tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111202015002868584.post7060584356134414477..comments2013-09-03T14:29:56.959-04:00Comments on Troubadour of Peace: 30 = 100,000??Zachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08465002132088277376noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111202015002868584.post-44692744055497764332009-05-27T00:49:12.610-04:002009-05-27T00:49:12.610-04:00ah...you don't have to tell me about the car-thing...ah...you don't have to tell me about the car-thing....mine hit the 100k mark a little while back and suddenly started having some major-ish repair every month....fun times. ;)Theresa Göttl Brightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04268724583965572272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111202015002868584.post-55185769897441096742009-05-27T00:42:57.379-04:002009-05-27T00:42:57.379-04:00the moral to me is that i never used to think that...the moral to me is that i never used to think that numbers meant anything and that all of those "milestones" were a bunch of hooey bent on making people spend money to feel better or just feel depressed because of reaching the milestone. heck the last of the great milestones for me was 25 which meant i can rent a car without having to pay extra.<br /><br />however that idea that milestones are hogwash is under serious attack due to the compounding of issues to deal with as i near 30 and the fact that it is oddly reminescent of my car turning over 100K about 2 years ago and the litany of "minor" things i've had to do it since then. <br /><br />so i'd wait until you reach one of these milestones, automobile or age, before you casually dismiss them. unless of course you're using a certain age to justify taking that trip to costa rica. for that, any age can be a major milestone in my book :)Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275575858975613542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9111202015002868584.post-52790996915214604412009-05-26T22:14:42.288-04:002009-05-26T22:14:42.288-04:00Oh! Another fireside philosophical chat with Mich...Oh! Another fireside philosophical chat with Michael! :D<br /><br />Milestones are great things to celebrate, I think. And people love a reason to celebrate. Nice round numbers seem to always provide good excuses :) But at the same time, just as many people get mopey because "oh no, I'm turning [insert undesirable age number here]."<br /><br />We forget that numbers are just...numbers. Maybe physically, we need to start taking a little better care of ourselves (heck, last time I went to Cedar Point, I came home sore and wondered "am I getting old"?). Ok, so, no more constantly eating junk food and running at breakneck speed into walls like we might have at age seven when there were no permanent consequences.<br /><br />But Erin's grandma knows age is just a number :) (I joke constantly that my own grandma and her boyfriend have more active social lives than I do!) I think the moral of the story is to live life as if there were no numbers attached. :)Theresa Göttl Brightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04268724583965572272noreply@blogger.com