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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
(47,711 posts)24. And in the end,
no matter what you did or didn't do, age will catch up with you. We all have an expiration date give or take a few years.
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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