Fooled

[Oh_That_Guy]

I just found out what our state stone was yesterday and Im 55. Guy gave me a hard time for not knowing and Im like wtf dude. We have a state stone?

So yeah. We have a state stone. A petoskey stone.

Who knew.

More importantly. Who cared.

You must be in Michigan. To be honest I'm a bit surprised you didn't know that, too because every state has a state stone and often they are popular. I know Michigans because I actually went to Petoskey once. I wouldn't know Michigans otherwise but I do know my own states stone. I also know our bird, tree, flower and nickname. Probably some others I'm not thinking of right now.
Maybe I'm just a nerd or something.

Anyway, did you know the petoskey stone is fossilized coral from when the last glacier went through there? I find that interested since it's Michigan and you don't think of coral when you think of wolverines or Spartans.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

This thread has me questioning my belief in everything.

Maybe time is a lie.

Maybe perception is a lie.

Maybe reality is a lie.

How do any of us know for sure?

Fuck everything!

Let's start with a simple question: how old are you?

 

[oggbashan]

I just found out what our state stone was yesterday and Im 55. Guy gave me a hard time for not knowing and Im like wtf dude. We have a state stone?

So yeah. We have a state stone. A petoskey stone.

Who knew.

More importantly. Who cared.

The City of London has a stone. All measurements of distances from London are taken from the location of the stone. It has been in and around its present location for nearly a thousand years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Stone

 

[nymph817]

NOT NORMAL, WRONG ELEMENT http://www.writerscafe.org/uploads/rte/5a947ce927cdc30e5277dbc58b3d46da.png​

How can you not know how old you are? There's really not an explanation that will make sense.

If it helps, I was counting on my fingers in early math class. My teacher said she didn't mind so long as she couldn't see them. So I counted under my desk.

My mother doesn't know for sure which year she was born in...she has two birth certificates two years apart.

Mmm ... that might be worse than not knowing how old you are. But I think it shows that other people can have problems with calendar dates.

It's a lot like the movie Interstellar, now that you mention it.

I haven't seen that movie yet. I've been wanting to.

Dude, you got fucked over missing out on your Sweet 16!!!

Funny, I don't ever remember being 16, you may have a point there.

I don't understand. Do you not have a driver license? My birth date is on mine. You have never had to fill out paperwork stating your birthdate? Birth certificate?

I'm not really sure where my Birth Certificate is now. And no, I don't have a driver's license. I do have a Texas ID. Let's see ... yep, it shows my birthdate, but no, it doesn't have printed on it that I'm 48. Just checked. Hey, I'll take anything at this point.

This thread has me questioning my belief in everything.
Maybe time is a lie.
Maybe perception is a lie.
Maybe reality is a lie.
How do any of us know for sure?

http://i.imgur.com/VcB91CQ.jpg?1

My mother-in-law never had a birth certificate. She knew exactly where and when she was born but didn't have a birth certificate.

Did she have any problem remembering her exact age ?

The City of London has a stone. All measurements of distances from London are taken from the location of the stone. It has been in and around its present location for nearly a thousand years.

That is actually really amazing ! Sort of like a Stonehenge then ?

 

[lovecraft68]

When I was seventeen I was fooling around with my sister's best friend. We were keeping it a secret, or so I thought, turns out my sister knew about it and was okay with it, but didn't want to let me know.

This led to the inevitable her telling me one day that Angela had just called her very upset because she was pregnant.

I called Angela and she followed suit saying she was, then tossing in, it was between me and two other guys, we might have to wait for a blood test....

Strung me along for two weeks the bitches.

 

[oggbashan]

That is actually really amazing ! Sort of like a Stonehenge then ?

Londoners aren't particularly attached to the London Stone. After all we can see and touch remaining sections of the Roman Wall around London, other Roman remains elsewhere in the City, The Tower of London (just outside the City) and St Paul's Cathedral.

We know how old all of those are. The London Stone is just a shapeless lump of uncertain date.

 

[warrior queen]

I find it a bit surprising that never once in all these years have you had to fill out a form that asks for your birthdate and your age, and that nobody ever picked up on it.
Do you live in a cave? Or a double-wide?

