Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 22:32
n' you kin' alsoDark wrote:Age makes little difference to validity of opinion.
GET A FUCKIN' JOB!
GET A FUCKIN' JOB!
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GET A FUCKIN' JOB!
Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 22:37
A Big Night In, Libs?Brideoffrankenstein wrote:To the tune of "Mistletoe and Wine"
Christmas time, listen to me whine,
Children boiling in a cauldron of brine,
with dogs on the fire,
and puke on the tree,
It's time to rejoice in this misery
Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 22:38
"Opinions" change with age, the 30/40 somethings on here have probably had to put up with a lot more in life to jaundice our "positive" outlook on life, we've had some of the "fire in our bellies" put out by circumstances the young'uns have yet to face, but wait a while, it'll come to you allDark wrote:Age makes little difference to validity of opinion.
It's why we can have a "We're right......you're wrong"
attitude, it comes with age, there's a line in a "James" song that says, "I've become the kind of Man I always hated", I'm looking at him most morning in the mirror Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 22:45
I am starting to find that too (not that you're the man I've always hated, scotty!), too boring to put why, but it's all to do with work and getting onwards and upwardsscotty wrote: "I've become the kind of Man I always hated"
BTW I think you expressed your thoughts very well
Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 22:47
Well said Pilot! 
Youth is far too good a thing to be wasted on sorting out the universe:
Get Pished! Destroy!
... while you still can
and I am that man in the mirror
Youth is far too good a thing to be wasted on sorting out the universe:
Get Pished! Destroy!
... while you still can
and I am that man in the mirror
Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 22:52
About the best thing about Christmas, that is. Tourists in town (or any crowd at that time being 'Christmassy') can be a bit annoying, but in the end who doesn't enjoy a good meal and some nice drinks to go with it.James Blast wrote:Get Pished! Destroy!
Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 23:04
good mates from HL tooObviousman wrote:About the best thing about Christmas, that is. Tourists in town (or any crowd at that time being 'Christmassy') can be a bit annoying, but in the end who doesn't enjoy a good meal and some nice drinks to go with it.James Blast wrote:Get Pished! Destroy!
now get a job!
Posted: 07 Dec 2006, 23:10
Too True, our younger members are just going to have to accept this as FACTscotty wrote:"Opinions" change with age, the 30/40 somethings on here have probably had to put up with a lot more in life to jaundice our "positive" outlook on life, we've had some of the "fire in our bellies" put out by circumstances the young'uns have yet to face, but wait a while, it'll come to you allDark wrote:Age makes little difference to validity of opinion.
It's why we can have a "We're right......you're wrong"
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 03:35
as another "oldie" (albeit one for whom mirrors hold no fear 
)
i have to agree that knowledge when combined with experience certainly gives at least the beginnings of wisdom.
however age is no excuse for giving in to the man; nor should it neccessitate
watering down or abandoing your beliefs and morals.
in short:
NEVER SURRENDER.
NEVER COMPROMISE.
EVEN IN THE FACE OF OBLIVION.
)i have to agree that knowledge when combined with experience certainly gives at least the beginnings of wisdom.
however age is no excuse for giving in to the man; nor should it neccessitate
watering down or abandoing your beliefs and morals.
in short:
NEVER SURRENDER.
NEVER COMPROMISE.
EVEN IN THE FACE OF OBLIVION.
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 03:54
All depends what you're putting on them, no?eastmidswhizzkid wrote:as another "oldie" (albeit one for whom mirrors hold no fear
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 04:40
weebleswobble wrote:...and blaming Canada
Oi! That'll be my adopted homeland!
And to be honest, even if it was their fault, they'll all be too drunk to give a f**k!
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 08:59
If I'm 30 and afraid of mirrors, but understand nick's opinion - am I young or am I old? 
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 09:10
i don't agree. Hah.
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 09:45
30 in human years is still young but 30 in _emma_ years is very very old_emma_ wrote:If I'm 30 and afraid of mirrors, but understand nick's opinion - am I young or am I old?
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 11:25
markfiend wrote:Cheerful thread, eh?
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 12:14
That just reinforces my opinion even more. Why would I want to have children, knowing I'd have to put them through that?grow up, get a job, struggle through it, watch the government erode your liberties
I'd rather not be loved by someone who's favourite song is "Venus in Furs", thank you.Jesus loves you
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 14:09
Current result is 1:0 for the MacHeartlanders, I´d say
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 14:54
I don't like Christmas very much.
In fact I would go so far as to say I hate it and the overated crap it brings with it.
In fact I would go so far as to say I hate it and the overated crap it brings with it.
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 15:04
there isn't even any decent christmas weather around here. 15° C and sunshine as we speak.
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 16:58
Sorry, still too busy studying for about a year and a halfJames Blast wrote:now get a job!
Nor any proper around these parts, tennish and really rainy. And the Christmas markets and ice skating in town all takes off this weekendcanon docre wrote:there isn't even any decent christmas weather around here. 15° C and sunshine as we speak.
Now that's too early indeed!Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 18:03
People!
Re the young 'uns "debate" - as one of the young(er) members of this board, but one who chills with old codgers, maybe I can bring a bit of balance to this one?
Age might tend to bring some degree of wisdom, but it by no means guarantees it. Likewise, youth does not guarantee half-baked opinions.
It can be a general rule but life is far too random to adhere too strictly to general rules. A 15 year old could very easily have had experiences in his time that an 80-year-old man never has.
I've certainly found individuals significantly older than me - I won't name names - to be as capable of ill-thought-out rants, whingeing self-pity, and everything else that might irritate the living s**t out of you, as any teenager.
If not more, because once someone gets hold of the conviction that they've Lived, their ignorance is impenetrable. There's no fool like an old fool and there's no fool like someone who believes they've seen it all.
The young chaps on HL may have their Rick-out-of-the-Young-Ones moments, but quite frankly, so do all of us. We just get away with it .
Personally, I think they are some of our most astute and witty posters.
Re the young 'uns "debate" - as one of the young(er) members of this board, but one who chills with old codgers, maybe I can bring a bit of balance to this one?
Age might tend to bring some degree of wisdom, but it by no means guarantees it. Likewise, youth does not guarantee half-baked opinions.
It can be a general rule but life is far too random to adhere too strictly to general rules. A 15 year old could very easily have had experiences in his time that an 80-year-old man never has.
I've certainly found individuals significantly older than me - I won't name names - to be as capable of ill-thought-out rants, whingeing self-pity, and everything else that might irritate the living s**t out of you, as any teenager.
If not more, because once someone gets hold of the conviction that they've Lived, their ignorance is impenetrable. There's no fool like an old fool and there's no fool like someone who believes they've seen it all.
The young chaps on HL may have their Rick-out-of-the-Young-Ones moments, but quite frankly, so do all of us. We just get away with it
.Personally, I think they are some of our most astute and witty posters.
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 18:08
That made me feel young AND witty!boudicca wrote:Personally, I think they are some of our most astute and witty posters.
Thanks C!
IZ.
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 18:19
*tries to think of a gentle way to tell Iz he's firmly in the "old git" camp*Izzy HaveMercy wrote:That made me feel young AND witty!boudicca wrote:Personally, I think they are some of our most astute and witty posters.
Thanks C!
IZ.
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 18:21
Good old Abraham Lincoln summed it up best:
Its the lif in the years, not the years in the life
Enjoy it while youre here, eh?
Its the lif in the years, not the years in the life
Enjoy it while youre here, eh?
Posted: 08 Dec 2006, 18:25
@ boudicca Get a joab!