Wed, Apr-10-02, 07:41
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Plan: Protein Power
Stats: 235/193/128
BF:
Progress: 39%
Location: Victoria, Australia
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Wow JimsGems
Hi Jim, EveLee, Frances and all
I thing you look fantastic Jim - love the dye job and you look great without the mustache (although I love the beard and mustache look)
I have to agree that Western society is amazingly dim when it comes to age and the wonderful opportunities it offers as well as the wealth of knowledge, experience and skill older people have to offer. I had this discussion with a journalist friend last weekend and we both agreed that there was no way we wanted to stop working at 55, 60 or 65 (the standard retirement ages in the world of Oz downunder. Frances will know what I am talking about - old age are dirty words here and even worse it begins at about 55!!!!!!!! How mad!
Isn't it great to be able to communicate like this with like-minded people?
I have to say, though, that I am RC (Retired Christian) after many years of considering my options and studying lots of different translations of the Bible. Mum was a staunch and lovely Anglican and Dad is an atheist - I ended up following Dad.
One of my brothers was Catholic and the other Pentacostal (Christian Revival Crusade) quite a mixture eh? However the Catholic brother is now atheist, and the Pentacostal is agnostic, however the problems for the Pentacostal brother's children being brought with all that Fire and Brimstone and Devil stuff has caused major problems. Of the four children now aged between 24 and 32, two boys were both admitted to Psych hospitals with depression, paranoia and anxiety, before they were 25, one of his two daughters is bulimic, and other daughter is just plain screwed up! Can't think why I have doubts about some formalised religions. Mind you the RC (Retired Catholic) brother has three very well adjusted childred - so formalised religion can't be all bad as the three children all attended Catholic junior/primary school.
Enough already
Fantastic work Jim
Hi Frances in Canberra
Good luck EveLee
Talk to you all soon
Gemma
I do miss singing in Church though - all those rousing English hymns etc - but its the only thing I do miss though.
Like you Jim, I have sung in many choirs - school (many years ago and church up until a few years ago - and think that singing is a fantastic release of internalised issues - grief, joy, anger, desperation, all those and more! I bet singing helps lift your depression.
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