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Related: About this forumWell, next year I'm 80. So far I'm learning,
Last edited Sun Sep 26, 2021, 05:07 PM - Edit history (1)
80 is the new 85.
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Well, next year I'm 80. So far I'm learning, (Original Post)
3Hotdogs
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CaliforniaPeggy
(153,042 posts)1. Oh NO!


lillypaddle
(9,605 posts)2. That's a relief
I was thinking that 73 was the new 85. whew!
appalachiablue
(43,437 posts)3. Hey, I thought 80 was the new 60. Like 60 is the new 40!

sarge43
(29,169 posts)4. They keep moving the goal posts. n/t
PoindexterOglethorpe
(27,312 posts)5. Hooray for you!
I'm just a spring chicken, only 73, although I do have plans for my 97th birthday.
Lucky me I'm in excellent health, have a reasonable income, good relations with my one son and my sister. I have several very good friends. It could hardly get better.
Lydiarose
(68 posts)6. I feel you!
Getting older is getting harder!
trof
(54,273 posts)7. I'm 80.
I run 3 marathons a year and can bench press 250 pounds.
Oh horse shit.
I hate those people.
They are abnormal.
I move as much as I can, but 80 is 80, and there ain't no cure.
3Hotdogs
(13,915 posts)8. To quote Paul,
I'm not half the man I used to be.... and there is that shadow hanging over me....