Misc Feeling Nostalgic Today

FAX · 05-09-2008, 12:09 PM

Maybe it's the weather. Certainly, an overcast sky and a constant, cool drizzle tends to keep your eyes focused down rather than upward. Or, maybe it's the hospital stay. A not-so-subtle acknowledgement that demon age has my number.

Whatever it is, I find my mind wandering back into the past ... thinking mainly of relationships gone by and those forks in the road where the choices I made then are like exponents in an equation that resulted in this life ... here ... now. An algorithm where "x" could have been anything and I filled in the blanks like an experiment - hoping, I suppose, that the formula would all make sense in the end.

I'm reminded how people say that time is relentless. That much is surely obvious. But, it's far more severe and strange than that. From our first moment, we step blindly into the vast, roiling river of time. It takes us forward with it ... tumbling and struggling and gasping for breath. But parts of us are left behind along the way. Like imprints on the shore. Places we camped. People we knew. Today, for some reason, time is tugging at those "left behind" parts as well. Like a powerful tide that hasn't yet captured its due. As if it's seeking a bitter agreement from me ... an admission that I was ever and always helpless in the unyielding pull. Anybody else ever feel like that?

FAX

Disclaimers: Sorry if re-post.

**bogey** · 05-09-2008, 12:12 PM

**Easy 6** · 05-09-2008, 12:13 PM

I feel more & more like that every single day Mr. FAX, even though i hate the song...we truly are "Dust in the Wind".

A beautifully worded piece Sir.

seclark · 05-09-2008, 12:13 PM

sounds like you need to take a dump.
sec

teedubya · 05-09-2008, 12:16 PM

I sometimes recollect my thoughts and do some much needed analysis. I normally come the conclusion that if I hadn't of made those decisions, then I wouldnt have my wonderful wife and my 2 wonderful kids.

I would have some other wonderful wife, maybe even more wonderful, and 2 other kids... which would have been mine, thus wonderful.

But, I prefer the ones I have. Although, I sometimes wish I had taken the fork in the road, that would allow me to have a harem of foreign beauties.

**Buehler445** · 05-09-2008, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teh Douch3

I sometimes recollect my thoughts and do some much needed analysis. I normally come the conclusion that if I hadn't of made those decisions, then I wouldnt have my wonderful wife and my 2 wonderful kids.

I would have some other wonderful wife, maybe even more wonderful, and 2 other kids... which would have been mine, thus wonderful.

But, I prefer the ones I have. Although, I sometimes wish I had taken the fork in the road, that would allow me to have a harem of foreign beauties.

Yeah Ari, it happens to me sometimes too minus the 2 kids. I start thinking of people that I wonder what it would be like if it had worked out. I feel terrible about it because I love my girl, but the thoughts randomly pop in my head sometimes.

Friendo · 05-09-2008, 08:56 PM

just be glad you're not like this woman Mr. Fax

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4813052&page=1

featured on 20/20 tonight--a bit unsettling as I can recall posts from 3 years ago on here

**bogey** · 05-09-2008, 12:22 PM

This morning I was reflecting on my brother. Jenny mentioned in a thread that she missed her brother. This stuck in my mind and last night I dreamed about the brother I lost. In my dream, he reminded me of the time he saved my life from drowning. This then triggered memories of my youth. Most of my memories are fond, some not so much, but all of them had a lasting impression and were part of making me who I am today, for better or for worse.

blueballs · 05-09-2008, 12:24 PM

Alien abductions have become obsolete
they are now in hospitals across the world
I hope Nastalic was atleast cute

FAX · 05-09-2008, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueballs

Alien abductions have become obsolete
they are now in hospitals across the world
I hope Nastalic was atleast cute

Damn, Mr. blueballs. Good one.

Normally, I view your posts as if they were dry chicken bones poured from a goat-scrotum bag onto the table. If I stare at them long enough, I can divine some strange meaning. In this case, however, I have no freaking idea what you're talking about.

FAX

**2112** · 05-09-2008, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FAX

Damn, Mr. blueballs. Good one.

Normally, I view your posts as if they were dry chicken bones poured from a goat-scrotum bag onto the table. If I stare at them long enough, I can divine some strange meaning. In this case, however, I have no freaking idea what you're talking about.

FAX

blueballs · 05-10-2008, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimension2112

Go give yourself an enema with some of Sedated's bong water
that while while your head is up your ass it will have something to do

**Bob Dole** · 05-09-2008, 01:54 PM

It must be something in the air.

Earlier today, Bob Dole thought about last Tuesday.

el borracho · 05-09-2008, 09:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Dole

It must be something in the air.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5H7Kmxz9BXU

**Dave Lane** · 05-09-2008, 02:02 PM

05-09-2008, 12:09 PM	Topic Starter
FAX testing ... 1, 2, 3 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Tennessee Casino cash: $6753759	Feeling Nostalgic Today Maybe it's the weather. Certainly, an overcast sky and a constant, cool drizzle tends to keep your eyes focused down rather than upward. Or, maybe it's the hospital stay. A not-so-subtle acknowledgement that demon age has my number. Whatever it is, I find my mind wandering back into the past ... thinking mainly of relationships gone by and those forks in the road where the choices I made then are like exponents in an equation that resulted in this life ... here ... now. An algorithm where "x" could have been anything and I filled in the blanks like an experiment - hoping, I suppose, that the formula would all make sense in the end. I'm reminded how people say that time is relentless. That much is surely obvious. But, it's far more severe and strange than that. From our first moment, we step blindly into the vast, roiling river of time. It takes us forward with it ... tumbling and struggling and gasping for breath. But parts of us are left behind along the way. Like imprints on the shore. Places we camped. People we knew. Today, for some reason, time is tugging at those "left behind" parts as well. Like a powerful tide that hasn't yet captured its due. As if it's seeking a bitter agreement from me ... an admission that I was ever and always helpless in the unyielding pull. Anybody else ever feel like that? FAX Disclaimers: Sorry if re-post.
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teedubya Most Valuable Poster Join Date: Oct 2003 Casino cash: $8993042	I sometimes recollect my thoughts and do some much needed analysis. I normally come the conclusion that if I hadn't of made those decisions, then I wouldnt have my wonderful wife and my 2 wonderful kids. I would have some other wonderful wife, maybe even more wonderful, and 2 other kids... which would have been mine, thus wonderful. But, I prefer the ones I have. Although, I sometimes wish I had taken the fork in the road, that would allow me to have a harem of foreign beauties.
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bogey Supporter Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Casino cash: $10005290	This morning I was reflecting on my brother. Jenny mentioned in a thread that she missed her brother. This stuck in my mind and last night I dreamed about the brother I lost. In my dream, he reminded me of the time he saved my life from drowning. This then triggered memories of my youth. Most of my memories are fond, some not so much, but all of them had a lasting impression and were part of making me who I am today, for better or for worse.
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