sonyad said:

“Now that’s manly to be able to temporarily turn back woman-o-pause.”
How can this be construed other than to mean he fathered a child to a menopausal woman? I naturally assumed one, same wife.

Correct. And looking at his wife, she was late 30’s early 40’s when he fathered the child. If that isn’t woman-o-pausal — I don’t know what is.

(Take a look at women’s fertility and the chances of giving birth to a stable sane intelligent baby in their late 30’s. It nosedives like a rocket programmed with reverse polarity.)

Saying it seems a tad selfish to father intentionally (implicitly – though a keen distinction) at that age is rather far from advocating abhortion.

Right, and my point was that he didn’t do so intentionally — obviously — therefore why hit at the guy?

There was a man. Ecce Homo. Behold the man. And all you could do was complain that maybe he was selfish or married three times. (wrong, right).

Especially since you already know my stance thereon.

One of the great elements of wisdom in your life, and I respect it. At least it’s a point we can generally agree on.

-wolfe

Now that’s manly to be able to temporarily turn back woman-o-pause.

How can this be construed other than to mean he fathered a child to a menopausal woman? I naturally assumed one, same wife.

Saying it seems a tad selfish to father intentionally (implicitly – though a keen distinction) at that age is rather far from advocating abhortion.

Especially since you already know my stance thereon.

As for selfishness, if it was deliberate on his part, then, sure, it wasn’t a good thing. But I’m assuming the pregnancy was a surprise, and the alternative of killing the child isn’t one I’d have approved. It’s difficult to characterize it as ’selfish’ as a result.

As for them growing up fatherless, studies seem to indicate that children where the father ‘left’ by dying are significantly better off than children where the mother divorced the father.

-wolfe

Now, that’s manly. Somewhat selfish but manly to be sure. The kids will grow up fatherless.

Wolfe said:
Show me a woman who had a day like James Doohan’s on D-Day. Show me a woman who did one tenth of what he did.

-wolfe

Don’t you know? That’s any western woman. Just ask one, she’ll tell you. Stock up on No-Doz first though.

Slalomed his plane through mountain telegraph poles like a skier, to show it could be done.

Became Scotty. “Beam me up”. Warp Factor 9.

But that’s not why I admire him.

Married for decades (back in the 70’s) til his death, he fathered a child at age 80. With his wife.

Now that’s manly to be able to temporarily turn back woman-o-pause.

Show me a woman who had a day like James Doohan’s on D-Day. Show me a woman who did one tenth of what he did.

-wolfe

david said:

I have it on good authority that Hef DOES indeed bang those ladies. Very, good, authority.

Even if he didn’t bang them, he still deserves a tonne of man points. All those women, and they all respect him.

-Dick

Here’s to more of the younger generation acting like their elders!