Younger people being amazed that I know what song they’re listening to.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
I don’t want to get into an early death spiral, when you’re scaling down your life unnecessarily because you’ve already been there or done that. I never want to stop adventuring.
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Having regrets.
Nothing. I survived a cancer scare at 60, so I am just overjoyed to be here.
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I suspect it hasn’t happened yet.
A great education.
A criminal pathologist. Then I saw a show called Quincy ME and realised I just wanted to play one on TV.
Insular, creative and mechanically minded.
They tend to say it behind my back.
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