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