'DIPITY Aging Process

[peter webster]

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>Do you realize that the only time in our lives when
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>we like to get old is when we're kids?
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>If you're less than ten years old,
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>you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
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>"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half." You're never 36 and a half
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>....you're four and a half going on 5.
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>You get into your teens; now they can't hold you back.
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>You jump to the next number. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16."
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>You could be 12, but you're gonna be 16. Eventually.
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>Then the great day of your life; you become 21.
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>Even the words sound like a ceremony. You BECOME 21....Yes!!
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>Then you turn 30. What happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk.
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>He TURNED; we had to throw him out. What's wrong? What changed?
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>You BECOME 21; you TURN 30.
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>Then you're PUSHING 40....stay over there. You REACH 50.
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>You BECOME 21; you TURN 30; You're PUSHING 40; you REACH 50;
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>then you MAKE IT to 60.
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>By then you've built up so much speed, you HIT 70.
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>After that, it's a day by day thing. You HIT Wednesday...
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>You get into your 80's; you HIT lunch, you HIT 4:30.
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>My Grandmother won't even buy green bananas.
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>"Well, it's an investment, you know, and maybe a bad one."
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>And it doesn't end there....
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>Into the 90's, you start going backwards. "I was JUST 92."
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>Then a strange thing happens; if you make it over 100,
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>you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a  half."
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peter