I am OFFICIALLY OLD!

[cclarry]

The REAL bottom line is that, until you can divorce yourself - FROM YOURSELF, you
cannot attain to any "truth"!  The Chinese would say that you have to  "Empty your cup" if your TRULY
wanted to "learn" something...the Bible says it this way...

"Except ye become as a little child...."

[Fleer]

I use Bach’s counterpoint. Does wonders. 

[Bapu]

1 hour ago, Fleer said:

I use Bach’s counterpoint. Does wonders. 

I use my countertop. That way I don't have to stoop to the floor to make (wonder) bread.

[Doug Rintoul]

4 hours ago, cclarry said:

We, being only flesh, form our opinions mostly by our "indoctrination" and "experience" and those "opinions" may, or may not, actually be "factual"!
We fail to grasp the concept that facts don't require us to believe in them...they exist outside of "opinion and belief"! 
The big problem is that most people don't want "facts"!  They want what THEY PERCEIVE as
facts to be reinforced by "external sources"!  Hence why most, even when provided with UNQUESTIONABLE FACTS, will 
reject those facts - because that information doesn't "reinforce" their own "perception of the facts"!
 

A man is convinced he is dead. His wife and kids are exasperated. They keep telling him he's not dead. But he continues to insist he's dead.

They try telling him, "Look, you're not dead; you're walking and talking and breathing; how can you be dead?" But he continues to insist he is dead.

The family finally takes him to a doctor. The doctor pulls out some medical books to demonstrate to the man that dead men do not bleed. After some time, the man admits that dead men do not bleed.

The doctor then takes the man's hand and a needle and pokes the end of his finger. The man starts bleeding. He looks at his finger and says, "What do you know? DEAD MEN DO BLEED!"

Edited December 30, 2021 by Doug Rintoul

[RobertWS]

On 12/30/2021 at 8:56 AM, paulo said:

My point (joke) was that a person castigating someone just for thinking their opinion is always correct, regardless of topic, is like them saying that they don't believe their own opinions.

 

My ex-wife used to say to me, "You always think you're right".

My response was, "If I thought I was wrong, I would change my opinion".

 

[craigb]

FACT:  Yes, Christie Brinkley actually looks like this at 66!  Plus she apparently is willing to go out with dopey-looking musicians, another plus!  ?

[craigb]

IMHO, this thread has definitely fallen down a rabbit hole! ?

[Fleer]

Watch out for them toes

[abacab]

 

[bitflipper]

On 12/28/2021 at 10:08 AM, bjornpdx said:

You won't really feel old until that day the sweet young employee at the music store calls you "sir."
 

For me it was the first time a big-box store employee tried to explain to me how computers work.

[paulo]

2 hours ago, RobertWS said:

My ex-wife used to say to me, "You always think you're right".

You married Miss Right before finding out that her first name was Always ?