Getting older - or thinking better?

Pip <gingerblokeNOSPAM.DeleteThis@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> When spannering on a car, and in accordance with Murphy's Law, the
> dropped component rolls underneath to the exact diametric centre of
> the vehicle - I found myself reaching for the extendible
> magnet-onna-stick for retrieval purposes rather than sliding
> underneath and getting hold of said recalcitrant component.
>
> Now - is that a sign of giving in to age, or merely finally getting a
> bit smarter?

No, if you were smarter you wouldn't have dropped the object in the
first place

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On 17 Jan, 00:21, Pip <gingerblokeNOS... RemoveThis @NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:

> When spannering on a car, and in accordance with Murphy's Law, the
> dropped component rolls underneath to the exact diametric centre of
> the vehicle - I found myself reaching for the extendible
> magnet-onna-stick for retrieval purposes rather than sliding
> underneath and getting hold of said recalcitrant component.
>
> Now - is that a sign of giving in to age, or merely finally getting a
> bit smarter?

Neither. You've evolved into some sort of hybrid. Just got to figure
out what species
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Slower Than You says...

> One quad heart bypass op later and he's as right as rain. But it
> certainly makes me think twice every single time I find myself crawling
> around under a car or bike.

For me its every time I see someone celebrating their 21st birthday, cos
that's the day I had my 2nd heart attack.

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Lozzo
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Lozzo wrote:
> Slower Than You says...
>
>> One quad heart bypass op later and he's as right as rain. But it
>> certainly makes me think twice every single time I find myself crawling
>> around under a car or bike.
>
> For me its every time I see someone celebrating their 21st birthday, cos
> that's the day I had my 2nd heart attack.
>

Thank you, everything feels alright in the world now.

I was about to consider how wise it was to join a friends birthday party
when I was due back at work tomorrow after being signed off for the
last 10 weeks with depression. Lovely meal accompanied by several
glasses of very nice wine, obligatory night club with several glasses of
over priced champagne, finally leaving *early* at 2:30AM because "I
have work in the morning".


<fx: falls asleep singing Joe Walsh "Life's been good"
I go to parties, sometimes until four
It's hard to leave when you can't find the door
>
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In communiqué <oj7to3puk64qaok64ooqf8s8erd81ip2qq.RemoveThis@4ax.com>, Pip
<gingerblokeNOSPAM.RemoveThis@NOSPAMgmail.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>When spannering on a car, and in accordance with Murphy's Law, the
>dropped component rolls underneath to the exact diametric centre of
>the vehicle - I found myself reaching for the extendible
>magnet-onna-stick for retrieval purposes rather than sliding
>underneath and getting hold of said recalcitrant component.
>
>Now - is that a sign of giving in to age, or merely finally getting a
>bit smarter?
>

If you were really giving in to age you wouldn't have been doing the
spannering in the first case. You would have been sitting comfortably in
front of the TV, smoking a pipe, whilst wearing slippers and a cardigan,
having had your car collected for servicing by your estimable Honda
dealer.

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On Jan 17, 8:46 am, Cane <CaneU... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17 Jan, 00:21, Pip <gingerblokeNOS... DeleteThis @NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
>
> > When spannering on a car, and in accordance with Murphy's Law, the
> > dropped component rolls underneath to the exact diametric centre of
> > the vehicle - I found myself reaching for the extendible
> > magnet-onna-stick for retrieval purposes rather than sliding
> > underneath and getting hold of said recalcitrant component.
>
> > Now - is that a sign of giving in to age, or merely finally getting a
> > bit smarter?
>
> Neither. You've evolved into some sort of hybrid. Just got to figure
> out what species

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Neanderthal_2D.jpg

HTH.

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Lozzo wrote:

> Slower Than You says...
>
> > One quad heart bypass op later and he's as right as rain. But it
> > certainly makes me think twice every single time I find myself
> > crawling around under a car or bike.
>
> For me its every time I see someone celebrating their 21st birthday,
> cos that's the day I had my 2nd heart attack.

Bloody hell - on your 21st birthday? That's rotten luck.
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In article <MPG.21f8cad3ce1c87a1989b38 RemoveThis @news.motzarella.org>, Lozzo
<lozzo RemoveThis @lozzo.org.uk> writes
>Slower Than You says...
>
>> One quad heart bypass op later and he's as right as rain. But it
>> certainly makes me think twice every single time I find myself crawling
>> around under a car or bike.
>
>For me its every time I see someone celebrating their 21st birthday, cos
>that's the day I had my 2nd heart attack.
>

Sh*t!

Keep it beating!
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Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.
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