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When all is said and done, does anyone really want to be "remembered", or is it simply ego?
Personally, I want to leave as small a footprint as possible. Better for the world if I had not taken up space for over 6 decades.
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Was it the revelation that you wouldn't be able to have sex with Paul Newman?
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don't tel lme...you are going to start ordering from the menu??
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Tabs when I read what you wrote I laughed, I cried. It became a part of me.
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Kurt, you are a homo
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Oh my God, are you here all alone, Tabs?
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We all should be remembered and hopefully our kids or our achievements will be our legacy. Hopefully they both turn out well... Part of the reason I have slowed down on posting here on the OT forum is that I finally realized that many of the posts on the political threads were just wasted time and I no longer have any time to waste. Its time to do worthwhile things instead of wasting time in an area that you cannot change.
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For the past 6 months I have had the feeling that my time is running. In that time a close friend of mine 25 year old son died unexpectedly and my "old Boy"Airdale died unexpectedly as well. I have worried about my friend because it has been such a crushing blow to him and I still miss ole George... I just remember how his eyes would light up and how happy he was when I paid him some attention.
Also in that time I have been concerned about some health issues and have had the ole Prostrate checked and have had a Colonoscopy, both of which were OK...it really was time for me to do the screening. In May I bought a couple of spoons in OZ land that really set me back a few dinero, and has really limited what I can do for quiet awhile. I bought rarity and condition...so when U boyz talk about $500 or a $1000 as being alot for one of your toys, I think, I wish.. I only mention this in passing as how much it has limited something I like to do. Being able to articulate what I think and feel is my forte, what I do best. I want to reach out and touch as large of an audience as I can. As I've said I have spent along time putting the pieces together. Sometimes it amazes me what I see, lately when I watch an interview on TV with a noted personage I notice that they say a sentence or two that really revels what they are about and/or who they really are. For instnce Jack Welch (Ex CEO of GE) has been in the news lately about his interest in buying the Boston Globe newspaper. When asked how much he thought the paper was worth he shrewdly dodged the question, but then he got to talking about managing a company and that the principles he used could be be successfull in managing a company or "COUNTRY"...BINGO, HE SAID IT, one word stood out like BOLD type. There it is the reason why he wants to buy the Globe. He wants to use the Globe as a spring board to air his views on how to run country, and fix the problems it has by using his managment principles. Simple... .
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OMFG, not a Jack Welch run country!!! I worked for some of his proteges. That fucher's vile.
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Joe I don't think U waste your time by expressing yourself on this Forum. I think that there will always be somebody, that no matter how U try, they won't get it. Its the others that you can affect, and keep focused on. So don't runaway and start tilting windmills with Rodeo...
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Am I missing something, or is Tabs predicting the End Times?
Maybe I'm getting all the threads mixed up.
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Why don't you post a picture of yourself ripping around Vegas in that little 911S? That would be something to remember you by.
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Understand what you are saying but I am in somewhat the same mode you are. Just battled some health issues myself and suddenly realized that at 53 I have a good 20 years left (if everything goes well) and then another 10-15 years of real decline after that, again if everything goes well. In many ways I realized that its time to do some real good in my life as opposed to playing around as I have at times in the past. Tilting at anyone who is so stuck in their mindset as some are on this forum is just a waste of time. They may never "get it" and its not my job to try to change them. I would rather work on people and things that I can change and for the better, than beat my head on the wall with things that are not worth wasting time upon.
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Tabs periodically flirts with the edge of the abyss but always (so far) bounces back.
Tabs, I LOVE YOU, MAN!
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I've been on the edge of the abyss and have had the flames of he11 lick at my feet. Thats what put me on the road to Damascus. There maybe hurricanes, fires, floods and earthquakes but the Tree is always still there, maybe a little worse for the wear. Only time will take the Tree down.
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[crickets chirping]
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