Single Summing Up As Of Late?

Funnily enough it seems that work is not the worst panacea; I understand the notion that death is required to give life meaning, but that does not mean I must like the idea, nor for that matter wholly agree with it, not that my views will change the inevitability of mortality.

I hit seventy on all two cylinders, charging into old age with the lithe movement of an arthritic alley cat caught on a warm tin roof.

Still actively seeing the world in good health.

I had my run in with mortality summer of 11 and didnt like what I saw.
Ive made a more conscious effort not to sound so fuckin pompous with the folks.

Pompous? I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, stage 4 in 2008, and I'm still alive after undergoing 8 weeks of radiation treatment.

Things are great Chum, why do you ask

Never been better in my life, Chum, thankee for axin'.

I am very pleased to hear that you have not given up.

I fall into the same trap from time to time, due to teaching five days a week full time over the last 4 1/2 years.

I ask because I have taken an interest in the posters on A2K over the years, and I like to not only hear what others condensed perspectives might be, but also to express my own similarly. Why do you ask, why I ask, if I may ask (silly Chum I know)?

I am truly pleased that not only have you found a later life vocation, but you have lived long enough to realize it.

If you are feeling introspective, might I suggest that to some extent it's those that have the resources at hand that have the obligation to support change for the better, something I am starting to strive for with very limited success given the worlds massive and resource-hungry population.

I'm truly happy for you, remember it like a warm fire against the coming changes because in one sense we' re only the sum of our memories.

Tho I don't see it as an obligation,
I 've experienced it as a lot of FUN to begift Individuals
who are not expecting it, with a gift of value (e.g., some cash).
For instance, while walking past tables in a restaurant,
u choose your target and drop a load of cash in front
of her or him, without breaking stride.

That can have hedonic value.
I think that's more fun than donating to a collectivist charity.





David

HAs anyone ever attempted t catch up with you and give you back the money you dropped?

Seems a bit contrived. Id think, whats this guy doing dropping cash? Is it a drug buy? Am I being watcged by cops ? is there an intended target who may be armed? Is this a TV show trying to show how many folks arent so honest?
Is that guy some kinda creep whose gonna target me with markd money outside?

It was a dark and stormy night

less specifically

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

Yes. One of my techniques is that in a crowd (e.g., in a museum) whose looks I like
(e.g., a lot of young kids around) I surreptitiously drop some cash the floor n quietly move away;
but sometimes not surreptitiously ENUF. Indeed, one of my friends by whom I was accompanied,
complained that the cash, in error, was returned to her. She did not like the idea.





Most of the time (not always), its like this:
thay look perplexed after I dump the cash
within their personal space, on the table in front of them.
Thay become motionless. After a few seconds, thay begin facially beaming joy.


Honesty is not a factor. Its not like a lost wallet.
I was surprized, a few days ago in an airport.
As I walked toward my gate, I saw some cash on the floor.
I called the attention of a nearby couple n asked if it were theirs.
To my surprize, the guy denied it. Then a woman ran over,
appearing to recognize it n took the cash.






Thay may STILL be wondering, farmer.
I 've been at this for a while.
For instance (in that I like to play with people 's heads),
about 25 years ago, I was seeing a young lady who had
an 8 year old boy. (I saw her for a few years.)
I knew that he opened the mail, when he got home from school.
I fly a lot. Postmarked from a distant State, in a spirit of hedonic frivolity
I sent him a typed letter that (as nearly as I remember) said:That was the cover letter for a clean $1OO.oo bill.
To this day, he does not know its source.
The alleged "contest" was fictional; accordingly,
it was impossible for him to have competed in it, in another State.
That must have left him wondering "WTH??!!??" (Don 't ya think ??)
Every time he recounts that event to his friends, he re-lives the joy of the acquisition.
Not all surprizes shud be bad ones.
There were also a few variations on that theme (@ with its own clean $1OO.oo bill)
scattered over the years for him.

So, yeah, he may still be wondering whether I 'm "gonna target" him.





David

As to exactly which aspects of my existence which you might pursue; my perspective e.g. in what exactly

However I share your curiosity, the reason I often respond to an OP suggesting the participant reveal his age, sex, nationality, ed., family, hopes and aspirations etc etc

Some folk enjoy work but not I

Me nuther

Me nuther, in fact it sounds positively silly

The old saw: Death and Taxes

However taxes can be sidestepped. OT but for instance back in the '60's I paid no income tax as it wasn't required of overseas work

Man, I share your reaction. Dave may be a fine fellow but his motives are questionable if not dangerous as you suggest