On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:35:55 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:45:40 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:52:36 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:


That's true. Living to very old age is very low on my priority list.
When my happy days are done I want to be done. I think there can
still be some happy days in front of me.

My dad turns 80 next month. He has been a widower for almost 10 yrs so
far..and is doing just fine. He will live into his 90s based on his
family history, in pretty darned good health.

You can do the same.

You just have to Want to.

Gunner

Is he reasonably happy?

Ayup. In the winter time, he is a Snowbird in Florida. Keeps a 35'
travel trailer down there. He shoots twice a week with buddies, has
taken up golf, does a lot of odd jobs for the other retired folks in his
trailer resort.

In the summer time, he is up at his home in Michigan, where he shoots 3
times a week, plays pool, putters around the house, and does odd jobs
for his friends. He seldom charges for his handywork.

Though..he is closing down the house this summer and will be trying to
sell it after owning it for 40+ yrs. He and I built it. Rather nice one.
And then he will move back down to Florida full time. Things are NOT
selling very well in his town..so its unlikely it will be sold anytime
soon. Im trying to talk him into renting it out via a rental management
company, but he is still pondering.

I think the house reminds him of Mom..so it may be niggling at the back
of his skull. Shrug

I rather think he has dinner with a number of single ladies..but its not
something he talks much about. And I dont push it. His health is
excellent..the men in that side of the family live to their 90s. Its
been said his dad died at 85 after falling down the back stairs of a
upscale house of ill repute..shrug.

I just hope I do as well at his age. Moms side of the family..dont live
anywhere near as long. Hope I got his genes...

He travels with several cats and a ferret and has friends all over the
US, so he visits them going south and returning north..though they are
passing away as time goes on. I think that bothers him more than Mom
passing. She developed senile dementia in her late 60s, as most of the
women in her side of the family do..and per her letter of intent..when
she got pneumonia..they let her pass. She took care of her mom for 30
yrs . Grandma died in her 90s..lites on, but nobody home. So she wrote a
will that when it was her time...DNR.
Anyways..Pop stays busy. We swap hand loading data and talk. about every
week. He is doing fine.

Gunner

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Maxim 12: A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head.