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MissouriDem47

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17. Soon To Be 78

Reply to MineralMan (Original post)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 05:22 PM

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I have noticed a decline in both my health and energy in the last 5 years. Nothing serious but everyday it seems like it's something else is bothering me. My goal in life is to live long enough to watch them put TACO into the ground.

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Trump Is at a Delicate Age, as Am I [View all] MineralMan Thursday OP

I'm 78 and I hope to be around for his earthly day of reckoning Deuxcents Thursday #1

Yes. MineralMan Thursday #2

Yes, that certainly is something to keep me going PatSeg Thursday #13

It is what it is. Nothing I do will turn back the clock. malaise Thursday #3

Yes. I keep losing friends, one after another. MineralMan Thursday #5

Agree 100% malaise Thursday #6

When friends dear to me die, MineralMan Thursday #9

Same here malaise Thursday #16

That's the hardest part of living a long life...the losses. Sometimes makes me allegorical oracle Thursday #7

I often wonder the same thing PatSeg Thursday #14

I'm only a bit behind you in years, & also hope to outlive this monster Hekate Thursday #4

I wanna see the ashes he left behind built back better than he found them. Buttigieg said it well the other day Deuxcents Thursday #8

I'm 2 years and a few weeks... GiqueCee Thursday #10

So true. At 78, I also hope to outlive him. Katinfl Thursday #11

I will be 77 next month, God willing. murielm99 Thursday #12

It sounds like you have good genes going for you senseandsensibility Thursday #15

Soon To Be 78 MissouriDem47 Thursday #17

But trump is looking into a void - a blackness where no one will pay attention to him anymore. erronis Thursday #18

Trump Family Values. IIRC that's how he treated his old man... Hekate Thursday #26

He's thinking about his legacy. That's a way to pressure him and attack Republicons Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #28

K&R red dog 1 Thursday #19

I hope you wake up tomorrow to the news of tRump's death Blue Owl Thursday #20

Nothing about that monster is delicate COL Mustard Thursday #21

Keith Richards and Mick Jagger are still going into their 80's... madinmaryland Thursday #22

Time is on their (my) side Pachamama Friday #29

I hope he flies away very soon. Joinfortmill Thursday #23

As a bully it must be especially difficult for him. hunter Thursday #24

My mother is 101, Staph Thursday #25

I'll be 83 in October. Bumbles Thursday #27

Divorce at 80 Pachamama Friday #30

Thank you, Pachamama. Bumbles Friday #31