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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.'


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To: BraveMan

We need Friday Silliness Thread to return to Freerepublic!


302 posted on 06/12/2024 4:43:00 PM PDT by princess leah ( )
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To: Jim Robinson

Seems like just 60 years ago I was 13


303 posted on 06/12/2024 4:45:43 PM PDT by DaiHuy (I support LGBTQ. (Lets Get Biden to Quit.))
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To: AuntB

It’s not necessary ugly but just OLD


304 posted on 06/12/2024 6:22:01 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: yldstrk
As Churchill said, “When you are goin through hell, keep going.”

Great quote...

305 posted on 06/20/2024 7:54:54 PM PDT by GOPJ (WOKE DEI hires - an easy way to place hard core commies and sexual weirdos in top corporate spots.s)
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