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<blockquote data-quote="ignerntbend" data-source="post: 2316314" data-attributes="member: 6981">Lord o&#039;Mercy kids, I wish I knew how to make a long story short so that you young ones could have the benefit of my wisdom. Making a long story short used to be my main lick, but now, who the hell knows.I&#039;ve probably told this before, maybe too many times. I was in my middle thirties on a construction site. Beside me there was a man in his fifties operating a chop saw. We were digging footings setting forms, grading sand, and pouring concrete.There was a guy on our crew about twenty years old jumping around like a monkey full of energy dancing like a fool. The old man looked up from his work with disgust at the young man.I said &quot;he&#039;s just a kid.&quot;The old man grumbled.I said, &quot;wouldn&#039;t you like to be young again?&#039;&#039;He said &quot;well if I could have known what I know now.&quot;I searched my imagination and couldn&#039;t come up with a damn thing I knew then that I hadn&#039;t known earlier.Now I&#039;m the same age as the old man, and I still can&#039;t come up with a damn thing, kids. My bones creak and I&#039;m short of breath, but other than that I don&#039;t have too much to offer. You kids need to sraighten yourselves out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ignerntbend, post: 2316314, member: 6981"] Lord o'Mercy kids, I wish I knew how to make a long story short so that you young ones could have the benefit of my wisdom. Making a long story short used to be my main lick, but now, who the hell knows. I've probably told this before, maybe too many times. I was in my middle thirties on a construction site. Beside me there was a man in his fifties operating a chop saw. We were digging footings setting forms, grading sand, and pouring concrete. There was a guy on our crew about twenty years old jumping around like a monkey full of energy dancing like a fool. The old man looked up from his work with disgust at the young man. I said "he's just a kid." The old man grumbled. I said, "wouldn't you like to be young again?'' He said "well if I could have known what I know now." I searched my imagination and couldn't come up with a damn thing I knew then that I hadn't known earlier. Now I'm the same age as the old man, and I still can't come up with a damn thing, kids. My bones creak and I'm short of breath, but other than that I don't have too much to offer. You kids need to sraighten yourselves out. [/QUOTE]

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