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BurnDoubt

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10. Get back to me in fifteen years.

Reply to nuxvomica (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 4, 2025, 09:39 PM

Aug 4

You're in the Overture of the "Pagent Of The Aging Continuum".
Wait 'til your "Dates" have turned into trips to the Doc and a little Lunch.
And, how sad is it that a piece of Cake is me bein' bad?
Enjoy your body while it still works.
Do what you still can with an attitude of Piss and Vinegar.
Embrace the Unexpected (when you can).

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"My body is a temple. Ancient, crumbling, cursed, and probably haunted." [View all] niyad Aug 4 OP

🤣 mwmisses4289 Aug 4 #1

We worship at similar altars! surfered Aug 4 #2

Same! Dem2theMax Aug 4 #11

As David Spade's character replied to his dobleremolque Aug 4 #3

Oh my word, I remember that scene! I did enjoy that show. niyad Aug 4 #5

I'm in my 60s and I feel like a teenager nuxvomica Aug 4 #4

Oh, I like this one! niyad Aug 4 #6

Get back to me in fifteen years. BurnDoubt Aug 4 #10

I'm pretty sure that was a joke. ... littlemissmartypants Aug 4 #13

Never was much of a jogger, so at this stage of my life, if you me running please kill whatever is chasing me. surfered Aug 4 #7

Exactly!!! niyad Aug 4 #8

"I have the body of a god... Unfortunately, it's Buddha." JoseBalow Aug 4 #9

Snicker! niyad Aug 4 #14

A line from "Same Time, Next Year":, "My husband has been working niyad Aug 4 #18

I turned 69 a few days ago. Dem2theMax Aug 4 #12

Amazing, is it not? niyad Aug 4 #16

It's . . . Dem2theMax Aug 4 #19

At s certain point, aging is like being a wise infant. yorkster Aug 4 #15

So very true. niyad Aug 4 #17

That is good...😊...nt Figarosmom Aug 5 #20

I simply had to share! niyad Aug 5 #21

I say something similar quite often. n/t malthaussen Aug 5 #22