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Thank you for the kind thought Mister Green, not nearly enough, if I am heading in the proper direction.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I'm 59. Dad died at 67 from Parkinson's. His sister died of MS.
My mom is 79 with 2 metal heart valves due to rheumatic fever as a kid.
Figure if the genetic dice rolled my way I should make it. Otherwise...
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My father got Type 1 diabetes at 11, only a few years after insulin became available, so he survived with a daily shot. Got tuberculosis at 17, and survived that too, though he had another severe bout in his late 20's. As a result of both diseases, doctors told him he would die young, so he never paid much attention to his health, smoking 3-4 packs of cigarettes a day, eating so much of the wrong things he gained 60+ pounds after he and my mother got married, and getting little exercise. He had his first heart attack at 40, a bad one, but quit smoking and lost 60+ pounds--allowing him to survive until 44, when a second one killed him
I smoked a little when young and dumb, but never close to as much as he did. Eat far better and have worked out regularly since my 20's. Am 66, and may keel over tomorrow, or last as long as my mother, who died at 88 a few years ago, despite not treating herself very well--except for not smoking.
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck
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My mother and dad divorced before I was one. I’ve never seen him, so I have no idea.
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G-mother passed at 104
G-dad at 98
Dad will be 91 in September
I'll be 65 December, I may have a ways to go.................
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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My Dad was the 7th of 8 kids. 1 died of cancer from smoking in his 60's. All the rest topped 85. Dad reached 92, the oldest of the bunch.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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My dad went thru the depression and was captured at the battle of the bulge and went thru hell, his nerves were shot and he passed at age 45 when I was 8.
At 65 I have lived 20 years longer than him and 10 years longer than both of my older brothers
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My father passed two years ago he was 86 I'm at 63 Hanging in there with no health issues.
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I'm 73, my dad died at 70 and his 4 brothers and sisters died at about the same age. On the other side, my mother died at 98, and all of the rest of her side of the family lived past 90.
I was planning on the 90's myself, but not counting on it!
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I'm just shy of 75. Dad passed at 63. His dad at 70. Moms dad at 70. Mom at 88. Right now, recovering from knee replacement I'm not having fun but will hang in.
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My dad is 93 and still hanging in.. I would be surprised if I make it so long
The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them. Coolidge
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I too have a split Mom/Dad genetic heritage. Every male on Dad's side keeled over of a heart attack in their 50s. Dad died at 56 of his second heart attack the day Nixon resigned. Everyone on Mom's side has to have their heart cut out and beaten with a stick to get them to die before 90. Fortunately, I "take after" Mom.
When I told my family Doc about the Dad side, he said "Not on my watch" and he's kept me going until 72 (at least!) with low-dose BP and cholesterol drugs. With that and my Mom's family history, I should have a couple decades left before me.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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My Dad died at 84. I'm pushing 82 and in better shape than he was at 82. His last two years was a real fight. One for the books.
Leo of the Land of Dyr
NRA FOR LIFE
I MISS SARAH
“In Trump We Trust.” Right????
SOMEBODY please tell TRH that Netanyahu NEVER said "Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away."
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An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
LOL
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Since I’m meeting dad for lunch the answer is no, at least not yet. Dad is healthy as a horse. He’s literally only been to the doctors twice in his almost 80 years. The last time he went to the doctors was 2 years ago and he was sick with the flu, because he’d smoked since he was 10 years old he got scared not being able to breathe. When they released him a few days later he never touched a cigarette again and he feels great. We lost mom a few years ago and watching dad fumble through the days trying to stay busy and fill his loneliness is tough to watch. I don’t want to live a long life, I want to live a full life. I’m healthy but my back is wasted from abusing it when I was younger. Had a 2.5” attack line charged before I called for it and that threw me for a wallop, had a 400# patient fall while transferring her and that also found me in the ER. My bad back is the only complaint I have so I’m very thankful for the good health I’ve been blessed with.
As our children get older and we watch their success in their young life it makes me excited to stick around and enjoy them for a good while longer. I’ll live until the good Lord calls me home but I can’t imagine what my life would look like or feel like if my wife wasn’t in it. If she were to pass first I’d be lost. Regarding your 400 lb. patient. Same thing happened to my son. He is 6' and 240 and was partnered by a 5'5" 140# punk that pissed and moaned all shift about wanting to be a supervisor. He let a big con home patient go and my son took all the weight. Badly blown out back with a disability settlement. He tried to tell management the kid was a liability. No chance at a fire service career now.
Fight fire, save lives, laugh in the face of danger.
Stupid always finds a way.
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I’ve still got 7 years to go.
Dad died on the Ides of March ‘98
"The evil men do lives on, while their good deeds are oft’ interred with their bones."
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Anybody seen Bowsinger lately?
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Wow Bob, this came from the archives.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I don’t know.
Last edited by hanco; 02/03/20.
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My Father lived till 78 years of age. I am 58 years of age. Another 20 years ? Not so sure with things the way they are. But the choice of when, outside of suicide, is the good Lords'.
Lynn
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