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your perspective?

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Turning 70 was the affect; the change was the effect.


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Nope.


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Hit the big seven oh in September. Didn't note a dramatic demarcation point in attitude or perspective, just an acceleration of the trend which started several years ago to give fewer and fewer f*cks about anything.


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It didn't change my perspective but it sure changed by knee joints, my urinary habits, my energy, my......


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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
It didn't change my perspective but it sure changed by knee joints, my urinary habits, my energy, my......

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Turned 70 last month.

Mom passed at 69 and Dad passed at 70.

Kind of reminded me, I might not have much time left.

But, I'm going to keep fighting for every day on earth!

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No big changes. But, certainly began to slow down some. Tuned 80 in October and I'm seeing bigger changes now. Eyes for one thing, as a matter of fact, I'm having cataract surgery today on my left eye. Then the right eye in three weeks. Getting old is not fun. The good news is it's too late for me to die young.

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Nope, but turning 80 did!!! 84 now, and still above ground!


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My father at 65 was in great form
My father at 70 was a mess
At 65 I was in great form
At 70 I was a mess


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Originally Posted by vbshootinrange
Turned 70 last month.

Mom passed at 69 and Dad passed at 70.

Kind of reminded me, I might not have much time left.

But, I'm going to keep fighting for every day on earth!

Virgil B.
If life span is hereditary, I have a good chance of lasting a while. Dad died at 92, Mom and 104.


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They tend to get old in my family.I will be 79 in January and if i get my chit together should still be around at 90.Then again, an asteroid might hit my house tonight.I still hunt and fish,just slower then when I was 20.Aches and pains?Try some yoga.If you keep your joints limber ,everything is good.


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72 here, I started getting kneezalls last year!

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No, but it did get me to "get my affairs in order..."


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No real changes but life time warranties don’t ad much value to an item anymore.

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Turned 70 yesterday and it got me thinking about time left. Just doing some reflecting.

The oldest male in our family made it to 72, and he lived healthy and stayed fit. So, there is that history to consider.

It has been a wild ride but that has slowed down considerably in the last few years. Amazed I lasted this long.

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I was 72 last week. The literal coming of age at 70 didn’t have a big mental effect. I’ve been going through some “life changing events” since 2015 so I suppose the effect has been cumulative on my perspective. But my perspectives on life, family, success, death, have indeed changed over the past 7 years. Though certainly not good, by spiritual definition, I am a much better person thanks to event's I would not have planned and only God can control.


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Got to the top of the hill at 40, been falling down the hill ever since, 65 now and still above the ground.

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Almost 75. Still feel pretty good. The change in perspective came when I had a colonoscopy and was told next was due in 5 years IF I was still around

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70 not much at all, but at about 77 some stuff started to act up/break down - two different serious events in a three or four year span. The 80s much more telling. Every day is a gift - and a challenge to prioritize, keep going at a decent rate and accomplish as many goals as possible. We all differ - only God does not.


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