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On Growing Old

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  • C Catseye3
    7 Jun 2022, 15:49

    @Mik said in On Growing Old:

    What's a philopher?

    Um . . . it's a philosopher who's missing his ass S.

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    Mik
    wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 15:53 last edited by
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    @Catseye3 said in On Growing Old:

    @Mik said in On Growing Old:

    What's a philopher?

    Um . . . it's a philosopher who's missing his ass S.

    So....

    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      Jolly
      wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 15:56 last edited by
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      I've wandered around hospitals most of my adult life and seen more people die than Cecil B. DeMille. And my wife has been from anywhere relatively normal to a wheelchair and everywhere in between at one time or another.

      I'm familiar with old. 😕 It's not the optimum, but it is what happens if you live long enough. Best advice I can give, is have something you need or want to do, every morning you get up. It can be a big project or a very small one. But get up and move.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

      C M 2 Replies Last reply 7 Jun 2022, 15:59
      • J Jolly
        7 Jun 2022, 15:56

        I've wandered around hospitals most of my adult life and seen more people die than Cecil B. DeMille. And my wife has been from anywhere relatively normal to a wheelchair and everywhere in between at one time or another.

        I'm familiar with old. 😕 It's not the optimum, but it is what happens if you live long enough. Best advice I can give, is have something you need or want to do, every morning you get up. It can be a big project or a very small one. But get up and move.

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        Catseye3
        wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 15:59 last edited by
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        @Jolly said in On Growing Old:

        But get up and move.

        I'm not depressed about getting old, exactly. I'm just cogitating on aspects that are more difficult than I had realized they would be.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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        • J Jolly
          7 Jun 2022, 15:56

          I've wandered around hospitals most of my adult life and seen more people die than Cecil B. DeMille. And my wife has been from anywhere relatively normal to a wheelchair and everywhere in between at one time or another.

          I'm familiar with old. 😕 It's not the optimum, but it is what happens if you live long enough. Best advice I can give, is have something you need or want to do, every morning you get up. It can be a big project or a very small one. But get up and move.

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          Mik
          wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 16:31 last edited by
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          @Jolly said in On Growing Old:

          I've wandered around hospitals most of my adult life and seen more people die than Cecil B. DeMille. And my wife has been from anywhere relatively normal to a wheelchair and everywhere in between at one time or another.

          I'm familiar with old. 😕 It's not the optimum, but it is what happens if you live long enough. Best advice I can give, is have something you need or want to do, every morning you get up. It can be a big project or a very small one. But get up and move.

          Yep. Things that don't move stagnate.

          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          • C Catseye3
            7 Jun 2022, 15:59

            @Jolly said in On Growing Old:

            But get up and move.

            I'm not depressed about getting old, exactly. I'm just cogitating on aspects that are more difficult than I had realized they would be.

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            Jolly
            wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 17:19 last edited by Jolly 6 Jul 2022, 17:19
            #13

            @Catseye3 said in On Growing Old:

            @Jolly said in On Growing Old:

            But get up and move.

            I'm not depressed about getting old, exactly. I'm just cogitating on aspects that are more difficult than I had realized they would be.

            Years ago, I built a carport and storeroom onto the house...I cut the timber, helped saw it and friends helped me build it. Ain't no way I could even build the forms for the slab (well, maybe, if you held a gun on me ). Anyway, the old man that finished the slab, worked and rounded the concrete up to the backdoor, instead of the normal one inch or so drop.

            He looked at me and said, "Son, one day you'll be old, too. Nice to be able to wheel a walker or wheelchair through without having to pick it up".

            I wish I had been smart like that about the whole house.

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • M Mik
              7 Jun 2022, 16:31

              @Jolly said in On Growing Old:

              I've wandered around hospitals most of my adult life and seen more people die than Cecil B. DeMille. And my wife has been from anywhere relatively normal to a wheelchair and everywhere in between at one time or another.

              I'm familiar with old. 😕 It's not the optimum, but it is what happens if you live long enough. Best advice I can give, is have something you need or want to do, every morning you get up. It can be a big project or a very small one. But get up and move.

              Yep. Things that don't move stagnate.

