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GenThePerservering

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36. I turn 70 this year

Reply to nightwing1240 (Original post)

Mon Feb 6, 2023, 10:43 PM

Feb 2023

and what I find is I relate less and less well to most people my age, despite living through the same experiences.

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Rambling thoughts as I approach 70 years old [View all] nightwing1240 Feb 2023 OP

Please continue! Easterncedar Feb 2023 #1

thank you! nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #9

You and I are the same age and you pretty much chronicled what I experienced as well. Solomon Feb 2023 #2

Same age, same life experiences. Chainfire Feb 2023 #25

Post World War Two Blues lapfog_1 Feb 2023 #3

I heartily encourage you to go on, please EYESORE 9001 Feb 2023 #4

Ramble on please... old as dirt Feb 2023 #5

The infamous weekend in 1963 flor-de-jasmim Feb 2023 #6

That was a Friday, thank you nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #12

Your's is pretty close to my tale as well. The music of that era, Motown and protest, helped us... FailureToCommunicate Feb 2023 #7

oh wow Motown was awesome! nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #11

We are the same age.. PCIntern Feb 2023 #8

Yes I remember that too nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #10

Being 3 years younger than you, I can parrot many of your general feelings. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2023 #13

On the brighter side,... flor-de-jasmim Feb 2023 #14

I had a book like that. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #34

Beautiful writing! sunnybrook Feb 2023 #15

wow thank you so much :) nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #29

Womens rights won and then stolen away by christofascist SCOTUS. lark Feb 2023 #16

I can relate... ewagner Feb 2023 #17

73 and often sad/furious that there are days we seem to be racing backwards in time. NoMoreRepugs Feb 2023 #18

Thanks for sharing your memories. quabbin Feb 2023 #19

Thank you nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #30

Same age, same experiences Doc Sportello Feb 2023 #20

I have a couple of years on you but share similar memories. Lonestarblue Feb 2023 #21

Thank you! nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #31

Dr. Thompson wrote a lovely elegy for Those Times. kgray96057 Feb 2023 #22

Wow! Thats your own writing before the Thompson quote? Nice, kgray! 70sEraVet Feb 2023 #24

I saw Bobby Kennedy when I was 9 or 10. He flew into our airport when he won the Senate seat. 70sEraVet Feb 2023 #23

I would like to add myself to the post. slater71 Feb 2023 #26

My father had a similar reaction to The Beatles nightwing1240 Feb 2023 #32

I grew up during the 60's, 70s, I loved the culture back then, I miss it. fightforfreedom Feb 2023 #27

If you're about to be 70, you're actually approaching your eighth decade on this planet Polybius Feb 2023 #28

Same here. Texaswitchy Feb 2023 #33

Another 1953 birth, turned 70 less than 10 days ago. kr PufPuf23 Feb 2023 #35

I turn 70 this year GenThePerservering Feb 2023 #36