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bfred · 03-10-2007, 06:29 PM

That old saying of" you have to grow old, but you don't have to grow up" is a creed I try to live by. I'm 64 and retired as a construction crane operator when I was 55, joined the fire dept. at 59 and became the oldest person to graduate from the fire academy and EMT academy. The structual fires are starting to take their toll on me, but I still love a party.
I enjoy my grandkids and love camping with the younger crowd and some of the above.

rmpray · 04-04-2007, 09:09 PM

Funny how much more cash we have to spend once the birds flew the nest. Hey, we've gained so much just watching our older friends who truely do prove age is a state of mind. True, becoming a great grand parent does make one nervous

Another ten years and this pup retires (again) but of course that means sixty hours a week of projects. I just trying to catch up with my big sisters

FreshAir · 04-04-2007, 10:51 PM

Yes, codybear I agree age is a state of mind. I remember w......oh, I forgot what I wanted to say. It'll come back..........it will be good too...

nEil.

codybear · 04-04-2007, 11:52 PM

Just thought of somethin': how 'bout a Online Senior Couples Rally!!!

Anyone with years of experience to share online, and if you don't or can't remember, it doesn't matter!!! We're all in it together!

FreshAir · 04-05-2007, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by codybear

Just thought of somethin': how 'bout a Online Senior Couples Rally!!!

Anyone with years of experience to share online, and if you don't or can't remember, it doesn't matter!!! We're all in it together!

OK, codybear, just how long have you had your AARP card? Mine is getting all splintery like the floor I just pulled from my Tradewind. And an "Online Senior Couples Rally". That's good, I could party in my underwear

and no one would know. But the pot-luck wouldn't be any fun.

Neil.

airstreamers · 04-05-2007, 05:09 AM

my husband and i are both in our late 50's. we have been married for 37 years. it seems like just yesterday i considered 30 as being SO old and now i think of that as a mere child! where does the time go? we have two grown children (one still at home), five dogs and a cat. life is good!

Poprivet · 04-05-2007, 06:12 AM

"we have two grown children (one still at home), five dogs and a cat. life is good!"

That must be one tough cat!

ZoominC6 · 04-05-2007, 06:33 AM

My mind thinks I'm in my 20's as well, at least until I roll out of bed with a new creak or groan and take a look into the mirror. I'll stick with my mind's thought. We're attending our first Unit Rally next week and are looking forward to the mix in ages, opportunity for new friendships and diversity of thought. Like the George Jones song, "I Don't Need No Rockin' Chair"! Happy Easter one and all and,
HAPPY TRAILS

airstreamers · 04-05-2007, 06:35 AM

funny! he's a great cat and takes their attacks in stride. every once in awhile he puts them in their place! thanks for the laugh!

overlander63 · 04-05-2007, 07:36 AM

I am old enough to remember waving goodbye to dirt on its first day of school...

SilverCabin · 04-05-2007, 08:04 AM

We may get the senior discount, but our new Airstream keeps us young.

myoung · 04-05-2007, 08:58 AM

When does a small pile of rocks become a large pile of rocks or perhaps even a hill or mountain? This is the concern of "fuzzy logic?"

I turn 62 next month and can start drawing Social Security. My wife is already there and doing that. Might this indicate that we are "seniors?" Unless you create an arbitrary boundary, there's no way to tell when the threshold is crossed. That's good, I suppose, because classifications or categorizations of people tends to be meaningless or counterproductive or worse.

Except when it comes to discounts, of course.

cooperhawk · 04-05-2007, 09:50 AM

When I turned 55, my lovely Wife loved to go into a McDonald's and announce loudly that "He'll have a Senior Meal"! When she turned 55 she didn't think it was quite so funny, but I DID! Heh, heh.

That was a long time ago, but it doesn't seem like it. I'm retired now, that's an old age benefit, along with grandchildren, lunches with friends, goin fishin, messin with the computer, and, Oh Yeah, sleepin in!

Specially sleepin in! No alarm clock.

The Wife still works, but she works out of our home for herself, so thats not so bad. I build things in my shop, write novels, cut firewood, and whatever else I want. Oh Yeah, lotsa honey does too. You know, honey do this, honey do that.

All in all, I have my health and a nice home and an airstream. Life is pretty darn good even if I am older than dirt.

Hank A · 04-05-2007, 10:04 AM

Old is definitely a state of mind.....although just a couple of years short of SS, I manage to have lots of projects to keep me busy and with my wife's help, we still work 40+ hours a week. Guess the part that keeps us young is the 13 grandchilluns. This weekend some will be at the farm with us and at least 5 will be there under 5 years of age. If that won't keep you busy, active and mentally alert, nothing will. Everyone have a safe and happy holiday and hope you will be able to spend it with family.

fr8tshaker · 04-17-2007, 04:21 PM

Well, I am not a senior but I have been married to an old codger for 20 yrs. Of course he wasn't always this old but he has always been ornery. 'shaker

Airhog1 · 04-17-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by fr8tshaker

Well, I am not a senior but I have been married to an old codger for 20 yrs. Of course he wasn't always this old but he has always been ornery. 'shaker

'shaker...20 years...what were you...9 when you got married???

G

fr8tshaker · 04-17-2007, 04:30 PM

I promise I had all my teeth. 'shaker

Airhog1 · 04-17-2007, 04:33 PM

Neither one of you are old...unless you knock on wood

and then say come in!

G

Silvertwinkie · 04-17-2007, 05:16 PM

My Airstream keeps aging like it is (and it's 3.5 years old), it'll be a senior in about another season!

juel · 04-17-2007, 05:26 PM

You know what I hate? When I watch the news and hear them telling about some elderly woman who was attacked or involved in a wreck, AND then find out she's younger than I am. I still work, my husband still works, I mow the lawn, my husband is building us a home at the lake, and I don't feel like an old f---. I have a 78 Argosy, and I can remember what I was doing in 78. I can still remember what I was doing in 68, but I'm not drawing Social Security or on Medicare yet. 60 is not old any longer.