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11-14-2007, 09:22 AM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] You sound like a sad & lonely person with a chip on your shoulder. [/ QUOTE ] ? Who me or Kilgore? [/ QUOTE ] Kilgore [/ QUOTE ] Care to share with us the reason you feel this way? Don't take my question above as a challenge, as I'm not looking to get into a beef with you about it, but I take away the opposite sentiments from his post, and I'd really like to hear why you feel as you do. I'll be 61 soon, and every day I seem to encounter more instances that support the old saying..... .....Youth is wasted on the young. 
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#2
11-14-2007, 09:41 AM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] You sound like a sad & lonely person with a chip on your shoulder. [/ QUOTE ] ? Who me or Kilgore? [/ QUOTE ] Kilgore [/ QUOTE ] Care to share with us the reason you feel this way? Don't take my question above as a challenge, as I'm not looking to get into a beef with you about it, but I take away the opposite sentiments from his post [/ QUOTE ] lol, I had the same thought Myrtle. After coming home last night and reading some of the replies to KT's post I was kind of surprised. To me it was a cool post, right up my alley, but apparently other people only saw the bitterness in it. Go figure [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]. Actually, my immediate thoughts on reading KT's post were that he and I had similiar personality types. I would venture to say that a lot of youngest siblings feel this way, that we are sort of transparent to our families. I like the fact that KT is willing to accept it and to share his feelings on the board. Wish more people were like that actually as it does sort of help me out. Oh and the thing that Brad said, it made me chuckle initially because I thought he was replying to me (No one has ever told me I have a chip on my shoulder! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]) I think it illustrates how very different people are and how we interpret things differently based on our personalities. To Brad, KT's post seems bitter and sad. To me, KT's post is just an honest reflection on some disappointments in life but acknowledgment that you have to live in the present and enjoy what you're given. And hell yeah, people can be problematic KT. I look at it as a test.
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#3
11-14-2007, 10:42 AM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
Well to me his post has a certain 'I don't like my life' tone to it. If I had to read between the lines, I'd say he seems tired of the rat race but still thinks he's smarter than everybody else at work since he has this high powered career. In turn, his co workers probably think he's a condescending prick. I'd bet he also can't enjoy a vacation since he can't be far away from a laptop, cell phone, blackberry, etc due to work obligations...that's why he got some degree of enjoyment out of raking leaves & watching birds feed. Obviously, he's real close to his family!!! In the end he'll just go buy a Porsche so he'll feel better. But that's just my 2 cents.
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11-14-2007, 11:18 AM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
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Well to me his post has a certain 'I don't like my life' tone to it. If I had to read between the lines, I'd say he seems tired of the rat race but still thinks he's smarter than everybody else at work since he has this high powered career. In turn, his co workers probably think he's a condescending prick. I'd bet he also can't enjoy a vacation since he can't be far away from a laptop, cell phone, blackberry, etc due to work obligations...that's why he got some degree of enjoyment out of raking leaves & watching birds feed. Obviously, he's real close to his family!!! In the end he'll just go buy a Porsche so he'll feel better. But that's just my 2 cents. [/ QUOTE ] wtf is this crap? Someone posts a thoughtful, interesting post about life lessons and you go looking "between the lines" to find some perceived personality flaws? Take that [censored] to OOT. I would hope that in the Lounge there would be more engaging with the substance of the post and less BS-psychonanalysis to ad hominem the poster.
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11-14-2007, 12:18 PM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
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[ QUOTE ] Well to me his post has a certain 'I don't like my life' tone to it. If I had to read between the lines, I'd say he seems tired of the rat race but still thinks he's smarter than everybody else at work since he has this high powered career. In turn, his co workers probably think he's a condescending prick. I'd bet he also can't enjoy a vacation since he can't be far away from a laptop, cell phone, blackberry, etc due to work obligations...that's why he got some degree of enjoyment out of raking leaves & watching birds feed. Obviously, he's real close to his family!!! In the end he'll just go buy a Porsche so he'll feel better. But that's just my 2 cents. [/ QUOTE ] wtf is this crap? Someone posts a thoughtful, interesting post about life lessons and you go looking "between the lines" to find some perceived personality flaws? Take that [censored] to OOT. I would hope that in the Lounge there would be more engaging with the substance of the post and less BS-psychonanalysis to ad hominem the poster. [/ QUOTE ] In case you can't read, two different people asked me to expand on how I interpreted his post. So I did.
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#6
11-15-2007, 07:45 AM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well to me his post has a certain 'I don't like my life' tone to it. If I had to read between the lines, I'd say he seems tired of the rat race but still thinks he's smarter than everybody else at work since he has this high powered career. In turn, his co workers probably think he's a condescending prick. I'd bet he also can't enjoy a vacation since he can't be far away from a laptop, cell phone, blackberry, etc due to work obligations...that's why he got some degree of enjoyment out of raking leaves & watching birds feed. Obviously, he's real close to his family!!! In the end he'll just go buy a Porsche so he'll feel better. But that's just my 2 cents. [/ QUOTE ] wtf is this crap? Someone posts a thoughtful, interesting post about life lessons and you go looking "between the lines" to find some perceived personality flaws? Take that [censored] to OOT. I would hope that in the Lounge there would be more engaging with the substance of the post and less BS-psychonanalysis to ad hominem the poster. [/ QUOTE ] In case you can't read, two different people asked me to expand on how I interpreted his post. So I did. [/ QUOTE ] Brad, You were bound to get an inflammatory response or two, as (quite frankly) there is a ton of assumption and value judgement in your writing here. FWIW, that's not a problem with me, which is why I asked you to clarify. Now....IMO, here's the real issue: What are you going to do with the feedback that you've gotten in this string? If you dig your heels in and simply defend your position, you have learned nothing from the exchange, and you're the worse off for it. If you read what others have written and ASK them to explain more of why they think the way that they do, you have a shot at expanding your universe. It's your choice.... You may think my statement above to be arrogant......so be it if you do.
