| From: | Erik Jameson <erikj@****.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Old Age Runners |
| Date: | Thu, 7 May 1998 19:25:55 -0400 |
>You're only 25 and you feel old?
Simple answer, yes.
Long answer, yes I do. <smirk>
When I want to, I can be a regular Calvin Coolidge. I just don't often
want to.
It stems from working as a lifeguard for six years (90 to 95). I saw that
I was once one of those care-free kids in high school. Then I suddenly
realized as I approached college graduation and the summer following
graduation that I had nothing in common with these kids. Their lives were
in a totally different place than mine. I was their boss, not a coworker.
Guests would call me "sir," the rebellious guards hated me (even though I
was one of them once and had the stories to prove I was more of a rebel
than they ever could be), there was maybe a half dozen female lifeguards
that I wouldn't get in trouble for "dating" (out of nearly 100 mostly
attractive young women) and I was telling stories about the good old days
way too often. I quite simply found myself in a different world from the
"youth;" I simply don't understand the mind of a teenager anymore.
I realized that while I am relatively young, to many people I'm old. Add
in the fact that I've got bad knees and can't climb stairs without pain,
like old people, and I often feel "old."
I was playing paintball a few weekends back and it took me several days to
recover from a very intense day of play (a lot of newbies there, so I had
to play hyper-aggressive ball to show them how the game should be played).
And I go to the gym and box so I'm not in horrible shape, yet it still took
me several days to recover. That's not something some young buck has to
do. That's something a mature adult has to do. I now understand what
athletes like Michael Jordan must go through every year now.
I guess it's just strange to see that once I was a 20-yr old newbie on this
list and now I'm an "Elder Statesman," telling stories about SR1 and what
the list was like in 93-95. That while I'm not old like my grandparents,
I'm not a kid anymore. It's a very strange sensation to recognize your own
mortality and the fact that your youth is really gone forever.
Ack.
To try and drag this kicking and screaming back on-topic, how old are your
PCs? Excepting any munchy IEs and the like that is.
It's been my experience that most runner are between 18 and 25. Anyone
notably older than that (Keith, I know you have one or two there)? My own
primary PC is I think 32 years old; nearly ancient by SR standards I think.
Anyway, sorry for rambling and taking this topic so far astray from SR. I
guess I'm just getting senile in my old age... ;-)
Erik J.
Resepected Elders Relaxation Resort Activites Director
"Hey, how about a game of first edition using only the Blue Book?"
