
But in all seriousness the reason I have 'plussed' 30 years is to make a bit of a point. See, let's say I'm 40 years old. Nice even number, no? In fact 40 is around about half the average age of weee human beings. Because of our healthier lifestyles and significant medical breakthroughs the average age has shot up dramatically over the last couple of decades. But let's analyze this a little more. Say that I am 40, half dead or half alive, which ever you prefer, or whether you are a pessimist or an optimist. So if I am lucky enough to make it to the ripe old age of 80 then this is what I have to look forward to:
400 million breaths
1.2 billion seconds
1.5 billion heartbeats
So to begin with you should check your pulse and if you can't feel anything, panic quick! If everything seems to be crankin then panic quick! Huh? I'm nuts? Yep, probably right. But you see when I showed you all of the earlier stuff with tadpole races, and embryos and stuff, we had a whole lot of this LIFE stuff left. But now.....Hmmmmm...
We are well into the second part of our work lives. We have probably got at least teenage kids of our own, and our mortgage debt is still a very big mortgage debt. Oh well, that's NORMAL, no? Everybody else does the same thing and, well, we've still got heaps of time to pay the mortgage off, own the house, cuddle a couple of grandkids, and then......and then......and then......aaaarhm.......
DIE !
Oh owe.............
Tomorrow : THE POINT (Don't miss it!)