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

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Age is NOT Just a Number
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 20:12:16 +0000
Even at 70 Chris I think it's a self-certification "I'm ok thanks"
Jez at 63

On 4 March 2016 at 18:58, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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