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post #31 of 41
12/27/10 at 8:03am
Unfortunately, the cure for aging seems to be the same as the cure for AIDS:

"..about $180k shot directly into the bloodstream"
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post #32 of 41
12/27/10 at 8:03am
Gum recession is a particular favourite.
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post #33 of 41
12/27/10 at 9:15am
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Not to be an ass. But I will happily accept these 'rewards' as my life continues. I'd rather live a happy life that continues rather than a happy life that ends 20 years early.

Coping with 'visible signs' is up to the individual. If I've lived a great life thats made my features worn then I'm ok with that and I sure won't hide it. To be honest, I hope I live a long life and at the end of it my features show the character I've hopefully built over the years.

... I'm young so I get to judge you and if I were to guess your young too... over thinking tons of shit and assuming things too. If you weren't young you'd have accepted these things by now... Basics are basics and if your not a fool, you take care of your finances and yourself then life takes care of it self. You take care of you. period.

It's funny how this has struck a nerve with some presumably younger members. I had meant it as a, "To die, or not to die" thread but it has turned into an evangelical , "How to live your life" thread for some. I wanted to know if I could be mistaken for a Government Relations consultant if I started to use a moisturizer on my face, and I'm being told that you use cash, not cream. (That doesn't change the question really, if you know GR.)

RJ, I have shoes I can still wear from 1980, and a belt from 1972. I'm starting to qualify for insurance discounts due to the probability that my judgement will be less wreckless than a younger person's. I think you were mistaken in at least one of your assumptions about me.
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post #34 of 41
12/27/10 at 9:37am
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Originally Posted by Sesame Seed View Post
Gum recession is a particular favourite.

Yeah, a recession with no recovery. No one bothers to predict whether its a "V" or a "U" or a "W."

There I wouldn't hesitate to use any technique to halt or reverse it.
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post #35 of 41
12/27/10 at 10:02am
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The best you can do is 'looks good for an old guy'

I've been planning for that since I was 18 Stephen.

The conception of masculinity that I inherited would not permit even a little moisturizer. Nor plugs nor rugs. No hair color. No make up. No cosmetic proceedures of any kind.
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post #36 of 41
12/27/10 at 12:37pm
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It's funny how this has struck a nerve with some presumably younger members. I had meant it as a, "To die, or not to die" thread but it has turned into an evangelical , "How to live your life" thread for some. I wanted to know if I could be mistaken for a Government Relations consultant if I started to use a moisturizer on my face, and I'm being told that you use cash, not cream. (That doesn't change the question really, if you know GR.)

RJ, I have shoes I can still wear from 1980, and a belt from 1972. I'm starting to qualify for insurance discounts due to the probability that my judgement will be less wreckless than a younger person's. I think you were mistaken in at least one of your assumptions about me.

Perhaps it is because the question you pose is pointless. What are the two certainties in life? Death and taxes. The road the former (assuming you live a while) is not a pretty one no matter what you do. We came into this world pissing ourselves and we will leave it the same way. Trying to avoid this outcome is an exercise in futility.

Some are just trying to give tips on doing it more gracefully. That is all you can do and even then there are things that are beyond your control.

I would much rather be concerned with my legacy than how long my nose hairs are(which I will trim until the bitter end!! ). As your belt from 1972 would seem to indicate, you are doing fine in the taking care of yourself department. Now go do something great and contribute to soceity in a way that will leave the greatest impact.

*Disclaimer: The above is all factual, irrefutible information that is subject to change once the fountain of youth is descovered which the OP seems to be looking for.
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post #37 of 41
12/27/10 at 12:40pm
As a side note-Costanza your post count seems stuck on 32. Perhaps this is something else that happens with age. I would make sure your affairs are in order.
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post #38 of 41
12/27/10 at 1:16pm
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Now go do something great and contribute to soceity in a way that will leave the greatest impact.

I did that when I finished raising my kid.

Aside from that, I'm open to sage advice on a bulletin board about fashion about which human endeavors have a point.
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post #39 of 41
12/27/10 at 1:26pm
The silver Swan, who living had no Note,
when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat.
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
thus sang her first and last, and sang no more:
"Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes!
"More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise."
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post #40 of 41
12/27/10 at 1:32pm
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I would make sure your affairs are in order.

Aparently all you need is money, and I know I'm worth more dead than alive, so I'm set. Is there a Cosmo Topper you'd like haunted?
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post #41 of 41
12/27/10 at 2:25pm
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Originally Posted by Costanza View Post
It's funny how this has struck a nerve with some presumably younger members. I had meant it as a, "To die, or not to die" thread but it has turned into an evangelical , "How to live your life" thread for some. I wanted to know if I could be mistaken for a Government Relations consultant if I started to use a moisturizer on my face, and I'm being told that you use cash, not cream. (That doesn't change the question really, if you know GR.)

RJ, I have shoes I can still wear from 1980, and a belt from 1972. I'm starting to qualify for insurance discounts due to the probability that my judgement will be less wreckless than a younger person's. I think you were mistaken in at least one of your assumptions about me.

My apologies, I had been happily drinking for some time when I read/wrote in this thread
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