tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post7209648115959355543..comments2024-03-28T23:25:53.221+00:00Comments on Going Gently: * I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.John Going Gentlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-38788598214339915562012-05-25T11:00:10.324+00:002012-05-25T11:00:10.324+00:00I am feeling that way this morning, after a day in...I am feeling that way this morning, after a day in the garden yesterday.Gill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-84982448081997053102012-05-25T07:50:36.734+00:002012-05-25T07:50:36.734+00:00ursula june 1st xxxursula june 1st xxxJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-12667988261681538322012-05-25T05:46:05.282+00:002012-05-25T05:46:05.282+00:00Mr young and perky is probably wishing he knew as ...Mr young and perky is probably wishing he knew as much/had as much experience as you do.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-35969617165223621862012-05-25T05:03:05.675+00:002012-05-25T05:03:05.675+00:0024th May you say: In one week's time. Which ma...24th May you say: In one week's time. Which makes it the 31st. Does it?<br /><br />I have deleted everything else I said on the subject.<br /><br />UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-47104605199981953842012-05-25T00:36:31.548+00:002012-05-25T00:36:31.548+00:00Oh to be 50 again! You are just a pup. xxxOh to be 50 again! You are just a pup. xxxTerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944121836337072178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-68934065699105221702012-05-24T21:49:05.918+00:002012-05-24T21:49:05.918+00:00I wouldn't want to be THAT age again! Too much...I wouldn't want to be THAT age again! Too much to learn, as he will discover. I am always weary of someone that enthusiastic that early in the morning.....could get on my nerves!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-15159419340608375562012-05-24T21:00:09.045+00:002012-05-24T21:00:09.045+00:00I love any evidence of young enthusiasm for nursin...I love any evidence of young enthusiasm for nursing. Don't be jaded, be full of hope for future patient care as we hear so much negative stuff esp from the Daily Hate. And as for '50' is that a speed limit? Cxelegancemaisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043236515999573762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-10841008089526646612012-05-24T20:23:51.073+00:002012-05-24T20:23:51.073+00:00AF
i LOVED IT but I wont blog it for fear Tom will...AF<br />i LOVED IT but I wont blog it for fear Tom will swear himself to death!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-47879816001127142592012-05-24T20:21:53.536+00:002012-05-24T20:21:53.536+00:00in response to "whatever" i wanted to sh...in response to "whatever" i wanted to share a picture :( <br /><a href="http://gifs.gifbin.com/032011/1299505690_maru-haircut.gif" rel="nofollow">So here it is anyway!</a>ArcticFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07406779213296821110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-71502587671181581212012-05-24T20:16:13.847+00:002012-05-24T20:16:13.847+00:00he's actually a nice young bloke.... ( young b...he's actually a nice young bloke.... ( young being the word du jour)John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-81427988121530402582012-05-24T20:15:39.366+00:002012-05-24T20:15:39.366+00:00Well you took down the 'Whatever' clip, bu...Well you took down the 'Whatever' clip, but she's still doing it on my bloody list!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-74603626615353979682012-05-24T19:53:40.040+00:002012-05-24T19:53:40.040+00:00He needs a slapHe needs a slapFurtheronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11903753972242964410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-63636303686128282932012-05-24T18:37:19.114+00:002012-05-24T18:37:19.114+00:00So you can hear me, eh? Even from a few rows back....So you can hear me, eh? Even from a few rows back. (You read ALL of them?!! Considering your following, that's quite a feat my friend.) Happy to know and thanks for the answer. (Three cheers for Badger!!) I'll continue happily commenting wherever in the depths of your blog I happen to find myself then.<br /><br />Oh. And also, you'll be brilliant as an old hag, darling. Brrrrrrilliant. (The looming shadow it casts will make all those brownish, little godlings gnash their shiny, little teeth.) :-)<br /><br />xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-65272937357493462922012-05-24T18:05:52.271+00:002012-05-24T18:05:52.271+00:00he won't look the same in 25 years time when h...he won't look the same in 25 years time when his toothline is receding and his hair is all crooked and he has an electricity bill and a mortgage to pay!!ArcticFoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07406779213296821110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-68397715950450011152012-05-24T17:52:33.533+00:002012-05-24T17:52:33.533+00:00I know who I would sooner have at my bedside if I ...I know who I would sooner have at my bedside if I was ill John!