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Re: [OM] OT: Age is NOT Just a Number

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Age is NOT Just a Number
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 18:58:12 +0000
It is certainly dangerous being a cyclist, Chris, but not normally when there 
is a bicycle lane available, in daylight and on a straight road.  Many cyclists 
in the UK are killed or injured when a lorry or an artic (“semi”) turns across 
them at a junction, but this seems less understandable.

I’m 62 in April and the only increased checking of my health is for my flying 
for the RAF.  I have an ECG every 6 months and a set of tests under stress 
(walking hard) every 2 years; I’m due my next one in April.  I don’t think that 
I need any more driving tests of any sort until I’m 70.

Chris

> On 4 Mar 2016, at 18:41, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>     I spent most of Tuesday afternoon at our Department of Motor Vehicles 
> (DMV) getting my license renewed due to turning 65, which requires an eye 
> exam every five years.  While I was sitting in the waiting area for my number 
> to be called, I thought about the whole idea about age just being a number.  
> For the most part it is, but there are times when you are reminded that you 
> are in fact a senior citizen.
> 
>     Of late, I've been reminded of many of the historical events that I've 
> lived through, such as living in France during the Berlin Wall, the Berlin 
> Airlift, the Algerian Uprising, the Secret Army Organization (OAS), John 
> Glenn orbiting the earth, then the Kennedy assassination(s), etc., etc.  And 
> then many years later being part of the cleanup of Three Mile Island.
> 
>     And then along with my numerous near-misses while cycling, my mortality 
> was underscored when this showed up in the news this morning:
> 
> http://tucson.com/news/blogs/police-beat/bicyclists-killed-driver-arrested-in-nw-side-crash/article_8efffa0e-e1c2-11e5-892e-8b0dd5c73a1c.html
>  
> <http://tucson.com/news/blogs/police-beat/bicyclists-killed-driver-arrested-in-nw-side-crash/article_8efffa0e-e1c2-11e5-892e-8b0dd5c73a1c.html>

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