HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND
THINKING, SURELY I CAN'T LOOK THAT OLD?" WELL... YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE!




I WAS SITTING IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WITH A NEW
DENTIST. I NOTICED HIS DDS DIPLOMA, WHICH BORE HIS FULL NAME.


SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED A TALL, HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED BOY WITH THE SAME
NAME HAD BEEN IN MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS SOME 40-ODD YEARS AGO. COULD HE
BE THE SAME GUY THAT I HAD A SECRET CRUSH ON, WAY BACK THEN??


UPON SEEING HIM, HOWEVER, I QUICKLY DISCARDED ANY SUCH THOUGHT. THIS
BALDING, GRAY-HAIRED MAN WITH THE DEEPLY LINED FACE WAS WAY TOO OLD TO
HAVE BEEN MY CLASSMATE. HMMM ...OR COULD HE???


AFTER HE EXAMINED MY TEETH, I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ATTENDED MORGAN PARK
HIGH SCHOOL.


"YES. YES, I DID. I'M A MUSTANG," HE GLEAMED WITH PRIDE.


"WHEN DID YOU GRADUATE?" I ASKED.


HE ANSWERED, "IN 1969 WHY DO YOU ASK?"


"YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!" I EXCLAIMED


HE LOOKED AT ME CLOSELY.


THEN, THAT UGLY, OLD, WRINKLED SON-OF-A-BITCH ASKED, "WHAT DID YOU TEACH?"

ok I got myself in trouble here before with age so basically I'm staying out of it.. LOL

BUT I felt old for the first time today.. I went to the local tech school (because I'm thinking of going back) and found myself surrounded by this over hyper giggling pack of coeds talking about some party and the oddities that happened... all the while the 30 something woman behind the desk is who I found most attractive.

no I know the ones that "sit" behind the desks.. this was just one in talking to them at the time. and taking about far from you.. I ALMOST stopped by when I got out of lati but figured you were still working on your stuff.

p.s. I've always went for older chicks, just the first time I found myself looking at 18-20 as "kids" and not really sexual options.

so you do think about showing up to my door step once in a great while dont you...

can I show up on your doorstep sometime ? I'll bring flowers

that's okay... no one ever shows up at my door.

  QUOTE (bikerchick69 @ January 29, 2006, 07:01)


All I need is an invitation!....

Ohhh Yeah, that's right, I did invite myself to Jack and Jill's..(I got tiered of waiting!)..Oh well!
D.M. and I will have to make another road trip..(they can be fun!)...Somehow we need to get DEye on the way!....Just wouldn't be the same without him....

And you can bring cowboy!.....We will be too full for him by the time we get there!...

  QUOTE (nykitten @ January 29, 2006, 09:51)


Feel free to invite yourself anytime! We had a great time with you two! But just for the record:

Ms. NYKitten,

You are invited to Jack and Jill's home ANYTIME! Just pick up the phone, let us know that you are on your way and we will see you when you get here!

Jack and Jill

  QUOTE (Jacknjill143 @ January 30, 2006, 16:00)


Well I'm certainly not going to wait until May to see you guys again!... That's for sure!....

Oh yeah, nice to see you guys back!....

Well while you're at it you can come on out to Colorado too you're more than welcome here....

  QUOTE (nykitten @ January 30, 2006, 16:03)


Hopefully, it will be at the beginning of March, if not before then. We will be coming to your neck of the woods...

I posted this in Sept 04 ,but thought it may be worth repeating. I guess age is good for something

The things we learn with age:

I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I've learned that you can keep going long after you can't.

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I've learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you whe n you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.

I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I've learned that just because two pe ople argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other
And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.

I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.

I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I've learned that the people you care about most in
life are taken from you too soon.