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Iwasthere

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68. Why do you only have 5 to 7 years left?

Wed Jan 8, 2020, 11:15 AM

Jan 2020

I am 63 now, but I plan to be out snorkeling when I'm 102, nothing to do with genes. I plan to slide into my grave like its home base. My father in law says, denial. He is short changing himself, imo. You create your reality. The mind is a Powerful thing. Create longevity.

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I'm 78. I did not want my last years to be like this. [View all] trof Jan 2020 OP

Nationalism sucks safeinOhio Jan 2020 #1

"the measles of mankind," Einstein called it. lastlib Jan 2020 #37

I feel the same oldtime dfl_er Jan 2020 #2

Remember when you could hear the national anthem at a baseball game and not wonder if... Girard442 Jan 2020 #15

Thank you for putting what is also my story into words. pazzyanne Jan 2020 #59

Me too. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #61

yup jackcrow2001 Jan 2020 #77

Yeah, so true. Farmer-Rick Jan 2020 #86

Take a vow to outlive drumph - it does help. BSdetect Jan 2020 #3

Sharing a family motto: Outlive the bastard! JohnnyLib2 Jan 2020 #6

I'm with you, trof. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2020 #4

I feel you.. dhill926 Jan 2020 #5

Here's to outliving the orange baboon Blecht Jan 2020 #7

I remember on election night, back when I was a mere 53, maxsolomon Jan 2020 #8

At 73 am with you but would quibble about only *one* fool in the WH over years. UTUSN Jan 2020 #9

Yes starting with Raygun and Bush CIA I Contra burrowowl Jan 2020 #19

1963 broke us. librechik Jan 2020 #72

Been thinking the same damn thing for months! :-( Raven Jan 2020 #10

Do What You Can For Good DanieRains Jan 2020 #11

Oh how I share your Wellstone ruled Jan 2020 #12

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I'm 72 Sonny Mirviss Jan 2020 #20

I will soon be 72... Freedomofspeech Jan 2020 #30

Not this boomer Sonny Mirviss Jan 2020 #33

Good for you.... Freedomofspeech Jan 2020 #57

Yeah, Medicare, Medicaid, and that Great Society legislation really are overrated, aren't they? ehrnst Jan 2020 #71

Oh, they're fine Sonny Mirviss Jan 2020 #73

Please don't forget that American military "Advisors".... Toorich Jan 2020 #80

Yes, LBJ, the Texas Oil Man, lied us into the Vietnam War and yes erlewyne Jan 2020 #62

Many people agree with you, erlewyne! B Stieg Jan 2020 #88

I just wish bdamomma Jan 2020 #14

your anger, resentment, sense of betrayal is orleans Jan 2020 #16

Don't make yourself promises other people aren't likely to want to keep for you. Aussie105 Jan 2020 #17

After 2020, a tax revolt may be our only real means of dislodging the heinous ratfuckers Ponietz Jan 2020 #18

4 Months to 65 SCVDem Jan 2020 #21

Hang in there. Lonestarblue Jan 2020 #22

A nation, ultimately, is its people Martin Eden Jan 2020 #23

((trof)) blm Jan 2020 #24

Same here. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #25

Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2020 #26

I know the flag belongs to us and not them; it's one reason I ended up with the VFP at marches... Hekate Jan 2020 #93

I'm 71 and I knew Toorich Jan 2020 #27

I just turned 72 xxqqqzme Jan 2020 #28

Happy belated Birthday. Wawannabe Jan 2020 #83

Thank you xxqqqzme Jan 2020 #87

Feeling the same way, Trof PlanetBev Jan 2020 #29

Life is sure different yuiyoshida Jan 2020 #31

I hope to live as long as you already have. But my view is a bit more Blue_true Jan 2020 #32

My parents are in their mid-80's RhodeIslandOne Jan 2020 #34

At 79 i feel your pain/anger/frustration tiredtoo Jan 2020 #35

I'm 75 and I absolutely refuse to die before the orange slug does. Croney Jan 2020 #36

I'm almost 76 and I feel exactly the same way. Mickju Jan 2020 #38

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2020 #39

I'm 72 radical noodle Jan 2020 #40

I offer the inimitable words of my old buddy Steve. byronius Jan 2020 #41

Thanks for this. ZZenith Jan 2020 #49

Thank you for the most hopeful DU post I've read. yonder Jan 2020 #51

I hear you, trof Skittles Jan 2020 #42

Exactly. I for one, never really got over that. Where's Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #44

we all need to "look forward" Skittles Jan 2020 #45

We WILL defeat this monster and life will be good trof! Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2020 #43

There's hope. Destroying Trump and this corrupt GOP is as easy and necessary as democratizing certainot Jan 2020 #46

I just realized how much anxiety is in my life now young_at_heart Jan 2020 #47

"I did not want my last years to be like this." myohmy2 Jan 2020 #48

What are your thoughts on American Exceptionalism? arthritisR_US Jan 2020 #50

meh Ain't no sucha thing. trof Jan 2020 #89

My thoughts exactly. arthritisR_US Jan 2020 #90

you deserve to be angry.. they did lie to you...to us.. samnsara Jan 2020 #52

You hit a real nerve G_j Jan 2020 #53

I'm a teeny tiny blip on the radar of history. I'm thankful that i lived at all. Kurt V. Jan 2020 #54

Trof, when we drop dead, others have to live on with what we leave. Hortensis Jan 2020 #55

As much as I agree with the statement, I don't find it credible. no_hypocrisy Jan 2020 #56

I'm 69 and I feel the same way. I'm actually spending time trying to figure out Nay Jan 2020 #58

I feel your pain brother HAB911 Jan 2020 #60

George Carlin was right. Initech Jan 2020 #63

Not to rain on your rant, but . . . MrModerate Jan 2020 #64

I'm 71 and wmarine Jan 2020 #65

They lied up and down about Iraq and Afghanistan too. AtheistCrusader Jan 2020 #66

righteous rant. trof.. Permanut Jan 2020 #67

Why do you only have 5 to 7 years left? Iwasthere Jan 2020 #68

What you wrote, I love: slide into my grave like it's home plate. JudyM Jan 2020 #82

At 82 I try to be a realistic optimist. BarbD Jan 2020 #69

Feeling the pain. I'm 75. kskiska Jan 2020 #70

Hey trof, great rant and here is why erlewyne Jan 2020 #74

I'm 70, and this young lady captures my feelings exactly. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2020 #75

I love you because this is exactly where I go when i feel the darkness underthematrix Jan 2020 #76

He's waisted our precious time. We won't get that back, but we'll get America back. Baked Potato Jan 2020 #78

and i thought it was just me dweller Jan 2020 #79

I'll be 50 just before the election. Wawannabe Jan 2020 #81

"Non illegitimi carborundum" saidsimplesimon Jan 2020 #84

So sick of bad news. hamsterjill Jan 2020 #85

You've got a couple of years on me, trof, but I know where you're coming from... Hekate Jan 2020 #91

Yeah, I used to display the flag on 'patriotic' holidays. trof Jan 2020 #92