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grahamguitarman
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20 Jul 2013, 4:51 pm

I just find that I get calmer and more philosophical as I age. Though at 50 years I don't consider myself old my any means.


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20 Jul 2013, 6:16 pm

I know that there is a Native American people in the North American Southwest, I just can't remember which one, maybe someone else knows, but they do not even consider you and adult until after 50. They believe that you are not responsible enough until at least 51.



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23 Jul 2013, 11:55 am

BydSarrett wrote:
I neve got to be a student or,really,"start" my life:-(///and now I'm in my 50s :cry:.........


So what do you plan on doing next? It's a big world. :D

What have you done before?

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23 Jul 2013, 12:08 pm

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The biggest thing that now scares me, is that I have read alzheimers/dementia is much more common in aging autistics.

OH! :x THAT is just GREAT. :hmph: one more dag burned strike against aspies.
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23 Jul 2013, 12:10 pm

ZenDen wrote:
BydSarrett wrote:
I neve got to be a student or,really,"start" my life:-(///and now I'm in my 50s :cry:.........


So what do you plan on doing next? It's a big world. :D

What have you done before?

denny
You can be a student at any age. One lady last year got her bachelor's degree and she was 97! I say go for it you have so much life ahead of you. You can start right now and do anything you want.

It's not the years you have in your life that matter but the life you have in your years!



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23 Jul 2013, 12:11 pm

grahamguitarman wrote:
I just find that I get calmer and more philosophical as I age. Though at 50 years I don't consider myself old my any means.

What an awesome avatar!



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23 Jul 2013, 3:24 pm

Toanswer both of you,my health and being homeless of course interfere :(
And,putting money to the side for now,my school records of my past attempts to go to school/take tests in the past-Which you HAVE TO have at least if you went to school before don't tell me TV movie stories about "You don't need your records",YES YOU DO!! !! !! !!!-They are LOST.
I believe with help they could be found but I have had SO many BITTER EXPERIENCES with the Educational-Industrual Complex spitting in my face when I tried to return to college,just start it,and everybody it seems is so wed to the chirpy TV movie narrative :cry:





skibum wrote:
ZenDen wrote:
BydSarrett wrote:
I neve got to be a student or,really,"start" my life:-(///and now I'm in my 50s :cry:.........


So what do you plan on doing next? It's a big world. :D

What have you done before?

denny
You can be a student at any age. One lady last year got her bachelor's degree and she was 97! I say go for it you have so much life ahead of you. You can start right now and do anything you want.

It's not the years you have in your life that matter but the life you have in your years!