From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:
>>I do my weekly shopping on Wednesday, and ahead of me at the
>>checkout was a young guy of 40-odd, doing the same. OK, so 40
>>isn't young, but it is to me. He could be my son (if I had got
>>lucky 20 years ago).

> JT> If you had managed to get lucky 20 years ago, you would have
> JT> still been 20 years too late.

>  Too obscure for my diminishing intelligence. Wha...?

  I thought you were implying that a 40 yo would be your son, and if that 
happened 20 years ago...
  Perhaps you've forgotten that to have a 40 year old son, 40 years needs to 
actually pass.  And that's not allowing for the usual 9 month gestation period.

  I've heard of "growing beyond your years", but it doesn't
happen that quick.
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