Re: 68 isn't too old to stop, Jon.

On 12/2/2020 8:25 AM, Rupert wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 4:07:42 PM UTC+1, Derek wrote:
>> 1. 68 isn't too old to stop doing things that *revolt* you.
>> 2. 68 isn't too old to stop *feeling* revolted at what you do.
>> 3. 68 isn't too old to stop having to *ready* yourself before #1 and #2.
>>
>> "Every now and then, when I think about what's involved
>> in eating meat, the thought revolts me. The feeling never
>> lasts, and at my next meal I'm always ready to tuck into
>> a chunk of meat."

As I just did.  It was pork loin roast.

> 
> Rudy Canoza expressed the hope, relatively recently, that I would never ever get a tenure-track position or any decently paid job at all and would spend the rest of my life in a pit of despair, possibly ending up on the streets.
> 

No one ever expressed any such "hope."  Why do you tell such stupid lies?  It 
was a prediction, and it didn't mention one word about you ending up on the 
streets.  If you're going to lie — and we know you are — you at least ought to 
tell plausible lies.

> I have just recently submitted an application for a tenure-track role near where I live, and plan to submit another before the end of December.
> 

How did those turn out?  Another couple of exercises in futility, is my guess/bet.