If I had my life to live over

[Andy McGregor]

I read this years before I started modern jive. I think of it often when making choices. It's a bit cheesy but you can't help considering the message behind it. The message I got was 'go to more dances'.


If I Had My Life to Live Over

Interviews with the elderly and the terminally ill do not report that people have regret for the things they have done but rather people talk about the things they regret not having done:

I'd dare to make more mistakes next time.
I'd relax, I would limber up.
I would be sillier than I have been this trip.
I would take fewer things seriously.
I would take more chances.
I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers.
I would eat more ice cream and less beans.
I would perhaps have more actual troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones.
You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day.
Oh, I've had my moments and if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them.
In fact, I'd try to have nothing else. Just moments.
One after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.
I've been one of those people who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat, and a parachute.
It I had to do it again, I would travel lighter next time.
If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall.
I would go to more dances.
I would ride more merry-go-rounds.
I would pick more daisies.

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
I read this years before I started modern jive. I think of it often when making choices. It's a bit cheesy but you can't help considering the message behind it. The message I got was 'go to more dances'.

If I Had My Life to Live Over

...I'd try to have nothing else [moments]. Just moments.
One after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day.


I'll drink to that :cheers:

Nothing wrong with a bit of cheese mate :nice:

[Forte]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
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If I Had My Life to Live Over



I would start partner dancing twenty years earlier!!! I would worry less about what people think of me :devil: I would have persevered with my brace :rofl: I would tell a few men to get lost a bit sooner :what: BUT
I would do most of it all over again :wink: and I have today to live
:cheers:
Hurray!
The present is called just that because that's what it is...a present for you - make the most of it...
Well Boomer said there's nothing wrong with being cheesy :wink: :hug: :cheers:

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Forte

The present is called just that because that's what it is...a present for you - make the most of it...
Well Boomer said there's nothing wrong with being cheesy :wink: :hug: :cheers:

Phroar.. I said 'a bit of cheese' :grin: that's positivly gorgonzola (however the hell it's spelt :grin: )
:na: :nice:

[Forte]

Originally posted by Boomer
Phroar.. I said 'a bit of cheese' :grin: that's positivly gorgonzola (however the hell it's spelt :grin: )
:na: :nice:


eeek! eeeK! mousey noises!:rofl: :rofl:

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Forte
eeek! eeeK! mousey noises!:rofl: :rofl:

Ouch, you madam have just been declared morally bankrupt for that ‘joke’. You need to balance that deficit off! Hope you’ve paid gerbil.

[opps, going off thread, sorry Andy :sad: ]

[Forte]

Originally posted by Boomer
Ouch, you madam have just been declared morally bankrupt for that ‘joke’. You need to balance that deficit off! Hope you’ve paid gerbil.

[opps, going off thread, sorry Andy :sad: ]

Are you sorry you sanctioned the cheese yet? ...:devil:

[Daisy Chain]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
I would pick more daisies.

:really:

Oh go on then, pick me. I like to make men happy.

Daisy

[Andy McGregor]

Originally posted by Daisy Chain
:really:

Oh go on then, pick me. I like to make men happy.

Daisy

Daisy Chain, you sound like the woman ALL us guys have been looking for...

[Aleks]

Originally posted by Forte
I would worry less about what people think of me

It was once suggested to me that what other people think/thought of me was none of my business.

[Forte]

Originally posted by Aleks
It was once suggested to me that what other people think/thought of me was none of my business.

Yeas! Wish I had thought that too! Thanks. :hug:
P.S. I do now and life is much more fun! :cheers:

[Grant]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
Daisy Chain, you sound like the woman ALL us guys have been looking for...
might be easier to find her if she put her location in her profile :D

grant

[Sheepman]

Originally posted by Grant
might be easier to find her if she put her location in her profile I found her last night, but she was too busy being picked by other fellahs!

Greg

[Grant]

Originally posted by Sheepman
I found her last night, but she was too busy being picked by other fellahs!

Greg
:eek:
there will be nothing left of the poor girl by the time the rest of us find her :wink:

grant

[Andy McGregor]

Originally posted by Grant
:eek:
there will be nothing left of the poor girl by the time the rest of us find her :wink:

grant

..she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me...

I think by the time I find her she'll have been de-flowered - or at least lost most of her pollen:devil:

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
..she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me...

I think by the time I find her she'll have been de-flowered - or at least lost most of her pollen:devil:

:rofl: :rofl: What are you men like!!!

