"Just look around at all the people our age who look like they died several years ago and just haven't gotten the telegram yet. "
Amen brother, amen! Very funny line which I will use today somewhere just to make sure I do not forget it! --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > Interesting stuff about the Chinese herbalists. Do you take > > ginseng? > > Yes, but not of the same quality as what I used to > get from my herbalist friend. He had *single* ginseng > roots that sold for $10,000 -- wild (not cultivated) > very rare, and for whom the only real customers were > Japanese industrialist billionaires who would fly to > L.A., choose one of the roots, and then brew it into > a tea and drink it just before going into a multi- > million-dollar merger meeting. They believed that > firmly in the value of the tonic herbs. > > There are other herbs that are better for regaining > sexual balance than ginseng. I don't take them any > more because Ron (Teeguarden, the herbalist I knew) > can't export them to France for bureaucratic reasons. > I'm looking for a source for some of the most potent > tonic combinations here. > > > Any Chinese stuff you can name for me to try out? > > Not from memory. Ron's website is http://www.dragonherbs.com > He's got some good overview material there. > > > I have > > a good Chinese herbalist (I think, how would I know?) in the huge > > Vietnamese shopping center near me. I would be willing to test some > > stuff. It is a mindbender even being in that place. Their claims are > > so complex it will be years till they can test them properly so I > > think we just have to wing it and see if it helps. I also believe > > that use it or lose it is the law of our bodies. > > I was surprised by the effect that taking Ron's herbs > had on me, but having said that, 1) they were expensive, > and 2) he's a very well respected *tonic* herbalist. > Most of them aren't; they deal with the prescriptive > herbs, the ones meant for curing specific diseases or > weaknesses. Someone who has studyied the tonic herbs > is more rare, and much harder to find in America. > > > Now, on the women in different age groups. I can relate > > to all you said. I don't have too many preconceptions > > about ages, I try to take people case by case. But you > > can't help notice some patterns. For me the downsides > > of the 20's started to add up too high. > > Me, too, no matter what I may say to the contrary when > I really hot one walks past my cafe. :-) > > > I consider the goals of the person's stage of life. > > Someone in their early 30's who has never had kids > > is a bad match. Too focused on fulfilling that > > goal and I do not share it. > > Unless they never wanted kids and don't plan to ever > have any. There are more of them out there than you'd > think. > > > Lately I have had good experiences with women my own > > age who have raised their kids and let them go, and are > > ready to explore life again. If they have the fitness > > bug and a positive attitude it can be a fantastic match > > for me. They don't all have negative baggage. But they > > have to be readers. I don't care what the subjects but > > they gotta love books. > > Tell me about it. I'm a writer. Am I ever going to > get along long-term with someone who cannot appreciate > writing? > > > That raises the conversation level and makes every day > > an intellectual discovery. Kindness is a quality you > > can pick up on real quickly. I can't believe I ever > > budged on this criteria in my dumbass past! > > I'm fortunate; I never have. It's one of the most > important things for me, that and NOT HAVING TO > TALK ALL THE TIME. My "litmus test" for whether > a relationship is going to work out is going on > a Road Trip with the woman, driving. If she can > sit comfortably and enjoy the scenery and the > music and not feel compelled to fill the silence > with...uh...non-silence, then it's got a chance. > If she has to talk to know she's there, it hasn't. > > > But now I get it. Life with a kind person makes every > > day sweet. Without it, every day is a sentence in hell. > > Sometimes a whole paragraph. :-) > > > Of course to put up with me they pretty much have to > > be kind anyway right? > > Well, I thought that went without saying, for both of us. :-) > > > It has taken me almost half a century but I am making > > better choices these days and my happiness with my life > > reflects that. Youth truly is wasted on the young! > > Yup. And I think that this attitude actually makes you > look younger. Just look around at all the people our > age who look like they died several years ago and just > haven't gotten the telegram yet. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