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              Doctor Phibes
              wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 18:22 last edited by
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              @Mik said in On Growing Old:

              Yep. Things that don't move stagnate.

              That's what I tell my wife about the beer in the fridge.

              I was only joking

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                Renauda
                wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 18:49 last edited by
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                A couple of years ago I just decided I wasn’t going to do that old man thing. I keep active and busy and don’t think about growing old. I don’t celebrate my birthday since I treat everyday as my birthday.

                Elbows up!

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                • D Doctor Phibes
                  7 Jun 2022, 18:22

                  @Mik said in On Growing Old:

                  Yep. Things that don't move stagnate.

                  That's what I tell my wife about the beer in the fridge.

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 18:52 last edited by
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                  @Doctor-Phibes said in On Growing Old:

                  @Mik said in On Growing Old:

                  Yep. Things that don't move stagnate.

                  That's what I tell my wife about the beer in the fridge.

                  It is especially true for beer.

                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                  • R Renauda
                    7 Jun 2022, 18:49

                    A couple of years ago I just decided I wasn’t going to do that old man thing. I keep active and busy and don’t think about growing old. I don’t celebrate my birthday since I treat everyday as my birthday.

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                    Jolly
                    wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 22:39 last edited by
                    #17

                    @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                    A couple of years ago I just decided I wasn’t going to do that old man thing. I keep active and busy and don’t think about growing old. I don’t celebrate my birthday since I treat everyday as my birthday.

                    Your time is coming.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    • J Jolly
                      7 Jun 2022, 22:39

                      @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                      A couple of years ago I just decided I wasn’t going to do that old man thing. I keep active and busy and don’t think about growing old. I don’t celebrate my birthday since I treat everyday as my birthday.

                      Your time is coming.

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                      Renauda
                      wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 23:22 last edited by
                      #18

                      @Jolly

                      Am older than you.

                      Elbows up!

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                      • R Renauda
                        7 Jun 2022, 23:22

                        @Jolly

                        Am older than you.

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                        George K
                        wrote on 7 Jun 2022, 23:27 last edited by
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                        @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                        @Jolly

                        Am older than you.

                        Get off my lawn, youngster.

                        I'm probably the oldest person here (72).

                        What's pathetic is that your mind is OK, but your body says, "Fuck YOU." Going for walks, sitting on a horse, etc are so much more difficult than they were 5 years ago.

                        My health is actually pretty good - all issues seem to be well-controlled with medications, but the deterioration is relentless, and it really PISSES me off.

                        Fearful of turning 60 @Doctor-Phibes ?

                        I laugh in your face.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • R Renauda
                          7 Jun 2022, 23:22

                          @Jolly

                          Am older than you.

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                          Jolly
                          wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 00:11 last edited by
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                          @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                          @Jolly

                          Am older than you.

                          You're only as old as you feel.

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          • J Jolly
                            8 Jun 2022, 00:11

                            @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                            @Jolly

                            Am older than you.

                            You're only as old as you feel.

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                            Renauda
                            wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 00:12 last edited by Renauda 6 Aug 2022, 03:29
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                            @Jolly

                            I also have watched my weight and kept in fairly good shape all these years.

                            Elbows up!

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                              Renauda
                              wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 00:21 last edited by Renauda 6 Aug 2022, 00:32
                              #22

                              @George-K said in On Growing Old:

                              @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                              @Jolly

                              Am older than you.

                              Get off my lawn, youngster.

                              I'm probably the oldest person here (72).

                              What's pathetic is that your mind is OK, but your body says, "Fuck YOU." Going for walks, sitting on a horse, etc are so much more difficult than they were 5 years ago.

                              My health is actually pretty good - all issues seem to be well-controlled with medications, but the deterioration is relentless, and it really PISSES me off.

                              Fearful of turning 60 @Doctor-Phibes ?

                              I laugh in your face.

                              I’m not Phibes, and I turned 60 some years ago. I happily take full advantage of senior discounts at stores and venues. And yes there are times that Rub A355 is my friend. Haven’t gone as far as DSMO ointment like a few of my friends. Had sciatica attack last June after spending a morning up a ladder dead heading the Lilac bushes. Won’t do that again. To hell with dead heading lilacs. Never enjoyed gardening, don’t and won’t miss it.

