TASK DEFINITION: This is a paraphrasing task. In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate another sentence which express same meaning as the input using different words.
PROBLEM: i 'm 58 years old and a thoroughly nice fellow .

SOLUTION: i 'm 58 years old and i 'm a completely decent person .

PROBLEM: that 's not only childish , it 's irrational , and i do n't have the time to try to reason with somebody whose wits have deserted him .

SOLUTION: it 's not just childish , it 's irrational , and i do n't have time to try to make excuses for someone who left sanity .

PROBLEM: ruins as far as the eye could see , stretching in all directions .

SOLUTION:
the debris stretched out all the swells as far as the eye could see .