[Laconfir]

ALL RIGHT TWILA! I'll stop with the lies. I'm not really 16. I'm 16 and a half! lol... Well, I'll be 17 in July. I was born July 2nd, 1987 in Ottawa. Don't know who my real parents are as I was adopted, but I could care less eh? I've had a great life, and I'm still enjoying it.

And as for the old soul thing, yea, I feel like I'm some sort of supreme being stuck in a mortals body

Speaking of being a surpreme being... That gives me an idea for a new thread!

[polemarch1]

I'll be 20 on July 13th. But thanks for the compliment.

[Rev_Blair]

I'm 39 and gave up worrying how I looked about 38 years ago.

$1:

I need a friend in my life right now who might be able to understand half what I'm going through and no offence a 14 year old just can't

I think that depends a lot on the teens and the adult WomanOnTop. A lot of the kids here are very bright and very mature. Some of the adults less so.

[mike2277]

Rev_Blair Rev_Blair:

I think that depends a lot on the teens and the adult WomanOnTop. A lot of the kids here are very bright and very mature. Some of the adults less so.

"Scarcity of years does not preclude wisdom."
- Roberston Davies

[blubs]

I agree with Rev about some of the kids here on cka are bright and mature. I wish I was as well read as say Laconfir and the younger ones. Seems to me the kids here have a firm grasp on world affairs. While I may not agree with some they do make valid points.
I think we older folks can learn from the younger ones just as they can learn from us.
Hmm and Twila you didnt get around to saying your age well maybe I missed it.

[Twila]

[quoteHmm and Twila you didnt get around to saying your age well maybe I missed it.[/quote]

Well, I've reached the age where I don't like to admit it. I've decided to start counting backwards now. Or I may just stay at.........33. Gulp. For the most part I still feel about 20yrs old or so. That is until I'm in 20 yr old company.......then I feel OOOOLLLLLDDDDD

[Laconfir]

blubs blubs:

I agree with Rev about some of the kids here on cka are bright and mature. I wish I was as well read as say Laconfir and the younger ones. Seems to me the kids here have a firm grasp on world affairs. While I may not agree with some they do make valid points.
I think we older folks can learn from the younger ones just as they can learn from us.
Hmm and Twila you didnt get around to saying your age well maybe I missed it.

TY for the compliment blubs! I feel smart now.

And Twila, 33 isn't old. Hell, thats still pretty young. I mean, scientific estimates say that if we like, actually try, with better health care and better eating habits, it is quite possible for humans to live anywhere from 150-200 years of age.

[Scarecrow]

I doubt humans could live for 150 - 200 years. No matter how good your health or eating habits are, the body begins to break down around age 70. To go over 125 is impossible as the human body can't regenerate the limited amount of cells it can create.

[Rosco]

They must have said something similar at the beginning of the 20th century when the average life expectacy was only 40 years or so in industrialized countries.

[Laconfir]

Scarecrow Scarecrow:

I doubt humans could live for 150 - 200 years. No matter how good your health or eating habits are, the body begins to break down around age 70. To go over 125 is impossible as the human body can't regenerate the limited amount of cells it can create.

It's quite the opposite Scarecrow. For one thing, if you eat 33% less every day, you will live serveral years longer. It's being studied right now in the states. Another thing, the days of the caveman, and the days of the Greeks and those other great ancient societies. A Neanderthal would be lucky too live to 50, or a Homo Erectus would be lucky to live to 40. Let's not even get started on our earliest ancestors, the Ardipithecus Ramidus. You may hear about many Greek's living to about 60 or 70, or other types of Civilizations with elders at or near that age. But, those people were the lucky ones. The ones that had food, and good food.

The reason I say if we have better eating habits, I don't just mean watching what we eat, but what is in the stuff we eat. A better understanding of Genetics has been a double edged sword. 40 or 50 years ago there were not as many types of allergies as there are now. Cancer can very well be in the Brocolli you eat. Strawberries were half the size many are today. I mean, you grow strawberries in your own garden and you're going to have a hard time getting them the same size as those produced from the argibusiness sector.

[Twila]

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And Twila, 33 isn't old. Hell, thats still pretty young.

Well, people give me funny looks if I skip down the road with my daughter. And it's not my daughter their laughing at

I'm starting to feel there are proper things to wear, proper things to say and this is what makes me feel old. I use to not care if others felt what I was wearing was inappropriate. The looks "old" people gave when I said certain things meant nothing.

Now.....things are different. I can not stay up late and go to work without feeling horrible. I use to. Forget going to the bar on a week night for me!!!! I haven't seen midnight on a friday night in a very long time. Wait....maybe it isn't age but.....work! ack!

[Twila]

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Don't know who my real parents are as I was adopted, but I could care less eh?

Isn't it always the way! My dad was adopted and I was always dying of curiousity about his birth mother and father for him! My ex was also adopted and I was dying of curiousity again. Yet both of them were as cool as cucumbers about it!!!!

BTW, both my father and my ex did a search and discovered some of their birth family. I now have an Uncle and 2 Aunts! I didn't have any (that weren't over 80) growing up. My dad and his brother and 1 Sister have a great relationship.

So the point? Now I'm dying of curiousity for you!!!!!lol

[polemarch1]

I say nuts to it all. Enjoy the time you've got because that's all any of us can be sure we have.

I forget who originally said this but it was quoted by a teacher I had a Mr. Simpson (one of the best teachers I've had).

"We don't cease to play because we grow old, we grow old because we cease to play."

[Laconfir]

Twila Twila:

I'm starting to feel there are proper things to wear, proper things to say and this is what makes me feel old. I use to not care if others felt what I was wearing was inappropriate. The looks "old" people gave when I said certain things meant nothing.

Well, I understand the clothing part, but, you should still speak your mind. Just in a more adult way.