Time and transitions. One co-worker suddenly passes away a few days ago .... Another retires yesterday. There's not many of us long timers remaining. Those of us that started out as teenagers in the mid-1970's and have been around since. It's a strange feeling the past five or ten years watching the list shrink. We (At least I) could never visualize this time back then. We just wanted to get through each days shift. We thought that we could go on being young forever. Many of us thought eventually we'd move on elsewhere. That we were just there for a "season" or two. Forty-plus years later was absolutely incomprehensible. But now in so many ways it seems like yesterday. I find that concept to be fascinating.
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Wasn't it once said and noted in ink somewhere important that we are all unique?
There's a lady at the grocery store and a lady at work who could be twins …. both in observed mannerisms and the sound of their voices. To the best of my knowledge they are unrelated and not aware of the other's presence in the world. I can't hear one's voice without thinking of the other. It's my well considered opinion, though I've yet to run this by any legal experts, that whoever is younger ought to be paying royalties for using the older persons personality.
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