                              Elbows up!

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                              • R Renauda
                                8 Jun 2022, 00:21

                                @George-K said in On Growing Old:

                                @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                                @Jolly

                                Am older than you.

                                Get off my lawn, youngster.

                                I'm probably the oldest person here (72).

                                What's pathetic is that your mind is OK, but your body says, "Fuck YOU." Going for walks, sitting on a horse, etc are so much more difficult than they were 5 years ago.

                                My health is actually pretty good - all issues seem to be well-controlled with medications, but the deterioration is relentless, and it really PISSES me off.

                                Fearful of turning 60 @Doctor-Phibes ?

                                I laugh in your face.

                                I’m not Phibes, and I turned 60 some years ago. I happily take full advantage of senior discounts at stores and venues. And yes there are times that Rub A355 is my friend. Haven’t gone as far as DSMO ointment like a few of my friends. Had sciatica attack last June after spending a morning up a ladder dead heading the Lilac bushes. Won’t do that again. To hell with dead heading lilacs. Never enjoyed gardening, don’t and won’t miss it.

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                                George K
                                wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 00:50 last edited by
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                                @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                                To hell with dead heading lilacs. Never enjoyed gardening, don’t and won’t miss it.

                                Indeed. I've always hated any kind of yard work.

                                F-Dat.

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • G George K
                                  8 Jun 2022, 00:50

                                  @Renauda said in On Growing Old:

                                  To hell with dead heading lilacs. Never enjoyed gardening, don’t and won’t miss it.

                                  Indeed. I've always hated any kind of yard work.

                                  F-Dat.

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                                  Catseye3
                                  wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 00:59 last edited by
                                  #24

                                  @George-K said in On Growing Old:

                                  Indeed. I've always hated any kind of yard work.
                                  F-Dat.

                                  LOL. I think George and Renauda just did some righteous bonding.

                                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                  • C Catseye3
                                    8 Jun 2022, 00:59

                                    @George-K said in On Growing Old:

                                    Indeed. I've always hated any kind of yard work.
                                    F-Dat.

                                    LOL. I think George and Renauda just did some righteous bonding.

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 01:02 last edited by
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                                    @Catseye3, I may have posted before.

                                    I remember a day in August when I was around 13 years old. I was pushing a lawn mower around the front yard of my house. I was sweating like crazy and was ready to die.

                                    I promised myself that I will always have enough money to pay someone else to cut the grass.

                                    My hatred of gardening, etc was born on that day.

                                    My hatred has thrived, and now, in a condo, it's irrelevant, but not lessened.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • G George K
                                      8 Jun 2022, 01:02

                                      @Catseye3, I may have posted before.

                                      I remember a day in August when I was around 13 years old. I was pushing a lawn mower around the front yard of my house. I was sweating like crazy and was ready to die.

                                      I promised myself that I will always have enough money to pay someone else to cut the grass.

                                      My hatred of gardening, etc was born on that day.

                                      My hatred has thrived, and now, in a condo, it's irrelevant, but not lessened.

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                                      Catseye3
                                      wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 01:07 last edited by
                                      #26

                                      @George-K said in On Growing Old:

                                      My hatred of gardening, etc was born on that day.

                                      I don't hate it exactly. I sort of feel about gardening the way Dorothy Parker felt about writing. She hated to write, but she loved having written.

                                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                        Larry
                                        wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 01:25 last edited by
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                                        I recently bought a commercial grade zero turn lawn mower. In the past I had work crews who took care of those things, but when I sold out I don't have any employees any more. My yard is about 8 or 10 acres, so it takes a while to mow. So far im enjoying riding around playing with the machinery. Other than that, i pay some guys to weed eat and all that stuff. I just enjoy the fresh air and riding around part.

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                                          Copper
                                          wrote on 8 Jun 2022, 01:48 last edited by
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                                          I planted over 150,000 wild flowers this year.

                                          I didn't actually count the seeds, I just added up the totals on the seed bags.

                                          And hundreds of more substantial plants.

                                          If you are old, you must garden.

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