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Old 9th Sep 2010, 08:56
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ManaAdaSystem
 
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I'm 40, but I feel like I'm in my 20's. In my head.
But I can't go on the piss like I did when I was 20 without having a near death situation the next day, and I need roughly twice as much light in order to see the same as a 20 year old when it's dark.
Yet my doctor never checks my night vision, just how well I see in a brightly lit office.
I don't FEEL my age, but I'm aware that I have a 40 year old body, unlike most Gummers (that name caught immediately) in here who think they still have the brain and body of a 20 year old.

Aging is real, like it or not. Dr Anthony says old people don't make mistakes, and they don't need the reflexes of a younger person because of this. Well, old people do make mistakes just like everyone else, and close to V1 you can't sit back and analyze what to do if an engine quits.

And a Gummer did fly into a mountain in Pakistan, killing over 150 people in what appears to be a fully serviceable aircraft.
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