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  • C Corporal Agarn

    What is wrong with getting young? ;P

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    The second law of thermodynamics.

    You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      Corporal Agarn wrote:

      Well there is one thing about getting old

      Trust me on this: it's a lot better than the alternative... ;)

      You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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      Mike Hankey
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      Amen, as long as I wake up and am looking at the green side I'm doing good.

      Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead? Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9. I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!

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      • C Corporal Agarn

        Well there is one thing about getting old, you get senior discounts. I am not 60, yet, but have grey hair (what I have). So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different. :-D Got a small discount at lunch. Hey, every little bit counts.

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        Mike Hankey
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        I just turned 65 a few months back and took a trip out west to the National Parks, I had got a senior pass a year or so ago and it was nice $25 admission just showed em the pass and bingo good to go have a nice visit. But some advice; "Getting old ain't for sissies"

        Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead? Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9. I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!

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        • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

          Amen, as long as I wake up and am looking at the green side I'm doing good.

          Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead? Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9. I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours!

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          OriginalGriff
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          Makes a lot of sense to me! :thumbsup:

          You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • C Corporal Agarn

            Well there is one thing about getting old, you get senior discounts. I am not 60, yet, but have grey hair (what I have). So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different. :-D Got a small discount at lunch. Hey, every little bit counts.

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            Marc Clifton
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            I've been getting letters/offers from the AARP since I was 35! Marc

            Automating Semantic Mapping of a Document With Natural Language Processing

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            • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

              Corporal Agarn wrote:

              Well there is one thing about getting old

              Trust me on this: it's a lot better than the alternative... ;)

              You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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              ZurdoDev
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              OriginalGriff wrote:

              it's a lot better than the alternative

              Getting younger? :confused: Oh wait, you said alternative not opposite. :-O

              There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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              • C Corporal Agarn

                Well there is one thing about getting old, you get senior discounts. I am not 60, yet, but have grey hair (what I have). So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different. :-D Got a small discount at lunch. Hey, every little bit counts.

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                Slacker007
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                Soon I will be implementing the "Eh, sonny. I can't hear you so well." :)

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                • C Corporal Agarn

                  What is wrong with getting young? ;P

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                  You should see The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Great movie about someone who is born old and grows younger...

                  It's an OO world.

                  public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
                  {
                  public void DoWork()
                  {
                  throw new NotSupportedException();
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                  • C Corporal Agarn

                    Well there is one thing about getting old, you get senior discounts. I am not 60, yet, but have grey hair (what I have). So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different. :-D Got a small discount at lunch. Hey, every little bit counts.

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                    David Crow
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                    Corporal Agarn wrote:

                    So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different.

                    Seeing as how "senior" has no definitive age minimum (it all depends on where you are, who you are talking to, and what you are doing), accepting such a discount is, or should be, uneventful. Now if said places had a sign with "Senior discount to those 60 or older" or some such verbiage and you took them up on it, then that would not be cool. :-D

                    "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                    "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                    "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

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                      Corporal Agarn wrote:

                      So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different.

                      Seeing as how "senior" has no definitive age minimum (it all depends on where you are, who you are talking to, and what you are doing), accepting such a discount is, or should be, uneventful. Now if said places had a sign with "Senior discount to those 60 or older" or some such verbiage and you took them up on it, then that would not be cool. :-D

                      "One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson

                      "Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons

                      "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

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                      Jeremy Falcon
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                      DavidCrow wrote:

                      "You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles

                      I like it! :thumbsup:

                      Jeremy Falcon

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                      • C Corporal Agarn

                        Well there is one thing about getting old, you get senior discounts. I am not 60, yet, but have grey hair (what I have). So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different. :-D Got a small discount at lunch. Hey, every little bit counts.

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                        Dr Walt Fair PE
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                        Yeah, I'm often in a quandary. Do I take the student discount or the senior citizen discount? Decisions, decisions ....

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                        Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software

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                          Soon I will be implementing the "Eh, sonny. I can't hear you so well." :)

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                          Dr Walt Fair PE
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                          ISN'T THAT WHAT THE CAPS LOCK IS FOR?

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            The second law of thermodynamics.

                            You looking for sympathy? You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric (Page 1788, if it helps)

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                            mrmike
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                            OriginalGriff wrote:

                            The second law of thermodynamics.

                            Yup... *looking at the hair on back noises* :doh:

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                              ISN'T THAT WHAT THE CAPS LOCK IS FOR?

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                              Slacker007
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                              :laugh:

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                              • C Corporal Agarn

                                Well there is one thing about getting old, you get senior discounts. I am not 60, yet, but have grey hair (what I have). So different places give me a discount without my asking. And I am not going to tell them different. :-D Got a small discount at lunch. Hey, every little bit counts.

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                                Rob Grainger
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                                Funnily, there's a few places I frequent that actually regularly give me freebies just because I treat them like human beings, unlike many of their customers. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy everytime.

                                "If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.

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