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Would you rather give a tour for 5 year olds or 85 year olds?

 
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Would you rather give a tour of your property to a group of energetic 5 year olds or to a group of hard-of-hearing 85 year olds?

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I'm a kid person, so I would do tours for the kids.

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Five year olds! I love the looks of Joy on their faces, when they meet all my critters!

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In high school, I was a camp counselor and found that I really enjoy teaching and interacting with the youth. The energy curious kids can bring is fun. Not so much run when one of them runs towards an eagle during a predatory bird flight demo but that is another story.

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I would have to give the tour to the group of hard-of-hearing 85 year olds.

I raised my kids so I am done with kids.

I am used to talking to a hard-of-hearing person.

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85. The conversation is usually pepperier. Although they say that with both groups, they tell you the same thing when you first meet them:  their age.

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Kids would be bored or in terrible danger here.  So give me the 85 year olds.

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85-year-olds!!!
Oh, wow, can you imagine?! Kids are amazing... but a gaggle of octagenarians? What a treasure.

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Matt McSpadden wrote:Would you rather give a tour of your property to a group of energetic 5 year olds or to a group of hard-of-hearing 85 year olds?



FIVE YEAR OLDS!  SO SO FUN!!!

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5 year olds, they get excited about new things unlike 85 year olds that may not even now who they are or where they are.
 
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5 year olds. Kids are easy to influence, and have a whole life ahead of them to influence the world for good.
 
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The 85 year Olds as hopefully I would learn more in that tour than they did. Turn each focal point into a conversation.
 
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