tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281519437069491769.post1305257391017279889..comments2023-08-26T10:05:22.123-05:00Comments on Goldenrod's thoughts: RelativityGoldenrodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246352554498015300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281519437069491769.post-65428205807972447142008-10-26T14:03:00.000-05:002008-10-26T14:03:00.000-05:00Another great post Goldenrod. I am so glad you wri...Another great post Goldenrod. I am so glad you write, I love seeing a small portion of the world through your eyes.Craig Peihopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133732737732225587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281519437069491769.post-78527047571659523302008-10-25T18:53:00.000-05:002008-10-25T18:53:00.000-05:00You know what, Whale? If I gave up smoking (have ...You know what, Whale? If I gave up smoking (have actually done that twice in my life ... both times started back up at a party, what can I tell you?) our nation's economy would be that much worse off due to my no longer paying all those riDIculous taxes on cigarettes!! :)<BR/><BR/>(You didn't think about THAT consequence, did you?)<BR/><BR/>Pneumonia three times in one year?!? Incredible! Your immune system must have been really down!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Steven, I think the 'big 5-0' must be a real milestone for men. (I know it was for DSL, my dreaded son-in-law.)<BR/><BR/>Thirty was mine. Surviving the 6's (2006/age 66) was another big one.<BR/><BR/><BR/>None of us can escape the facts. What we choose to DO with them is something else entirely.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I thank you both for your very thoughtful and supportive comments. Keep those digits warm, Steven, and Whale? Keep those piston legs churning!Goldenrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246352554498015300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281519437069491769.post-7134654643044636592008-10-25T15:45:00.000-05:002008-10-25T15:45:00.000-05:00hi goldenrod, i have thought about the "age" thing...hi goldenrod, i have thought about the "age" thing and it being "relative" off and on over the last couple of years. i teach people who are between the ages of 10 and 12 making me at this point some thirty-nine to fourty one years their senior. <BR/><BR/>some of how i see myself is through their eyes. to them i am chronologically an old man. i don't look it, or act it - whatever 51 looks or acts like - according to them. i do find that my mind and body have both changed in the last five years in much the same way and for a similar reason as my mind and body changed in my mid-thirties. <BR/><BR/>the numbers don't lie but for me the bottom line is the quality with which we live our lives and that's where we can judge and be judged. i think we can be comfortable with our "age" in that respect goldenrod!!!!!<BR/>stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4281519437069491769.post-68638327277876413952008-10-25T07:39:00.000-05:002008-10-25T07:39:00.000-05:00Goldenrod,I heard on the news yesterday that peopl...Goldenrod,<BR/>I heard on the news yesterday that people who smoke may be 4 times more likely to contract pneumonia. If you are, or have been a smoker, it may be a good idea to take him up on his offer.<BR/>Years ago, when I smoked, I had Pneumonia 3 times in one year...that's when I decided I better quit if I wanted to live to be an old lady ;-)<BR/>Whalewhalechaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13249468938978394571noreply@blogger.com