For my 1000th posting, A Rotten Image

[tbob]

[Donald]

Congratulations, Trevor. Welcome to the 4-figure club.

And a pretty impressive image with which to celebrate it.

[Mike Buckley]

Nice abstract. I look forward to more similarly "rotten" images.

[tbob]

Congratulations, Trevor. Welcome to the 4-figure club..

Now that I am one of the "Elder Statesmen" on the site am I obliqued to actually provide useful commentary? The rest of you seem so good at it. Seems much like this whole aging thing. Now that i am rapidly closing in on 60 (five months to go) I am beginning to wonder at which point age confers wisdom?

[GeorgeM]

Now that I am one of the "Elder Statesmen" on the site am I obliqued to actually provide useful commentary? The rest of you seem so good at it. Seems much like this whole aging thing. Now that i am rapidly closing in on 60 (five months to go) I am beginning to wonder at which point age confers wisdom?

I just turned 63 and am still waiting for the wisdom thingy...

[IzzieK]

I agree with Mark, Trevor Reeves...I surely want more of your "rotten images" posted. Admitting old age by the number means nothing really...there are a lot of "aged" numbered people who can still do most things a young-er "aged" people cannot do. And I have great respect for so-called "aged" people -they have experience the youth is just starting to learn.













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[tbob]

Drat. I was rather hoping that on May 25 the heavens would open, a beam of light would shine forth and the whole bloody life thing would finally make sense. May be at 70

[chauncey]

I am beginning to wonder at which point age confers wisdom

At the age that you understand that wisdom differs from knowledge.
My children ask me questions...when I answer to their satisfaction they ask "how do you know",
"I'm the dad, I know stuff" I reply. That's imparting knowledge.
When I ask them, "What kind of a person do you want to be when you grow up?"
and make them ponder it...that's imparting wisdom. IMHO

[tbob]

Thanks Isabel. The rotten stump just seemed too good to ignore.

Experience is a great thing. Gaining it can be a a bit of a torturous pathway though. My veterinary associate sometimes marvels at the speed at which I can came to the correct diagnosis and treatment. I tell her it came from the bitter experience of trying every other alternative. Sometimes multiple times.

[chauncey]

Failure does tend to focus the mind.

[FrankMi]

Drat. I was rather hoping that on May 25 the heavens would open, a beam of light would shine forth and the whole bloody life thing would finally make sense. May be at 70

It doesn't happen at 70 Trevor. All that happens is that the 5 year old in you wonders what the heck happened to his body!

[chauncey]

According to the Sphinx...Mankind, in the morning, goeth upon four feet; upon two feet in the
afternoon; and in the evening upon three.