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"When I'm sixty-four...and three quarters..."
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I'll most likely be.... dead. Diabetes don'tcha know.
Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops!
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Or drinking a glass of Silverale on the deck of the Lunar sailing vessel Heresmudinyereye!
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You look like weight isn't a issue. Just keep the chocolate-covered donuts to a minimum and I bet you'll spend your 65th birthday jetting to Space-Vegas with the Mrs. for a 5th honeymoon!
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Oh, it isn't the weight. Its the bad circulation, the bad kidneys that will follow, the loped off leg that is already damaged and will have even more problems as the disease progresses. diabetes is a death sentence, unless you get run over by a truck first. It just likes to take its time and eat you alive slowly. Still, it takes a lot of the pressure off of not knowing,
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Life itself is a death sentence, Honeylamb. If you don't believe me, I'll send you some 8"X10" glossies of the cysts on my kidneys and liver.
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I thought your diabetes was under control Rick!!! >glares< You're worrying me!
And speaking of worry... Cleome, I'm assuming these cysts have been taken care of??
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Oh, it is right now. But its not called the silent killer for nothing. Its a disease that takes time, it doesn't kill at once like a heartattack. It takes twenty years or better to really eat away at you. And being that I'm 43...
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Ah, no, LASH. They just sit there and tick away and get bigger. It kinda' goes with the territory. Good news of a sort: I'm now several years older than my Dad was when he started to develop actual symptoms from the same illness. It probably helps that I don't smoke, like he did. Also I'm not as overweight as he was. Heredity's a real BLEEP sometimes, y'know?
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Originally posted by rickshaw1: I'll most likely be.... dead. Diabetes don'tcha know. Bite your tongue dude!
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Amigo, nobody gets outta life alive. Live while ya can.
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Cheer up, Amigo. Life is life, and then it isn't. Know this and life can be very fun. It ain't nuthin' but'ah thang.
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we're all gonna die. No point in hiding under the bed about it; you'll miss out on life if you do.
our culture is seriously messed up on death. We call the deaths of extremely old people "tragedies." If you've lived a full life, that is not a tragedy. Death is a part of life, not some alien entity to be kept at bay at all costs.
We are privileged to live in a time and place relatively free of wanton death and destruction (at least in close proximity). We have the opportunities to explore life's bounties. Whether it lasts only another day or a half-century, I'm okay with that. I'm not seeking death out, but I've gotten more chanced than many, and appreciate what I've been able to dabble at.
The childhood friend Exnihil never had.
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Kent, great way to put it.
I've nearly drowned. My leg was crushed and I had massive infection in it. I was moments away from death with an appendix that was only moments away from rupturing.
and then there's the numerous times that I, like everyone else in the world, didn't even know that death was around the corner and happened to turn in the other direction and never even knew it.
Life is life. you get one shot. Enjoy it.
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Originally posted by rickshaw1: Life is life. you get one shot. Enjoy it. ...until you're sixty-four...and three quarters.
"Everything about this is going to feel different." (Saturn Girl, Legion of Super-Heroes #1)
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aaaaaaaand that's why at sixty four and three quarters, I'll raise a single finger in salute to the guy in the dark robe and farming utensils.
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Originally posted by rickshaw1: aaaaaaaand that's why at sixty four and three quarters, I'll raise a single finger in salute to the guy in the dark robe and farming utensils.
You're going to show your pinky to an agricultural engineer wearing a black nightgown??
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Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops!
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Originally posted by future king: Originally posted by rickshaw1: [b] aaaaaaaand that's why at sixty four and three quarters, I'll raise a single finger in salute to the guy in the dark robe and farming utensils. You're going to show your pinky to an agricultural engineer wearing a black nightgown?? [/b]Wasn't that a Kids In The Hall sketch?
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