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Roborider said:

  And, sadly, I realize too clearly that I've entered the last half of my time here.  It has come all too quickly, and I am melancholy tonight. 

Uhhh... Robo.  Remind me not to sit next to you come Chili night....

PS.  buy some glasses dude, you'll feel better..................  I hope.

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******Mike****** "We choose our joys and our sorrows long before we experience them."

It's easy, just thread it through the one in the middle.  Life's too short for melancholia.  The reaper can't catch you if you're moving fast enough.

It's all good.

Robo,

Yeah, but just think of the AARP discounts, and society doesn't really expect much out of you anymore.  Eventually you'll get to park in the best parking spaces.

So it's all good, man, and reading glasses are only $16 at Walmart.

Looking in the rear view mirror is sometimes good for the soul, my friend.

But all the fun you're ever going to yet have . . . hey, it's in the future.

C

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Another sunrise, These bright and crystal moments, Crow flies overhead.

Sounds like you need a ride on a twisty road for lifting your spirits and some reading glasses to thread the needle. It's a little bit of a shocker when you first have to start using them, but they help.

T.

Robo,

A while ago I bought one of these for working in the shop and examining carb jets.  Just this morning I diagnosed and fixed the pressure-relief valve in Pat's expresso maker (the problem was a leaking tiny o-ring in the vacuum-release side of the pressure-relief valve).

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/190976-REG/Nikon_7314_20x_Field_Microscope_Mini.html#

This instrument is like reading glasses on steriods.  The hole in a sewing needle will look like a basketball hoop through this thing.

C

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Another sunrise, These bright and crystal moments, Crow flies overhead.

Roborider said:

Back then I used to think about death as an abstract event.  But the road of my life was so long and stretching in front of me that it seemed that day would never come for me.  Now, the road is not so long, and the end is in focus, ... It has come all too quickly, and I am melancholy tonight. 

Cheers.

Robo

Rob... i think about death and dying every single day.

It has a way of suggesting the suitable frame for whatever picture i happen

to be looking at.

You may not realize it pal but a whole lot of life's magic takes place because we know that 

the guy in the black hood with the razor sharp schythe is waiting in the wings.

The more you can stay in the moment, the better it all is.

Stay in the moment Rob.

Live it well.

Bite the bullet.

Come back as Brad Pitt's lips.

Gawd don't you just love life's cycles.  

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The older i get the faster i was.

"Gawd don't you just love life's cycles."

Ahhhhh yes......life's cycles.  They are good.  I work hard at remembering the good things & to stay focused on the future, as well as the moment.  The reading glasses came first, letting them add to my "maturity" (hoping for additional "wisdom" in the package.....). 

As this day, October 4th, marks my 55th year, all I really want to do is be able to easily read the maps on my tank bag, ya know?  

 Dave

Happy 55th year!

May you have many more with large print maps!

Deb

PS even with glasses, the print seems to get smaller every year.

Drdrd said:

 

"Gawd don't you just love life's cycles."

Ahhhhh yes......life's cycles.  They are good.  I work hard at remembering the good things & to stay focused on the future, as well as the moment.  The reading glasses came first, letting them add to my "maturity" (hoping for additional "wisdom" in the package.....). 

As this day, October 4th, marks my 55th year, all I really want to do is be able to easily read the maps on my tank bag, ya know?  

 Dave

I remember 55...  i think.

Congrats  Dave. May the year ahead carry with it an abundance of all that you value.

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The older i get the faster i was.

Drdrd said:

 

"Gawd don't you just love life's cycles."

 

As this day, October 4th, marks my 55th year, all I really want to do is be able to easily read the maps on my tank bag, ya know?  

 ..and today marks the 38th anniversary of the tragic death of a talented yet tormented lady.  Personally, I'd prefer to struggle with the small print.

Happy birthday dude, rest in peace Janis.

Csteinman said:

 

Robo,

A while ago I bought one of these for working in the shop and examining carb jets.  Just this morning I diagnosed and fixed the pressure-relief valve in Pat's expresso maker (the problem was a leaking tiny o-ring in the vacuum-release side of the pressure-relief valve).

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/190976-REG/Nikon_7314_20x_Field_Microscope_Mini.html#

This instrument is like reading glasses on steriods.  The hole in a sewing needle will look like a basketball hoop through this thing.

C

robo.... after a night's sleep...I'm feeling more....human today.  sorry I had nothing positive yesterday except the obvious "buy some reading glasses" statement.... duh!  

Charlie's idea reminded me of a friend of mine who repairs watches.... they have this incredible "glasses on steriods" thingy too..... he used it to get a splinter out of my finger once.... sorry, that's all I've got....

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******Mike****** "We choose our joys and our sorrows long before we experience them."

Oh ya, right. The 40 year old arms syndrome. At first things are a bit fuzzy, so you hold them further away. Then with more time the arms are no longer long enough to make things clear to the eyes. And by the time you get things far enough away to see clearly they're too small to care about any more.

That's the solution! Too far away to care anymore, so don't be bummed. Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

By the way Nut, those thingies are called Optivisors, and I have a set. Use them for work. Kinda like having your bi-focals on upside down. They're cool because when you drop stuff you can still see where whatever it was went. Unlike bi-focals where the magnifier is on the bottom of your view. You might as well drop whatever it was off of a skyscraper.

Happy birthday Dave!

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I will not make motorcycle sounds at work... I will not make motorcycle sounds at work...

We've had a lot of quotes from ancient sages and the heros of our youth.

Here's one from a more recent entry into the pop culture.

In J.K. Rowling's book "The Half Blood Prince" (the 6th in the Harry Potter series I think) she has Albus Dumbledore (Harry's mentor) explain that old men should be able to remember what it was like to be young, but young men have no idea what its like to be old.

I thought this was pretty insightful.

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Die Entropie des Motorrads wird immer groesser. Most roaches are created unintentionally. IBA #27546

OK, lot's of things here!

I do have a disecting scope, and they are great, no matter what condition your eyes are in.  Fantastic for small work and just to look at a dead bug once in a while.

Harry Potter:  Hey, I like that quote.

Age:  I see from the postings here, and the recent Happy 50th to Charlie, that 45 is kind of young.

Finally, I think I was a bit bummed both by the eyes, and, the memories of my dealy missed Grandmother.

I will give myself the final piece of advice, which, you guys were too friendly to give: "Quit your whining you damn pussy and be thankful to be healthy and alive."

OK, I feel much better now....

Robo