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-60563115570949697322012-05-24T17:14:02.097+00:002012-05-24T17:14:02.097+00:00Oh, I'd take 50-year-old, kind, funny, clever,...Oh, I'd take 50-year-old, kind, funny, clever, sarcastic, fascinating you over a 20-something with an even tan and perfect teeth any day.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-87407378598223374852012-05-24T15:42:51.814+00:002012-05-24T15:42:51.814+00:00Happy birthday for next week, in case I forget, du...Happy birthday for next week, in case I forget, due to my age.<br /><br />At 50 you're worth two 25 year-olds. Youngsters may have more energy but give me a 50-year old who will use his initiative and experience any day, even if there is dinner down his jumper.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-45086396533628858052012-05-24T15:30:28.883+00:002012-05-24T15:30:28.883+00:00Happy 50 John, makes me feel like such an old duff...Happy 50 John, makes me feel like such an old duff ;o/Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05230334534323236665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-67732349466695218652012-05-24T15:26:51.527+00:002012-05-24T15:26:51.527+00:00I just don't understand why the young are so d...I just don't understand why the young are so darned youthful!!! "youth is wasted on the young", George Bernard Shaw, this is definitely an excellent assessment of the situation ;)<br /><br />perhaps you'll find as I have that the older I get (70 in July) the more I really rather like the young!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-4184941293762708262012-05-24T14:27:56.882+00:002012-05-24T14:27:56.882+00:00Let's see - beginning of his shift/end of your...Let's see - beginning of his shift/end of yours . . . day shift vs night shift . . . yeah yeah yeah youth is on his side but experience is on yours. I'll bet ya a buck you could battle your way thru most medical emergencies and he couldn't battle his way out of a paperbag on his own.<br />That, and in a pinch we could eat your jumper.LinRNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09088139659551029424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-64474213162096873792012-05-24T14:06:50.916+00:002012-05-24T14:06:50.916+00:00A sense of humor is better any day. How boring li...A sense of humor is better any day. How boring life would be without it. Aging, on the other hand, is troublesome. I can't figure out how to embrace it myself. Perkiness has never been something that I do well either. I always feel like the perky ones are trying to hid something behind their perkiness.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13236098607363641770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-79549526909934971502012-05-24T14:05:08.619+00:002012-05-24T14:05:08.619+00:00I turn 50 this year too!!! My brain tells me I...I turn 50 this year too!!! My brain tells me I'm 25, but my body is screaming that I'm 80!!!! :)<br />I wouldn't go back to being 20 again if you paid me....too many good thing would have to be erased along with all that wisdom. I am happier at 50 than I ever could have been at 20, 30 or 40. <br />If you are happy with who you are, then you walked the path that was meant for you. <br />Chin up John, you are still a handsome, kind hearted, hard worked chap with good friend and people that love you. And THAT is a sign of a life lived well.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966566655228721549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-365681065008906332012-05-24T14:00:24.359+00:002012-05-24T14:00:24.359+00:00John, You made me smile this morning.
When I enco...John, You made me smile this morning.<br /><br />When I encounter the perfect and perky, I just think to myself "You'll get yours, it will come faster than you think!"<br /><br />I'd kill to be 50 again!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-79539151888012033422012-05-24T13:41:15.269+00:002012-05-24T13:41:15.269+00:00I found that at 50, too, John. Suddenly aware that...I found that at 50, too, John. Suddenly aware that most likely more days were behind rather than ahead of me and with amazing clarity.<br /><br />I have NEVER been a morning person, and although i can fake it pretty well these days, Perky in the Morning people make me curmudgeonly in nanoseconds. Even now i find i want to choke the sh*t out of them. Now, yes, they can be very useful and doubtless think that i'm a b*tch or dull-witted, but they fade before they see me revving up my gears in the afternoon.<br /><br />You're still here. There's some sag and wrinkles. Shrug. We've done stuff and been places and not all the roads were paved.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20303812.post-91231774136714896552012-05-24T13:19:29.676+00:002012-05-24T13:19:29.676+00:00Anyone can be perky on a day shift!Anyone can be perky on a day shift!Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.com