Congrats! At least there is "somebody" older than me!Will turn 81 on the 12th of this month and the mind thinks it 40 but
the body says forget about it. LOL
Congrats! At least there is "somebody" older than me!Will turn 81 on the 12th of this month and the mind thinks it 40 but
the body says forget about it. LOL
Wait until you sit in a doctor's office and they ask you what day it is. Be sure to tell them you worry about them not knowing when you were supposed to be there. smhHow the hell do y’all remember your age? Unless I have recently had to write it somewhere like a medical form or something I have no idea. I just tell folks I was born in the summer. If they ask my age I has to do the math to tell them. Must be like counting down to 18 then 21. After that no one really cares I guess till 65 and retirement/social security. I’m no where close so no reason to count down.
I was surprised to live to 21 and then 25 was a shock. The next 50 years were fun mostly. I have decided that doctors are parasites that never let you go. This chinaflu has lowered their standing with me.
Well done!I have 4 kids that are close, the other disowned me years ago. A spell in the hospital last summer got me to thinking about things. This Christmas I picked out 14 guns that I seldom/never shoot and put them on a table. When we gathered up Christmas Eve the 4 kids and the 3 oldest G-kids drew cards for picking order. They had a couple of hours to peruse them before the picking started. It was fun. The guns were in a separate room and the one picking(+ spouse) was the only one in there. Once all picked one we did it again in reverse order. Kept down the wondering why I gave what to who. The 2 first picks were a 1953 Win 94 in 98% condition followed by a 1943 Inland Carbine, original with accys.
Best part was I got to see them get them.
I laughed entirely too hard at that probably cuz I can relateYeah, the hideous brain diseases are the worst part. I remember by father dealing with it and my sister dealing with it. I fear that I will probably have to deal with it at some point. I've always been a little goofy so maybe nobody will notice! Heh!
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
– Søren Kierkegaard
To cheer yourself up, you need to listen to some recent lectures/interviews by/with Peter Ziehan. The world is mostly going to hell but the USA (along with Mexico, Canada, France, New Zealand, and Argentina) is blessed with natural, demographic, and technological advantages that mean we'll survive much better than most of the world. For all the doom and gloom that guy sees coming, he makes a compelling case that the U.S. (and particularly Texas) will still be a great place to be for at least the next 50 years.Lord willing I will not live to see the smoldering heap of shit this country is in track to becoming.
Age ain’t got nothing to do with losing folks you trust, like, and/or respect. That’s life and I wouldn’t live it without those people in my life. Bittersweet, but as a Christian, I believe those folks and dogs will be with me for eternity.
Yeah... I've gotten lazier as I've grown older too!I laughed entirely too hard at that probably cuz I can relate
I'll be *&)_$8 soon and find myself being more aware and/or cautious of situations, particularly when doing yard work and other manual tasks.
I hear ya Charlie! I will turn 58 this year, and my health is declining every year. Cold weather bothers me more and more every year, and hot and humid weather, is murder on me now.