 

[Hypoxia]

The City of London has a stone. All measurements of distances from London are taken from the location of the stone. It has been in and around its present location for nearly a thousand years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Stone

The Wikipedia article says it was due to be moved, and I cannot find the strings 'measur' or 'distan' in the text. Is it still there? What's your basis for calling it an index marker?

 

[Fala]

Sure.

For years my youngest brother thought my Mom and Dad bought him from the salvation army for fifty cents...

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Poor lil' brother! Did YOU tell him that???

 

[Fala]

We are supposed to believe that not once in their whole life did they question the basic math of how old they were?

I'm in no way referring to the OP....but "basic math" is a challenge for many!

 

[Fala]

For years my parents told me I was a South American princess living in a palace high in the Andes, and that our Toyota Corolla was actually a llama-driven cart.

Those kidders!

LOL....Laurel, it's probably TRUE!

 

[oggbashan]

The Wikipedia article says it was due to be moved, and I cannot find the strings 'measur' or 'distan' in the text. Is it still there? What's your basis for calling it an index marker?

It has been moved a short distance (10s of yards) several times but it is still visible in Cannon Street opposite Cannon Street station.

My basis for calling it an index marker? We don't know its origin or purpose, but milestone measurements from the City Of London used the London Stone as the base marker at least from the 18th Century, perhaps earlier. However, as milestones were not particularly accurate, anywhere within a two hundred yard radius of the London Stone's location would be close enough.

How do I know? My father, grandfather etc were born within the City of London, educated in the City, and my father became an official guide to the City of London. The City of London museum has maps using the London Stone as a reference point, as do ancient deeds of City properties. It was in place before the Great Fire of 1666.

From the Wikipedia article:

By the time of Queen Elizabeth I London Stone was not merely a landmark, shown and named on maps, but a visitor attraction in its own right. Tourists may have been told variously that it had stood there since before the city existed, or that it had been set up by order of King Lud, legendary rebuilder of London, or that it marked the centre of the city,

Elizabeth I died in 1603. Tourists of her time were being told that the London Stone marked the centre of the City of London (and yes, my family was living in the City then).

 

[nymph817]

When I was seventeen I was fooling around with my sister's best friend. We were keeping it a secret, or so I thought, turns out my sister knew about it and was okay with it, but didn't want to let me know.

This led to the inevitable her telling me one day that Angela had just called her very upset because she was pregnant.

I called Angela and she followed suit saying she was, then tossing in, it was between me and two other guys, we might have to wait for a blood test....

Strung me along for two weeks the bitches.

The real question might be, did you want a child or not ? Hmm ... The importance of planned parenthood, and yes, one minute of pleasure can equal a lifetime of pain, especially financially.

God made that thing to make babies and oh yeah, he's gonna get some eventually.

I find it a bit surprising that never once in all these years have you had to fill out a form that asks for your birthdate and your age, and that nobody ever picked up on it.
Do you live in a cave? Or a double-wide?

Miss Queen, in all my years I have NEVER filled out a single paper form that asks my age, they ask my birthdate ONLY. So that statement of yours just kinna bit you back in the butt.

http://www.writerscafe.org/uploads/rte/8d071f7f0296fca4fceaf4610834809f.png

Londoners aren't particularly attached to the London Stone. After all we can see and touch remaining sections of the Roman Wall around London, other Roman remains elsewhere in the City, The Tower of London (just outside the City) and St Paul's Cathedral.

We know how old all of those are. The London Stone is just a shapeless lump of uncertain date.

Well, it's still makes a good READ.

 

[Que]

My mom and I were talking about age last year because she was about to have a 50 year old son. She, at the time, would tell people she was 75 "and a half." the way kids do, eager for their next birthday.

She and I are May birthdays. What she does is at the start of the year, adjusts her age up even if she is not that age yet. About mid year, she adds "and a half" with a twinkle.

I ran across something once that suggested a culture (Indian maybe?) that would advance the stated age a year because linguistically it was expressed as: he is in his second year, so he is "2."

 

[warrior queen]

The real question might be, did you want a child or not ? Hmm ... The importance of planned parenthood, and yes, one minute of pleasure can equal a lifetime of pain, especially financially.

God made that thing to make babies and oh yeah, he's gonna get some eventually.



