And Then You Die

a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Hehe, I got a couple of these. Apple IPad at the age of 4 and had to help pay the gas, electric, cable....

Most of which are spoiled brats that have had everything handed to them.

Priorities.

So, I chose to enjoy life, and make sure that only those that deserve the fruits of my labor and sacrifice, will benefit from my efforts.

You come first, without you there is nothing.

a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

I learned a valuable lesson quite some time ago.

A friend of mine had not been seen for a while and some other friends got a bit concerned about him so broke through the back door after finding a funny smell.
He was in the bath where he had died some days earlier.

Multiple tests failed to find any cause of death and he had been in good health previously.
Young, healthy and dead for no reason .
The funeral was horrible. Packed out and full of tears and questions without answers.

He was 24.

a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

I am wishing All a Happy New Year, and hope we all will live the best lives we can make for ourselves. Here is to life. Death is a destination, let us enjoy the ride until we get there.

Amen to that!

a reply to: Tulpa

My Mother is almost 90 years old. She says quite frequently, "Tomorrow is not promised.

I had an 18 year old cousin that was at work stocking a shelf at Blockbusters. He was just standing there talking and laughing with his boss, and he just fell to the floor. Everyone thought he was just joking, until they realized he was not moving. He died of an aortic aneurysm. This was way back in the 80s.

Strangest thing about this was, I had a relative that died in his sleep from a cerebral aneurysm, at the age of 40, twenty years before my cousin died of his aneurysm. Same family, different body part, both aneurysms, both died.

So life is definitely not guaranteed, regardless of your age.

a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Yes. Lost another old friend to a mystery brain tumour at a very young age and found out his younger sister has been diagnosed with the same kind of thing.
No guarantees. No age limit.

Having said that, I went to a funeral last week for an old family friend who had a great life, enjoyed his retirement and died at 89.

You just never know how it will work out so do what you can when you can.
We don't get another chance.

originally posted by: Tulpa
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn
You just never know how it will work out so do what you can when you can.
We don't get another chance.

I don't know why, but your post reminded of something Jack Reacher would say.

I am sure would have something to do with food though.

Since I was young I knew that many guys dropped dead just after they retire. So I figured I would have reasonable fun while I was young without bringing up debt too much while doing it. Keeping working is the main thing you have to do, you can't blow everything and wind up poor either. Sure, I have not been to twelve states, mostly on the east cost, but who cares. Been to enough of them already. Hmmm. Seems like the states I have not gone to are expensive states to visit and stay in...Democrat states like California, New York, and many East coast states which are mostly Democrat and expensive.

The wife and I got over the urge to go exploring other cultures, even if we won the lotto, we would probably not go anywhere. Just send the kids and have them take pictures, my luck I would get bit by a poisonous lizzard or get stung by a jellyfish and die....I have no interest in going to big tourist trap areas like France or Hawaii. When I went to vegas, I talked to plumbers, store workers, and people at the local small tavern behind the strip where the local regular workers go to have a few drinks. I even talked to the street people, they aren't bad, at least the ones I talked to.

I like nature and dislike visiting places like Africa where you can get eaten or trampled to death or get bit by a poison mosquito or fly. I like the U.P. but we got two feet of snow in twenty four hours, that kind of sucked, I am not that fond of plowing and shoveling snow....especially when you have to plow twice a day and I have lots of driveway with corners and trees on the sides, it took over an hour to plow each time and I plowed twice yesterday and once this morning and I will have to plow again tomorrow to push up banks that are seven feet high.

There is no way in hell you can get bored here in the U.P if you are old, except of course if they keep us old people from going to social functions...which makes us bored and we get tired of living so we die.

originally posted by: Tulpa
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Yes. Lost another old friend to a mystery brain tumour at a very young age and found out his younger sister has been diagnosed with the same kind of thing.
No guarantees. No age limit.

Having said that, I went to a funeral last week for an old family friend who had a great life, enjoyed his retirement and died at 89.

You just never know how it will work out so do what you can when you can.
We don't get another chance.

