[DucDave]

So...which is it?

This...

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming "Fuck, what a ride!"


Or this....

Had I known I'd live this long I'd have taken better care of myself....!

[SSearchVT]

Or - I'm hoping that when it is my time to go I pass like my Grandfather did. Sleeping peacefully and passing quietly. Not screaming in complete panic like his passengers did...

[DucDave]

or....

It's better to burn out. Than to fade away. (Neil Young)
It's better to burn out. Than to rust away. (Kurt Cobain)

[Stoneman]

That '...life is a journey...' thing has been soooo whored out. I see it now in reference to everything. Fuck, I've even seen it in wunna those country-type living mail order rags as a wall hanging about chocolate! I personally LOVE the one you've posted, which I'm pretty sure was the butchered version Hunter Thompson penned some years ago for an article he did for wunna the moto rags. I think that's awesome...

BTW-the Kurt Cobain (or however the fuck you spell it!) thing I BELIEVE was done that way as a sorta tribute TO Neil Young (Rust Never Sleeps)...

[R1slowflyer]

Hey......


i read all this crap to get philosophical views?

I thought there would be something good here, instead i get blah blah blah

Life is a garden, Dig it! (Joe Dirt)

[R1slowflyer]

Originally Posted by SSearchVT

Or - I'm hoping that when it is my time to go I pass like my Grandfather did. Sleeping peacefully and passing quietly. Not screaming in complete panic like his passengers did...

Your grandfather is a true american. You should be proud, and we should all wish we are as lucky as he was!

[SSearchVT]

Originally Posted by DucDave

or....

It's better to burn out. Than to fade away. (Neil Young)
It's better to burn out. Than to rust away. (Kurt Cobain)

And - It's better to burn out then to fade away - Def Leopard

[Degsy]

Originally Posted by SSearchVT

And - It's better to burn out then to fade away - Def Leppard

I fixed it for you.

[highsider]

So...which is it?

This...

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming "Fuck, what a ride!"


Or this....

Had I known I'd live this long I'd have taken better care of myself....!

I vote for the first one, because being old appears to suck.

[bottoj]

I definitly vote for ther first:
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming "Fuck, what a ride!"'

[bump909]

Originally Posted by Degsy

I fixed it for you.

Fixed for both of you.

[DucDave]

Perhaps,

It's better to burn out THEN to fade away....is correct!

After you have skidded in broadside, smoke pouring from all edifices, teeth ground to nubs, penis erect and chaffed, THEN you fade away...????

[bigred875]

like a box of chocolates?

[OreoGitorio]

Originally Posted by Degsy

I fixed it for you.

beat me to it.

I may not be offically in "that generation" but w/ two older brothers that were, i grew up on Van Halen, Def Leppard, Dokken, U2 etc.

BTW, Good spot, Bumpus. I missed that one

[bump909]

Originally Posted by DucDave

Perhaps,

It's better to burn out THEN to fade away....is correct!

Go back to school.

Learn the Difference Between "Than" and "Then"

[DucDave]

Originally Posted by bump909

Go back to school.

Learn the Difference Between "Than" and "Then"

I DO understand the difference. Which is why I suggested that, perhaps, the meaning of the phrase could be taken to BE time related...THEN to fade away. That is, after you have slid in, big boner, etc. THEN you fade away...you know AFTER.

Another, completely different take on the sentiment which, was originally, a comparitive observation...that is, I would rather explode in a blaze of whoop assed glory THAN to simply become transparent to the point of silent invisibility.

Don't need no freekin grammer lessons from you...you need to learn to read more carefully....

(see my original post for my original post)

[bump909]

I need to better comprehend your retarded interpretation?

Key words, "it's better to", as in one is better than the other. The statement is not supposed to be read as "It's better to die quickly, then proceed to die slowly (even though you're already dead from a quick death)".

[beet]

Put a buddy in the ground today. He was one day younger then me. He drank his self to death. I went to see him last week & I could see his time was going to be short. ( Life goes by fast enjoy it cause you don't know. Only two things are for sure.


The Bardo Thodol also spelled Bardo Thotrol, for centuries it was passed down orally. This ancient text was first put into written form by the legendary Padma Sambhava in the 8th century A.D. Translated, Bardo Thodol means "liberation by hearing on the after death plane". The book acts as a guide for the dead during the state that intervenes death and the next rebirth.
This scripture (The Bardo Thotrol) from Tibetan Buddhism was traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation. It guides a person to use the moment of death to recognize the nature of mind and attain liberation.

It teaches that awareness once freed from the body, creates its own reality like that of a dream. This dream projection unfolds in predictable ways in ways both frightening and beautiful. Peaceful and wrathful visions appear, and these visions can be overwhelming. Since the awareness is still in shock of no longer being attached to and shielded by a body, it needs guidance and forewarning so that key decisions that lead to enlightenment are made. Teaches how one can attain heavenly realms by recognizing the enlightened realms as opposed to being drawn into the realms of seduction that pull incorporeal awareness into cyclic suffering.

An interesting sidenote: Some of the concepts in the can be found in The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.



So watch who you step on you could be a step in the next life.

[DucDave]

Originally Posted by bump909

I need to better comprehend your retarded interpretation?

Key words, "it's better to", as in one is better than the other. The statement is not supposed to be read as "It's better to die quickly, then proceed to die slowly (even though you're already dead from a quick death)".

Good point...well played.

so...how 'bout....

It's better to burn out then to fade away, than to just fade away.....


THIS HORSE IS OFFICIALLY DEAD....

[DucDave]

Beet...didnt understand most of your post but

He drank his self to death.

is an awful way to go...

Sorry for your loss....

[bump909]

Originally Posted by DucDave

so...how 'bout....

It's better to burn out then to fade away, than to just fade away.....

[beet]

Tibetan Book of the Dead

[naked-daytrader]

Originally Posted by beet

Put a buddy in the ground today. He was one day younger then me. He drank his self to death. I went to see him last week & I could see his time was going to be short. ( Life goes by fast enjoy it cause you don't know. Only two things are for sure.


The Bardo Thodol also spelled Bardo Thotrol, for centuries it was passed down orally. This ancient text was first put into written form by the legendary Padma Sambhava in the 8th century A.D. Translated, Bardo Thodol means "liberation by hearing on the after death plane". The book acts as a guide for the dead during the state that intervenes death and the next rebirth.
This scripture (The Bardo Thotrol) from Tibetan Buddhism was traditionally read aloud to the dying to help them attain liberation. It guides a person to use the moment of death to recognize the nature of mind and attain liberation.

It teaches that awareness once freed from the body, creates its own reality like that of a dream. This dream projection unfolds in predictable ways in ways both frightening and beautiful. Peaceful and wrathful visions appear, and these visions can be overwhelming. Since the awareness is still in shock of no longer being attached to and shielded by a body, it needs guidance and forewarning so that key decisions that lead to enlightenment are made. Teaches how one can attain heavenly realms by recognizing the enlightened realms as opposed to being drawn into the realms of seduction that pull incorporeal awareness into cyclic suffering.

An interesting sidenote: Some of the concepts in the can be found in The Gospel of Mary Magdalene.



So watch who you step on you could be a step in the next life.

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BEET = CUT AND PASTE WHORE

[beet]

Originally Posted by naked-daytrader

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BEET = CUT AND PASTE WHORE

Your a post hoe digga. & a SA

[junior-coyote]

I faded away, and then burned out.