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Binkie The Clown

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1. Case in point...

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 07:09 PM

Aug 2017

I'm 72 and I jog, bicycle, swim, do heavy yard work, don't need any prescription meds, and am just as trim and active as I was 20 years ago.

My mom is 95 and needs a walker to get around inside the house, takes a dozen different prescriptions every day, and spend 3/4 of her "waking" hours sleeping in her easy chair.

What a difference those 23 years make!

Being 70-something and being 90-something are not even similar!

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Stop Treating 70- and 90-Year-Olds the Same. [View all] elleng Aug 2017 OP

Case in point... Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #1

Hey Binkie? Fuck you! trof Aug 2017 #6

Look on the bright side. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #10

Health Nut! Ohiya Sep 2017 #11

My mother is 93. SamKnause Aug 2017 #2

I don't even believe that. trof Aug 2017 #7

You might just be on to something. SamKnause Aug 2017 #9

Denny's lumps those 55 and over in JenniferJuniper Aug 2017 #3

I got my first 'senior discount' at 50 at Shoney's. trof Aug 2017 #8

Like Jimmy Carter and Donny Two Scoops Blue Owl Aug 2017 #4

There is actual age and the condition of the body and mind which often does Doodley Aug 2017 #5