We will never shed our skin. Ive never shaken it. Something awful, surely ... but maybe not! As I processed what was happening, I uncorked one of those silent shrieks where youre going berserk but no sound is coming out. Almost 40 years now, Ive been like thisstupid, delusionaland I love it.
Almost forty years doesn't count as 20 years, but seconds ago.
( z0 contrast :ARG1 ( z1 count :ARG1 ( z2 almost :op ( z3 temporal-quantity :quant 40 :unit ( z4 year ) ) ) :ARG2 ( z5 temporal-quantity :quant 20 :unit ( z6 year ) ) :polarity - ) :ARG2 ( z7 count :ARG1 z2 :ARG2 ( z8 before :quant ( z9 multiple :op ( z10 temporal-quantity :quant 1 :unit ( z11 second ) ) ) :op ( z12 now ) ) ) )
(z0 / contrast-01
    :ARG1 (z1 / count-02
              :ARG1 (z2 / almost
                        :op1 (z3 / temporal-quantity
                                 :quant 40
                                 :unit (z4 / year)))
              :ARG2 (z5 / temporal-quantity
                        :quant 20
                        :unit (z6 / year))
              :polarity -)
    :ARG2 (z7 / count-02
              :ARG1 z2
              :ARG2 (z8 / before
                        :quant (z9 / multiple
                                   :op1 (z10 / temporal-quantity
                                             :quant 1
                                             :unit (z11 / second)))
                        :op1 (z12 / now))))
Almost forty years does n't count as 20 years , but seconds ago .
z3 :quant 3
z2 :op1 z3
z3 :unit z4
z1 :polarity 0
z1 :ARG1 z2
z7 :ARG1 z2
z5 :quant 2
z1 :ARG2 z5
z5 :unit z6
z0 :ARG2 z7
z0 :ARG1 z1
z9 :op1 z10
z10 :unit z11
z10 :quant 1
z8 :quant z9
z7 :ARG2 z8
z8 :op1 z12