You know what they say:-
"You're only as old as the person you feel"
That should bring the average down a bit! I know it would drop mine!
Average Age?
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Guess
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I think you may find that there are many more over 60s than the poll will show. at 60 your are entering the technophobe generation.
I think I am 30 something but I have had a very hard life. The ten ears I spent with my first Scandinavian wife I would have gladly exchanged for a 10 year sentence in a Siberian Salt Mine must have aged my by 30 years.
I think I am 30 something but I have had a very hard life. The ten ears I spent with my first Scandinavian wife I would have gladly exchanged for a 10 year sentence in a Siberian Salt Mine must have aged my by 30 years.
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So thats an old photo of you in your avatar?Guess wrote:I think you may find that there are many more over 60s than the poll will show. at 60 your are entering the technophobe generation.
I think I am 30 something but I have had a very hard life. The ten ears I spent with my first Scandinavian wife I would have gladly exchanged for a 10 year sentence in a Siberian Salt Mine must have aged my by 30 years.
I read the following passage today, and immediately thought of this thread:
The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old. I was taken aback, for I do not think of myself as old. Upon seeing my reaction, she was immediately embarrassed, but I explained that it was an interesting question, and I would ponder it, and let her know.
Old Age, I decided, is a gift.
I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.
I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.
They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day.
The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old. I was taken aback, for I do not think of myself as old. Upon seeing my reaction, she was immediately embarrassed, but I explained that it was an interesting question, and I would ponder it, and let her know.
Old Age, I decided, is a gift.
I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.
I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.
I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.
They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day.
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GLCQuantum
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The "bionic hip" statement was not referring to a hip replacement, merely a few metal plates and pins due to some knobhead in a car not looking before he came out of the soi. He did foot over 500,000 baht bill though so maybe he's not that bad after all!I've got to chuckle GLC. You were the one with your Tai Chi post saying you had a hip replacement, that threw me into the mode to start this thread thinking our member average age is higher than we may think! LOL. Now here you are one of the youngest! Pete
People say how it must be nice to be so young, the way I look at it is that I'm so much further away than everybody else towards retirement!
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i hope thats a positive statement glcGLCQuantum wrote:
People say how it must be nice to be so young, the way I look at it is that I'm so much further away than everybody else towards retirement!
? & you're not wishing your life away?? Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You may take the top prize Norm. Good to see you're interested in forums like this and active.norm wrote:I'm 73 and have lived here full time for 1 year. Retired on my 50th birthday and have enjoyed all 23 years of retirement tremendiously. Hope to still be here in another 23 years. My first trip to thailand was in 1984 things were a bit different then.
ENJOY IT
Norm
See what Thailand does to a person, keep's 'em young! Cheers! Pete
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moving
im 40, visited thailand first time a year ago and already planning to move to thailand on an permanent basis. i constantly looking into new ways and prospects to relocate. no wife to hinder me, nor thai or any other nationality. 