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Name one thing you used to be able to do - plus a bonus question
Name one significant thing you used to be able to accomplish in your youth but no longer can. Try to keep it clean fellas as this is a family show.
Bonus question - Do you agree that youth is wasted on the young? Explain. I used to be able to function very well with less than 5 hours of sleep. Now I need at least 6 hours of zzz sometimes much more or I'd have to nap in my car as napping at work is frowned upon. Youth is indeed wasted on the young. If I knew then what I know now, I'd be farther along in every aspect of life. |
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06-26-2009, 01:03 AM
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I agree on the sleep.
Back in the band days I would be out until the wee hours playing a gig and at work, without being late lst days, in the morning. 5 or less hours a night average for those years. I don't think youth is wasted on the young. I go with the saying," you are only as old as you feel". That said, some days I feel 90. Bones creaking and crackling.
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06-26-2009, 03:07 AM
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I used to be an excellent windsurfer. Funboarder actually. While I still may have the technical skills, I doubt my muscles and overall shape will still allow me to do what I did 10 years ago.
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06-26-2009, 04:08 AM
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Other than playing sports all day... my youth sucked. I was able to always be first done with my tests in school and get them all right as well...that lasted up until about grade 7 when I stopped giving a fk..
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06-26-2009, 04:13 AM
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lift both of my arms over my head
no, who else is going to explore all that stupid stuff we did that ultimately leads to wisdom?
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06-26-2009, 05:09 AM
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Have sex with whomever I wanted even in gas station parking lots. Now I have to ask my wife's permission.
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06-26-2009, 05:11 AM
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I used to be able to run 10 miles any day I wanted to.
I'm more than happy to let those damned kid do all of the running now, it holds no sway over me anymore 
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06-26-2009, 05:20 AM
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Put on socks and underwear in the morning pain free.
Didn't have to shave the edges of my ears. BQ: Yes. And explaining it would be a waste of breath, cuz those punks ain't gonna listen anyway.
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06-26-2009, 05:23 AM
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Bang 18 year old girls.
Yes, it's wasted on the young. I want to be Benjamin Button.
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06-26-2009, 05:46 AM
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All of the above. I find myself needing less sleep though. No 18 year-olds but enough 21 and ups in the hot tub and pool to be entertaining. Sadly, both Targa and Rooster are correct. Can't hardly get her drunk enough anymore...
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06-26-2009, 06:11 AM
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"What I once used to do all night now takes me all night to do once!"
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06-26-2009, 06:21 AM
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keeping sex out of it...
flexibility. i used to be able to climb, jump, crawl...like a navy seal. now? more like a elephant seal. youth? the best time ever...except the penny-less part. imagine if you had youthful energy and drive...and the money you have now??? youza
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I boxed for 10 years ..no way I could do that now. I still stay in shape but my Arthritis has gotten so bad now ( I'm 40 ) that it is almost more painful than its worth to me anymore.
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06-26-2009, 06:50 AM
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Heel-flip.
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A regular stool would be nice again?
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06-26-2009, 06:54 AM
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how about not peeing in Morse code?
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Si non potes inimicum tuum vincere, habeas eum amicum and ride a big blue trike. "'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." |
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20 pull-ups and 100 push-ups, now I'm lucky if I can bang out 3 pull-ups and 20 push-ups. I can't run as fast as I used to be able to. I guess it has everything to do with not really doing anything over the years.
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06-26-2009, 07:04 AM
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Remember stuff. When I was in high school I was like a walking Rolodex of friend's and family's phone numbers. Now I make lists, look stuff up over and over.... very frustrating, but I've learned to adapt. I had a client start off an IM with "Remember last week..." and I just cringed. I told her "Remember" is a dirty word to me.
Physically, I've fared pretty well. While I can't bench press >300 pounds any more my only real complaint is that my knees keep me from running. My wife and I used to run 5Ks all year long and briefly train up to do at least one 10K each year. I think playing soccer every year from the time I was 5 all the way through high school did permanent damage. But once I quit running and started taking Glucosamine my knees have really been ok.
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06-26-2009, 07:11 AM
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See. I have a very hard time reading the dates on coins now, which for some stupid reason is really frustrating to me.
BQ - I think it's phrased wrong. The problem is the young don't grok youth. "Don't it always seem as though you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone". |
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