I would guess that glyphosate residue being increased in food because of the practice of preharvest spraying of crops does increase brain tumors in people who cannot detox the organophosphate residue tied to the grains very well. The corporations that make medicines should NOT be involved at all with the companies that make the chemicals used on foods, they benefit from people getting sick. there are a lot of little corporations that are subsidiaries of pharma companies out there that are making chemicals for foods.

originally posted by: Scotchjimmy
You know a lot of dead people!! Really good advice pal .
You’re a long time dead.
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Actually you’re not. Well you are, but it doesn’t seem that way. The light goes off, you move to the light. Then you start again, just like last time.

This is so true but the sad fact is that many of us can’t live our dreams with where we’re at in life right now. Kids settled at school, partners settled in jobs they love, family that need caring for. There’s a range of reasons that so many of us can’t. Damn it, I wish I could.

What gets me though is that some people manage to live their lives the other way round. My old man, for example. He managed to travel the world through work. He saw every continent, saw some amazing thing, had some amazing things and hooked up with some amazingly hot women, from what I hear (my mother won’t discuss these things any more).

He retired at 50 has done pretty much nothing since. The pandemic has only steadied his resolve to spend his last decade or so - he’s now 74 - sitting in the house, watching the news and monitoring his investment portfolio. He’s stepped foot in my house once in the last three years.

I suppose the point I’m making is that it’s different for all of us. Some would love nothing more but practicalities get in the way. Some manage to do it through their working life. Some have no desire. For me, reaching retirement and being taken off the field would be about right and I’d expect nothing less. All some of us can do is try to find balance. See the places we can, when we can. Experience what we desire, when it’s a possibility and hope to any God you wish to mention, that we’ll get a chance to fill in the blanks.

Take care, folks.

a reply to: rickymouse

There is no way in hell you can get bored here in the U.P if you are old, except of course if they keep us old people from going to social functions...which makes us bored and we get tired of living so we die.

I traveled enough to cure the wanderlust. Being a military brat, and being used to pulling up stakes about every two years, made that a long and arduous feat, but I am pretty much done. What little bit was left was killed after watching all the videos of how barbaric and down right vicious so many have become in airport terminals and on planes. I think the only way you will get me on another plane is either in pine box, or headed towards one.

As far as boredom goes. Try living in the woods on a couple of acres, with two or more dogs. Even if you are not shoveling snow, you will still have plenty to do to keep the vegetation at bay, and the dogs content. I have four Siberian Huskies and two mini Huskies. They may look like cats, but don't say anything. They still believe in Santa Claus.

originally posted by: ARM1968

originally posted by: Scotchjimmy
You know a lot of dead people!! Really good advice pal .
You’re a long time dead.
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Actually you’re not. Well you are, but it doesn’t seem that way. The light goes off, you move to the light. Then you start again, just like last time.

Yep. It'll be just like starting over.

"It's time to spread our wings and fly
Don't let another day go by my love
It'll be just like starting over
Startin' over

Why don't we take off alone
Take a trip somewhere far, far away
We'll be together all alone again
Like we used to in the early days
Well, well, well darling
It's been too long since we took the time
No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly"

(Yonnie glo home!)

originally posted by: HilterDayon

originally posted by: ARM1968

originally posted by: Scotchjimmy
You know a lot of dead people!! Really good advice pal .
You’re a long time dead.
a reply to: NightSkyeB4Dawn

Actually you’re not. Well you are, but it doesn’t seem that way. The light goes off, you move to the light. Then you start again, just like last time.

Yep. It'll be just like starting over.

"It's time to spread our wings and fly
Don't let another day go by my love
It'll be just like starting over
Startin' over

Why don't we take off alone
Take a trip somewhere far, far away
We'll be together all alone again
Like we used to in the early days
Well, well, well darling
It's been too long since we took the time
No-one's to blame, I know time flies so quickly"

(Yonnie glo home!)

I have to go along with Grandma on this one.

It's Midnight. You don't need to pretend to be normal. Let your freak flag fly. - Grandma