It is going to get very lonely.

[Russell Williams]

In six months I will no longer be eligible for the 60s site. I looked at the age 70 and above site. It is going to get very lonely for me.

[Dr. Feelgood]

But not for long. Last week I went to get a shingles vaccination (for anyone over 60, this is a really good idea, especially if you ever had chicken pox). The form you fill out has a place for your age, which provides a box in which to write each digit. The newest form has THREE boxes. So take heart, Russell: comparatively speaking, we are spring chickens!

[Webmaster]

In six months I will no longer be eligible for the 60s site. I looked at the age 70 and above site. It is going to get very lonely for me.

It's hard to say. Time just goes by so fast. In some ways nothing changes as you may simply feel the way you've always felt. On the other hand, time does not stand still. The world changes, and people will treat you differently.

One good thing is that, at least in my experience, every new phase you enter in life tends to become the best one yet. You've had a lot of change in your life, Russell, but you still sound the same as you've always sounded. You'll be just fine. And I'm sure there will be company.

[moore2me]

In six months I will no longer be eligible for the 60s site. I looked at the age 70 and above site. It is going to get very lonely for me.

Russell,

You could always do what we women have been doing for hundreds of years - lie about our age. There's nothing to it once you get the hang of it and it is just a little white lie in our society.

Or, you could do what I have already done and break out of these age restrictions and post in much, much lower age groups. You have to be careful doing this tho & avoid annoying the native flora and fauna lest they take a pike to you and run you out of town.

Or, the final choice would be to pull a Sheherazade and start telling such riveting, exciting and provocative stories that you will lure others into your 70's lockup.


But not for long. Last week I went to get a shingles vaccination (for anyone over 60, this is a really good idea, especially if you ever had chicken pox). The form you fill out has a place for your age, which provides a box in which to write each digit. The newest form has THREE boxes. So take heart, Russell: comparatively speaking, we are spring chickens!

Doc, I too got my shingles shot the first week I was sixty. I have two friends who got those blasted things and they suffered incredibly with the painful lesions. One lady got them in her eyes and another lady got them in her nether regions. Since I usually am a "petri dish" to every stray germ that wanders thru town, I figured this might help keep some of the boogers knocked out. (Note - booger is a technical term for viruses in Arkansas.)

And I got the same form as you did with the three spaces for our age. When I saw that I started laughing and handed it to the nurse pointing to the three digit age option. She wasn't nearly amused as I was . . .(kids - go figure?)

The shingle shot cost about $200 and I would like to make it perfectly clear to those who say I am going to crush America's financial system, the other two ladies in my story that got clobbered with the sneaky virus were NOT fatties. :mad: