"This is for the Senior members of CS, those born before 1947. Baby Boomers and Generations X & Y are welcome providing you are over 18 ๐
But this is definitely for people who are facing the last long haul. We have survived babyhood, childhood, being teens and twenties... We have learned to read and write, to drive, have probably been married and the women have survived child birth.
The challenges are constant and the near misses of death are also there. If we have become a senior we have learned to survive so much, and along the way we have, of course, gathered a great deal of knowledge about life.
The belief that age diminishes us is not true, it changes us and not all of it is bad. Yes there can be various forms of dementia for some, but that is also a disease that can happen in younger people. Alzheimer's can also occur - it is another form of dementia and generally occurs in people over 65, although that can occur much earlier too and not everyone is going to get it.
Most of us keep our mental alertness up to the moment of death, even if we lose our hearing and our eyesight, but of course this can happen at any age too.
What changes is our physical strength, which diminishes but our mental strength and patience grows, it has to of course, to deal with this aging thing.
Arthritis, heart trouble, strokes - all these things associated with age can happen at any time in your life - arthritis can happen when you are a child but they don't like giving out new hips and knees until you are in your 50s and 60s or later. We can talk about that too.
Cancer can happen any time and that is also something we can discuss here if you like.
The point of this thread is to give the Seniors a chance to talk about how they are coping with age, the challenges it presents and the fears that can come with it... loss of hearing or sight, aging spouses, living alone, retirement villages, even death...
So I will ask that the Juniors treat us in kindly fashion and remember, all this is going to happen to you too - providing you avoid death before you get here ๐
So, onward and upward. Let's go...."
Just put the latest topic on hold.
I will follow it through and report what happens............Richo.
I'll be interested in what you find out Richo, I've never heard of it.
The other day I picked up a parcel for some new track suits, got them home and discovered they were made for elephants, so have to return them.
I rang the company and was told that if I pay for the postage to return the clothes they will send out replacements for 'free'.
I thought, now, that's odd, so went back to their booklet and found that they have a special return address REPLY PAID, that the woman on the phone made sure I didn't know about. GrrrrrrrX-(
I hate this new 'if they don't ask, don't tell 'em' game they are all playing.
I suppose we have the upper hand because we have all lived long enough to know this goes on and not to trust anyone.
Sigh ๐
I tell what I have done. At present I have under floor heating that is costing a fortune to run and with electricity due to go up again I have been concerned about it.
Anyway I had an electrician come today to check the thermostat and while he was here (and he didn't charge me) he suggested I have a reverse cycle heater installed in the lounge/kitchen instead.
I have been thinking about it, but doubt I would have done anything had he not turned up. I have told him to go ahead... I am a squirrel and have just enough money tucked away to cover the price. it will certainly cut down on the bluddy electrical bill.
Of course he's going away for two weeks ... typical or wot?
