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5. I am one of the CA old

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sun Jun 15, 2014, 09:03 PM

Jun 2014

but I can and do almost everything I did at your age. Except camping above 10,000 feet and skiing. Do not let others tell you how you should feel or that you should be acting like a frail senior when you do not feel that way. I have many friends who still run the Bolder Boulder, climb Mt. Audubon, go to the gym every day, volunteer in all kinds of ways, travel the world, ski, play with and care for their grandchildren, and are as (or more) politically active as their middle aged children and grown grandchildren. There is no age when you should stop living or let others define your life. Enjoy the many years you have left!

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first post here [View all] steve2470 Jun 2014 OP

I don't 'deal' with ageism, I ignore it, elleng Jun 2014 #1

thanks ! nt steve2470 Jun 2014 #2

In my mind I am much younger than my CA alfie Jun 2014 #3

As Groucho said, "A man's only as old as the woman he feels." Scuba Jun 2014 #4

I am one of the CA old locks Jun 2014 #5

If you are in good health don't let anyone convince you that you're old. SheilaT Jun 2014 #6

yes there are advantages ellenrr Jun 2014 #7