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JnEverett · 09-25-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by JakeLandis

It depends on how well my life has been lived. If I get a wife that I love and we're together for a ridiculously long time like 40-50 years, I'd probably want to die a little after her.

And yet women tend to live longer. Most women (not all) out live their spouse, unless you mary an older women

You should have included 90+
I have seen some people in their 100's that were quite happy, then again I have seen people in their 80's that were miserable.

apathy23 · 09-25-2006, 03:01 PM

my choice wasnt on there...1,450 years old would be my choice but thats dumb.

**DamnImMESSEDUp** · 09-25-2006, 07:53 PM

my great grandmother is 97... really fucking old, i would wanna like till about 80-90... but i bet im gonna die of melanoma before then cuz ive had some nasty sunburns within the first 16 years of my life

damn sun screen coming off in the water...

SmasheR · 09-26-2006, 10:28 PM

Thanks for the poll change Bowlblaze. Wierd you guys all want to be old.. Maybe just because I'm young I wouldn't ever want to.

JnEverett · 09-26-2006, 10:31 PM

You young whipper snappers and your crazy ideas!!! lol

damn now where did I leave my walker?

Equilibrium · 09-27-2006, 12:00 AM

when i cant control my bladder/bowels and i have to worry about falling down in the tub.

if i had to get someone to change my diper i would want to die.

Mel74 · 09-27-2006, 10:33 AM

As long as possible, but like the others once i'm relying on other people to feed me, wash me, help me shit....its time to go.

thrice twice · 09-27-2006, 10:14 PM

No really set age. I don't want to live too be old though.

As long as i still can do whatever i want with myself, ill continue to live i guess.

**dailysmoker** · 09-28-2006, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Equilibrium

when i cant control my bladder/bowels and i have to worry about falling down in the tub.

if i had to get someone to change my diper i would want to die.

I agree. I worked in a nursing home for a LONG time and I never want to live that way. I've had family live well into their 90s and they were happy and alert. I've also known people that at 70ish couldn't walk or eat and had to be on puree food. Once I can't enjoy the basics in life, it's time for me to go.

**Sec** · 10-14-2006, 12:54 AM

This was sent ot me via email. I pass it on to all of you. Think about it, especially you younger folks. It sort of puts your age in perspective.

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The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.

A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the garage with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time Let me tell you about it:

I turned the dial up into the phone portion of the band on my ham radio in orde r to listen to a Saturday morning swap net. Along the way, I came across an older sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. You know the kind; he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business. He was telling whom-ever he was talking with something about "a
thousand marbles." I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say.

"Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. It's too bad you missed your daughter's "dance recital" he continued. "Let me tell you something that has helped me keep my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain
his theory of a "thousand marbles."

"You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years.

"Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900, which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now, stick with me, Tom, I'm getting to the important part.

It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays." "I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round up 1000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside a large, clea r plastic container right here in the shack next to my gear."

"Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight."

"Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure that if I make it until next Saturday then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time."

"It was nice to meet you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band. This is a 75 Year old Man, K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning!"
You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna that morning, and then I was going to meet up with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter..

Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey,I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. And hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles...

View Poll Results: What age would you like to die?
<20 (Better to burn out than to fade away right?)	1	0.90%
20-30 (Hey your prime is over isn't it?)	2	1.80%
30-40 (Nobody wants a midlife crisis...)	4	3.60%
40-50 (As soon as your golf swing dies so should you?)	3	2.70%
50-60 (Fuck the Golden Years...)	6	5.41%
70-80 (Right before you start to smell bad and forget your name)	41	36.94%
80-90 (Did I take my pill today...?)	43	38.74%
60-70 (Why was Smasher too stoned to remember me?)	11	9.91%
Voters: 111. You may not vote on this poll

09-26-2006, 10:28 PM	#14
SmasheR TONIGHT, we RIDE Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,808 Grams: 2,127.20 Groans: 3 Groaned at 1 Time in 1 Post Thanks: 7 Thanked 25 Times in 20 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Thanks for the poll change Bowlblaze. Wierd you guys all want to be old.. Maybe just because I'm young I wouldn't ever want to. __________________ Left the philly at home, do you have another? I wanna get blunted my brother.. My dvd collection would take a shit on your dvd collection.

09-27-2006, 12:00 AM	#16
Equilibrium Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,099 Grams: 2,794.07 Groans: 3 Groaned at 2 Times in 2 Posts Thanks: 389 Thanked 60 Times in 36 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	when i cant control my bladder/bowels and i have to worry about falling down in the tub. if i had to get someone to change my diper i would want to die. __________________ //It's all fun and games, I keep 'em handcuffed in chains// //sexually make 'em do the most disgusting things// //starve 'em to cannibals, make 'em eat each others brains// //changed and deranged, stores begin to seem like nothings strange//

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09-25-2006, 03:01 PM	#12
apathy23 Jr. Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 148 Grams: 1,103.20 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	my choice wasnt on there...1,450 years old would be my choice but thats dumb.

09-25-2006, 07:53 PM	#13
DamnImMESSEDUp Sensei Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 783 Grams: 1,133.70 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 6 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	my great grandmother is 97... really fucking old, i would wanna like till about 80-90... but i bet im gonna die of melanoma before then cuz ive had some nasty sunburns within the first 16 years of my life damn sun screen coming off in the water...

09-26-2006, 10:31 PM	#15
JnEverett Jr. Activist Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,091 Grams: 1,486.33 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	You young whipper snappers and your crazy ideas!!! lol damn now where did I leave my walker?

09-27-2006, 10:33 AM	#17
Mel74 New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 37 Grams: 464.10 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	As long as possible, but like the others once i'm relying on other people to feed me, wash me, help me shit....its time to go.

09-27-2006, 10:14 PM	#18
thrice twice Stoner Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 664 Grams: 3,752.62 Groans: 7 Groaned at 2 Times in 2 Posts Thanks: 135 Thanked 213 Times in 84 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: -1.000%	No really set age. I don't want to live too be old though. As long as i still can do whatever i want with myself, ill continue to live i guess.

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