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19th May 2013, 12:57 AM
#1
longpom
looking at the photographs of ships crews on the site the other day, it struck me, was I once that young??
And more importantly, what the F**K happened?
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19th May 2013, 08:30 AM
#2
Who Me?

Originally Posted by
Bob Petty
looking at the photographs of ships crews on the site the other day, it struck me, was I once that young??
And more importantly, what the F**K happened?
More importantly Bob, L**E happened and you're still above ground to live it.
R635733
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19th May 2013, 09:14 AM
#3
and your a lot wiser now and you can watch the young make the mistakes ......ps and the governments cappy
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19th May 2013, 03:21 PM
#4
I woke up this morning and found out I am 75 ,help, help .I,m realy only 35 trapped in a 75 year old body . and look back at all the old mates that have passed before me . and I was no angel so, it must be true only the good die young . just enjoy it as we go and dont take life seriously , as the joke is on us .
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19th May 2013, 04:27 PM
#5
Who me
talking to a friend the other day, he stated, if we make it to " three score and ten" then everything else is a bonus. guess we are reaping the benefits of that statement now....... enjoy it.
regards, stan.
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19th May 2013, 04:42 PM
#6
I went to two Funerals within 45 hours this week.
A ship mate and my ex Wife, both a few years younger than me.
So I am very grateful when I wake up every day.
Brian.
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19th May 2013, 05:11 PM
#7
Grateful
I was hit by three and a half tonnes of steel grab when I was 48 years old, (a chain broke on the sling) first job for my own company, tossed 17 feet into the air and landed onto concrete it was 22 months before I was finally out of plaster, but was back at work a week after the accident (somebody had to pay the bills) couldn't get sick pay because I had my own company and I was born here. Same week an immigrant family not too far away was given a sea view flat, furniture, television and £200 per week and had paid nothing into the system. Believe me nearly 30 years after the accident every day HAS been a bonus for which I am eternally grateful. They say the devil looks after his own! because a saint I never was! But like most I look at the photos of bygone eras' and think was that really me by god he looks fit for purpose, now I close my eyes when approaching mirrors!
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19th May 2013, 07:32 PM
#8
Life is just a dirty trick played on you by someone you've never met.
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20th May 2013, 06:55 AM
#9

Originally Posted by
Captain Kong
I went to two Funerals within 45 hours this week.
A ship mate and my ex Wife, both a few years younger than me.
So I am very grateful when I wake up every day.
Brian.
Welcome to the club Brian. 9 deaths so far this year of family,3, and friends.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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20th May 2013, 06:56 AM
#10
We are all in fact 16 year olds, but we then have a number of years experience added to that figure, that is then your age.


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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