Today's Date

"A date that will live in infamy" - President FDR - 1941

SuperDave wrote:"A date that will live in infamy" - President FDR - 1941

yeah, yeah,, rub it in.

Dang Japanese,,or should I blame mom and dad for not planning properly?.

Curious as to your reaction, PV.

Is there something about you that we should know?

SuperDave wrote:Curious as to your reaction, PV.

Is there something about you that we should know?

45 candles on the cake today.

PV Pilot wrote:

SuperDave wrote:Curious as to your reaction, PV.

Is there something about you that we should know?

45 candles on the cake today.

Whippersnapper

PV Pilot wrote:

SuperDave wrote:Curious as to your reaction, PV.

Is there something about you that we should know?

45 candles on the cake today.

Whew! OK it's your birthday and you blame your parents??? ( I thought you might have Japanese ancestry)

PV Pilot wrote:

SuperDave wrote:Curious as to your reaction, PV.

Is there something about you that we should know?

45 candles on the cake today.

It's OK for you kids, wait til you get to my age!

Ah, but with age comes experience and wisdom. I wouldn't want to give that up to become young again.

SuperDave wrote:Ah, but with age comes experience and wisdom. I wouldn't want to give that up to become young again.

Ah, but what about if you could have both? The old "If I'd known then what I know now!"
THAT'S what I'd take!

Wilf:

"Age" and "wisom" are Siamese twins of sorts. One comes with the other. BTW, unless one gains wisdom in aging they are unlikely to age.

SD

Happy Pearl Harbor/Birthday PV

Also find that I am becoming less mature as I age and more clever I realise I may as well enjoy it.

nitroairplane wrote:Also find that I am becoming less mature as I age and more clever I realise I may as well enjoy it.

"Growing old is inevitable, growing UP is optional"!

Wilf:

Only is you want to live a decent life does maturity matter.

SD

SuperDave wrote:Wilf:

Only is you want to live a decent life does maturity matter.

SD

No I think a good quality of life can be achieved by not being too "grown up".

Indra:

Yet another point upon which differ.

Maturity to me means being self-sufficient and capable of realizing that there are things in life greater than oneself where immaturing holds that other people should support you BECAUSE it is owed to you. (As to why I have not a clue)

Witness a young child crying and ask yourself why.

Get back me when you have an answer.

SD

To me maturity is all a out how seriously you take yourself.
And I find when you tke yourself too seriously you become easily embarrassed,agitated somewhat paranoid. When you feel like this how is it possible to be happy?
I know people who consider playing with little engines immature I am no longer bothered. By these people be ause I am happy with what I do.To be honest any haters can't be enjoing their lives too much.

nitroairplane wrote:To me maturity is all a out how seriously you take yourself.
And I find when you tke yourself too seriously you become easily embarrassed,agitated somewhat paranoid. When you feel like this how is it possible to be happy?
I know people who consider playing with little engines immature I am no longer bothered. By these people be ause I am happy with what I do.To be honest any haters can't be enjoing their lives too much.

Sorry Indra, embassement, agitation, and paranoia are more chacteristic of the immature rather than the mature for the reasons that I described in my previous note. I am only very rarely embarassed because I have no reason to be, agitation is self-defeating and ineffective and paranoia serves no purpose for the mature individual. A mature person can subdue these emotions through introspection rather than overt behaviors.

If I took up needlepoint and some laughed, I wouldn't give a damn because I will do what I want to as long as on one is damaged in the process. I love country music whether anyone else does or not, I couldn't care less. Little engines, ditto.

In brief maturity is the self-confidence that problems may be resoloved by strong individual with the resolve to do so. I sleep very well at night because my mind is untroubled by the turmoils that you have erroroniously assigned assigned to the mature.

At your point in life I find it amazing that you don't seem to understand the importance of maturity and living life with with mature behaviors. Having done so I am very pleased with my life.

I never minded getting older, however I do not care much for continued aging these last 20 years lol

Its not so bad for those who age like wine, but for those of us (like myself) that age like milk it`s not so groovey

P.s., happy birthday pv

Happy Birthday PV!

Bob

Less than three weeks ago I turned 70. I told my kids that I was not getting smarter...just older.

And, oh yes, I was around for the "first" Pearl Harbor day.

We have forgiven, but we should NEVER forget.

George

gcb wrote:

And, oh yes, I was around for the "first" Pearl Harbor day.


George

I was almost around too!

Wilf