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

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Age is NOT Just a Number
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 16:02:48 -0500
Hope the roofers have some really good insurance. They're going to need it.

--The Cynic

Sent from my iPhone 6s Plus. This is a perfect mobile device. Any perceived 
errors in spelling, grammar, or logic are figments of your imagination.

> On Mar 4, 2016, at 1:58 PM, 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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