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Old Father Time has started sprinting.
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
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- North Wales
I think my body and my head don't speak to each other. My head wants to do things I could do in my twenties, my body won't let me. I am constantly trying to reconcile the two.
So in theory he will live one day extra every 16 days....so approx 25ish days per year..6 years(ish) in 60 years..so will he die 6 years earlier than he would do if he just stayed in bed for that hour?
Drago
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Cardigans are stylish and practical!
Ahh......you have spotted a flaw in my logic??
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Not wishing to get in too deep for 'chat' but I read somewhere way back that we all go through a phase where we adjust to and eventually accept our inevitable mortality. I went through this about a decade back in my early 50's.
I've never been scared of death although I do have an avid aversion to having a grisly end (hence I am pro-euthanasia in certain circumstances although I'd not want the thread to be hijacked down that can of worms route).
What bothered me back then was the relative shortness of the time I've probably got left - even shorter now! As a male born in 1956, late 70's/early 80's would be a decent lifespan.
As I hit my 50's I had retired a couple of years prior, was (and I still am) with the girl (she likes the term so I'll use it here as I gather it's not universally popular these days) of my dreams and out and out love of my life with all the material stuff we needed and was financially secure. But... I thought what a wickedly dark sense of humour the Grim Reaper has - there you are you work hard and, along with the odd bit of good fortune, end up in a good place but the flipside, for most of us, is a relatively short span of time to enjoy it all. What a bummer! It seemed so unfair and dragged me down for a while
Over time I came to accept the status quo of the situation and have pretty much exorcised the demons that nattered away to me about the unfairness of it all. Dodgy GP misdiagnosis's notwithstanding (long story and not for here) I have tackled my remaining years with enthusiasm and will do so until I'm laid low and can't do so anymore.
My GP (different to the one I just mentioned) holds the rather sanguine viewpoint that most of us need to get our heads around the fact that if we live until ripe old age something will almost certainly come along and clobber us to call it a day. She maintains that the notion of dying whilst doing what you fancy or peacefully in your sleep whilst not suffering from any malaise is not so common amongst the very old. And as you can't avoid it she says that it's best to accept your likely future and that you will, in her experience, find ways to manage and adapt to any adverse situations that may arise. It took me a long time to digest that piece of information.
So, onwards and upwards, accept the inevitable and live for the moment is my method of dealing with the default consequence of birth - full of clichés but I can't think of a better way to describe it
I've never been scared of death although I do have an avid aversion to having a grisly end (hence I am pro-euthanasia in certain circumstances although I'd not want the thread to be hijacked down that can of worms route).
What bothered me back then was the relative shortness of the time I've probably got left - even shorter now! As a male born in 1956, late 70's/early 80's would be a decent lifespan.
As I hit my 50's I had retired a couple of years prior, was (and I still am) with the girl (she likes the term so I'll use it here as I gather it's not universally popular these days) of my dreams and out and out love of my life with all the material stuff we needed and was financially secure. But... I thought what a wickedly dark sense of humour the Grim Reaper has - there you are you work hard and, along with the odd bit of good fortune, end up in a good place but the flipside, for most of us, is a relatively short span of time to enjoy it all. What a bummer! It seemed so unfair and dragged me down for a while
Over time I came to accept the status quo of the situation and have pretty much exorcised the demons that nattered away to me about the unfairness of it all. Dodgy GP misdiagnosis's notwithstanding (long story and not for here) I have tackled my remaining years with enthusiasm and will do so until I'm laid low and can't do so anymore.
My GP (different to the one I just mentioned) holds the rather sanguine viewpoint that most of us need to get our heads around the fact that if we live until ripe old age something will almost certainly come along and clobber us to call it a day. She maintains that the notion of dying whilst doing what you fancy or peacefully in your sleep whilst not suffering from any malaise is not so common amongst the very old. And as you can't avoid it she says that it's best to accept your likely future and that you will, in her experience, find ways to manage and adapt to any adverse situations that may arise. It took me a long time to digest that piece of information.
So, onwards and upwards, accept the inevitable and live for the moment is my method of dealing with the default consequence of birth - full of clichés but I can't think of a better way to describe it
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Late 50's here. My body moans all the time. I just tell it to shut up and carry on.
Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
57 years and er how many months,may i ask?
Illaveago
Guru
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- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
It's when you think that a free pen for taking out a policy is a bargain that is the time to worry .
roadrash
cycle chatterer
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- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
Are you trying to tell me that you are not tempted by parkys free pen
Illaveago
Guru
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- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Oooooh!
