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This should lighten the mood and make us forget about relegation woes. I’ve always had the age of 75 as a good target to aim for. And that any years beyond that would be a bonus. But I’m 52 now and 75 seems too close for comfort. So have revised target up to 80. Dad went early at 66 but mum is solid and healthy still, and her mum lasted until 92 so hopefully got those genes.
I've never been that bothered (well, not since early twenties anyway) about my inevitable death and non-existence thereafter. It's strange to think that things will go on, and that people you know will go on and will experience things that you will not, but if I'm anything I'm a buddhist with a small bee and no more than part of the stream.
The thing I think about is the manner of the death of so much of nature - the loss of species and the loss of beauty in that stream. The perverse nature of the human part which is right now destroying everything and accelerating that destruction - see various items in today's news - whilst pretending, outwardly anyway, that humanity will find answers without making meaningful sacrifices.
Certainly, either through direct means (food, water, disease, weather) or indirect (war, slavery, social collapse) a lot of people today have a lot lower life expectancy than they would traditionally assume. But we just carry on like lemmings.
Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 08:57 - Feb 6 by urbanblue
I had a very clever friend of mine with a few pints inside him say ... the worst thing about death is that you wouldn't know you had died ...
Surreal!
In Michel de Montaigne's essays he writes about the futility of fearing something that you won't know has happened, and that the suffering that humans create for themselves during their life by fearing death is therefore worse than the suffering that will be experienced at the point of death occurring.
Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 08:57 - Feb 6 by urbanblue
I had a very clever friend of mine with a few pints inside him say ... the worst thing about death is that you wouldn't know you had died ...
Surreal!
But surely as your spirit leaves your now lifeless corpse, it looks back over its shoulder, sighs about what could have been and makes its way heavenwards?
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Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 09:13 - Feb 6 with 2275 views
Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 09:08 - Feb 6 by EdwardStone
But surely as your spirit leaves your now lifeless corpse, it looks back over its shoulder, sighs about what could have been and makes its way heavenwards?
I wonder if you can get the football results up there?
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Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 09:23 - Feb 6 with 2240 views
Let's say I'm aiming for at least 80. That'll be 2053, so 28 years time.
And you think "Meh, that's MILES away"
And then you realise that 28 years ago was 1997. Diana. Tony Blair. Starship Troopers. Air Force One. Song 2. Barbie Girl. The black and cream stripes away kit. Losing to Sheffield United in the play offs.
And then you say "Hang on that was only a few years ago, wasn't it?"
And then you spend the rest of the day in a fetal position, whimpering.
Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 16:24 - Feb 5 by J2BLUE
Not really. I think more about my nan and my parents.
On a related note I do think about getting older and sometimes at work I sit there in my office and think this is absurd. There must be more to life than sitting here doing this. Then I always wonder what a caveman would think of the concept of customer service and wonder how the human race got to this point and what would be the worst thing that happened if I just closed my laptop and walked away.
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On that theme, the best story I ever heard was a fellow who joined the army straight from school. He realised that it wasn't for him, so he chose his passing out parade to exit. He didn't leave in a conventional way, or even confide in anyone in advance, but during the parade, as the sergeant (?) bellowed to the marchers to turn, instead he kept marching in the same direction (and ignoring the hullabaloo he was leaving behind). One "dishonourable discharge" later, he found a new vacation in education - in which he stayed to retirement.
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Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 11:52 - Feb 6 with 2056 views
Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 11:45 - Feb 6 by farkenhell
On that theme, the best story I ever heard was a fellow who joined the army straight from school. He realised that it wasn't for him, so he chose his passing out parade to exit. He didn't leave in a conventional way, or even confide in anyone in advance, but during the parade, as the sergeant (?) bellowed to the marchers to turn, instead he kept marching in the same direction (and ignoring the hullabaloo he was leaving behind). One "dishonourable discharge" later, he found a new vacation in education - in which he stayed to retirement.
Brilliant. I wonder why he waited until his passing out parade, putting himself through all that army training knowing it wasn't for him.
Maybe his motivation was to leave in a blaze of glory.
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Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 16:40 - Feb 6 with 1938 views
Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 09:08 - Feb 6 by EdwardStone
But surely as your spirit leaves your now lifeless corpse, it looks back over its shoulder, sighs about what could have been and makes its way heavenwards?
What makes you think that you're going upwards.
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Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 23:00 - Feb 6 with 1764 views
When I first started work as a young Hod Carrier a much older bricklayer would start every working day and say ‘roll on death’ 😂.
Back in 2012 when I first started my chemo etc I was told they had hoped to get another 20 years out of me,and at the time and going through what I was that seemed great! But I’ve already had 13 of those years so hopefully I have another 7 years left 😂✅
Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 06:48 - Feb 7 by Benters
When I first started work as a young Hod Carrier a much older bricklayer would start every working day and say ‘roll on death’ 😂.
Back in 2012 when I first started my chemo etc I was told they had hoped to get another 20 years out of me,and at the time and going through what I was that seemed great! But I’ve already had 13 of those years so hopefully I have another 7 years left 😂✅
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Interesting fact alert:
If you look at the back wall of the old Odeon/Bingo hall in Lloyds Avenue (so it's the greybrick one you'd see next to Debenhams) - you'll see a single white brick.
Apparently that marks the spot when some poor bricklayer fell from and died when it was being built 90 odd years ago.
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Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 09:53 - Feb 7 with 1411 views
Been thinking a lot of my final quarter of my life. Early 60s now and really think I have 20 ish years left of good health, hopefully. My dad was 92 and mum is 92 this year, so hoping I have inherited the same genes.
So this year is retirement and a fresh challenge and doing things for me rather than worrying about clients, staff and business issues.
Here's to seeing the mighty blues win something before I pass on, then I can go happy.
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Do you ever think about how long you’ve got left? on 10:56 - Feb 7 with 1306 views
Not really thinking about my end date.... but starting to worry about my parents.... 3 of my grandparents lived well into their 80s or longer ( my grandma made it to 99), but my dad turns 80 this year, and mum isn't far behind. We lost my father in law in December at 81, so I'm thinking sometime in my 80s is probably likely....
That gives me 35 to 40 years.... hoping to be retired by mid-fifties and have plenty of energetic retirement, but who knows.... do know a lot of people who have been taken too soon recently.
Trying to live every day fully, but also with an eye on being able to retire... its a fine balance, but no kids to worry about, so makes the finances a lot easier
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