On Monday 06 October 2014 16:10:21 Dave Cole did opine And Gene did reply: > >>Most folks my age think a walk to the mailbox at the curb is half a > > days work.<< > > Very true. > > Sounds like 80 is treating you pretty well so far Gene. > > I sat down at the barbershop on Saturday and starting talking to the > man next to me about the wait. > > He paused and said, "how old do you think I am". I had no idea, so I > said, 72. > He laughed and said 94. That is my son getting his hair cut and he is > just getting ready to retire, so I'm starting to feel old. > He said he just had to give up driving after having a small stroke. > (Which didn't seem to slow him down.) > But he didn't like that since now he was dependent on other people > for transportation. He still lives on his own.
Thats great! > I hope I do that well! > > Dave I hope you do too, Dave. My arthritis is getting fairly serious, skin cancers are on sale cheap, but as long as I can keep the thinker working, I am all for waking up the next morning. When the strokes take the thinker, then its pretty much done IMO. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Videos for Nerds. Stuff that Matters. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=160591471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users