dwight wrote:
> "Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in message
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>>dwight wrote:
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>>>"Michael Johnson, PE" > wrote in message
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>>>>It is such an investment of time to learn the software. In the next six
>>>>months I will be fully transitioned into doing land development and will
>>>>likely not engineer for fee anymore. I just need to limp along with my
>>>>old trusty software until the end of the year. I guess 50-55 is when the
>>>>old fart is supposed to emerge?
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>>>I was 39 when I bought TFrog (my 4th Mustang), and people who supposedly
>>>knew me were saying that it was my midlife crisis. That brought on a bout
>>>of Old Fartism.
>>>
>>>I was about 45 when the basketball hoops went up out back of my house,
>>>and TFrog's alarm was frequently set off by wayward basketballs. That
>>>brought about an extended bout of Old Fartism.
>>>
>>>I was 50 when I moved outta there and settled into the gentrified outer
>>>circle of the far suburbs, and my Old Fartism is in full swing. I have no
>>>time for screaming kids, punk-ass wannabes with ultraloud car stereos,
>>>and just want to be left alone to tend to my groundskeeping.
>>>
>>>I may have had Early Onset Old Fartism, but I'm enjoying the hell out of
>>>it now.
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>>I still have the Mustang I bought new in 1989. I'm accused of being
>>unable to let go of my youth. I like to think of it as I'm still
>>immature. IMO, being too mature is highly over rated. The trouble is
>>that my body is becoming an old fart well before my state of mind.
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> I keep the '93 because it fits. And it still makes me smile. If that's
> immature, then fine; I make up for it in other areas.

I've told my wife not to make me choose between her and the '89. I've
known that car longer than I have her. Getting rid of it would be like
selling my favorite dog.

> My body may fail me over the coming years, but I swear I'm going to my grave
> with a well-defined left leg.

I have a SPEC Stage III in my car and it kills my left knee. I'll be
going to my grave with a well-defined left leg in a knee brace.

> dwight
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