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Marc2b -> RE: Is this what being old feels like? (2/7/2008 1:23:55 PM)
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While I don’t consider myself old yet (at 42), I have recently become aware that I’ve reached a point in my life that I can tell young people about things I didn’t have when I was their age (remember when your grandparents used to bore you with that?). For example, I can tell a thirteen-year-old, "when I was your age, there was no such thing as a computer in the house." or another one – "when I was your age and you wanted to make a phone call, you had to go to a room in the house where the phone was, and you had to stay there until the call was done." There are many more, I’m sure.
A few other tidbits I’d like to toss in:
"The body you have at twenty is largely the result of genetics. The body you have at forty is largely the result of behavior (i.e. drinking, smoking, etc.)"
– somebody
"It’s a shame that youth is wasted on young people."
– somebody else
"There are only two things wrong with young people – they think they know everything and they don’t know anything. That’s arrogance combined with ignorance. At best, it is amusing but at worst it can be fatal."
– someone or other
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