Acceptance......a philosophical rant of sorts

Ethanol Red · Oct 15, 2018

Bender said:
My golf game is lacking.......lacking everything.

Many years ago, I wouldn't have thought I would make it to 50.
I have no life plan. I'm continually swinging at curve balls.

I feel similar. Here's me about to tee off and one of my fellow operators. This was a work sponsored event. We are all process operators.

That early morning air is good for ya!

Bender · Oct 15, 2018

I haven't had a good cigar in years........

Ethanol Red · Oct 15, 2018

I'm enjoying one right now. Gotta puff when you can.

fieldgrade · Oct 15, 2018

Ethanol Red said:
I plan to die on the side of the highway changing a tire for an old lady. Smashed by a drunk driver. I think that would be good for me. It makes for a good story at the funeral. Not as good as a shark attack but still pretty good.

A good friend of mine (and favorite match director) has a wilda$$ old uncle. Two stories I've been told about him that were the most memorable. The first was about when this wild uncle was a newlywed. He purportedly had a new bride who wouldn't strike a lick. She was just useless. Finally one night he said he was going to the store to buy a pack of smokes, and then just vanished. When they finally figured out where he was a couple of months later he was just finishing USMC boot camp. Needless to say that marriage ended.

Then as an old man they were all sitting around one night talking about how they wanted to die. He was in his 70's by now, and blurted out that he wanted to be killed by a jealous twenty year old husband when found in the bedroom with the young wife.

Ethanol Red · Oct 15, 2018

Priceless.

Ethanol Red · Oct 15, 2018

I never figured I'd live this long so everyday is a bonus. I'm trying to enjoy myself. If and when I hit 50, we're gonna have a big party.

Bender · Oct 15, 2018

I think you'll live to be about 90 Red....

azpoolguy · Oct 16, 2018

I'm not worried about changing other people as much as I would like to change the voices in my head.

Bender · Oct 16, 2018

azpoolguy said:
I'm not worried about changing other people as much as I would like to change the voices in my head.

I hear the voices in my head due to the ringing of my ears.

fatbaldguy · Oct 16, 2018

For the most part, people just plain suck. Think about it, you're looking at the world from your POV wondering why in the hell people are so damn stupid......then realize this......everyone else in the world is looking at the world from their POV and they're wondering why in the hell people are so damn stupid.
Our own motivations and direction are singular. Everything you do is all about yourself. How it makes you feel, etc. ad nauseaum. Everything I do is all about me. Once I learned this, people became easier to deal with or ignore as circumstances dictated. I can't 'fix' anybody that isn't looking to fix themselves, so, it really wouldn't be me fixing them anyway. Maybe, at best pointing them in a halfway decent direction.
No more coherent thoughts from me today, don't wanna make my brain hurt.

Bender · Oct 16, 2018

Hmmmm,......great points you make Sir

ZoidMeister · Oct 17, 2018

fatbaldguy said:
For the most part, people just plain suck. Think about it, you're looking at the world from your POV wondering why in the hell people are so damn stupid......then realize this......everyone else in the world is looking at the world from their POV and they're wondering why in the hell people are so damn stupid.
Our own motivations and direction are singular. Everything you do is all about yourself. How it makes you feel, etc. ad nauseaum. Everything I do is all about me. Once I learned this, people became easier to deal with or ignore as circumstances dictated. I can't 'fix' anybody that isn't looking to fix themselves, so, it really wouldn't be me fixing them anyway. Maybe, at best pointing them in a halfway decent direction.
No more coherent thoughts from me today, don't wanna make my brain hurt.

Ethanol Red said:
I never figured I'd live this long so everyday is a bonus. I'm trying to enjoy myself. If and when I hit 50, we're gonna have a big party.

Ethanol Red · Oct 22, 2018

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a real person

Ethanol Red · Oct 22, 2018

ZoidMeister · Oct 22, 2018

Ethanol Red said:
Sometimes I wonder if I'm a real person

What if you're really a cat, and the last 30+ years have been hallucinations from a bad batch of catnip you bought . . . .

ZoidMeister · Oct 22, 2018

. . . . and the ghosts are fleeting glimpses of the Doctors in the ER giving you a CAT scan . . . . .

ZoidMeister · Oct 22, 2018

Woah, where do I get this stuff . . . .

Bender · Oct 22, 2018

ZoidMeister said:
Woah, where do I get this stuff . . . .

I would first think of a vast experimentation period in your younger years.......

fatbaldguy · Oct 22, 2018

ZoidMeister said:
Woah, where do I get this stuff . . . .

I think Bender is on to something here............

ZoidMeister · Oct 22, 2018

Bender said:
I would first think of a vast experimentation period in your younger years.......

I wish . . . .

I grew up poor. I could only watch the rich kids do that stuff.

There were a few, "Hey watch this . . . " moments, and that bottle of liquid mercury I found after the drugstore burned down, the rattle snake bite didn't affect me too long, besides, I was young. My parents swear I disappeared for a week during the night when I was three and showed up one morning with healed over scars. I didn't remember being gone, just went to bed and woke up.

All in all, pretty normal childhood stuff . . .