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Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Not that I particularly liked all his music, but Kurt Cobain's daughter Frances Cobain is now a 20 year old model. OMG! Me too... rOZZ Music Pictures |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
During WWII my father ws an Adjutant of a Gurkha regiment - the second seventh Gurkha Rifles. I have his kukri ... It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54 |
During WWII my father ws an Adjutant of a Gurkha regiment - the second seventh Gurkha Rifles. I have his kukri ... Wow John That is one feared instrument in the hands of an expert. And the Gurkha's were. [/quote] Old James |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
It seems funny to see 1990, which was a short while ago, is really 23 years in the past ... It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
It seems funny to see 1990, which was a short while ago, is really 23 years in the past ... Indeed ... was talking to some of my Shipmates at the Vets' working party Thursday morning, and realized that on 31 August I will have been retired from the US Navy 20 years. And one of the guys there retired from the US Air Force two months after I enlisted ..... seems like only yesterday ... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
The thing that starts me feeling old is my musical things. I started out, at a very young age. My grandparents on my Dad's side, immigrated from Germany. When I was but a child, my memories were of tube radios pumping out oom pah pah polkas and zither rhythms. I posted a number of cuts from a German beerhause a week or two ago that brought that all back to me. A bunch of rather young folks sitting around a brauhouse table sharing zither songs and german vocal harmonies. I can reprise it if you wish. I lived though one of the greatest ages of hifi music. From tubes to the first bits of transistor technology. I have posted much of it before, and I am sure it would bore most to death if I tried to post it again. Would take pages. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
And I survived the X-generation period... And you are so much younger than many of us. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20 |
As Chaplain for 3 Veterans groups, I read the Obituaries daily in all 3 local newspapers. Yesterday (Thurs 4 April) I attended the burial service for a friend who was 4 years younger than me. In today's paper is the Obit for a man who was born 3 days before I was. Both died of cancer. People in my family tend to live into the high 80s and 90s so I probably have another 20-30 years ahead of me, but when I see folks my age and younger dying, it make me feel both lucky and ancient.... Enough melancholy. Off to breakfast, it's a beautiful partly-cloudy day here in Central California.... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22204 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
I know just what you mean My father had his first heart attack age 53 My younger brother had a quad bypass aged 51 I'm 60, no heart attack, no bypass - who said it was in the genes? Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
As Chaplain for 3 Veterans groups, I read the Obituaries daily in all 3 local newspapers. Yesterday (Thurs 4 April) I attended the burial service for a friend who was 4 years younger than me. In today's paper is the Obit for a man who was born 3 days before I was. Both died of cancer. People in my family tend to live into the high 80s and 90s so I probably have another 20-30 years ahead of me, but when I see folks my age and younger dying, it make me feel both lucky and ancient.... Don't feel so lucky. My mother is discovering at age 75 that she is losing all her friends. The friends she does still have are either have dimentia or worse yet Alzhiemers. Not much fun. She has also discovered that she is making friends in other places most are Dr's some are Lawyers. In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
As Chaplain for 3 Veterans groups, I read the Obituaries daily in all 3 local newspapers. Yesterday (Thurs 4 April) I attended the burial service for a friend who was 4 years younger than me. In today's paper is the Obit for a man who was born 3 days before I was. Both died of cancer. People in my family tend to live into the high 80s and 90s so I probably have another 20-30 years ahead of me, but when I see folks my age and younger dying, it make me feel both lucky and ancient.... Lawyers are the worst predatory species on the planet. They have no skills, they produce nothing. They have only one goal.....to make themselves richer by hanging onto the problems that others have. They are maggots. Look the term up. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Yesterday was my grandmother's first birthday since she died. She'd be 94. Today is two years since my father died, which means 93 days from now will be two years since my mother died. D*mn, I was feeling good a few minutes ago. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
My father, now dead 20 years this month, used to look at the Obits to see which of his golfing friends he had survived .... The circle gets smaller and smaller with time ... It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Smaller and smaller...... I personally, am about to leave these forums because some cannot handle my certainly loaded comments. No, I am no loaded, but the comments are at times. You don't like them, red x me. Many have fallen. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
OMFG........ This wuz my mum back then........ This is the gurl who was her second.......... and surely, you CAN call her Sweet Shirley......\\\ Hei..... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
Angela........ Folks think we talks too much. Folks think we walk about too much. Folks thing he's not about too much. People might think we're in love. Don't thing we're about these days... I know you have other ways. Kinda, going 'round these days. People might say we're in love. Dancing...... All around the bit. Prancing....like we really hit..... Sigh. You know, I am with you, dear. You know, no matter what you hear. I know when I hold you near........ People might say we're in Loooooooooooooove. Just a little theatrical presentation, my love. I know and you know who you are in love with. It was just a show of affectation. Tbat's all,,,,,, hope you enjoyed. EDIT... Ya think I should knock off the Rogers and Hammerstien bit? Don't think so. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
And, just before you all think I have gone quite daft........ My heart shall be blessed with the sound of music......... And I'll sing once more......... Rumor has it, and by her own account too..... That the sound stage 'copters 'bought took her off her feet during the opening montage. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
If i didn't know better, then I would .... It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
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