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MOMFUDSKI

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6. I admit I am starting to feel my 74 years.

Reply to llashram (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 14, 2022, 07:07 PM

Apr 2022

It is just little things but they add up to "what the hell happened?". Just the other day my gal friend commented on all the pretty colors our skin has turned. We laughed.

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Rude awakening: 70 is not the new 50. It is the old 70. [View all] DFW Apr 2022 OP

70 is the new 50 qazplm135 Apr 2022 #1

Remember you can always roll over on to your back. vanlassie Apr 2022 #2

I know, but I still had to get somewhere secure DFW Apr 2022 #16

Glad assistance was available. elleng Apr 2022 #3

if 70 is the new 50 then is 90 the new dead?? agingdem Apr 2022 #4

true, old age is llashram Apr 2022 #5

I admit I am starting to feel my 74 years. MOMFUDSKI Apr 2022 #6

74 here too, have a staff for walking around the property, AnotherDreamWeaver Apr 2022 #7

Yikes! Elessar Zappa Apr 2022 #8

That makes two of us! n/t DFW Apr 2022 #17

I hear ya, 74 here, gab13by13 Apr 2022 #9

I'm sure that was part of it DFW Apr 2022 #18

When I go to my doctors, they say I am in great shape for my age. marie999 Apr 2022 #10

I'm a bit younger than you and had a close call with drowning in St. Croix about 10 years ago. beaglelover Apr 2022 #11

That's probably it. DFW Apr 2022 #19

I was very careful today mnhtnbb Apr 2022 #12

I enjoy your posts so much, DFW. Please stay safe.. lostnfound Apr 2022 #13

Thanks! DFW Apr 2022 #20

I'm the youngster in my surf crowd tirebiter Apr 2022 #14

Thank God you're all right! And 70 CAN be the new 50, but only if you take really, really highplainsdem Apr 2022 #15

I'm sure I'll never have the time to do what any such book recommends DFW Apr 2022 #21