Craig wrote: > LOL... my wife says men are kids until the testosterone fog lifts about age > 40; then we have about two weeks of sanity before we launch into our first > mid-life crisis. I had mine a wee bit earlier! Till I was 38 I lived a pretty miserable life, except during my vacations, and it was during one of these that I was run over, and very nearly killed. Lost, according to the doctors, about 5 liters of blood, something you normally don't survive, but, as my South African doctor trainee told me, pointing skyward, "Some devil up there likes you!" This accident made me reappraise the good in life, and since then I have been slightly handicapped, but life has been much better to me, in every way. I made up a list of things to do, and it is just the pilot's license that's lacking, as of now! I am no longer single, I have a job I like, I have a darling wife (who thought I was a bore before the accident), I love my life, et cetera. Just as some mercenaries I've known, I learned the hard way to prioritize - if your employer doesn't please you: quit, if you like someone tell them so (I was good at being nasty and cynic, before, but couldn't show affection in a sensible way), if not, tell them so, and you're nothing important, you're just another guy, if a wee bit clever! Whining leads nowhere! So while I had my crisis a bit too early, it certainly made me appreciate the good things in life, and even if I had been miserable much of my life, some had been nice to me, and I have tried to show my appreciation afterwards, in any way possible. Sadly, some have vanished, like the guy who came visiting almost every day I spent in Bridge of Earn Hospital, now a closed down WWII military hospital, designed to be used 6 months in 1940, and closed down some 52 years later - A parallell to Manston, on the channel coast, but for bombers crash-landing after returning from northern raids. Anyway, this great guy, Andy Williams, and his dear wife Shiela, have vanished - no longer being in Perth, Scotland. His first flat had been taken over by another lady, and the house he later moved to seems to be empty as well ... Oops. Good night, all! Give a hug to your bus-driving wife, Craig! Tord -- Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 08 2008 - 04:36:30 PDT
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