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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now?
How do you act your age? -- Adam |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 3/3/2013 3:04 PM, ARW wrote:
So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? Pipe, slippers, a cup of Horlicks... How do you act your age? |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 4/03/2013 9:04 a.m., ARW wrote:
So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Growing up is over-rated. |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
"ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? -- Adam You're as old as you feel. I feel 20, I act 20. I'm actually 60! Andy |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
In message , ARW
writes So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Screw them! -- Simon 12) The Second Rule of Expectations An EXPECTATION is a Premeditated resentment. |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 4/03/2013 9:52 a.m., usenet2012 wrote:
In message , ARW writes So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Screw them! And make sure you leave them smiling |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
"ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Act the age you feel you are in your head So I'm staying 29, acting the prat, being a nuisance and generally ignoring authority (I was a late developer !) |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
Nthkentman wrote:
"ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Act the age you feel you are in your head That age changes depending on what I am doing. So I'm staying 29, acting the prat, being a nuisance and generally ignoring authority (I was a late developer !) There is nothing wrong with acting the prat, being a nuisance and generally ignoring authority. I have been told that it it is part of growing up:-) -- Adam |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:40:22 +0000, Andy Bartlett wrote:
"ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? -- Adam You're as old as you feel. I feel 20, I act 20. I'm actually 60! I think Adam is as old as the women he feels. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
In message , ARW
writes So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Well I tend to take the year I was born away from the year that the calendar displays, divide it by 7 and take it from there -- geoff |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 20:40:22 +0000, Andy Bartlett wrote: "ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? -- Adam You're as old as you feel. I feel 20, I act 20. I'm actually 60! I think Adam is as old as the women he feels. That makes me 30. -- Adam |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
Its all rubbish, men never grow up so I do not see the point of trying to
act as if we have grown up. Brian -- From the Sofa of Brian Gaff Reply address is active "ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? -- Adam |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
ARW wrote:
So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? Suitably bollocked - and be an even bigger prat than you are now just to annoy 'em. I did that after an argument with a couple of cantankerous clients just before I retired some 12 years ago - and hell the feeling was great! How do you act your age? As disgracefully as possible - especially if you are past the time you start to receive your old age pension - it's called regression into childhood. Would that apply to you yet? ;-) |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 03/03/13 20:04, ARW wrote:
So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Oh FFS That's just what a woman says to man when she can't think of anything intelligent to say, has temporarily run out of convenient lies, and you are expecting her to grow up and act her age. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 03/03/13 22:53, Unbeliever wrote:
ARW wrote: So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? Suitably bollocked - and be an even bigger prat than you are now just to annoy 'em. I did that after an argument with a couple of cantankerous clients just before I retired some 12 years ago - and hell the feeling was great! How do you act your age? As disgracefully as possible - especially if you are past the time you start to receive your old age pension - it's called regression into childhood. Would that apply to you yet? ;-) http://labyrinth_3.tripod.com/page59.html Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple By Jenny Joseph €* When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves and satin candles, and say we've no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells and run my stick along the public railings and make up for the sobriety of my youth. I shall go out in my slippers in the rain and pick the flowers in other people's gardens and learn to spit. €* You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat and eat three pounds of sausages at a go or only bread and pickles for a week and hoard pens and pencils and beer nuts and things in boxes. €* But now we must have clothes that keep us dry and pay our rent and not swear in the street and set a good example for the children. We must have friends to dinner and read the papers. But maybe I ought to practice a little now? So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/03/13 22:53, Unbeliever wrote: ARW wrote: So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? Suitably bollocked - and be an even bigger prat than you are now just to annoy 'em. I did that after an argument with a couple of cantankerous clients just before I retired some 12 years ago - and hell the feeling was great! How do you act your age? As disgracefully as possible - especially if you are past the time you start to receive your old age pension - it's called regression into childhood. Would that apply to you yet? ;-) http://labyrinth_3.tripod.com/page59.html Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple By Jenny Joseph Snipped ROTFL Bloody hilarious that TNP, thanks for posting it. |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On Sun, 3 Mar 2013 20:40:22 -0000, Andy Bartlett wrote:
