The Seniors Thread :-)

[darksideofthemoon]

"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 🙂

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 🙂

So, onward and upward.  Let's go...."

[purple_haize]

I remember I was about 7yrs, we didnt have it, but a neigbour did, they invited us in to watch .......Annie Oakly.....there wasnt much to choose from back then and I thought it was wonderful!

I remember when we got a TV, I thought Roy Rodgers was wonderful, think that was my favourite show, it was on every afternoon..........in black & white.

Trigger was the name of Roy Rodger's horse.

[freshwater-2]

Hi Gilly and Darki..... my weekend with the sports car meet.    It was fantastic.   I am still hyped up.   Way to go........ zooooom !!!  And the weather was perfect and what a lovely bunch of enthusiasts.

[serendipityricho]

Morning seniors.

Found this thread on page 2--lift your game!

Richo.

[kengillard]

Yes sir!!

[kengillard]

Game lifted.........:^O

I was at boarding school when tv came in.  The headmistress got herself a tv and the seniors were invited to watch it.

[darksideofthemoon]

I think that was Roy Rogers.

Sigh!  You're right  ...  alzheimers 😞

[freshwater-2]

Good morning Richo. Prolly too late to catch you before you leave today.

Darki, your dogs are beautiful on the Group thread.  I fell in love with Gem....give her a tummy tickle for me.

Gilly, re the senior villages.  When I can no longer climb a ladder I may look into them too. I hear there are some good ones around and who will take pets.

I had a friend who was a dog judge and  who was allowed to take his male (English S.S.) very aged dog to a nursing home but once the dog died it was not to be replaced. This friend was alone and his dog was his life.  Well, the dog passed away after 2 years.  He phoned a dog judge rellie of mine in a panic and profound grief. The same day my rellie got him the same breed house trained adult young dog, but a female. The switch was secretly made. The residents and staff (who adored  his old dog) were amazed at how his dog seemed to have a new lease on life.  That was 5 years ago and his "dog" would have to be 20 years old by now and still going strong

[darksideofthemoon]

You wuz a senior Gilly?

Yes definitely Alzheimers... Rob Roy was a Scot wasn't he :^O

Well shopping and gym today.

Anyone else go to Senior's gym?  It does help keep our balance and I was amazed at how much balance I had lost.  Might stop me falling over in the years to come... maybe.

Too late for you Gil, you've had your fall 🙂

Richo, you must return more often to keep us off the 2nd page 🙂

[purple_haize]

Have a good day, Seniors:-)

I must see about going to a seniors gym, my dr. suggested I go.

Enjoy your day Darki.

[kengillard]

Talking about ladders.......might have to climb mine today.

We pump bore water into our tank and unfortunately the hose that goes into the tank has fallen out on to the ground, so 'someone' has to climb the ladder and re position it.  guess who?