Re: [Paddlewise] my age

At 09:32 PM 5/23/01 -0400, JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com wrote:
><I am getting old.  I will be 78 in August.  Joe S>
>
>The operative word is "getting" old, Joe Sanford; essentially --- as we 
>all hope to do, you are getting older: it doesn't sound like you "have 
>gotten" old yet, which is completely different.
>
>I had a favorite aunt who moved to a nursing home after a fall and a hip 
>fracture at the age of 90.  She virtually never left the home, but 
>listened to the weather report each morning, and could provide a recap at 
>any time of the day.  She dressed for dinner each night --- a nicely 
>coordinated outfit that she could have worn in the best restaurants in 
>town.  She was not old.  She was getting older all the time, but she was 
>never old.

Sounds a bit like my grandfather.  He's 95 and still drives into town
just about everyday.  I've ridden with him and he drives better than
a lot of people I've ridden with.  He also does all the maintenance on
the old diesel Mercedes he bought when he retired as a big truck diesel
mechanic 30 years ago.  He's still sharp as a tack too.

BTW,  Audrey Sutherland is 80 and still paddles a lot.



>Jack Martin, who is not getting younger ---
>
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