[Grant]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
..she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me...

I think by the time I find her she'll have been de-flowered - or at least lost most of her pollen:devil:
do you want to be stigma-tised? :devil:

grant

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Grant
do you want to be stigma-tised? :devil:

grant

Hey! That was quite good :what: :grin:

[Dreadful Scathe]

Originally posted by Boomer
Hey! That was quite good :what: :grin:

I beg to differ :D

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
I beg to differ :D

I'm not hard to please :sad: 'The Water-Margin', now that brings back some memories :waycool:

[Grant]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
I beg to differ :D
perhaps if he had finished the sentence
'Hey! That was quite good compared to your usual rubbish Grant'
you might have agreed :D

grant

[Grant]

Originally posted by Bardsey
:rofl: :rofl: What are you men like!!!
whatever we want to be like :devil:
err as long as that's ok with you :blush:

grant

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Boomer
I'm not hard to please :sad: 'The Water-Margin', now that brings back some memories :waycool:

What#s the "Water Margin"?:confused:

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Bardsey
What#s the "Water Margin"?:confused:

It was sort of like an upmarket, more mature version of 'Monkey'. Chinese tv series based on a collection of Chinese fables or stories. Can't quite remember, the memories are a bit vague, but it did have a lovely theme tune :nice:

[Dreadful Scathe]

Originally posted by Boomer
It was sort of like an upmarket, more mature version of 'Monkey'.

If you are suggesting that 'Monkey' was in some way 'downmarket' then i shall have to ask you to step outside Sir.

Genius Television. Ive got an episode on DVD, hilarious :).

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
If you are suggesting that 'Monkey' was in some way 'downmarket' then i shall have to ask you to step outside Sir.

Genius Television. Ive got an episode on DVD, hilarious :).

Aha! if you would care to observe my comments properly Smufey, you would notice my usage of the superlative...no, comparative (I think :what: ) ’more', indicating, my dear Smurfey, that Monkey is not immature, simply less mature than the 'Water Margin'. Now, if this is due to production styles, or something intrinsic to the stories themselves, I cannot say. Was I alone in converting a broom-handle into Monkey's staff when I was a lad?

[Dreadful Scathe]

Originally posted by Boomer
Was I alone in converting a broom-handle into Monkey's staff when I was a lad?

Certainly not. And i have no chest hairs as an adult due to pulling the first signs of them out in a hope that i could create a legion of soldiers. Now of course I would hope to create an entire cabaret dance team :).

Wheres my cloud...whooooosh.

Altogther now... 'monkey is funky....'

[Daisy Chain]

Originally posted by Andy McGregor
..she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me...

I think by the time I find her she'll have been de-flowered - or at least lost most of her pollen:devil:

you'd better hurry up then, ........................this little flower is already closer to Saga than Club 18-30 :wink:

Daisy

[Grant]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
Now of course I would hope to create an entire cabaret dance team :).

i thought you liked us :tears:
is it cos we didn't win? :sick:

grant

[Forte]

Originally posted by Grant
i thought you liked us :tears:
is it cos we didn't win? :sick:

grant

Oh ..are you THAT Grant? My "Latin Lover" :wink:

[Boomer]

Originally posted by Forte
Oh ..are you THAT Grant? My "Latin Lover" :wink:

H'Hey Grant :grin:! Co-co kacho mate! :rofl:

[Dreadful Scathe]

Originally posted by Grant
i thought you liked us :tears:
is it cos we didn't win? :sick:


Not at all, these would be extras - you lot are the stars :)

btw u coming on Sunday ?

[Grant]

Originally posted by Forte
Oh ..are you THAT Grant? My "Latin Lover" :wink:
you know other grant's?:what: :really:

and to think you called sheena a hussy :na: :wink: :D

grant

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Dreadful Scathe
If you are suggesting that 'Monkey' was in some way 'downmarket' then i shall have to ask you to step outside Sir.

Genius Television. Ive got an episode on DVD, hilarious :).

And I'll be your second. I loved Monkey! SOOO funny!

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Grant
whatever we want to be like :devil:
err as long as that's ok with you :blush:

grant

:rofl: Excellent!!! I like you, you're funny! I might be coming up to either sunny Glasgow or Edinburgh one weekend in the not too distant future, I'll make sure I seek you out for a dance (and some of the others I met on here, of course).

