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Old 05-05-19, 11:15 AM
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"Desperately trying to be a 'has-been' than a 'never-was'" - me.
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Old 05-05-19, 02:42 PM
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We may be old, but we're slow!
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Old 05-05-19, 03:32 PM
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Grandchildren will always remember the time you spent riding bikes with them, they will never remember the time you spent on couch watching them play video games.
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Old 05-16-19, 03:36 PM
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I was captivated by this quote in the 6th Grade, and it has never left my imagination:
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

Specialization is for insects."
Robert A Heinlein
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Old 05-16-19, 03:44 PM
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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was? -- Satchel Paige
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Old 05-16-19, 04:08 PM
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I don't know what I'm doing, but that's never stopped me yet.
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Old 05-16-19, 04:52 PM
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“You’re the one who lives in your body.” - My wife after I was complaining about my weight.
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Old 05-17-19, 05:53 PM
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"Too late to die young now."
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Old 05-19-19, 02:30 PM
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Here's one I created years ago...."Disappointment lives in the shadow of expectation."
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Old 05-19-19, 03:02 PM
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My personal saying, "Where there's a will, there's a way. Where there is no will, there's an excuse."
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Old 06-02-19, 09:53 AM
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From a 90+ year old acquaintance. "Sometimes it is really tough just staying alive until you die".

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Old 06-02-19, 07:24 PM
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The best way to be correct, is to be technically correct.
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Old 06-02-19, 07:39 PM
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Age wisdom

I wish I was ten years younger and in ten years I'll wish I was the age I am now.
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Old 06-03-19, 05:17 AM
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" Grandkids won't rememberh their best day of playnig video games. Take them for a bike ride show them how big the world is"
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Old 06-07-19, 07:55 AM
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“The problem with aging is not that it's one damn thing after another—it's every damn thing, all at once, all the time.”
John Scalzi, Old Man's War
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Old 06-07-19, 11:12 AM
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"When your time is at an end and your life flashes before your eyes...make sure it is worth watching."
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Old 06-07-19, 11:13 AM
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The secret to a happy marriage: "I don't try to run her life...and I don't try to run mine."
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Old 06-07-19, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jon T
"Getting old sucks".
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Originally Posted by rando_couche
...but it's better than the alternative.
Better than being young? having tried both, I simply cannot agree.
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Old 06-07-19, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by TimothyH
"You can't out exercise eating too much."
- TomA who lost 80 lb.
"But I can out-eat a good exercise plan"---me, who found those lost pounds
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Old 06-11-19, 09:26 AM
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Old 06-11-19, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Maelochs
"But I can out-eat a good exercise plan"---me, who found those lost pounds
Quoted for truth and certified by me.
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Old 06-11-19, 11:16 PM
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Aging sucks, but it beats the alternative.
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Old 06-12-19, 10:17 AM
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I had 3 truths after breaking my back... But the best one is, "Any day you can wipe your own butt, is a good day!"
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Originally Posted by zjrog
I had 3 truths after breaking my back... But the best one is, "Any day you can wipe your own butt, is a good day!"
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