How old are you? Can't lie HP will tell
Not being much younger than I was a few minutes ago (when my pinkie finger hit the wrong button on this silly keyboard...) I will try to remember what it was I had to put forth here prior to that all-too-common mis-tap.
I can tell from reading the responses as to the question about your age that the first thought most responders had was, "How can I get away with a bit of a lie here?" My thought then is to be different. I will flat out tell the truth even though it may cause you to laugh and carry on.
I am older than a rock. A giant redwood tree has nothing on me. I remember when it was just a little nut sort of thing when I was a real big nut. It rained the day before that and the oceans almost overfilled. Then, out came the sun. It was really nifty how everything came together. Finally, I got to share in a whole day off. The whole week was like a vacation in spades - stars at night, sun during the day, water for fishing, deer for chasing, and so much more that I can't today recall the whole deal. Good thing I had my old box camera with me then, but, alas, most of the old pix sort of disintegrated with time. You know how that works, right?
Back not so long ago, like right around April or May in 1960, one of our bosses, a nice lady sailor whose first name was Maggie, flipped on the electric light switch to our workroom. As she flipped the switch, she hollered, "And let there be light ! " One of my then buddies, sort of a big mouth type named Maurice, hollered back, "Yeah, Maggie. You ought to know. You had the duty that weekend."
That startled me, for I had never realized that Maggie was also older than a rock.
Doggone it ! How'd I miss out on Maggie that whole week back then?Very topical subject for me - as I am starting to question this myself!
A few weeks ago, the (extremely) old lady in front of me at the supermarket check-out started talking to me about the excesses people buy in modern times with regard to food. She actually said, "They don't remember what it was like during the war with rationing, do they? They don't know they're living nowadays, the young ones." And I remember...? My mother used to tell me these stories from when she was a very young child. Rationing was long before my time.
Yesterday, I was out with the dog when an equally old man commented on the snow and ice and how it was a hazard to, "Old fellas like us!"
I honestly believe I am 42 but maybe I'm simply reminiscing in my twilight years - or Twilight Zone...???
How old is that then? So confused, could be the weed ?
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Just can't stop laughing - kimberlyslyricsposted 12 years ago0
Yeah, but so relevant! Post your link Kimberley. Jamaraqui? Who??
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- kimberlyslyricsposted 12 years ago0
45 i so love my 40's best years yet......
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