[drfromnc]

Welcome back TerryNJ. I’m a young man ,56, relatively speaking and my late father, who lived to be 92 and passed 2.5 yrs ago, used to always say “getting old ain’t for the faint hearted”.

He didn’t know it but he lived by the mantra that was coined by Clint Eastwood on a golf trip with Toby Keith (country music star). I watched an interview with Toby last week where he said Clint told him he “doesn’t let the old man in” by getting up everyday and being productive. Clint was 80 when told Toby this and he was going to film the movie The Mule the next week. Toby was so inspired by the statement that he wrote a song titled “don’t let the old man in” and this song is in the movie, closing scene.

I am inspired everyday by old timers (no disrespect) like guys on here, my dad memory and the mantra “don’t let the old man in” to be productive each day.