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Old 3rd Aug 2022, 03:44
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AerialPerspective
 
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Originally Posted by aroa
T I E W,
As we age, it’s a function of time, which is elastic. At age 5 your next birthday was only 1 5th of yr life and seemed like a very long time away til the next. At 80 it’s so much smaller percentage thus ‘faster’
And of course, folk you know fall away for various reasons as, you, fortunately, hurtle on.
For us oldies, the years are going past like pickets on at fence at 50 knots.
Its a bummer. ‘Cos we all have a use by date.
Fly safe.!
A former boss who was older than me once told me "Life is like a toilet roll, the closer you get to the end, the quicker it starts spinning".
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