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Old May 28, 2003, 09:05   #1
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We humans keep busy screwing things up.
One of my first memories was the Cuban missile crisis. I was only 4 yrs old, but I recall hiding under my desk at school, the tension of my parents...

So many messes since then, one after another it seems like. Things got better with the demise of the Soviet Union. I don't think humanity is on the edge of blowing away the whole world anymore.

Little pissant extremeist countries with nukes...that's a concern. North Korea or Iran or some poor Russian sells a nuke to a Bin Laden and it's bye bye New York or London or Paris or Berlin or Rome. Imagine if a moslem extremeist group nuked the vatican...

Seems to me that this generation has a much more confused situation to deal with, and like any grumpy old fart looking at the following generation, I wonder if they have whatever the hell it takes to prevail. Excellent critics however...

For me, I'm 45, my hair is turning silver, my bones ache on cool wet days, and sometimes after a heavy freight night, I'm profoundly weary. I feel that I have lost some of the blind optimism of my youth, and with it my hope for a good outcome.
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Old May 28, 2003, 09:09   #2
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* cue waiting music until someone posts a long reply about how ideology X would save the world if only everybody conformed to it and how everybody would conform to it if people were senseful *
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[long reply about how ideology X would save the world if only everybody conformed to it and how everybody would conform to it if people were senseful ]
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"28-05-2003 09:05"

Mark this date and time, for it is when Lancer officially admitted he is turning old.

"T-t-talkin' bout my generation."

Btw, Ideology X is for whiny losers and murderous bastards. Ideology "Y" is what will save the world and make the lion lie down with the lamb!
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Once again we disagree, JohnT. It's Ideology Z...as in Zkribbler.
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At last: the "X" groupies and the "Y" followers have something they can join forces against! Down with Z!!!
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Well, the way I see it there can be no peace before there's justice, but before there must be peace before there can be justice. So... as long as we, humans, are visiting stars in this planet, there's no peace.

So, the only thing we can do is make sure we're winning the battles. That's how I see it. And so far, it's been good for a long time. Let's keep it that way.

and Lancer, don't worry. World is full of young lads ready to take the challenge the baddies.
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Why is there always emphasis on humans screwing things up, anyway? That's speciesism.

I bet that if cows were intelligent, they'd screw things up even worse. So there.
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"28-05-2003 09:05"

JohnT, the exact date upon which my van is fully paid for. Now I'll be able to afford to get old.
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Mmmm almost the exact same day my Miata will be paid for. Now I can afford to be young.

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You're paying off your van today, Lancer?
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Old May 28, 2003, 10:49   #17
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Last payment is this month. Three years ago to this day we went into a Ford dealership and got a Windstar. Three years at .9%, that's around $650 a month.

Bye bye.

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It's the 'no more payments' dance.
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How did it go w/ the repair guy the other day John? Who was right?
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Last payment is this month. Three years ago to this day we went into a Ford dealership and got a Windstar. Three years at .9%, that's around $650 a month.

Bye bye.

Your credit must be as bad as mine.
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My credit is excellent. I've never missed a payment on anything in my life.

Umm, yeah. I think...

Own my house outright.

Anyway, checked my rating and it's around 800, before this van.
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Humans make mistakes, but we've made a lot of progress too. Why focus on the mistakes?
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My credit is excellent. I've never missed a payment on anything in my life.

Umm, yeah. I think...

Own my house outright.

Anyway, checked my rating and it's around 800, before this van.
Nothing to be proud of; you are certainly, like me, only tempted to buy when you can afford it!
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Agree, we have made progress in making mistakes. Now, they are much bigger and frequent.
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One of my first memories was the Cuban missile crisis. I was only 4 yrs old, but I recall hiding under my desk at school, the tension of my parents...

So many messes since then, one after another it seems like. Things got better with the demise of the Soviet Union. I don't think humanity is on the edge of blowing away the whole world anymore.

Little pissant extremeist countries with nukes...that's a concern. North Korea or Iran or some poor Russian sells a nuke to a Bin Laden and it's bye bye New York or London or Paris or Berlin or Rome. Imagine if a moslem extremeist group nuked the vatican...

Seems to me that this generation has a much more confused situation to deal with, and like any grumpy old fart looking at the following generation, I wonder if they have whatever the hell it takes to prevail. Excellent critics however...

For me, I'm 45, my hair is turning silver, my bones ache on cool wet days, and sometimes after a heavy freight night, I'm profoundly weary. I feel that I have lost some of the blind optimism of my youth, and with it my hope for a good outcome.
Maybe the cowboy approach has to ride into the sunset with John Wayne and Gary Cooper.
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One of my first memories was the Cuban missile crisis. I was only 4 yrs old, but I recall hiding under my desk at school, the tension of my parents...

So many messes since then, one after another it seems like. Things got better with the demise of the Soviet Union. I don't think humanity is on the edge of blowing away the whole world anymore.

Little pissant extremeist countries with nukes...that's a concern. North Korea or Iran or some poor Russian sells a nuke to a Bin Laden and it's bye bye New York or London or Paris or Berlin or Rome. Imagine if a moslem extremeist group nuked the vatican...

Seems to me that this generation has a much more confused situation to deal with, and like any grumpy old fart looking at the following generation, I wonder if they have whatever the hell it takes to prevail. Excellent critics however...

For me, I'm 45, my hair is turning silver, my bones ache on cool wet days, and sometimes after a heavy freight night, I'm profoundly weary. I feel that I have lost some of the blind optimism of my youth, and with it my hope for a good outcome.
Maybe the cowboy approach has to ride into the sunset with John Wayne and Gary Cooper.
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Best thing one can do with these foreign extremeist government types is pop em one if they answer the question wrong. Next time, they get it right. Either way they're going to hate us so...

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