How do you act your age? You're as old as you feel. I feel 20, I act 20. I'm actually 60! And can still be as physically active, strength and stamina, as you were at 20? I try to be but normally pay for it the next day with a few aches... -- Cheers Dave. |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:17:01 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/03/13 22:53, Unbeliever wrote: ARW wrote: So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? Suitably bollocked - and be an even bigger prat than you are now just to annoy 'em. I did that after an argument with a couple of cantankerous clients just before I retired some 12 years ago - and hell the feeling was great! How do you act your age? As disgracefully as possible - especially if you are past the time you start to receive your old age pension - it's called regression into childhood. Would that apply to you yet? ;-) http://labyrinth_3.tripod.com/page59.html Warning - When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple One of SWMBO's favourites, and she has sworn to live by it. -- Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org My posts (including this one) are my copyright and if @diy_forums on Twitter wish to tweet them they can pay me £30 a post *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
"ARW" writes:
Nthkentman wrote: "ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? I've been celebrating my 19th birthday for quite some years now. Act the age you feel you are in your head That age changes depending on what I am doing. So I'm staying 29, acting the prat, being a nuisance and generally ignoring authority (I was a late developer !) There is nothing wrong with acting the prat, being a nuisance and generally ignoring authority. I have been told that it it is part of growing up:-) That's just what people who have died inside tell themselves to get through another day. I'd rather be a foolish child than a miserable prick for the 80 years that I have a choice. Alex -- Swish - Easy SFTP for Windows Explorer (http://www.swish-sftp.org) |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 04/03/2013 01:33, Alexander Lamaison wrote:
"ARW" writes: Nthkentman wrote: "ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? I've been celebrating my 19th birthday for quite some years now. But thats telling porkies. However you can be 20/21 forever by changing the base every couple of years. |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 04/03/2013 07:52, dennis@home wrote:
On 04/03/2013 01:33, Alexander Lamaison wrote: I've been celebrating my 19th birthday for quite some years now. But thats telling porkies. However you can be 20/21 forever by changing the base every couple of years. How so? 19 = x^1 + 9. Easily substitutes correctly for any age over 18 (or else the 9 digit is forbidden) Andy |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
"ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? -- Adam As others feel you should act for the age you are. That usually means that if you are over 30, you should have become a boring old fart full of life's responsibilities, much like they are. I hit 60 this year, and people have been telling me it as long as I can remember. I've told the missus that I will likely never grow up, and that if I ever do, to shoot me. Life's too short to not have a bit of fun with ... :-) Arfa |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:33:11 +0000, Alexander Lamaison
wrote: "ARW" writes: Nthkentman wrote: "ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? I've been celebrating my 19th birthday for quite some years now. Aren't the neighbours a bit fed up with the same old music yet? G.Harman |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 03/03/2013 20:04, ARW wrote:
So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? Ignore it. Age is just a number, not a state. -- F |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
"ARW" wrote in message ... Nthkentman wrote: "ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Act the age you feel you are in your head That age changes depending on what I am doing. So I'm staying 29, acting the prat, being a nuisance and generally ignoring authority (I was a late developer !) There is nothing wrong with acting the prat, being a nuisance and generally ignoring authority. I have been told that it it is part of growing up:-) Yep....Agreed. Which is why I am 29 and 294 months innit ! |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 03/03/13 20:04, ARW wrote: So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? Oh FFS That's just what a woman says to man when she can't think of anything intelligent to say, has temporarily run out of convenient lies, and you are expecting her to grow up and act her age. It was a woman that told me to grow up. She must have been right as her Mother agreed with her:-) -- Adam |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
Owain wrote:
On Mar 4, 8:21 pm, "ARW" wrote: It was a woman that told me to grow up. She must have been right as her Mother agreed with her:-) And did you rise to their expectations? Only been there once - not at the same time - and they were both younger than me. -- Adam |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
"Brian Gaff" writes:
Its all rubbish, men never grow up so I do not see the point of trying to act as if we have grown up. It's called neoteny. Allegedly one of the things that distinguishes us from the other animals. -- Windmill, Use t m i l l J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ O n e t e l . c o m All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost |
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"dennis@home" writes:
On 04/03/2013 01:33, Alexander Lamaison wrote: "ARW" writes: Nthkentman wrote: "ARW" wrote in message ... So where does that leave me and what am I supposed to do now? How do you act your age? I've been celebrating my 19th birthday for quite some years now. But thats telling porkies. Not necessarily. You might be counting in Mars/Saturn/Pluto years as required. However you can be 20/21 forever by changing the base every couple of years. -- Windmill, Use t m i l l J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ O n e t e l . c o m All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost |
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I have been told to grow up and act my age (again).
