For our Senior FReepers with love.

email from an old friend | 4/16/2018 | unknown

[Verbosus]

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[LouAvul]

I'm 66 and don't have time to read the list. I've got to get my S&W M&P 15 PC to the shop for a minor repair so that I can take it to the range for some long range shooting.

Then I've got to get back to the house to do some exterior painting on my fascia boards.

Today is also my lower body workout day. That's 30 minutes on the treadmill, then leg extensions and hamstring curls. If there's still light out, then maybe I cut the grass with my trusty Toro pushmower.

I'm sure the list is sweet and all, but I don't have time to read it.

[golux]

He thought it was crazy that I was a ski instructor, but I don’t fall much on the slopes...

Be careful, my Friend. I am not a bad skier but I came down a little hot a few years ago (ice at the very end of the run on the mogul side,) and I VERY LIGHTLY bumped the skis of an older lady at the beginning of the lift line. Yes, it was irresponsible of me, but it was not as if I "hit" her... She should not have fallen, but she did, and may have broken her hip. I helped her up and she continued on to the lift "in pain," and kept skiing.

She was visibly angry with me, and had every right to be, but at the same time, I thought it a very Russian-rouletty thing for her to practice a sport while so fragile... On any slope. You know, "easy" slopes can be dangerous, too, because they're filled with out-of-control skiers.

[spokeshave2]

Age 76, married 50 years....spouse is from the Greek island of Ikaria (Island of longevity) so we follow the "Blue Zone" diet, have an acre with fruit trees, olives, vege and herb gardens. A quart of milk a day from the goat, chickens and turkeys (yummy eggs). No medical issues..started lifting weights 4 years ago..incresed my bone density average of 4% in 3 years. I got my truck driving license at age 71, drove for 3 years...now UBERing for past 2 years.

[Albion Wilde]

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[Rusty0604]

Thanks for posting.

[Rusty0604]

LOL, you’re fine just the way you are.

[Oatka]

Figuring 77 years is the average lifespan for a U.S. male, I am almost eight years past my due date. The biggest plus for me is realizing that all the older people who gave me crap when I was in the work force are gone by now. :-)

[JimRed]

May I add: Don’t act old.

Rapidly coming up on three-quarters of a century, still don't know what I want to be when I grow up...

[TexasTransplant]

*** “Rapidly coming up on three-quarters of a century, still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up... “ ***

Bout 10 years behind you and it is the same with me ... some things are no longer quite as viable as they were in my younger days ... Gigolo is an example, I will keep on auditioning for the role but alas I am bald now.

[MSF BU]

A friend of mine passed...the picture of health before he went...of an aneurysm at 61 years old. The part that scares me is that is only six years away for me.