tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291804234018373227.post3704041490963569609..comments2014-01-03T22:27:20.476+00:00Comments on Cobbies Collective Contemplations: ValidationAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835062886430952612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291804234018373227.post-76541314295119269532013-03-29T21:53:05.804+00:002013-03-29T21:53:05.804+00:00you'll stare 50 in the face and come out the o...you'll stare 50 in the face and come out the other side laughing..or at least lovingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8291804234018373227.post-82905191909250410392013-03-11T22:57:42.885+00:002013-03-11T22:57:42.885+00:00As a near fifty year old myself (2 months younger ...As a near fifty year old myself (2 months younger than you Jon - and don't forget it!) I can empathise with the need to prove one's virility. Up until last year, or should I say "season", for me it was on the football field; competing alongside young men less than half my age and feeding off their youth. The body finally told me it was time to retire, so now I enter stupid, yet enormously fun, events like this. Roll on Survival of the Fittest; and then Tough Guy; I just can't help myself.Pete - the other old bloke in the picnoreply@blogger.com