On 05/03/13 07:21, Windmill wrote:
"Brian Gaff" writes: Its all rubbish, men never grow up so I do not see the point of trying to act as if we have grown up. It's called neoteny. Allegedly one of the things that distinguishes us from the other animals. Dogs are the same. Floppy ears only occur in wolf pups. For example. Dogs are bred to remain puppyish for the whole of their lives. -- Ineptocracy (in-ep-toc-ra-cy) €“ a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. |
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Alexander Lamaison wrote:
I'd rather be a foolish child than a miserable prick for the 80 years that I have a choice. Alex Of course I was ****ed and I cannot be expected to remember every stupid and childish thing I did on Saturday night. I do remember getting thown out of a pub for doing star jumps on the dance floor (I won that bet) and I know I climbed some up some scaffolding and pretended to be a monkey before I went out (that was to amuse a 10 year old child). And the other thing she said was "your friends are as daft as you" - well of course they are - that's why they are my friends. -- Adam |
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On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4:42:20 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 05/03/13 07:21, Windmill wrote: Dogs are the same. Floppy ears only occur in wolf pups. For example. Dogs are bred to remain puppyish for the whole of their lives. And cats. Grown up wild cats do not meow, only kittens do. They remain in a kitten state when being bred and/or treated as pets. Very interesting documentary about this last year sometime. It also explained how to "horse whisper" by using their horse body language to assert dominance without threatening them in order to revert them to "foal" mode. Simon. |
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sm_jamieson wrote:
On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4:42:20 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 05/03/13 07:21, Windmill wrote: Dogs are the same. Floppy ears only occur in wolf pups. For example. Dogs are bred to remain puppyish for the whole of their lives. And cats. Grown up wild cats do not meow, only kittens do. They remain in a kitten state when being bred and/or treated as pets. Very interesting documentary about this last year sometime. I wish I had seen that one. However http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHZJrx7RZ2w was the first hit on google. -- Adam |
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In message , ARW
writes sm_jamieson wrote: On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4:42:20 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 05/03/13 07:21, Windmill wrote: Dogs are the same. Floppy ears only occur in wolf pups. For example. Dogs are bred to remain puppyish for the whole of their lives. And cats. Grown up wild cats do not meow, only kittens do. They remain in a kitten state when being bred and/or treated as pets. Very interesting documentary about this last year sometime. I wish I had seen that one. However http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHZJrx7RZ2w was the first hit on google. BTW, manis RIP, died a week last tuesday -- geoff |
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geoff wrote:
In message , ARW writes sm_jamieson wrote: On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4:42:20 PM UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 05/03/13 07:21, Windmill wrote: Dogs are the same. Floppy ears only occur in wolf pups. For example. Dogs are bred to remain puppyish for the whole of their lives. And cats. Grown up wild cats do not meow, only kittens do. They remain in a kitten state when being bred and/or treated as pets. Very interesting documentary about this last year sometime. I wish I had seen that one. However http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHZJrx7RZ2w was the first hit on google. BTW, manis RIP, died a week last tuesday Sorry to hear that - she was quite a character. I liked the way you said you did not like her begging for food when your were eating and then gave her a nice tasty morsel from your plate:-). -- Adam |
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