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Every day above ground is a good day.
I may be to old to cut the mustard but I still like to lick the jar.
Turned 61 this month and now wonder how I got this OLD so fast.
I'm enjoying life more now, since RETIREMENT than any other time in my life, and wouldn't trade it to be younger.
Virgil B.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Us old guys have it good in one way. A 30 year old can only enjoy a good looking woman of 35 or under. Now that I'm 65, I can see the beauty in women clear up to 70, if any. It greatly increases the viewing opportunities.
βIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.β
β George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Campfire Ranger
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Us old guys have it good in one way. A 30 year old can only enjoy a good looking woman of 35 or under. Now that I'm 65, I can see the beauty in women clear up to 70, if any. It greatly increases the viewing opportunities. All of a sudden I am feeling younger again so I will stick to eyeing off younger sheila's.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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Campfire Ranger
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73 here. I was doing pretty well until about the time I turned 70, now things are starting to go downhill. I am shrinking, used to be 5-10, now a hair under 5-5. Still, I woke up alive this morning, I'm already a winner. 
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I believe old age just sort of sneaks up on you. Your wattles hang a little lower as well as other parts of your anatomy. You recall events from 50 & 60 years ago that others have no knowledge of, but can't find your glasses. Your ability to pee in a cup at the doctors office now occurs several times during your visits. Your doctor no longer tells you to slow down. The row of pills you take resembles a pharmacy. Getting up & down never used to be this difficult. You have perfected the fine art of taking naps. When you look at attractive young ladies in their twenties & thirties they remind you of your granddaughters. That wrinkled face in the mirror can't possibly be yours. Any other old farts on the Fire have similar experiences? Everyday. Death gets to look better and better everyday.
Don't vote knothead, it only encourages them. Anonymous
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." Anonymous
"Self-reliance, free thinking, and wealth is anathema to both the power of the State and the Church." Derby Dude
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Campfire Sage
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Us old guys have it good in one way. A 30 year old can only enjoy a good looking woman of 35 or under. Now that I'm 65, I can see the beauty in women clear up to 70, if any. It greatly increases the viewing opportunities. Are you saying I can't get an older woman to sleep with me? Because you'll lose that bet. Travis
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Campfire Regular
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Every day above ground is a good day.
I may be to old to cut the mustard but I still like to lick the jar.
Turned 61 this month and now wonder how I got this OLD so fast.
I'm enjoying life more now, since RETIREMENT than any other time in my life, and wouldn't trade it to be younger.
Virgil B. Woke up this morning at the new age of 61 after spending the Fri-Sun chasing deer in the Illinois gun season. I've never ached so much in my life. I'm having tag soup after all that effort and am seriously thinking that may be my last Illinois deer hunt. You work twice as hard for 1/2 the results. Won't bore you all with the play-by-play, just suffice it to say it's a S*%#@y Monday.
Dave
Sticks and stones may break my bones ... but hollow-points expand on impact.
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Campfire Tracker
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Remember -- the secret of longevity is one sit-up a day.
1b
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I'm not much for hunting shows but I do like the few episodes Jim Shockey did with his father and his friend. They're definitely a couple of characters.
Anyway,,, in one episode Jim's dad announces one morning that he'd taken some Viagra with breakfast. The other old coot asks "why the hell would you take Viagra at a hunting camp". His reply,,, "oh, don't worry, I just took a half of one to keep me from peeing on my new hunting boots".
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Campfire Tracker
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I used to say that I was going to enjoy getting old because I would be able to get away with a lot more.........I got old and now there's not much I really want to get away with.
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
Doug
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I believe old age just sort of sneaks up on you. Your wattles hang a little lower as well as other parts of your anatomy. You recall events from 50 & 60 years ago that others have no knowledge of, but can't find your glasses. Your ability to pee in a cup at the doctors office now occurs several times during your visits. Your doctor no longer tells you to slow down. The row of pills you take resembles a pharmacy. Getting up & down never used to be this difficult. You have perfected the fine art of taking naps. When you look at attractive young ladies in their twenties & thirties they remind you of your granddaughters. That wrinkled face in the mirror can't possibly be yours. Any other old farts on the Fire have similar experiences? Word for word. What the hell happened? Inside I feel like is should still be about thirty five, the mirror say I look like eighty five. Now here did Rick hide that submit button????
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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Campfire Ranger
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 Not me!!! Every year they add another squad to the regiment of invisible dwarves whose job it is to make ALL the hills in front of me much longer and steeper They may be shot on sight,no questions asked! 
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There is an upside, though. As one of our Masters at TKD likes to point out, "Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill."
FC
"Every day is a holiday, and every meal is a banquet."
- Mrs. FC
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Uh ... I used that line once ... my daughter looked me in the eye and asked how that'd stack up to youth and treachery. I saw something in there. We don't stand a chance.
Tom
Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a MοΏ½bius strip.
Here be dragons ...
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I believe old age just sort of sneaks up on you. Your wattles hang a little lower as well as other parts of your anatomy. You recall events from 50 & 60 years ago that others have no knowledge of, but can't find your glasses. Your ability to pee in a cup at the doctors office now occurs several times during your visits. Your doctor no longer tells you to slow down. The row of pills you take resembles a pharmacy. Getting up & down never used to be this difficult. You have perfected the fine art of taking naps. When you look at attractive young ladies in their twenties & thirties they remind you of your granddaughters. That wrinkled face in the mirror can't possibly be yours. Any other old farts on the Fire have similar experiences? Believe me...I can relate to all of the above, but I just try to remember...'that any day above ground is a good day'. 
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."
οΏ½ Leo Tolstoy
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Lots of hard work (never hurt anybody) my azz! My body hurts all over. Fighting with the dog about going grouse hunting today. Don't think I want to pay for it tomorrow. Oh yeah, I'm only 47! When did I turn into my dad?
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Campfire Ranger
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Had a terrifying senior moment a few days ago, woke up in the morning and nothing hurt, thought I had passed away during the night.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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Campfire Ranger
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Not me!!! Every year they add another squad to the regiment of invisible dwarves whose job it is to make ALL the hills in front of me much longer and steeper They may be shot on sight,no questions asked! No chit!
FJB & FJT
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Where did the years go? I never thought about getting old or how it would affect me. Will hit 63 in 4 days - WOW.....
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