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| TheShadowlord |  I'm getting old |
 Member Since: October 2000  RK: 14 MP: 7,187     | Thursday May 10, 2012 11:37 PM Took a trip to the local used bookstore today. A sizable SFF section, which seems to come from one or two people, considering the age and imprints of the books. A new load of Heinlein and Asimov, van Vogt and a smattering of other authors thrown in. I buy half a dozen or so, come home and find out that I've already got three of them. One in the exact same printing.I never used to make mistakes like that.  I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| Silveran | RE: I'm getting old |
    Member Since: May 2000  RK: 12 MP: 5,916  | Friday May 11, 2012 4:17 AM That sounds familiar.... four copies of Dune two of which are the same editions. The various parts of the Belgariad and Mallorean in multiple copies (mostly, this was due to grab bags, but some were because I lost the book...to find them later.) Multiple copies of Number of the Beast, two copies of the original Krondor series, four copies of I, Robot.[[Edited by Silveran on Friday May 11, 2012 4:17 AM]] Death before Dishonor -- Nothing before Coffee Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione |
| tassanaburrfoot | RE: I'm getting old |
  Member Since: February 2003  RK: 9 MP: 2,976 | Sunday May 13, 2012 1:48 AM Lol! I still get to laugh at y'all.Old geasers! Lol! J/k (Just to let you know, "Lol" means "laugh out loud." And "j/k" means "just kidding."  )[[Edited by tassanaburrfoot on Sunday May 13, 2012 1:49 AM]] Slytherin Pride W.W.D.D. You are never too young to die nor too old to live. ~Me! "Infinity is hard to grasp when I'm born destined to die." ~Lich-Nexus "Hope is the dream of a waking man." ~Aristotle |
| TheShadowlord | RE: I'm getting old |
Member Since: October 2000 RK: 14 MP: 7,187 | Sunday May 13, 2012 6:56 PM Geezer.Children these days. Learn how to spell, dangit. Gerroff ma lawn! I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| tassanaburrfoot | RE: I'm getting old |
Member Since: February 2003 RK: 9 MP: 2,976 | Monday May 14, 2012 5:18 AM Lol! Whatever. You knew what I meant.And, hey, I ain't got much room to talk. Slytherin Pride W.W.D.D. You are never too young to die nor too old to live. ~Me! "Infinity is hard to grasp when I'm born destined to die." ~Lich-Nexus "Hope is the dream of a waking man." ~Aristotle |
| TheShadowlord | RE: I'm getting old |
Member Since: October 2000 RK: 14 MP: 7,187 | Tuesday May 15, 2012 9:52 PM Actually, I nearly did tell a couple of kids to get off of my lawn. Then I thought about it, saw they were just running around and not ruining everything and decided that telling them to bugger off would just be a dickish move.Then I felt really old. I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| tassanaburrfoot | RE: I'm getting old |
Member Since: February 2003 RK: 9 MP: 2,976 | Wednesday May 16, 2012 2:18 AM Haha! I did tell a kid to get off my property. Then again, the kid kept stealing things outta my roommate's garden. (Ornaments and gems. Yes, my roommate had put things like obsidian and emerald stones in the garden.)Slytherin Pride W.W.D.D. You are never too young to die nor too old to live. ~Me! "Infinity is hard to grasp when I'm born destined to die." ~Lich-Nexus "Hope is the dream of a waking man." ~Aristotle |
| TheShadowlord | RE: I'm getting old |
Member Since: October 2000 RK: 14 MP: 7,187 | Friday August 10, 2012 4:15 PM I think I should move this to Member's Lounge if I continue to post non-bookish topics, but here goes.The other day my gf starts playing around with my hair, then looks intently at the top and says "I think you're thinning". Before this I had kind of laughed at people who feel their manhood or youth or both threatened by the loss of hair, but right then I though "No! Not me!" Granted, a few hours later I had calmed down and decided that if it at some point got too thin I just cut it all off rather than try to keep wispy hair in an attempt to cling to it (and no comb-overs or toupees or shit *shudder*). But just that moment of disbelief and pseudi-panic made me feel really old. I feel happy...I feel happy! "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen Roberts |
| Nix | RE: I'm getting old |
 Member Since: January 2005  RK: 3 MP: 447 | Friday August 10, 2012 9:19 PM Don't worry. There's always Hair-in-a-Can.-This message brought to you by Nix, Mercenary to the Grammar Nazi regime My gaming groups new motto: Wet the Sock! (Not as dirty as it sounds) |
| Avenging_Angel | RE: I'm getting old |
 Member Since: July 2003  RK: 13 MP: 6,289 | Friday August 10, 2012 11:04 PM People my age make me feel old.Most of them are still living off their parents with no more thought to the future beyond "finish school at some point, maybe even get a job". I've been taking care of myself since I was eighteen, work almost full time, run a small art business, -and- am still in college. If I spoke spanish I might even start yelling at the neighbor kids to get off my lawn. Everywhere I go I repeat: I do not belong here. Who will bring me hemlock in their own hands? - Renee Vivien Reality is an illusion that occurs with a lack of alcohol. |
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