Re: Friday philosophical - the age thing

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Would that this were true. Enthusiasm is the oxidizer
but age is the fuel. No matter how enthusiastic you
are, pulling all-nighters at 50 is always a lot harder
than at 25. You may achieve the all-nighter, but you
*will* pay dearly for it.


--- Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:

> It's not youth that enables one to pull
> all-nighters, but enthusiasm.
> When you're young, the idea of pulling enough OT to
> buy a
> motorcycle is enough to keep you going well into the
> night.
> 
> Gene Kim-Eng
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "McLauchlan, Kevin"
> <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>
> >A remark by Andrew in another thread, about late
> nights, early mornings
> > and not being at one's best reminded me of
> previous threads where some
> > young turks have noted that they're tough enough
> (as are the fresh
> > young
> > engineers) that they aren't fazed by long or
> irregular hours - they
> > usually mention the all-nighters they pulled at
> college, not so long
> > ago.
> 
>
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