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In reply to the discussion: I feel like there should be a 60,000 mile tune-up available for humans. [View all]PatSeg
(47,386 posts)14. Yes, I've compared my body
to an aging car many times as well. I don't think anything quite prepared me for it. Some things can be tweaked and tuned, but others just aren't going to ever work quite right again no matter what is done. Not everything can be "fixed", only maintained somewhat.
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GoneOffShore
Jan 2023
OP
LOL I had a 2000 the brakes lines rusted out and they (GM) said it was Northeast Weather...
Historic NY
Jan 2023
#20
You said a truth there, sister. They promised us a nuclear holocaust, instead we lived to be old
Walleye
Jan 2023
#6
I often think that it is that awareness of our own mortality that makes us human
Walleye
Jan 2023
#25
Let's see, two nights in hospital, surgery, anesthesia, visiting nurse to change dressings,
GoneOffShore
Jan 2023
#34
I have the T shirt you have probably seen advertised: "Made in the 40's, original parts.
3Hotdogs
Jan 2023
#16
I was diagnosed with cataracts justs over 55. Consider yourself lucky on that. n/t
CousinIT
Jan 2023
#22
I do. And now that the other surgery is done, I'll get on the cataracts.Probably have to wait though
GoneOffShore
Jan 2023
#32
Ah yes, the gene pool lottery. I think I've come out pretty well on that score.
GoneOffShore
Jan 2023
#31
I don't have any issues with my hips, so that's a good thing. And I'm doing nothing about the knees
GoneOffShore
Jan 2023
#30
I asked about that, and they said that since I was over 50 I couldn't get it.
GoneOffShore
Jan 2023
#29