Miss Queen, in all my years I have NEVER filled out a single paper form that asks my age, they ask my birthdate ONLY. So that statement of yours just kinna bit you back in the butt.

http://www.writerscafe.org/uploads/rte/8d071f7f0296fca4fceaf4610834809f.png



Well, it's still makes a good READ.

Actually, it didn't..... because the upshot is that you can't count.
How you get through average daily tasks like working out change is astounding!

 

[nymph817]

NOT NORMAL, WRONG ELEMENT, WARRIOR QUEEN http://www.writerscafe.org/uploads/rte/5a947ce927cdc30e5277dbc58b3d46da.png​

Actually, it didn't..... because the upshot is that you can't count.
How you get through average daily tasks like working out change is astounding!

I think I'm just gonna put you with the rest of the trolls as you have done nothing but insult since you arrived in this thread.

There, I feel better. http://orig13.deviantart.net/b7bf/f/2010/222/3/a/emoticon_cool_by_furansu.gif

My mom and I were talking about age last year because she was about to have a 50 year old son. She, at the time, would tell people she was 75 "and a half." the way kids do, eager for their next birthday.

She and I are May birthdays. What she does is at the start of the year, adjusts her age up even if she is not that age yet. About mid year, she adds "and a half" with a twinkle.

I ran across something once that suggested a culture (Indian maybe?) that would advance the stated age a year because linguistically it was expressed as: he is in his second year, so he is "2."

Curiously whenever I did that, say I was a certain age and add a quarter or a half when talking to a friend or someone older, I remember my Dad correcting me when I did. He'd pat me on the head and say my correct age for me without the quarter or half.

He does that and then wants me to learn fractions and I say WHY ??

But yes, I am familiar with this sort of thing. My Godfather's granddaughter is 5 and a half, going on 6. She's very excited. http://img-cache.cdn.gaiaonline.com/cbd7adac34770e855b06c9bfcbbf2081/http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa332/HanaImakura/My%20Gifs/441968birthday%20cake_zpsihppvwol.gif

 

[ChattyAnnie]

Someone once told me that in China you are 1 the day you are born because you are in your first year of life. Is that true?? Of course I'll believe anything...

 

[Que]

Someone once told me that in China you are 1 the day you are born because you are in your first year of life. Is that true?? Of course I'll believe anything...

I think so. I was born in the Year of the Snake. So when I was an infant I was experiencing that year, even though I was not born till the Year of the Snake was, I dunno, something like 120 days in. In Western calenders I wasn't born till 1/2 way through the 5th month. So come January 20th-ish of the following year I was experiencing my second "year" as the Year of the Horse, even though I was only 7-8 months old. Kind of like determining how old you are by how many Christmases you have had.

So, that makes sense kind of.

 

[MrMakersMark]

So that is why they say Asians live longer. They are 1 before they ever get started. They probably round up like that all the time. Sneaky fuckers. Should have known it was all bullshit.

 

[Hypoxia]

Time is a trick, an elastic quantity. Only the speed of light is dependable. Stop worrying about your birthday. Your deathday is more significant. Is this a good day to die?

 

[nymph817]

Time is a trick, an elastic quantity. Only the speed of light is dependable. Stop worrying about your birthday. Your deathday is more significant. Is this a good day to die?

http://www.writerscafe.org/uploads/rte/e9e744d88a6e9d4b93b74711c6fddfa9.png

Perhaps. As for my death day, Hypoxia, I'm pretty sure it's going to involve drowning. http://www.cclonline.com/images/attributes/waterdrop.png

 

[Aquagal]

The months in utero count.

 

[nymph817]

The months in utero count.

http://i.imgur.com/chkwy.gif

Thinking ∙∙∙ OK, Aquagal, that just blows my mind.

 

[Hypoxia]

The months in utero count.

This assumes that you are a person whilst in utero. If you are a person then you should be monitored, enumerated, taxed, subjected to the usual abuse, and scapegoated, just like everyone else. DIE YOU MOTHERFUCKING FETUS!!! (Uh oh, if ultrasound shows you masturbating, you could be arrested and charged.) You might even be among the silent majority. Does your fetal tissue favor Trump or Biden?

 

[Lyricalli]

Of course I'll believe anything...

You've come to the right place.