Originally Posted by
rkokish
Old age my friends, is not a feeling. It is a number. We can disagree about what the number is, but a number it remains. No one would disagree that a 1948 Chevy that still runs well is an old car that still runs well. It is not a new car or even a middle aged car. Why would we say something different about our own old age?
Hmmmmmm...... I wonder how one then explains the term NOS...New Old Stock? Which is it, both, neither, or something else?
As humans we seem to have this built in trait. We want to categorize everything. Sometimes those categories serve a useful function. Other times those categories are used to devalue or demean those within the created category. That's what this is really about, "my friend".
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Last edited by NOS88; 08-25-11 at 05:23 AM.