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PeaceWave

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10. I take issue with the definition of "elderly."

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Sun Jun 23, 2024, 05:24 PM

Jun 2024

A car isn't ready for the scrap heap so long as it still looks good and drives well. Similarly, you aren't "elderly" so long as you're still fully functioning both physically and mentally. Continuing with the car analogy, I would suggest that you're only "elderly" once parts start failing and/or falling off and once the cost of repairs exceeds the benefit gained.

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The Elderly - Author unknown [View all] surfered Jun 2024 OP

Thanks for this post. I like it, if I'm allowed to be a little self-congratulatory. Particularly the part about our... EarnestPutz Jun 2024 #1

K n R Faux pas Jun 2024 #2

Very good captain queeg Jun 2024 #3

We have also ran up a debt that can't be sustained. The next generation will probably not have doc03 Jun 2024 #4

That can be remedied by revising that tax structure for the rich and corporations jmbar2 Jun 2024 #8

I agree but we have been going in the opposite direction for doc03 Jun 2024 #11

Wait just a minute. There is no problem with SS or Medicare/cade. It only takes the will flashman13 Jun 2024 #17

The no tax for me billionaires did that. dchill Jun 2024 #22

BS. Don't fucking blame all Boomers for the evil Dark n Stormy Knight Jun 2024 #27

Also the first generation to both clip glurge out and put it on the fridge with magnets, and to share it via email. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2024 #5

Glurge? Help me out with this please. EarnestPutz Jun 2024 #28

We watched H2O Man Jun 2024 #6

Waterman! What an insight! Nicely done, my man, nicely done. EarnestPutz Jun 2024 #29

Thank you! H2O Man Jun 2024 #30

You're welcome. Any mention of Winnie the Pooh just makes me happy. EarnestPutz Jun 2024 #31

Did anyone else read "The Bobsey Twins"? young_at_heart Jun 2024 #7

Yep in second grade Tree Lady Jun 2024 #13

I read one Bobbsey Twins book. ShazzieB Jun 2024 #18

Yes, my sister and I read The Bobbsey Twins PatSeg Jun 2024 #20

This is great! Thank you for sharing. StarryNite Jun 2024 #9

I take issue with the definition of "elderly." PeaceWave Jun 2024 #10

What a long strange trip it's been! Gaugamela Jun 2024 #12

And as one of the "Elderly"...I can't wait to, hopefully, see the... Tikki Jun 2024 #14

1974 ✊ sarchasm Jun 2024 #15

No wonder we're so tired. DavidDvorkin Jun 2024 #16

My grandmother saw incredible fundamental changes during her lifetime. FuzzyRabbit Jun 2024 #21

As a young boy, my grandfather traveled by covered wagon from Texas to Oklahoma surfered Jun 2024 #24

I got the mumps before there was a mumps vaccine. Mumps bad. hunter Jun 2024 #19

Should also mention Codifer Jun 2024 #23

Great essay. And that didn't even cover B.See Jun 2024 #25

Yes, we bought vinyl, then 8 track, then cassette, then CD surfered Jun 2024 #26

Well actually I was speaking of the evolution of genres, but yes B.See Jun 2024 #32

Yes, many genres in a relative short amount time. surfered Jun 2024 #33