[Forte]

Originally posted by Grant
you know other grant's?:what: :really:

and to think you called sheena a hussy :na: :wink: :D

grant

:hug: :blush: :rofl: and...:kiss: !

[Grant]

Originally posted by Bardsey
:rofl: Excellent!!! I like you, you're funny! I might be coming up to either sunny Glasgow or Edinburgh one weekend in the not too distant future, I'll make sure I seek you out for a dance (and some of the others I met on here, of course).
great, i'll have you rolling around on the floor laughing your head off...
and that will just be at the sight of me trying to dance :wink:
:hug:
grant

[Grant]

Originally posted by Forte
:hug: :blush: :rofl: and...:kiss: !
and :hug: :hug: :kiss: :kiss: to you too :D

will you be coming to the halloween party as an egyptian princess? :yum:

grant

[Forte]

Originally posted by Grant
great, i'll have you rolling around on the floor laughing your head off...
and that will just be at the sight of me trying to dance :wink:
:hug:
grant

Don't you believe it ! He's good Jill, and he's very patient..he waited ages for me to re find him when I was attempting my double spins !:rofl:

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Forte
Don't you believe it ! He's good Jill, and he's very patient..he waited ages for me to re find him when I was attempting my double spins !:rofl:

There you go Grant. If Jackie says your good, then don't argue. In any case, she'll be my dance "pimp" when I come up there, so sounds like you'll be on the list. Be afraid, be VERY afraid :rofl:

Oh and :hug: and :kiss: Thought I'd just get in on the act!!!

[Grant]

Originally posted by Forte
he waited ages for me to re find him when I was attempting my double spins !:rofl:
i think i was actually waiting for the room to stop spinning after doing my own double spins :D

grant

[Grant]

Originally posted by Bardsey
sounds like you'll be on the list.
and i'm just putting you on mine :D


Be afraid, be VERY afraid :rofl:
i'm quivering in anticipation :wink:


Oh and :hug: and :kiss: Thought I'd just get in on the act!!!

:hug: and :kiss: to you too...
this is becoming quite catchy isn't it :waycool:
:cheers:
grant

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Grant


:hug: and :kiss: to you too...
this is becoming quite catchy isn't it :waycool:
:cheers:
grant

Yes, we're all becoming very "lovey" aren't we?

Oh sorry :kiss: :hug: :wink:

[Sheepman]

Not me :tears:
:kiss: :hug: :cheers: :yum: :drool: :blush:

Greg

[Forte]

Originally posted by Sheepman
Not me :tears:
:kiss: :hug: :cheers: :yum: :drool: :blush:

Greg

believe in your signature...just wait your turn! You'll get some! :rofl:

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Forte
believe in your signature...just wait your turn! You'll get some! :rofl:


Hey steady girl!!! Sounds like an offer he can't refuse :rofl:

:hug: :kiss:

[Sheepman]

Originally posted by Forte
believe in your signature...
:rofl:
A bit of synchronicity there though, as just a few hours ago I was musing over changing my signature, on that "Upstairs" thread. I know there was an innocent history behind that signature, and it was all Pammy's fault (oh! how many times have I said that!), but it's all lost in the mists of time (or some very old threads).

Greg

PS I think it might have been something to do with not getting a dance one night, how boring is the truth!

[Bill]

Originally posted by Bardsey
Hey steady girl!!! Sounds like an offer he can't refuse :rofl:

:hug: :kiss:

and how often does that happen :what: :rolleyes:
Make sure you let us all know when you're heading up Jill. Be lovely to dance with you again :D

now do I have to add :cheers: :hug: :kiss: :na: as well???????????

[Fran]

Originally posted by Bill
Make sure you let us all know when you're heading up Jill. Be lovely to dance with you again :D


we've already made an arrangment that I am going to pimp for her!!!:nice:

:hug:

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Bill

Make sure you let us all know when you're heading up Jill. Be lovely to dance with you again :D

now do I have to add :cheers: :hug: :kiss: :na: as well???????????

Don't worry, the whole of Scotland will know :rofl:

and thanks, I'll really look forward to dancing with you again too and watching you and Fran "do the blues"

And YES you have to add all of the above !!!

[Bardsey]

Originally posted by Fran
we've already made an arrangment that I am going to pimp for her!!!:nice:

:hug:

Forte (who has offered me a bed for the night when I come) is also going to be a "dance pimp" for me, so when one or the other of you is busy dancing yourselves, the other can do the "pimping". I think I'm really going to enjoy this!!! :kiss: :hug: