Is that no one ever tells you anything!
Oh they try. For a while. But after the repeated experience of you reminding them that you already knew that bit of wisdom, or more often knew something even better, then they tend to stop telling you stuff altogether. And no one even really notices that they stopped!
That becomes a bit of a problem after a while for a guy like me. A guy that once knew everything there was to know, but now for some reason doesn't anymore.
Case in point this morning. I asked my wife to stop at the store while she was going out anyway, and pick me up some Biotene mouthwash. I used to use it way back when I was going through treatment and considered that maybe it would help my sore mouth feel a bit better. Claudette's response to my request.
"Oh yeah. Biotene. Sally uses that and she says it really helps with her mouth sores"!!!!! Well did my jaw drop! Both of these ladies love me I'm sure. Both of them know that I suffer from mouth sores. Neither of them are sadistic bitches (well not all the time). And yet neither of them thought for a minute to tell me that Biotene mouthwash would help me feel better......the problem with knowing everything....
What must life be like for Old John?
But everything is relative I figure. Thank god I learned so much from Cory over the years as she never really cared what I knew or didn't know, and would tell me all about it anyway. Because of her I know enough to get by, even if no one tells me anything!!
And speaking of everything being relative, it literally applies to everything. Both your mind and your body will adjust to things that may have seemed extreme at a different place and time. That's why my 60 km bike ride today seemed like a short workout.
It also applies to children. While they may not be making you do handsprings today, if you look long and hard enough, and compare to a different time, they may actually be doing okay.
Where relative does not apply is to my grandchildren. They always were, are still today, and always will be perfect!! That's why I spent the second half of the day opening the pool....because they wished it...
Of course genetics being what they are my grandson already knows all of this!!!
(swim 1500 metres, leg weights, ride 60 kms)
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."---Socrates
"The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing."---Isaac Asimov
Oh they try. For a while. But after the repeated experience of you reminding them that you already knew that bit of wisdom, or more often knew something even better, then they tend to stop telling you stuff altogether. And no one even really notices that they stopped!
That becomes a bit of a problem after a while for a guy like me. A guy that once knew everything there was to know, but now for some reason doesn't anymore.
Case in point this morning. I asked my wife to stop at the store while she was going out anyway, and pick me up some Biotene mouthwash. I used to use it way back when I was going through treatment and considered that maybe it would help my sore mouth feel a bit better. Claudette's response to my request.
"Oh yeah. Biotene. Sally uses that and she says it really helps with her mouth sores"!!!!! Well did my jaw drop! Both of these ladies love me I'm sure. Both of them know that I suffer from mouth sores. Neither of them are sadistic bitches (well not all the time). And yet neither of them thought for a minute to tell me that Biotene mouthwash would help me feel better......the problem with knowing everything....
What must life be like for Old John?
But everything is relative I figure. Thank god I learned so much from Cory over the years as she never really cared what I knew or didn't know, and would tell me all about it anyway. Because of her I know enough to get by, even if no one tells me anything!!
And speaking of everything being relative, it literally applies to everything. Both your mind and your body will adjust to things that may have seemed extreme at a different place and time. That's why my 60 km bike ride today seemed like a short workout.
It also applies to children. While they may not be making you do handsprings today, if you look long and hard enough, and compare to a different time, they may actually be doing okay.
Where relative does not apply is to my grandchildren. They always were, are still today, and always will be perfect!! That's why I spent the second half of the day opening the pool....because they wished it...
Of course genetics being what they are my grandson already knows all of this!!!
(swim 1500 metres, leg weights, ride 60 kms)
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."---Socrates
Love
Peter
Oh by the way Pete, just in case you did not know.....yep I use biotene toothpaste as well as BIOTENE mouthwash! So not all are sadistic bitches....well I sign my initials at work with BSS, and the B is for what?
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best post in AGES! Funny, sarcastic, great food for thought and poking fun at Cory and John...doesn't get better than that! BTW, all grandkids are perfect and I may have another by tomorrow...fingers crossed!
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