Holy Moley Batman seems like 5,000 was yesterday.
You certainly are an asset to this Forum Paul. BTW ,this time flying thing has been a topic recently at my office. The busier you are the more it seems it flys by as opposed to a childs perspective of time draggin by soooo slooow, as in my youngest son's I can't wait till um 16 and can git my drivers license. I remember saying the same thing at his age and now look I be 50 and I want my 360-12c63 time is goin sooo sloooow.
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I have non-scientific pseudo space-time theories floating around in my head, too...one of them is that the smaller a creature is, the faster time passes (in general). Hence, smaller animals live shorter lives. To take this to ridiculous lengths (or their inverse), for an ant to walk a mile takes a lifetime, for a human it takes a half-hour, etc.
When we have less to do, time seems to drag.
When we're busy, there's never enough time.
Boredom is a form of anxiety, I've found.
When we can remain calm while inactive, and yet be surrounded by a frantic world, we've found one way to take a brief respite without putting money into the pocket of yet another industry, who then will rush us halfway around the globe in a frantic quest for quietude, the onset of which we then attempt to accelerate through the indulgence in liquid intoxicants, which only serve to dull our appreciation for the world around us and, in extreme cases, lead to bent metal and memory loss.
That was a textbook example of a run-on sentence.
Where was I?
Oh, incidentally, 5,000 was sometime late last November.
When we have less to do, time seems to drag.
When we're busy, there's never enough time.
Boredom is a form of anxiety, I've found.
When we can remain calm while inactive, and yet be surrounded by a frantic world, we've found one way to take a brief respite without putting money into the pocket of yet another industry, who then will rush us halfway around the globe in a frantic quest for quietude, the onset of which we then attempt to accelerate through the indulgence in liquid intoxicants, which only serve to dull our appreciation for the world around us and, in extreme cases, lead to bent metal and memory loss.
That was a textbook example of a run-on sentence.
Where was I?
Oh, incidentally, 5,000 was sometime late last November.
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did.”
― Kurt Vonnegut
― Kurt Vonnegut
Let's see, the bigger I get, the longer I live? Pass the M&M's please!
Paul, I think you are on to something with your theory. In March I spent a week in Florida on a "vacation". It hit me like a brick upon my return, all the time, energy and resources required to arrange this so called vacation down time was askew. It would have been much more advantageous to just take a week to do nothing but what I please at home.
There were more bikini's in Florida, but they do nothing to induce a calmness in me. I can never find one that fits.
Paul, I think you are on to something with your theory. In March I spent a week in Florida on a "vacation". It hit me like a brick upon my return, all the time, energy and resources required to arrange this so called vacation down time was askew. It would have been much more advantageous to just take a week to do nothing but what I please at home.
There were more bikini's in Florida, but they do nothing to induce a calmness in me. I can never find one that fits.
I'm just happy to be here.
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Not too far from truth, i mean the theory about the creature's size and time... The smaller the creature is, the faster its heart beats, and the faster metabolism is. A year of dog's life is equated with 6 or 8 years of a human. Not to mention they grow faster: 1 year old dog is a grown up, while 1 year old human is a toddler... Something like that...
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Congrats Paul
and to think that I have probably read every one of your posts. Hmmm? I must have too much time on my hands.
Oh yes! and they were all interesting. Even the ones that were so beautifully crafted that they smacked me between the eyes. LOL
Keep up the good work.
and to think that I have probably read every one of your posts. Hmmm? I must have too much time on my hands.
Oh yes! and they were all interesting. Even the ones that were so beautifully crafted that they smacked me between the eyes. LOL
Keep up the good work.
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
"You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein
Congrats Paul - with 7500+ posts one would think you waste a lot of time on the internet but every one of those posts proves otherwise.
"Boredom is a form of anxiety, I've found."
Now there is a real gem for us all to ponder. I've made full attempts in my life to take down-time as a gift and enjoy the art of doing nothing. Not always successfully but a goal to strive for.
"Boredom is a form of anxiety, I've found."
Now there is a real gem for us all to ponder. I've made full attempts in my life to take down-time as a gift and enjoy the art of doing nothing. Not always successfully but a goal to strive for.
