injury.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Few people seem to realise that if you crash your car at 40 MPH,
> you probably won't walk away without fairly significant injury.
>
Depends on what you're driving. Older cars, yes. The modern cars with
airbags, crumple zones, etc, not so much.
Also, of course, how you crash the car.
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On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:11:56 +0200, "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot
com> wrote:
>
>"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
>news:48a6a2dd$1@news.povray.org...
>
>> Few people seem to realise that if you crash your car at 40 MPH,
>> you probably won't walk away without fairly significant injury.
>>
>
>Depends on what you're driving. Older cars, yes. The modern cars with
>airbags, crumple zones, etc, not so much.
>Also, of course, how you crash the car.
>
True, I was watching a Top Gear programme where the idiots deliberately crashed
their cars into a earth bank at 30 mph. Clarkson's car (an old Volvo) did not
have a working speedo and he crashed it at about 40 mph. Not only did he walk
away the car was drivable afterwards. It is pedestrians that have problems in
30+ mph crashes.
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Regards
Stephen
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