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I pulled out my cars and my truck out this morning, to sweep the floors, and decided it was time for a photo....

Once I got down on the pavement, I had a struggle getting up. Old age sucks.

OId age sucks.

Yep. My favorite advice to younger people is, "Don't get old. You won't like it."

My dad often said "Getting old beats the alternative!"

It's a good thing I didn't realize just how much it would suck when I got older.....ignorance is bliss I guess.
My knees are shot, I hurt. I own three canes and have a handicap permit. I max out my insurance deductibles and copays early in each year. You all know the story.

Just when I wonder if it's still worth the effort, I go for a ride in my T down a local country road.... I take in the beautiful blue sky and wispy white clouds, the birds singing, flowers blooming, people smiling and waving from the roadside. I think to myself how glad I am that I'm still around to see and enjoy such sights. A few aches and pains are a small price to pay for being here.

It's great to have great grandchildren graduate from high school. They live in a completely different world than we did, but so did our grandparents as we look at the old pictures. The cars and roads were more primative, but the clothes were more formal. I can remember taking one bath a week and only being wiped down with a damp wash cloth when I was a boy. Now I take one almost every day. Sometimes twice a day if it is hot and I am sweaty. Harder to crawl under a T but thankfully it has running boards and fenders to pull myself up on because the legs are getting weaker. Well anyway, I can be thankful I don't have Alzheimers. My mom had it and it became a big problem when she got older. I have now outlived both my parents, but can still drive a T. Actually once you learn how to drive it it is easier than some of the later cars with so many different modes and buttons to push. The T even has cruise control on flat ground. Just set the accelerator and spark. However that feature won't work on a hill with a T. Not hard to find a safe following distance, but have to be careful of the car behind following too closely.
Norm

For me, there is one good thing about getting older. After working 53 years, I retired on Wednesday! My list of T projects has been growing and it's time to get after it.

My answer to getting old is:
"You may have to grow OLD, but you don't have to grow UP"!
I like it when people tell me I'm acting childish!

TWrenn wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 4:09 pm

My answer to getting old is:
"You may have to grow OLD, but you don't have to grow UP"!
I like it when people tell me I'm acting childish!

Simplified:

It's never too late to have a happy childhood!