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08-08-2023, 03:54 AM | #41 |
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Re: How Old Is Too Old?
on the club chicken Barb, just leave it at the next meet and pretend like you forgot it............
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08-08-2023, 09:53 AM | #42 |
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Different strokes for different folks, it’s not your age, it’s if you’re able
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08-09-2023, 03:04 PM | #43 |
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Like someone here once said, " You are never too old to have a happy childhood. "
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08-09-2023, 04:48 PM | #44 |
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I turned 80 this year and am celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary. We have
Lifted weights and exercised for about 20 years. We are both in good health. I still work in the shop and drive my A’s . We used to take big trips every summer. Now we have scaled back and take short day trips or weekend trips. I do not think I will ever do another restoration. I have slowed my pace and enjoy my blessings at 80. I am glad to hear others are enjoying old age. John
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08-10-2023, 01:48 AM | #45 |
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George Burns told Johnny Carson that anyone who was ten years younger than him was young and anyone who was ten years older than him was old. Then he said he didn't know anybody who was old anymore.January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996, 100 years young.
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08-31-2023, 01:37 PM | #46 |
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The issue of too old or not has little to do with actual age, as everyone ages differently. For me, a big factor is the need to keep moving every day. |
08-31-2023, 01:57 PM | #47 | |
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Now I know why my Drill Sergeant told us in 1967 to tuck the SHOE STRINGS inside our boots!! SSG Lawyer must have been a Model A guy! "Book 'em Dano" Last edited by Benson; 09-01-2023 at 10:31 AM. |
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08-31-2023, 02:01 PM | #48 | |
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08-31-2023, 02:11 PM | #49 | |
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08-31-2023, 11:29 PM | #50 |
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We have a guy in our club who's 96. He drives his 26 T touring to a cruise most every week
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09-01-2023, 06:17 AM | #51 |
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Maybe 120 years old is too old. Depends.
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09-01-2023, 06:56 AM | #52 |
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We have a young gentleman in our club who up to last year at 91 was driving his A and just recently I met a gentleman from FL on the National Tour who was 89 and going strong.
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09-01-2023, 09:26 AM | #53 |
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Wow you all! My new goal is to live to be at least 100 and drive my Model A's till then. I am anxious to take my great grandchildren for a ride in a 100+ year old Model "A"!
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09-01-2023, 04:42 PM | #54 |
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Never too old in numbers of years. If you can still do it, do it. I don't have an old car, but love motorcycles and finally sold my last one two years ago at age 85. I know I ould still ride, but my adult kids harassed me and I just gave up and sold.
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09-01-2023, 05:09 PM | #55 |
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After about age 90, George Bruns would always have a new quip about his age for the press on subsequent birthdays. One I particularly like - and can now identify with - was on his 95th (?) birthday. George said: "Today I am 95. I can still do everything now that I could do when I was 18, which should give you some idea of how pathetic I was at age 18". Sound familiar to any readers here? Good old Nathan Birnbaum (George's real name)!!!
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09-01-2023, 08:01 PM | #56 |
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There's no replacement for George Burns...Say Goodnight Gracie.
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09-01-2023, 09:25 PM | #57 | |
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I had a Stem Cell Therapy at Chicago NW Hospitals in June, 2022. Of course you have to go thru all the prep crap before that and there in lies my 'problem'. The SC was successful at least so far, but the RICE chemo ruined nerves in my legs and feet. It is a slow process coming back. It really tears you up. But enough of that my point in regards to Model A's is, I was sure last year I was done with old cars and would never be able to enjoy them anymore. Slowly, I have come back somewhat. I can drive a stick shift again. It is still a bear at 6'6" climbing in and out of our '30 Roadster but hell it was like that before all of this started anyway The trick is being able to maneuver your feet to drive the car. Model A's are a bit tight. I'm in Physical Therapy working on building my legs and all back up, it is helping. I am determined to get back to where I was before. I don't do meds, I stay as far away from them as I can. Try to eat the right foods instead. So in summary, if any of you guys are dealing with this crap, or know someone who is, please hang in there and force yourself to get physical like Olivia Newton John used to sing. Work it, build those muscles back up. That is the key try not to sit around too much even though that is the more comfortable thing to do! |
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09-02-2023, 04:47 AM | #58 | |
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Great advice!
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09-05-2023, 09:44 PM | #59 |
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I'm 88 with arthritis and get along ok. Plan to drive my Model A as long as I can
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09-06-2023, 09:21 AM | #60 |
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May God bless us all and keep us safe in our Model A's regardless of how vintage we are!
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