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Robert Lieblich
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:27 am
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Joe Fineman wrote:
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P.S.: I forgot:
[] You catch yourself referring to people in their 20s as "kids".
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Twenties? I have a son within shouting distance of 40. (Don't tell
him I said that.)
To me the number one sign is when people I think of as contemporaries
insist on calling me "sir".
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Bob Lieblich
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Evan Kirshenbaum
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:05 pm
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Charles Riggs <chriggs@éircom.net> writes:
| Quote: | On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:09:50 GMT, Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net
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I cling to the usage of my childhood: young up to 30, middle-aged up
to 65.
You're kidding yourself. Do you think you'll live to be 130?
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Assuming that "middle-aged" is a symmetric region around the actual
median, a range of 30-65 would put the "middle" at 47.5, which is
probably a bit high, but not too far off the mark for people who don't
die young. Looking at CDC stats, the average life expectancy at age
65 in 2002 was 18.2 years. The life expectancy at 45 is 34.8 years.
At 25 it's 53.5. So it would seem that the median age of those who
don't "die young" would appear to be around 80-85.
Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lifexpec.htm
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Linz
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:53 pm
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:24:42 GMT, mikeorang.page@portchimp.ac.uk (Mike
Page) wrote:
| Quote: | On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:32:22 +0100, "Laura F. Spira"
laura@DRAGONspira.fsbusiness.co.uk> wrote:
JF wrote:
I've just sat spent a dismal hour sitting through the BBC TV's latest
serial offering of 'Bleak House' with a feeling of mounting dismay,
thinking it can't get worse, but it did. No establishing shots so we
didn't know where the hell we were as we leapt from scene to scene, no
shots were properly lit, the dialogue was garbled and not one of the
amateur cameramen employed had ever heard of a dolly, and I doubt if the
director had been given a storyboard. Flash pans zips were invariably
accompanied by whoosh stings. 15 episodes to come and I shall pride
myself on missing every one.
You've saved me some time then, which I shall probably devote ro
re-reading the book. I was already put off by the news that Andrew
Davies had seen fit to add an extra character.
Might be worth recording a few until it settles down. MDB ranted at
the first episode of the classic P&P a few years ago but was totally
absorbed by the end.
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Never having read the book or seen the previous dramatisation, I'm
enjoying it so far. This is tempered slightly by constantly trying to
remember who the current actor is...
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The point of education is to correct ignorance. It cannot deal with stupidity.
(Mortimer Hebblethwaite, uk.misc)
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Joe Fineman
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:06 am
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P.S.: Should go at or near the top of the list:
[] You see an obituary and say "Was that old bastard still alive?"
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