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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: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 06:43:21 +0000
Bad luck to her, Rick.  I hope that she manages to improve.

Chris

> On 5 Mar 16, at 18:08, Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Like Robert, I (at 84) recall what I was doing when Japan bombed Pearl
> Harbor (Playing war against the Germans, complete with trenches and
> foxholes in the morning, then "Killing" the hated Japs that afternoon.),
> enlisted at 18,  served during and after the Korean thing, and worry
> endlessly about my grand kids (both married this past summer) and their
> offspring. I've also gotten a lesson in elder life as my bride of 53 years
> fell and fractured her spine last fall and has been bed-ridden for months.
> X-rays show a complete healing, but the nerve damage continues to wrack her
> with pain, and limits her mobility to a few hours a day. The last month as
> she has improved, I've been able to sneak in a few hours of substitute
> teaching a couple of times a week... mostly K and Grades 1 & 2. This is
> what keeps me young at heart! 😇 (Schools are delighted that someone will
> fill these short absences.)

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