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Old age slips up on you in a snap of a finger
Posted on 06/09/2024 4:09:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
I don't remember when I got old, it just happened. One day I turned around and discovered I was an old man. Thinking back on it I think it was after my wife died. When Sheila died it took all the wind out of my sails. I'm now adrift, without rudder, without anchor and without a North Star. The bilge water is creeping up and threatening to put the fires out for good.
If you've ever experienced being dead in the water in the middle of an ocean, that's how I'm feeling right now. It's a surreal feeling.
'O God, thy sea is so great and my boat is so small.'
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: freerepublic; hugs; jimrobinson; morehugs; oldage; prayers; withyoujim
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To: Jim Robinson
You are in my prayers, Mr. Robinson.
May God send you a lot of strength and hope for the future 🙏🏻✝️
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posted on
06/10/2024 12:45:23 PM PDT
by
Menes
To: Jim Robinson
Hey guy, you’re still the Boss.
When was the last time you released the Viking kitties?
5.56mm
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posted on
06/10/2024 12:47:28 PM PDT
by
M Kehoe
(Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
06/10/2024 12:50:41 PM PDT
by
Golden Eagle
(Principles, not partisanship)
To: Jim Robinson
Things happen for a reason. No matter your intentions in starting this thread, it sure has turned into a wonderful therapy session for many of us. I’m touched by the willingness of so many to allow themselves to be so vulnerable and caring.
I want to add my thanks and gratitude for FreeRepublic. You are lived an everlasting love. ❤️
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posted on
06/10/2024 1:12:53 PM PDT
by
ZinGirl
(Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
To: Jim Robinson
Glad to see that many of us were wrong about the meaning of your initial post.
I'm going to post just one more "boat" hymn anyway. 🙂
"Master The Tempest Is Raging" - The Chuck Wagon Gang
To: SamAdams76
those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end.
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posted on
06/10/2024 2:16:44 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: notaliberal
Thank you very much, God bless.
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posted on
06/10/2024 2:47:21 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: Mark
Thank you very much, Mark!
248
posted on
06/10/2024 2:50:55 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: Billthedrill
thank you very much, God bless.
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posted on
06/10/2024 2:53:21 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: Reddy
Thank you very much, amen.
250
posted on
06/10/2024 2:55:03 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: Jim Robinson
“I’m sorry I made this thread sound so depressing.”
This thread was the very opposite of that. We got to commiserate, congratulate, and celebrate as well as grieve and mourn.
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posted on
06/10/2024 3:01:44 PM PDT
by
Luke21
To: Boomer
I fully expect Hillary Clinton's last words will be:
"I smell sulfur."
252
posted on
06/10/2024 3:02:04 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!s)
To: plain talk
Thank you very much and God bless you.
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posted on
06/10/2024 3:06:21 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: workerbee
And May God bless you too.
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posted on
06/10/2024 3:08:02 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: left that other site
Thank you very much, God bless.
255
posted on
06/10/2024 3:21:39 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: MS.BEHAVIN
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posted on
06/10/2024 3:32:19 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: bethelgrad
We went to a birthday party recently For a man who had just turned 70. Chris took me aside and says in 20 years I’ll be the same age as him. and I said that’s nothing. in 22 years i’ll be 100. how about them apples.
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posted on
06/10/2024 3:38:39 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: steve86
Thank you very much, Steve86. God bless you.
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posted on
06/10/2024 3:41:27 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
To: Jim Robinson
I thought you were going to yell at me but God bless you, too.
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posted on
06/10/2024 3:57:30 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: Grampa Dave
Thank you very much, Grampa Dave.
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posted on
06/10/2024 3:59:46 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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