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----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Sanford" <jsanford1_at_cfl.rr.com> > I am getting old. I will be 78 in August. Joe S Speaking of age, one of the highlights of my trip was the German-American woman who sat next to me on the flight over to Munich. I had my usual requested aisle seat and was sitting when the chief flight steward came up escorting an elderly woman. I helped her get into her seat, put her coat and packages in the overhead rack, etc. We started talking and wound up doing so all night long. It turns out she was 92 years old. Had left Germany in 1930 for some forgotten reason and never had returned. Her husband had died two years ago and she wanted to see her old town, Augsburg (just northeast of Munich), once more before she died. Get this. She could hear perfectly without a hearing aid, even in a noisy cabin. Her mind was clear as a bell and sharp in her observations and statements (a bit confused, though, by planes as she had never flown before; she thought that the pod at the end of the wing was another plane flying too close). Later when we arrived at Munich I bidded her "aufwiedersehen" thinking I would just rush off only to find that she was walking right alongside keeping right up with me (and I'm a fast walker!). I had earlier asked her what she thought was the secret of her long life and she responded with one word "Port!" She drinks a glass everyday and did a pretty good job on the wine and brandy Lufthansa serves. As we finally parted, she told me to say to my wife that I had been picked up on the flight by this gorgeous German woman. What a gal! ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I think it is great. Wish I had that amount of experience... Joe Sanford wrote: > > I am getting old. I will be 78 in August. Joe S -- ¤ Gabriel L Romeu ¤ http://studiofurniture.com + /diary or + /paint *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Reminds me of when I was scouting Florida for a good place to live. I spent a night in Naples. After dinner I was hanging out in the hotel bar. By 10pm I was the only "kid" in the place (I was 48 at the time) and spent the rest of the evening listening to the guys and their war stories...World War I! It was an education. Needles to say I gave Naples a miss. They say Florida is God's waiting room. cya *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
<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. Jack Martin, who is not getting younger --- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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 --- > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed >here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire >responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. >Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net >Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Joe Sanford wrote: > > I am getting old. I will be 78 in August. Joe S I read _Dr. Bob Arnot's Guide to Turning Back the Clock_ and he wrote of scientific studies where men who ate healthy and followed a regular exercise regimen had approximately the same measured biofeedback as men twenty years younger. -Bob Matter Hammond, Indiana *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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