Lately I have been reading so much about older peoples achievements. A 89y old lady winning swimming records for her age group. A 102y old lady teaching japanese. An older couple(can't remember their ages) walking around Australia. etc. etc.
One of my elderly neighbours walks every morning one kilometre to the local Swimming Pool, and then walks back again, and twice a week she helps in one of our OP Shops.
Here I am sitting on my backside, doing nothing constructive. Do you agree with this fellows ideology; Age is in your mind. ?
I should be ashamed of myself for always finding excuses not to get out of the house and smell the roses. It is either to hot, or to wet and windy, or to cold. What other excuses can I find?
Erica
@lloydslights wrote:Oh crikey, Crikey. What are we in for in the future?
Sometimes following menopause, comes the ease to say what's on your mind without fear or favour.
Can't wait for you to get there!!!!!
DEB
hahahhahahaa , like she needs any encouragement! 
@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:Aging sux.
I am still the same person in my head that I have always been, a little less tolerant of idiots, a little more forgiving of idiots, but basically the same person I have always been.
However, someone has switched bodies on me. I don't own these aching knees, or this extra 15 kg's of blubber, I'd really like the hair on my head to stop falling out and some regrowth would be nice. I can't read anything unless I have my cokebottle glasses on, I'm pretty sure hubby mumbles stuff about me under his breath but I can no longer hear it, and I'm not one bit impressed with these darn whiskers on my chin.
As for sex, pffft, he's got two hands, I need my beauty sleep
OMG Pimpy!
You are an absolute cracker!
@crikey*mate wrote:Ok, where's lurker?
so what about menopause, eh?
that sounds charming - bet my husband can't wait till I get that FGS!
hot, mood swings, hair growin where it shouldn't and loss of the wrong appetitie
can't wait.
I mean hair on your lip and chin???? **bleep**???
and no sex???
sounds awesome
really it does
crikey, what age does the sex stop, just wondering if I should stock up?
@crikey*mate wrote:dunno, ask she ele
but do you really need an excuse to "stock up"?
No use asking me just yet Crikey - try again in 10 - 20 years time 
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
@crikey*mate wrote:dunno, ask she ele
but do you really need an excuse to "stock up"?
No use asking me just yet Crikey - try again in 10 - 20 years time
Same here.
Erica
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
@crikey*mate wrote:Ok, where's lurker?
so what about menopause, eh?
that sounds charming - bet my husband can't wait till I get that FGS!
hot, mood swings, hair growin where it shouldn't and loss of the wrong appetitie
can't wait.
I mean hair on your lip and chin???? **bleep**???
and no sex???
sounds awesome
really it does
http://www.allaboutcounseling.com/library/gerontophobia/
If your fear of growing old, or a severe or irrational fear of the elderly is starting to interfere with your personal life, it may be time to consider seeking out possible treatment options. Both professional treatments and self help methods have been proven to successfully reduce this fear. During treatment, coping strategies are commonly introduced to help better deal with stressful situations. Be sure to do some research on the Internet to help find the best methods available to you. It will never be too late to overcome your fear of the old and get your life back on track.
I don't have a fear of the elderly.
Weird thing to say, really.
I'm glad that riding a bike gives you pleasure.
I however, want more.
2 things i dread - sensible knickers and sensible shoes - I might give into one but never the other.
