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...."

[kengillard]

Google is my friend!

Martin Place!!:^O

[freshwater-2]

Yes, yes, yes...Bumper Farrell. He was a (Harley?)motorcycle cop.

He actually protected the gals from violence. He gave no quarter to anybody playing up and causing trouble at the Cross including swearing in public........ Used to take them aside into a lane and give them a 'talking to'. He was rough and tough but well respected.

Palmer Street was the street I remember with the gals. I could be alone at 2am anywhere at the cross having a late night coffee with friends. I was never in any danger whatsoever from anyone.

Things changed when the USA servicemen had their R&R from Vietnam at the Cross.

All those wonderful fashion boutiques, world class restaurants, etc. closed down and moved.

And Martin Place.....men removed their hats out of respect when they walked past the Cenotaph.

We were so lucky growing up in that era.  Despite hardships, life was so good because we were happy with what we had.

[freshwater-2]

What an incredible coincidence.....I just read this morning's Sydney Morning Herald and there is a letter to the editor about Bumper Farrell. 

[grandmoon]

Yep Dilly you young thang!

You wont remember relighting the wick on the

old kero TV--mongrel job on a windy night-lol.

Richo.

Hi Richo I also remember trying to relight the kero fridge, heater and lamp.

[mtnlane]

freshwater

I do not recall the owner of 2-20 - but my Mother probably did - at that stage I was just interested in their gowns 🙂

Did you ever go to Vadims in Challis Avenue?

Rosalie Norton - the cafe on Macleay Street where she had painted all the eyes on the walls!

La Croissant D'Or in Maclean Street - the most divine French pastries lol

Bea Miles was said to have 'lost the plot' as a result of study:O She used to have a billboard around her neck advertising Shakespearian quotations.  She would turn it around when she wanted a break and the sign then said 'gone to lunch'.

I once saw her force the door off the hinges of a taxi in Railway Square when the driver refused to accept her as a fare 😮

[kengillard]

yep she was a strong lady

[rosieglen]

Havent been in here for yonks - been busy unpacking and settling in - just love our new home.

Good to see everyone is still remeniscing - I remember Bea Miles well - used to see her a lot when waiting for the tram at Central to go to school.

[kengillard]

i wouldn't have liked to take her on

[kengillard]

Hi Rosie....nice to see you back here ♥

[darksideofthemoon]

😮 Darkie :^O :-x

I like reading this thread and watching the posts about how things have changed

You may stay dilly 🙂  but watch me brollie :^O