Glenn Posted September 15, 2022 Author Share Posted September 15, 2022 Most people, I suppose I would rather spend the day if it were there last, enjoying life to the fullest. Why not do that every day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Did you miss the jist of it? I posted this because I believe in it. Did I say I didn't? It was a simple qoute that I chose because I believe that way. Every day. And I thought I would share it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Easy Scott, I believe a LOT of us agree with you. There are many versions of the axiom that say the same basic thing. My favorite is, "Dum vivimus vivamus." While you live LIVE. Buzz: I can concede your point as the dark side of the axiom. Unfortunately doing something guaranteed to be fatal is what some people faced with short term mortality choose, some for good, some for bad reasons. The quoted axioms are NOT about giving up. There's a recent Tim McGraw song song the chorus goes like this. Search Tim McGraw, "Live like you were dying for a listen or the lyrics. The author wrote it as a tribute for his Father who lived it in his final days after finding out he had terminal cancer. As we see every single day your life can end in the next second. A person who pays attention and does any introspection squeezes every bit out of every second they have. Unfortunately we rarely discover this truth until we find out we are dying, as in seeing the reaper's sythe coming. Frosty The Lucky, Who knows from direct personal experience. One second you're doing whatever then it's switch off, not even the passage of time, just nothing, zippo, gone. "Dum Viviums Vivamus!" The chorus of, "Live Like You Were Dyin." . "I went skydiving I went Rocky Mountain climbing I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu And I loved deeper And I spoke sweeter And I gave forgiveness I'd been denyin' " And he said, "Some day I hope you get the chance To live like you were dyin' " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Buzzkill said: purchase a bunch of stuff you couldn't afford I’ve heard tell that You can’t take the money with ya when ya die Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Ask King Tut about that one. Frosty The Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Didn't do him any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 44 minutes ago, Frosty said: Ask King Tut about that one Point an case, he didn’t take it with him, it was still Settin there when they dug it up, I wonder how many treasures from graves have ended up right back out in circulation? Now there there ain’t gonna be no gold an jewels in my grave when I’m six feet under, so y’all don’t be diggin me back up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 You will be surrounded by forge blowers and post vises. My advise is an unmarked grave. Thanks, Jerry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Tut was laying right there with it when they dug him up. Truth is it isn't what you can get, it's what you can keep. Tut's was the only empirical tomb that hadn't been looted. If we don't get to them first, Scott. If I were to put money on it, I'd say Billy will be surrounded by the world's largest collection of broken lawnmowers. Electric ones if he's been B A D. I'll probably be surrounded by stuff I can't find. Frosty The Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Scott NC said: You will be surrounded by forge blowers and post vises. My advise is an unmarked grave Nah!! i won’t have em buried with me… I’ll find an obscure cave… that’s miles an miles an miles away from the closest dirt road on top of a mountain across a river with No bridge way out In the boonies down some forgotten holler that can only be reached during certain times of the year, an even then only on foot, then I’ll hide my loot wayyy down in the cave to where ya would have to climb down on ropes, then fight your way past the rattlesnakes, and the bats that got fleas carrying the plague then swim across a cave lake to an island, then survive a couple booby traps just to reach the a stone doorway that will only open if you are pure of heart an sane of mind… also you’ll need a special key…. an The only information to locate my treasure will be written on notes with riddles you’d have to solve to get the clue leading to the next location of the next riddle, an the riddles will be spread across the Country! make sure to pack a compass, a cutlass, a revolver, some rope, light weight camp gear, wear good boots, a rubber chicken, and bring a rain slicker, Your team will need to have a virgin, a Zulu warrior, a old retired geologist, a sailor, a sharp shooter, a mountaineer and a sidekick that speaks Cherokee, happy treasure hunting! Enjoy your adventure! one last note of warning! them who disturbs my treasure will be cursed, haunted, and most likely break their pinky toe! mahahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHDforge Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 You forgot to mention crossing the Bridge of Death over the Gorge of Eternal Peril and the questions three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Lol i like your style! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 This may take some thought. Sounds like a plot from Clive Cussler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 1 hour ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said: I’ll find an obscure cave… Sounds like Goonies. Lol, wasn't there some rich guy that actually his a treasure in the mountains somewhere and left hard to cypher clues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Actually I think that’s been done a few times by rich guys, I remember in the early 2000s a guy wrote a book about pirates and hid a bunch of clues leading to a buried treasure worth several million, I’ve heard of others doin stuff like that for publicity stunts over the years, talkin bout it makes me wanna put a bug in Elon and Jeff’s ear about what they could do with some of their pocket change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 I happen to know the capital of Assyria; and am a retired geologist among other things. Now to plant tracking devices on all that stuff of mine Billy plans to get... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Lol No cheating Thomas! I’ll just bury your stuff in a separate location In a container shielded from radio frequencies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Why would I want my stuff back? I guess I'll have to visit you and tag *your* stuff! Back from two long days at the State Fair; resting up for Quade-State packing. Did an intro course for a 13 year old I hope will show up here sometime. He did better than a lot of the College kids! I guess it was that he focused and remembered what he was told. Didn't have so much stuff to "unlearn". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 By the by, Glenn, I do believe you misquoted me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 The quote has been fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 15 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: I happen to know the capital of Assyria; and am a retired geologist Yes, but do you know the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goods Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 African or European? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 The size of the coconut makes a big difference too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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