I've relaxed even more than my muscles have.
Posted on 02/18/2008 5:01:02 PM PST by blam
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Who are they calling OLD?
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I remember Rush saying something like that years ago, that he couldn't wait to be 50, because that's when you really start making big bucks, you're starting to peak in your career, and start to wield power and influence in the world. I was about 25 when he said that, but I really understand it now that I'm 40.
Pretty funny, I'm 57 and rarely look in the mirror anymore. But I do enjoy life more than ever and was a mostly happy soul until this election year came along.
Me too!
I’m 43 and my kids are 13 and 4.
I had my daughter when I was 44. I lost my wife when I was 47. I will be 61+ when my daughter gets out of high school. Having my daughter is the most wonderful thing that has ever happened to me, rearing her alone is the saddest. God has a sense of irony, he waited until I matured to have a child....
I've relaxed even more than my muscles have.
As far as age goes, I was going on 70 and still flying combat missions in a Blackhawk Helicopter in Iraq. My duty was a flight surgeon, but I flew every position including door guns so I may have been the oldest guy to fly a door gun in Iraq. Doctors can carry and fire weapons to protect themselves their crew and patients. so nothing illegal there. Age is just a state of mine, and even though I am now 71, I feel like 21 As the old saying goes if I had known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. Jess
Boy ain’t that the truth.
What, you don’t believe I’m 31? :-)
Wow. Thanks for everything Doc. That’s impressive.
I’m 45 next week. Scary to think about the age as a number but really don’t care. I’m in good shape. Ride about 1200 miles on my bike each year and just started backpacking. If all goes right, me and my son and some other scouts will do about 80 miles on the trail this summer.
State of mind.
Good for you! I have an uncle who just turned 94, and that tough old bird was driving himself to the hospital several times a week to do volunteer work until recently. Said it was finally time to “retire” and enjoy life.
The problem in society isn’t growing old, it’s growing up. As long as we mature & progress, we don’t cling desperately to youth.
Certainly I miss the physical advantages of an earlier age (I’m now 51) but I just can’t make the mental trade-off. Back then I was stupid, crazy, & poorly equipped for the outside world. Wouldn’t want to relive that if you paid me.
Excellent...thank you.
When you're 20 you worry what everyone thinks about you.
When you're 40 you don't give a damn what anybody thinks about you.
When you're 60 you realize no one ever thought about you at all.
I've enjoyed every age for the most part, excepting the tragedies that all of us face over the course of years. If I had it to do all over again, I'd make all the same mistakes, only sooner. There was a great preacher down in Austin, Texas, Bill "the mailman" Martin. He said, "You don't run around because your body won't let you. You don't eat fancy foods because your stomach won't let you. You don't drink because your liver won't let you. You're not holy! You're old!"
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