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rsl12 · 04-30-2003, 06:10 AM

Boring: well, your metabolism slows down--it makes it hard to react as fast or change tracks as quickly as you did when you were younger. that means that you can do long, monotonous tasks for longer. boring, but also possibly more productive.

Uptight: on a similar note, your mind tends to calcify as you get older--it's harder to buck 40, 50 years of experience and try something new. Even when people realize it's happening to them, they have trouble getting out of ruts. On the other hand, it also keeps them out of trouble, by trying a tried and true method over something that might break their rheumatic brittle hipbone.

04-30-2003, 06:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
rsl12 On the lam Location: northern va	Boring: well, your metabolism slows down--it makes it hard to react as fast or change tracks as quickly as you did when you were younger. that means that you can do long, monotonous tasks for longer. boring, but also possibly more productive. Uptight: on a similar note, your mind tends to calcify as you get older--it's harder to buck 40, 50 years of experience and try something new. Even when people realize it's happening to them, they have trouble getting out of ruts. On the other hand, it also keeps them out of trouble, by trying a tried and true method over something that might break their rheumatic brittle hipbone. __________________ oh baby oh baby, i like gravy.