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    > > I blame the governmemt: they began using "gender" to ask if male or female   
    > > because certain staff were afraid of the word "sex."    
      
    >   I can understand that.   
      
   I don't. It's just a word that, in this context is in no way evocative of loud   
   slippery fun. . .   
      
   &, even if it was, so what? Fun is fun. . .   
      
    >   When I was a kid I was sometimes referred to as "Little Joe" (long before   
    > Bonanza was on TV) when discussing my brother or I for whatever reason.    
      
   I was "Georgie" to my mom, because my dad was "George."   
      
   One day one of my fiends called to ask to speak to "George."; my mom asked,   
   "Big George or little George?"   
      
   My friend considered me & said, "Big George" & got the wrong George on the   
   phone.   
      
    > > Most of my real-life friends are closer to 80 or 90. . .   
      
    >    I've always enjoyed talking to older people, regardless of my age.  (At   
    > one time a "older" person could have been 20, 30, 40, etc years old.  As I   
    > get older there are fewer older people to talk to).   
      
   I'm getting that, too, sadly. . . :(    
      
   I was reading before I started school; by age 8 or 9 I was reading adult (not   
   "adult") novels, most written by people 2-40 years older than me, so I lived   
   through their perceptions of their generations youth & world, & that imprinted   
   on me like I'd been there, too. . .   
      
   Also my peers were dumb as dirt, & I could actually learn from my elders! (if   
   over 40, 50+)   
      
   From age 15 or so, my best friends were seniors. . .   
      
   So now I'm experiencing the obvious problem with that -- losing friends too   
   often & permanently. . . :(    
      
   I still read lots, but don't live in the worlds of the authors(especially the   
   scifi/Fantasy ones) as much now, except I do feel an affinity for Florida, as   
   so many of my fave series were set there, by authors who lived there &   
   obviously loved it. (one's ded, one moved to Canada, & the other is still   
   there, loving life on his little family ranchlike(couple pet horses for the   
   kids) home & yard, except for the sand spurs on his daily walks. . .(he's darn   
   near 90)   
      
   I'm amazed at the self sufficiency of the generation that saw any part of the   
   Depression!   
      
   I knew one old fellow, in a manual wheelchair who, every day, rain or shine,   
   wheeled himself around our 4-square block (2 up, 2 over, 2 down & back home);   
   he was in his 90s.  I knew another here, who walked a block or two every day,   
   at 102! (his 4 years younger wife went with him, until she died.)   
      
   Every time I was at the bus stop, he stoped ove to chat (in broken English; he   
   was Chinese) & always asked me to guess his age, then told me 102 & showed me   
   how his hair was still naturally black! Then told me how he has 37 kids   
   (including grands & greats, apparently)   
      
   A real delight!   
      
      
      
      
      
    >    I sometimes think I was born out of time.  I have always been more   
    > interested in the time from around 1900 than the years I was living in.     
    >    Still am.  I would much rather listen to music from the 20s and 30s than   
    > anything "modern" as an example.  That goes for films, books, radio, etc.   
    >    I could easily live a life as it was in say the 1930s and '40s.   
    >     
    > > Back when you could say "one of each" & not cause confusion.   
      
    >   Yep.   
    >   Like your earlier comment to let the kid decide what they are.   
      
    > > So you're a multiplicate uncle, eh?  Any family yourself? (wife, kids,   
    > > grand'uns, etc?)   
      
    >   Not that I know of.  wink wink     
    >   I came close to getting married a couple of times but came to my senses.   
    > :)   
      
    > > Did your parents consider you a "mistake" or a "surprise"?   
      
    >   Maybe a bit of both.  :)   
      
    > > Nearly 50 & doing manual labour/yardwork, eh? Fun times we live in, eh? :P   
      
    >   My work life in the past was mostly what would be termed manual labour   
    > and outside.   
    >   I have always been active.  I walk/bike wherever I need to go.   
    >   I am also very independent.  I never ask anyone to take me somewhere or   
    > pick me up.  I come/go as best as I can.   
    >   I don't like be dependent on others.  Never have.   
      
    > > But we understand plenty, because we know the truth & we watched it go   
    > > wrong. . . powerless against a juggernaut of ignorance sweeping our   
    > > respective national populations. . .   
      
    >   ==sigh==  Yep.   
      
    > > (Once married my wife fired the cleaning folk, saying she's trust her own   
    > > job better anyway)   
      
    >   I'm the same way as she is.   
      
    > > I'm actuallky not a danger or problemn at all; I'm just more aware than   
    > > most. .   
      
    >   That sir is what makes you dangerous...   
    >   One must remember these are the days of bread and circuses.  Being well   
    > fed and entertained to take you mind off things.  Pay no attention to that   
    > man (or group) behind the curtain.   
      
    > > Our early history is filled with sots, who essentially said "*hic* f---   
    > > it, let's do it!"   
      
    >   And now there are so many groups giving money to the pols to do the will   
    > of the giver and not the people.     
    >   But then we are drifting into modern politics...   
    >     
    > > I'm especially impressed by how Mr. G. Washington was offered to be made   
    > > king(absolute ruler) of his new country, & he lit into the people,   
    > > reminding them of why & his compatriots fought long & hard against the   
    > > British.   
      
    >   At the time the idea of an elected president was a radical and unproven   
    > idea.   
    >   From the earliest days there were hierarchical kings, who held all the   
    > power and gave out some to various members of the nobility.   
    >   "Elect our leaders?  That's a crazy idea".   
    >    Joe   
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