Old age slips up on you in a snap of a finger

[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.'

[princess leah]

We need Friday Silliness Thread to return to Freerepublic!

[DaiHuy]

Seems like just 60 years ago I was 13

[mowowie]

It’s not necessary ugly but just OLD

[GOPJ]

As Churchill said, “When you are goin through hell, keep going.”

Great quote...