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Just a fun thread. I'm not at the stage where I have hair growing out of my ears rather than my head, but my body is definitely feeling the effects of my younger lifestyle. Knees, back, and right now my rib muscles are complaining like hell. Just recently, a close but older friend repeated a story she told me the other day because she didn't remember she told me it before, and it got me thinking...
Good things:
You don't have to be at work at 6am;
You aren't going to die young and can enjoy the island;
Your secrets are safe as your friends can't remember them either;
Many people on Punaweb can identify with you.
Bad things:
You actually consider getting help from Safeway to your car;
Not being shocked by anything that happens in Puna;
Your doctor is retiring before you;
I forget the fourth one...
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Oh boy Tom, now you've gone and done it!
Getting older in Puna. Awake at 3:50 am, checking Punaweb.
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My doctor already retired. He was replaced by someone resembling Doogie Howser.
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Me ka ha`aha`a,
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One thing I keep running into when looking at some chores on the farm or house:
That's why God created strong young men.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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Johnny Carson asked George Burns what his doctor said about him smoking cigars in his 90s. George said, "I don't know, he's been dead for 10 years."
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I was asked if I wanted bifocals this last time at the eye doctor and I was stunned speechless for a minute. Not realizing you are growing older might be the first sign that you're growing older...
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You can enjoy the nearly-empty beach because everybody else is at work.
You can make it to the post office when it's open.
You can take interesting classes at the senior centers for nearly free (new classes start this week; schedules at
http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/Weblink8/browse.aspx?dbid=1&startid=24882 )
on the other hand, you find yourself saying things like, "my oncologist said..."
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob Tucker
One thing I keep running into when looking at some chores on the farm or house:
That's why God created strong young men.
I come from a pretty long line of tough old coots. My grandfather had his first heart attack in his 80's out in the bush hauling fire wood for the winter (his house at the time went through 12 cords a winter up in the Caribou region of BC). He was bucking logs up into cord wood (4 foot lengths), picking them up and hauling them onto the back of his trailer at the time. My great grandmother was a big strong Icelandic woman who could break your ribs with a hug in her 90's. Her husband died after the birth of their 13th child and she raised them all during the depression on a farm outside Vancouver, working at a fish packing plant while running the farm.
I'm pretty sure I'll be doing my own chores for a long time to come, partly due to heritage, partly due to being cheap. I still find it perversely satisfying to split 2 foot knotty rounds of firewood up with a splitting maul.
Unfortunately, there are some signs of aging happening. After over 50 years, my eyes finally need glasses (and I have a slow developing form of macular degeneration, so I guess everything will eventually fade to black). Plantar fasciitis. Blood pressure medication (pretty sure I'll be able to get off that after I retire to Puna!) Here's hoping everything holds together long enough for me to enjoy my dreams of paddle boarding waves at Pohoiki (working on my skills in Tofino in the mean time), long boarding (the wheeled kine) and hikes in the Ohi'a forests. 2-4 years left on my sentence.
Just call me Mike
Me ka ha`aha`a,
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I for one am benefiting from my younger life style, plus a family history with no heart disease or cancers.
I seem to have lived beyond the age when most of my male predecessors cashed it in.
While my metabolism has slowed down, my energy levels have decreased, and my testosterone levels also seem to have faded a bit, I'm almost embarrassed at how healthy I still am.
Having lived as a hyperactive with an adrenaline addiction, along with the skills and/or luck to not do myself any serious damage or get caught, my body is not being heavily subjected to the "use it or loose it" syndrome.
I'm thoroughly enjoying waking leisurely in the morning with the sun, and not jumping with a start while muttering to myself, "S---t, I'm late."
The Puna version of Paradise is being good to me.
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Was a Democrat until gun control became a knee jerk, then a Republican until the crazies took over, back to being a nonpartisan again.
This time, I can no longer participate in the primary.
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Growing old in Puna:
It beats the alternative.
(to paraphrase Warren Buffet)
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -Annie Dillard
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