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11-15-2007, 10:32 AM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well to me his post has a certain 'I don't like my life' tone to it. If I had to read between the lines, I'd say he seems tired of the rat race but still thinks he's smarter than everybody else at work since he has this high powered career. In turn, his co workers probably think he's a condescending prick. I'd bet he also can't enjoy a vacation since he can't be far away from a laptop, cell phone, blackberry, etc due to work obligations...that's why he got some degree of enjoyment out of raking leaves & watching birds feed. Obviously, he's real close to his family!!! In the end he'll just go buy a Porsche so he'll feel better. But that's just my 2 cents. [/ QUOTE ] wtf is this crap? Someone posts a thoughtful, interesting post about life lessons and you go looking "between the lines" to find some perceived personality flaws? Take that [censored] to OOT. I would hope that in the Lounge there would be more engaging with the substance of the post and less BS-psychonanalysis to ad hominem the poster. [/ QUOTE ] In case you can't read, two different people asked me to expand on how I interpreted his post. So I did. [/ QUOTE ] Brad, You were bound to get an inflammatory response or two, as (quite frankly) there is a ton of assumption and value judgement in your writing here. FWIW, that's not a problem with me, which is why I asked you to clarify. Now....IMO, here's the real issue: What are you going to do with the feedback that you've gotten in this string? If you dig your heels in and simply defend your position, you have learned nothing from the exchange, and you're the worse off for it. If you read what others have written and ASK them to explain more of why they think the way that they do, you have a shot at expanding your universe. It's your choice.... You may think my statement above to be arrogant......so be it if you do. [/ QUOTE ] The OP posted something & I gave a one line opinion...my opinion...and you & Katie both ask me why. So I elaborated. Now you & a couple others pulled out your self righteous soapbox & climbed up on it. I simply expressed my opinion on KT's post. Opinion are like excuses, everybody's got one. [ QUOTE ] You may think my statement above to be arrogant.... [/ QUOTE ] NOOOOOOOOO Really?
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#8
11-14-2007, 02:06 PM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
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[ QUOTE ] Well to me his post has a certain 'I don't like my life' tone to it. If I had to read between the lines, I'd say he seems tired of the rat race but still thinks he's smarter than everybody else at work since he has this high powered career. In turn, his co workers probably think he's a condescending prick. I'd bet he also can't enjoy a vacation since he can't be far away from a laptop, cell phone, blackberry, etc due to work obligations...that's why he got some degree of enjoyment out of raking leaves & watching birds feed. Obviously, he's real close to his family!!! In the end he'll just go buy a Porsche so he'll feel better. But that's just my 2 cents. [/ QUOTE ] wtf is this crap? Someone posts a thoughtful, interesting post about life lessons and you go looking "between the lines" to find some perceived personality flaws? Take that [censored] to OOT. I would hope that in the Lounge there would be more engaging with the substance of the post and less BS-psychonanalysis to ad hominem the poster. [/ QUOTE ] [psych101] I don't mind the psychoanalysis, but it needs to be more firmly rooted. For some psychoanalysis of my own, I sense a very strong resentment on Brad's part of OP's doing reasonably well financially. And I still think the original dig was made mostly because it was easy and felt clever. But now it looks like there was some resentment of another person doing well financially behind it, too. [/psych101]
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11-14-2007, 02:49 PM
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Re: Turning 35, or Starting the Back 9
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well to me his post has a certain 'I don't like my life' tone to it. If I had to read between the lines, I'd say he seems tired of the rat race but still thinks he's smarter than everybody else at work since he has this high powered career. In turn, his co workers probably think he's a condescending prick. I'd bet he also can't enjoy a vacation since he can't be far away from a laptop, cell phone, blackberry, etc due to work obligations...that's why he got some degree of enjoyment out of raking leaves & watching birds feed. Obviously, he's real close to his family!!! In the end he'll just go buy a Porsche so he'll feel better. But that's just my 2 cents. [/ QUOTE ] wtf is this crap? Someone posts a thoughtful, interesting post about life lessons and you go looking "between the lines" to find some perceived personality flaws? Take that [censored] to OOT. I would hope that in the Lounge there would be more engaging with the substance of the post and less BS-psychonanalysis to ad hominem the poster. [/ QUOTE ] [psych101] I don't mind the psychoanalysis, but it needs to be more firmly rooted. For some psychoanalysis of my own, I sense a very strong resentment on Brad's part of OP's doing reasonably well financially. And I still think the original dig was made mostly because it was easy and felt clever. But now it looks like there was some resentment of another person doing well financially behind it, too. [/psych101] [/ QUOTE ] I don't resent it one bit. More power to him. I was one of these workaholics once too but decided that that's not what life is about.
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